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A 5% cost-of-capital uplift applies to annual-term CSP software subscriptions billed monthly, effective October 1, 2026, with no system updates required. Partners should notify customers with renewals on or after that date.
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Developer tutorial on composing multi-agent teams with the Microsoft Agent Framework using the GitHub Copilot SDK and MCP servers for tool execution.
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Servicing patch to the Agents Toolkit VS Code extension and its TeamsFx SDKs, following 6.14.0.
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Admins can now mark specific SharePoint sites as authoritative from the SharePoint admin center, so trusted content such as company news and policies is prioritized across Copilot Search (roadmap 561323).
Why it matters: Partners can lift Copilot answer quality for customers by steering Search toward vetted sources instead of stale or duplicate content.
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Copilot in Outlook now delivers coaching suggestions through chat as you draft, edit, and format an email, and applies the suggestions you pick directly in place. Previously coaching ran in canvas and applied all suggestions at once. On Android, Windows, iOS, Mac, and Web.
Why it matters: Selective, in-chat coaching is a cleaner adoption story for customers rolling out Copilot for everyday email.
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Copilot meeting prep, already in new Outlook for Windows, Web, Mac, and Mobile, now reaches classic Outlook for Windows: it summarizes context, action items, and documents and lets you chat to prepare further. Requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.
Why it matters: Extends a proven Copilot scenario to customers still on classic Outlook, closing a common feature-parity gap.
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Once an organization connects its Adobe Experience Manager asset library to Microsoft 365, Copilot in PowerPoint can build presentations using the org's approved images in Edit mode, on Web and Windows (roadmap 516038, 516039).
Why it matters: Keeps AI-generated decks on-brand by drawing from governed enterprise assets rather than generic stock imagery.
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Copilot in PowerPoint can now start a new presentation straight from the web app home screen for Copilot Basic and Premium users, removing the step of opening or creating a file first.
Why it matters: A lower-friction entry point that helps partners demo and drive Copilot-in-PowerPoint usage.
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Copilot in PowerPoint can now pull relevant online sources into a new presentation and cite them, on Web, Windows, and Mac.
Why it matters: Grounds AI-built decks in current web information, cutting the manual research step for time-sensitive topics.
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Copilot in Word now lets users pick Anthropic models in addition to OpenAI models when editing a document.
Why it matters: Model choice in Word gives customers flexibility to match a model to the editing task; note the data-handling terms differ by model provider.
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Users will be able to insert Agents and Skills into prompts from the Add work content option in the plus (+) menu, or by typing / and @, on Desktop and Web (roadmap 569213).
Why it matters: Makes first-party and custom agents easier to discover in the flow of a prompt, aiding agent adoption.
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Copilot Notebooks will accept JPG and PNG files as knowledge sources, using text, charts, and diagrams inside them as grounding context. Preview Sep 2026, GA Oct 2026, on Android, iOS, and Web (roadmap 569211).
Why it matters: Broadens what customers can ground a notebook on, including scanned or visual material.
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Copilot Notebooks will accept CSV and TSV files as knowledge sources so Copilot can generate more relevant presentations, reports, and briefs from structured data. Preview Sep 2026, GA Oct 2026 (roadmap 569210).
Why it matters: Lets customers feed tabular data into notebooks without a connector or manual reformatting.
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The redesigned Copilot Notebooks experience (persistent AI workspace organizing chats, outputs, and references) comes to the DoD, GCC, and GCC High government clouds, on Desktop and Web (roadmap 569203).
Why it matters: Government-cloud customers gain the same Notebooks workspace already available in commercial, a frequent sovereignty-driven ask.
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Planner Agent, previously limited to premium plans, is now available to Microsoft 365 Copilot licensed users in all group-based Planner plans including basic plans, on Windows, Mac, and Web (roadmap 511820).
Why it matters: Customers no longer need a plan upgrade to trial Planner Agent, widening the pool of users a partner can onboard.
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Copilot connectors now run content crawl and identity crawl in parallel instead of sequentially, so new or updated content and permission changes surface in Copilot faster, with no loss of permission accuracy.
Why it matters: Fresher connector content reduces "why can't Copilot see this yet" support cases during deployments.
