Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Cost visibility in Monitor tab

Roadmap 571196, updated 2026-09-15: the Copilot Studio Monitor tab will show consumption costs at per-agent level plus an estimated breakdown across the agent lifecycle, splitting spend across authoring, testing, evaluations and production usage. In development, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), web, with a stated GA date of September CY2026.

Why it matters: Copilot Credits consumption is hard to attribute per agent today, which makes internal chargeback and customer billing conversations guesswork.

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Cost visibility in Agent Evaluations

Roadmap 571195, updated 2026-09-15: evaluation runs get their own consumption cost breakdown covering eval generation, test runs and model grading or judgement. In development, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), web, stated GA date September CY2026.

Why it matters: agent evaluations are model-graded and can cost more than the agent they test, so pricing a quality gate needs this number.

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Cost visibility in Preview Chat and History

Roadmap 571194, updated 2026-09-15: the preview tab and agent history will show consumption costs for maker testing usage and for every historical run. In development, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), web, stated GA date September CY2026.

Why it matters: maker testing quietly burns tenant credits today, and this is the first place a partner can show a customer where that spend went.

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Writing blocks in Microsoft 365 Copilot

MC1472030 introduces Writing blocks, a dedicated editing surface inside Copilot for emails, memos, announcements, reports and other longer-form drafts. Users create, review and iteratively refine content in a structured workspace instead of regenerating a new response each time. General Availability (Worldwide) began mid-September 2026 and is expected to complete by late September 2026. No admin action is required.

Why it matters: the regenerate-and-copy loop is the standing complaint in Copilot drafting workshops, and this removes it without leaving chat.

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Code blocks render inline in Copilot conversations

MC1472029: code, charts, diagrams and similar visual outputs now preview directly inside the Copilot conversation instead of opening the separate side-by-side code canvas. Existing Copilot workflows and prompts continue to work. General Availability (Worldwide) began mid-September 2026 and is expected to complete by late September 2026. No admin action is required.

Why it matters: any internal training material or demo script that shows the code canvas is out of date and needs a refresh this month.

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Copilot usage snapshot Power BI report at day level

Roadmap 561325, updated 2026-09-15 and now listed as Launched: a day-level Copilot adoption Power BI report reflecting the most recent Copilot activity rather than a lagging aggregate. Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), web, with a stated GA date of September CY2026 and a preview date of July CY2026.

Why it matters: monthly-granularity adoption data cannot show whether a specific enablement session moved usage, and day-level data can.

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AI citations analytics for SharePoint documents and pages

Roadmap 480725, updated 2026-09-15 and now listed as Rolling out: tracks how often a SharePoint document, news post or page is referenced in a Copilot or AI agent response, with insights aggregated at site level. Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), web, stated GA date August CY2026.

Why it matters: this is the first hard measure of which intranet content Copilot actually grounds on, which turns content cleanup from guesswork into a ranked list.

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Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and Search extension for Chrome cancelled

Roadmap 530577 was marked Cancelled on 2026-09-15, with the entry stating it "is no longer accurate and will be removed from the roadmap". It had promised Copilot Chat and enterprise Search directly inside Chrome, with a stated GA date of April CY2026.

Why it matters: customers standardized on Chrome were told a first-party Copilot extension was coming, and that commitment is now withdrawn with no replacement named.

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Ask Copilot from search in Teams mobile

Roadmap 571299, updated 2026-09-15: typing in the Teams search bar will offer an Ask Copilot option alongside search results, and the results page can turn a query into a Copilot conversation with follow-ups. In development, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Android and iOS, stated GA date October CY2026.

Why it matters: mobile is where frontline and travelling users hit Teams search, and that search has no path into Copilot today.

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Async notifications for the PowerPoint Agent

Roadmap 570438 (web) and 570437 (Windows desktop), both updated 2026-09-15: users can leave PowerPoint, switch devices, go offline or end the workday and still be notified when the PowerPoint Agent completes its work or needs attention. In development, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), stated GA date October CY2026 on both platforms.

Why it matters: long-running agent work is only useful if the result finds the user later, which is the gap between a demo and a workflow people keep using.

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Upgraded Copilot new tab page in Microsoft Edge

Roadmap 566703, updated 2026-09-15: one search box on the Edge Copilot new tab page covering search, chat and web exploration, with Copilot-suggested actions and curated work content. In development, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), web, stated GA date October CY2026 and preview date September CY2026.

Why it matters: it puts tenant work content on the default new tab page, so Edge for Business policy becomes a Copilot rollout dependency rather than a browser detail.

