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Test mic and speaker before joining Teams meetings
Teams now offers a quick sound check on the pre-join screen, letting users test their microphone and speaker before joining a meeting.
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Organization-curated prompts in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
Organization-curated prompts let administrators publish approved, ready-to-use prompts directly into Copilot Chat, shaping how users discover and interact with Copilot across the organization.
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Blocking external access by domain or user email for SharePoint and OneDrive files in Microsoft Purview
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention now supports blocking or allowing external access to sensitive SharePoint and OneDrive for Business files by domain or specific email address, moving from Public Preview to general availability.
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Copilot Chat is now available within Planner Basic plans
Copilot Chat is now available directly within Planner Basic plans, helping users manage tasks through natural language. The option is currently limited to users enrolled in the Frontier program.
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New tenant control for Graph API access to Teams transcripts will be enforced soon
Microsoft is introducing a new tenant-level control to govern whether applications and agents can access Teams transcripts via the Microsoft Graph API. This control will be enforced after 29 July 2026. Because it’s disabled by default, access to Graph API transcripts will be blocked automatically unless a Teams administrator explicitly enables it.
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Entra ID groups are now supported in the new Microsoft 365 Copilot release model
Microsoft has updated the release model for Microsoft 365 Copilot, allowing administrators to assign Entra ID groups to specific update channels for streamlined deployment control.
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Efficiency Mode in the Teams Desktop Client
Microsoft has added a new Efficiency Mode for the Teams desktop client to improve performance on resource-constrained devices.
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Granting access to user-owned Loop Workspace containers for departing employees
SharePoint now allows administrators to add new owners or other roles to user-owned SharePoint Embedded containers before a departing employee’s account is deleted, including a new option to copy Loop pages to another workspace.
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Restricted SharePoint Search will be retired in SharePoint Online
Microsoft is retiring Restricted SharePoint Search (RSS) in SharePoint Online. Organizations should move to Restricted Content Discovery. Organizations using RSS should act, as SharePoint content previously excluded from search can become discoverable once RSS stops enforcing these restrictions.
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Copilot Premium users can now open Outlook emails directly within Copilot Chat
Copilot Premium users can now open referenced Outlook emails side by side with their Copilot Chat conversation.