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The ServiceNow Knowledge and Catalog connectors now enforce access based on ServiceNow roles (admin, knowledge manager, knowledge admin), not just user criteria, for more granular permission alignment.
Why it matters: Partners deploying ServiceNow grounding can mirror the customer's existing role model, easing security review.
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A new Viva Insights Consumption Dashboard tracks Copilot credit usage across Cowork and Work IQ API services, scoped to managers with 5+ direct reports, Insights analysts, and Global admins. On by default, but requires usage-based billing set up via Cost Management in the M365 admin center; tenant-wide leader access is not in this release (roadmap 566302).
Why it matters: A native view of where Copilot credits go, supporting budget and adoption conversations with customers.
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The Teams workflow builder will let you add multiple sequential steps when creating a workflow from scratch, on Desktop and Mac (roadmap 569209).
Why it matters: Reduces the need to jump to Power Automate for simple multi-step automations inside Teams.
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You will be able to create HTML with Copilot in SharePoint or upload your own, store it in the pages library, render it as a SharePoint page, edit it, and share it. Targeted Release, Web (roadmap 569208).
Why it matters: A lightweight path to custom-formatted SharePoint pages without full SPFx development.
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Microsoft Dataverse becomes a native knowledge source in Copilot Studio, letting agents ground on structured enterprise data (records, customer, and operational content) without a custom connector. Public preview is targeted for August 2026 and general availability for September 2026 (Worldwide, standard multi-tenant).
Why it matters: Partners can point Copilot Studio agents directly at governed Dataverse tables, removing a common integration step for line-of-business agents.
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Multi-tenant agent management is now in public preview in the Microsoft 365 admin center. Administrators can view a consolidated agent inventory, add, install, or block agents, and review tenant-specific risk and activity insights (Agent 365 license required) across the customer or subsidiary tenants they govern, with a tenant switcher to move between tenants without signing out. For CSP partners managing tenants through GDAP, actions stay scoped to the admin's delegated role in each tenant.
Why it matters: For partners running agents across many customer tenants, this replaces per-tenant admin work with a single governed console.
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CSP partners can submit a Microsoft 365 Copilot customer success story (25+ seats) through Aug 31 for a chance to join the SMB Copilot Partner Council and an Oct 20-22 NYC event.
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Community session on the latest OneDrive updates, with a focus on OneDrive on mobile for frontline and hybrid workers on iPad.
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Azure SQL databases can be added as a knowledge source in Copilot Studio, letting agents ground answers and actions in enterprise relational data. Preview arrives Aug 2026, GA Sep 2026.
Why it matters: Partners can build agents over existing SQL back-ends without an intermediary connector or a copy of the data.
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Copilot summarization in classic Outlook adds a language picker, so users can generate a summary in a language other than the message language. Preview Sep 2026, GA Oct 2026.
Why it matters: Multilingual teams get readable Copilot summaries without manual translation, relevant for Swiss and EU tenants.
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The Teams Queues app gains AI-generated recaps for recorded call-queue interactions: summaries, key points, and follow-up actions. GA Sep 2026.
Why it matters: Frontline and support teams get automatic post-call notes without manual write-ups.
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The OneDrive PDF viewer lets users attach comments to a specific spot on a page, with replies and @mentions. GA Oct 2026.
Why it matters: PDF review in OneDrive moves closer to Office-document collaboration, reducing reliance on third-party markup tools.
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Users can remove the OneDrive Photos experience while keeping file sync and the rest of the app intact. GA Sep 2026.
Why it matters: Users and admins who do not want the Photos surface can drop it without losing file sync.
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IT admins get a control to govern personal-account sign-in for the OneDrive Photos desktop experience. GA Aug 2026.
Why it matters: Gives admins a lever to block personal Photos access on managed devices.
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Outlook for Mac can automatically apply or recommend a sensitivity label on a message based on the classification of its attachments. GA Sep 2026.
Why it matters: Closes a labeling gap where a protected attachment left the carrying email unlabeled.
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Mobile Outlook on iOS and Android applies sensitivity labels to messages based on attachment classification, per policy. GA Sep 2026.
Why it matters: Extends attachment-driven labeling to mobile, so protection is consistent across clients.
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Purview adds an admin report showing auto-labeling progress per policy, correlating enforcement against simulation runs. Preview/GA Sep 2026.