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Facilitator can join channel meetings

Roadmap 568936, updated 2026-09-15: the Facilitator agent will be able to join meetings set up in Teams channels, where it takes live notes, manages the agenda, answers questions and captures tasks. In development, Targeted Release then General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), across Android, desktop, iOS, Mac and web, stated GA date October CY2026.

Why it matters: channel meetings are the default for project and team rhythms, and Facilitator skipping them has been the main reason customers call it a meetings-only novelty.

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Rich entity representation for connectors in Search results

Roadmap 502533, updated 2026-09-15 and now listed as Launched: results from Copilot connectors render as rich entities in Microsoft Search rather than as plain links. Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), web, with a stated GA date of September CY2026.

Why it matters: connector results that look like generic links get ignored, so this changes the payoff calculation on every Graph connector a customer has already built.

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Admin control over who can upload advanced agents and plugins

MC1472007 adds a Microsoft 365 admin center control limiting advanced Copilot agent and plugin uploads to all users, no users, or named users and Microsoft Entra ID groups. The control becomes visible on September 25, 2026 and admins have until October 25 to set a preference; from October 25 advanced package uploads are enabled by default unless the admin has chosen no users or a restricted set. Basic package uploads are unaffected. Rollout runs September 25 through the end of October 2026, Worldwide, covering Microsoft 365 Copilot and Cowork surfaces.

Why it matters: the default flips to open on October 25, so a tenant that wants advanced uploads restricted has a hard 30-day deadline to act.

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Ask advisor in the Power Platform admin center

MC1471895 announces Ask advisor, an AI assistant in PPAC that answers natural-language questions about a tenant, for example "Which apps haven't been used in the last 30 days?", gathering inventory, usage and governance data across environments instead of making the admin assemble it page by page. It appears under Actions > Overview, saves conversations under Chats for reopening, renaming or download, is on by default with no setup, and is restricted to Power Platform, Dynamics 365 or Global administrator roles. Public preview began September 10, 2026. Microsoft states the preview may process personal data, including the administrator's question and related tenant data, and that "if a user does not want data processed outside the tenant's data region during preview, do not use Ask advisor".

Why it matters: the out-of-region processing caveat rules this out for Swiss and EU tenants with a strict residency posture, so check before demoing it.

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New controls for quick views in the chat list

Roadmap 567301, updated 2026-09-15 and now listed as Launched: users can choose when quick views (mentions, followed threads and similar) appear at the top of the chat and channels list, with always show, always hide and show only when unread options, plus the ability to collapse the section. The entry lists GCC High and DoD as its cloud instances, with a stated GA date of August CY2026, on desktop, Mac and web.

Why it matters: this lands in the government clouds rather than commercial, so it is a rare case where GCC High and DoD tenants get a chat experience fix ahead of the general estate.

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Two presenters can share screens simultaneously

Roadmap 80239, updated 2026-09-15: two presenters will be able to share a screen or window at the same time in a Teams meeting, with participants seeing both content streams side by side. In development, Targeted Release then General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), desktop and web, stated GA date November CY2026.

Why it matters: dual-share has been a standing ask in design review and training scenarios where customers still fall back to a second meeting or a physical room.

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Exclude specific folders from OneDrive syncing

Roadmap 567470, updated 2026-09-15 and now listed as Launched: OneDrive for Windows and Mac lets users exclude specific folders from syncing, so developer tooling directories such as PowerShell modules, Visual Studio configuration and node_modules stay local instead of uploading. Administrators can define folder exclusion rules for the organization. Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), desktop and Mac, with a stated GA date of August CY2026. _Why it matters: developer machines syncing node_modules is a recurring cause of OneDrive quota and performance tickets, and admins can now fix it centrally rather than per user._

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Change the organizer of a meeting

MC1472028: users can ask another person in their organization to take over an eligible Outlook meeting or recurring series, and the new organizer must accept before ownership moves. Phase 1 covers eligible non-online meetings only: Worldwide late September through late October 2026, GCC early October through late October 2026, GCC High and DoD early November through late November 2026. Phase 2 adds online meetings, where a Teams transfer generates a new meeting link owned by the new organizer; Phase 3 adds Teams artifacts including chat, meeting options, transcripts, recordings, agenda, notes and attendance reports. Phase 2 and 3 timing is to be announced.

Why it matters: offboarding a meeting owner currently means recreating the series, and the phased scope means Teams meetings, the ones that actually hurt, are still not covered.

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Cloud Policy controls for Outlook on the web and new Outlook

Roadmap 571199, created 2026-09-14 and surfaced 2026-09-15: the Cloud Policy service gains support for Outlook on the web and new Outlook for Windows, letting admins set default values for supported Outlook settings and choose whether users can change them. General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), web, stated release date October CY2026.

Why it matters: new Outlook has been shipping ahead of the policy surface to control it, and this closes the gap that has kept some tenants on classic Outlook.

