The new Copilot desktop app can open links in a side pane next to the chat. During early access, this is turned off by default; here is how an admin enables it with the BrowsingEnabled setting in Intune.
Topedia Blog now runs on EmDash and a Cloudflare Worker. Claude Code and I migrated 2,262 posts in under a week: what worked, what went wrong, and what Claude has to say about the migration.
GPT-6.1 Sol is now available in Microsoft Copilot. It is available in Copilot Chat and is rolling out in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.
Microsoft will retire Targeted release for Microsoft 365 in January 2027 and replace it with the three-tier model (Frontier, Standard release, and Deferred release), managed in a new unified setup. Admins should review current Targeted release assignments.
Live captions in Microsoft Teams get a new right-side panel layout and a single settings menu, plus an automatic start option for future meetings.
Microsoft is rolling out Hero Links in OneDrive and SharePoint. Every file and folder gets a single primary sharing link that can be updated after it has been shared.
Microsoft 365 Backup now includes a critical action approval configuration that protects your backups from hard-to-reverse actions, such as shortening the offboarding grace period.
Microsoft enables Teams user reporting in Defender for Office 365. The updated setting collects reported submissions from Teams messages, calls, and meetings in the Defender portal and, depending on the configuration, submits them to Microsoft. Organizations can opt out before 25 October 2026.
Microsoft has released Custom Skills in Declarative Agents to general availability. A skill bundles instructions, scripts, templates, and related files into one reusable unit that users can add to any agent, making answers more accurate and agents easier to maintain.
Microsoft is retiring the SharePoint Page Agent, introduced in November 2025. Copilot in SharePoint now offers the same AI-assisted page and news post creation experience.