Why it matters: Admins can measure how far each auto-labeling policy has rolled out before trusting it in production.
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Agent Readiness adds an always-visible "Review" health indicator in the Copilot Studio build experience that surfaces anything blocking or putting an agent at risk before publish.
Why it matters: Makers catch policy restrictions and missing evaluations during build instead of after deployment, reducing failed or non-compliant agent rollouts.
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The Facilitator agent can now join meetings set up in Teams channels, taking live notes, managing the agenda, answering questions, and capturing tasks.
Why it matters: Channel meetings gain the same AI note-taking and task capture already available in scheduled meetings, extending Facilitator coverage.
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After a recorded call ends, users can use Copilot in the Teams Queues app to review key details, surface insights, and resolve customer issues without replaying recordings or reading transcripts.
Why it matters: Speeds post-call follow-up for customer-facing queues staff and cuts manual transcript review.
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New release of the Agents Toolkit, including the VS Code extension 6.14.0, project templates 6.14.0, and updated TeamsFx packages (teamsfx-core 3.1.1, teamsfx-api 0.24.1), with bug fixes and improvements.
Why it matters: Teams and Copilot agent developers get the current toolchain for scaffolding and shipping agents; pin to this version for reproducible builds.
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Outlook for iOS on iPhone and iPad gets refreshed interface elements aligned with Apple's Liquid Glass visual design, including modernized app chrome, navigation, and screen-space use.
Why it matters: A visual refresh for mobile Outlook users; no functional change, but worth flagging for helpdesk and end-user comms.
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New partner promotions including 50% off Purview Suite for Business Premium and 10-15% off Microsoft 365 E3/E5, available through Dec 31 2026.
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Awards and certifications will display as badges on user profile cards in Teams and Outlook.
Why it matters: Gives staff a consistent way to surface credentials across Teams and Outlook for internal expertise discovery.
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Solutions Partner designation badges renamed to align with the three commercial solution areas (AI Business Solutions, Cloud & AI Platforms, Security); the six existing solution paths are unchanged.
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A centralized Teams admin center dashboard to monitor meeting and call health across the organization and troubleshoot issues. Targeted Worldwide and GCC.
Why it matters: Gives partner-managed tenants one place to spot and diagnose Teams call quality problems instead of stitching together separate reports.
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Extends proximity join so attendees can connect to nearby Teams Rooms on Windows and Android during town halls, webinars, and structured meetings. Preview and GA both targeted for September 2026.
Why it matters: Reduces friction for in-room participants joining large structured events, relevant to hybrid meeting room deployments.
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Adds a dropdown filter in Outlook mobile and web to surface messages that are calendar invitations. Targeted Worldwide, GCC, and GCC High.
Why it matters: Helps users triage meeting invites separately from regular mail on mobile and web.
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Lets users insert images into their email signature directly from OneDrive on Outlook mobile.
Why it matters: Simplifies branded signature setup on mobile without needing a local image copy.
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Refreshes the Planner interface with updated navigation and responsive layouts, and adds the Goals feature to basic plans across Teams and web. Available in GCC.
Why it matters: Brings a consistent Planner UI and goal tracking to more plan tiers, useful for teams standardizing on Planner.
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Adds collapse, resize, a higher favorites cap, and reorder controls to the Viva Engage navigation pane across web, Teams, and Outlook.
Why it matters: Gives users more control over Engage navigation across the surfaces where they access it.
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Adds a control to manage lifecycle-state evaluation of recipients and site owners for Purview adaptive scopes. Preview targeted September 2026, GA October 2026. Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant).
Why it matters: Gives compliance admins finer control over how adaptive scope membership is evaluated for retention and policy targeting.
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A conversational Copilot assistant in the Viva Glint admin experience answers configuration questions and gives how-to guidance with deep links to the relevant settings pages. Rolling out worldwide including GCC.
Why it matters: Copilot is moving into admin-console surfaces across the suite, cutting the ramp-up time to configure Viva Glint for customers.
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The Teams mobile messaging view is being updated to show more content on screen with improved readability on Android and iOS.
Why it matters: A denser mobile chat view helps frontline and mobile-first users track conversations with less scrolling.
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