Retirement of PDF Audio Overviews in the Copilot mobile app
Microsoft retires Audio Overviews for PDFs in the Copilot mobile app. Overviews generated earlier can no longer be played back.
Retirement
Retirement of the SharePoint Page Agent
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.
Microsoft has retired the SharePoint Premium product name
Microsoft quietly retired the SharePoint Premium product name. Autofill columns moved to Copilot in SharePoint, and the remaining Syntex features will likely follow soon.
Link preview cards in Outlook have been retired
The new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web no longer create preview cards for pasted links. Links now appear as regular clickable hyperlinks.
Microsoft plans to enable Copilot in SharePoint on all sites in November 2026
Microsoft retires the PowerShell controls for Copilot in SharePoint on 1 November 2026. After that date, the existing tenant settings to control Copilot in SharePoint are no longer honored. Tenants with excluded SharePoint sites should review their configuration before the retirement.
Microsoft is now terminating the Office 365 E3 Developer subscriptions
As announced in June, Microsoft is now terminating the existing Office 365 E3 Developer subscriptions, a few days later than scheduled.
Retirement of the Microsoft 365 Companion Apps
Microsoft is retiring the Microsoft 365 companion apps Calendar, People, and Files. The apps will stop working in December 2026. Admins should uninstall them from managed devices and stop deploying them.
Retirement of Similarity Checker in Word
Microsoft is retiring the Similarity Checker in Word starting October 2027, removing it from the Microsoft Editor experience. Copilot in Word should not be treated as a replacement for the similarity capability.
Calendar synchronization between Microsoft Teams and Google Workspace will be retired
Microsoft is retiring the Teams-Google Workspace calendar synchronization in October 2026. If users have calendars synced across both products, this connection will stop working, and previously matched calendars will no longer update automatically.
Reminder: Retirement of Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft reminds that Microsoft Publisher will be retired on 1 October 2026. Microsoft 365 users will no longer be able to open or edit Publisher (.pub) files.