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Spell check before sending emails in new Outlook

Roadmap 571310, updated 2026-09-15: Outlook can be set to check spelling automatically every time before a message is sent, rather than requiring a manual check. In development, Targeted Release then General Availability, across Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High and DoD, on desktop and web, stated GA date October CY2026.

Why it matters: it reaches every government cloud on the same schedule as commercial, which is worth flagging to public-sector customers tracking new Outlook parity.

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Office LTSC 2021 reaches end of support on October 13, 2026

Support for Office LTSC 2021, Project LTSC 2021 and Visio LTSC 2021 ends on October 13, 2026, after which they receive no updates, security fixes or technical support. Microsoft points enterprise customers to Microsoft 365 E3 first, with Office 365 E3 or Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise as fallbacks, and customers under 300 users to Business Premium, Business Standard or Microsoft 365 Apps for business; Project Plan 3 and Visio Plan 2 replace the LTSC equivalents. Where regulation, connectivity or technology rules out cloud, Office LTSC 2024, Project LTSC 2024 and Visio LTSC 2024 are the supported on-premises alternatives. The announcement notes that Microsoft 365 Copilot is supported only on cloud-backed apps in Microsoft 365 suites and that on-premises Office is not eligible, and that the Azure Information Protection labeling client for perpetual Office has been retired.

Why it matters: four weeks of runway, and the Copilot ineligibility line turns every remaining LTSC 2021 estate into a concrete migration conversation rather than a lifecycle footnote.

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Purview DLP for calendar events in Outlook for Mac and mobile

MC1472023 (iOS and Android) and MC1472022 (Mac): Purview DLP policies extend to calendar events, detecting and helping prevent sharing of sensitive information in meeting subjects, descriptions and invite content through policy tips, user remediation and enforcement. Rollout begins and completes in late September 2026 across Worldwide, GCC, GCC High and DoD. No administrator action is required; existing DLP policies apply.

Why it matters: meeting invites have been a standing DLP blind spot, and subjects routinely carry deal names and case references that mail policies already block.

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Purview DLP wait-on-send in Outlook for Mac and mobile

MC1472021 (iOS and Android) and MC1472019 (Mac): organizations can require DLP evaluation to finish before an email is sent and configure how long users wait for it. Rollout begins and completes in late September 2026 across Worldwide, GCC, GCC High and DoD. Administrators should review existing DLP policies.

Why it matters: mobile and Mac have been the gap where a message could leave ahead of policy evaluation, which is exactly the leak auditors ask about.

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Purview DSPM readiness for Microsoft Copilot and data explorer

Roadmap 571157, updated 2026-09-15: Purview Data Security Posture Management gains a readiness for Microsoft Copilot experience bringing together sensitive data exposure, oversharing and protection coverage to assess progress toward a secure Copilot deployment, plus a data explorer giving a centralized view of where sensitive data sits across sites, site-level access and preset investigation views. In development, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), web, preview date September CY2026 and stated GA date January CY2027.

Why it matters: oversharing is the single most common reason a Copilot rollout stalls at the security review, and this is Microsoft's own scorecard for it.

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Unified Classification Management Experience in Purview

Roadmap 570844, updated 2026-09-15: sensitive information types, Exact Data Match, fingerprint SITs and trainable classifiers come together in one place to discover, create, validate and manage classifiers. In development, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), web, preview date September CY2026 and stated GA date November CY2026.

Why it matters: classifier sprawl across four separate surfaces is why DLP tuning takes weeks, and consolidation is the prerequisite for making it routine.

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Upgraded DLP inline protection for Entra-managed apps in Edge for Business

Roadmap 571397, updated 2026-09-15: Purview inline data protection for Microsoft Entra-managed apps in Edge for Business integrates with an Entra Conditional Access grant control and drops current Purview policy restrictions, adding expanded conditions and condition combinations, multiple activities per rule, simulation mode, configurable alerts and notifications, and rule match activities in activity explorer. In development, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), web, preview date November CY2026 and stated GA date December CY2026.

Why it matters: simulation mode is what makes an inline DLP policy deployable without a change freeze, and its absence has kept most of these policies in audit-only.

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Expanded DLP inline protection for unmanaged apps in Edge for Business

Roadmap 571396, updated 2026-09-15: Purview collection and DLP policies will cover browser inline protection for a significantly broader set of unmanaged generative AI apps in Edge for Business, using existing Purview policy experiences. In development, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), web, preview date November CY2026 and stated GA date December CY2026.

Why it matters: shadow AI use is the control gap customers raise first, and covering unmanaged GenAI apps in the browser is the only enforcement point that reaches it.

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