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  • Microsoft 365 Service Updates for January 5 - 11, 2026

    Microsoft 365 Service Updates for January 5 - 11, 2026
    Jan 13 2026
    Service updates and retirement notices for Microsoft 365 scheduled primarily for early 2026. Key security enhancements include mandatory multi-factor authentication for administrators and the transition from legacy protocols to modern authentication in SharePoint and OneDrive. Several older features and applications, such as Microsoft Lens, the Sway desktop app, and SharePoint 2013 workflows, are being phased out in favor of newer integrated solutions like Power Automate and OneDrive scanning. Additionally, Microsoft is introducing new collaborative tools, including a private chat for meeting organizers in Teams and a migration utility for transferring content from Slack. Administrators are encouraged to audit their current configurations and notify users of these shifts to ensure a seamless transition before the various deadlines. This comprehensive roadmap serves as a guide for IT professionals to manage infrastructure changes and feature enhancements across the Microsoft ecosystem.

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    14 min
  • Microsoft 365 Service Updates for December 29, 2025 - January 4, 2026

    Microsoft 365 Service Updates for December 29, 2025 - January 4, 2026
    Jan 6 2026
    Details upcoming Microsoft 365 service updates scheduled for implementation between late 2025 and early 2026. A primary focus involves the retirement of legacy SharePoint tools, requiring organizations to transition to modern Purview Data Lifecycle Management systems for record keeping. Additionally, the updates enhance data security by expanding sensitivity label support to OneNote across all platforms and allowing custom permissions within Office for the web applications. Administrators will also gain a new monitoring dashboard designed to troubleshoot and optimize virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) performance during Teams meetings. Collectively, these changes aim to modernize compliance features and improve the administrative oversight of cloud-based collaboration tools.

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    13 min
  • Microsoft 365 Service Updates for December 22 - 28, 2025

    Microsoft 365 Service Updates for December 22 - 28, 2025
    Dec 31 2025
    Outlines several upcoming service modifications and feature updates scheduled for the Microsoft 365 ecosystem during late 2025 and early 2026. Significant changes include the consolidation of security platforms, such as the integration of threat intelligence tools into the broader Defender and Sentinel suites. High-priority alerts notify administrators of the phasing out of legacy SIEM agents and the rebranding of the traditional "Files" tab in Teams to a more comprehensive "Shared" content repository. Additionally, the update highlights enhanced administrative controls for data loss prevention in Outlook and SharePoint, alongside specialized viewing improvements for large-scale virtual events on Android devices. These technical bulletins serve as a strategic roadmap to help organizations manage licensing requirements and software transitions effectively. Progressing through these updates will require proactive adjustments to security configurations and internal user documentation.

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    13 min
  • Microsoft 365 Service Updates for December 8 - 14, 2025

    Microsoft 365 Service Updates for December 8 - 14, 2025
    Dec 17 2025
    Microsoft 365 service updates scheduled primarily between December 2025 and early 2026, focusing heavily on security, feature retirements, and enhanced Copilot functionality. Key administrative actions include the urgent need to trust the DigiCert Global Root G2 CA for Entra services and update Office applications to maintain transcription features, while SharePoint is retiring the IDCRL protocol and enforcing modern authentication. Microsoft Teams is seeing several improvements, such as increased private channel limits and the ability to chat with users via email, while several legacy Planner features are being retired as part of a major update. A consistent theme across the updates is the introduction of new Copilot features in applications like Teams, Excel, and Outlook, alongside new admin dashboards for security posture and usage monitoring.
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    12 min
  • Microsoft 365 Service Updates for November 24 - 30, 2025

    Microsoft 365 Service Updates for November 24 - 30, 2025
    Dec 2 2025
    Microsoft 365 Service Updates, published in late November 2025, details upcoming system modifications across the suite, focusing on modernizing performance, enhancing security, and significantly expanding AI integration. Several changes target improved user experience, such as introducing a new process (ms-teams_modulehost.exe) to boost Teams desktop client performance and implementing a resizable divider for customizing meeting layouts. Security is addressed through required changes like the migration from external access tokens to Microsoft Entra authentication for actionable messages. A major focus is the proliferation of Copilot, with the addition of specialized AI tools, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint agents, and an updated dashboard displaying enhanced meeting metrics. Administrators are advised of feature retirements, such as the removal of the Insert Document and PPT feature in Microsoft Whiteboard, and necessary actions like allowlisting the new Teams process in security software.

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    13 min
  • Microsoft 365 Service Updates for November 10 - 16, 2025

    Microsoft 365 Service Updates for November 10 - 16, 2025
    Nov 18 2025
    Microsoft 365 Service Updates from November 2025, detailing numerous forthcoming changes, security enhancements, and retirements across its suite of applications. Key updates include several security measures, such as disabling custom scripting in SharePoint by default, enhancing Microsoft Authenticator's jailbreak detection, and updating Secure Boot certificates due to 2026 expirations. Many features focus on collaboration and user experience, like enabling Microsoft Teams users to chat with external email addresses and improving Copilot integration across OneDrive and SharePoint. Furthermore, the updates announce the retirement of legacy services such as Microsoft Publisher and the IDCRL authentication protocol, while also outlining new administrative controls for billing, app governance, and data security using Microsoft Purview.

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    12 min
  • Microsoft 365 Service Updates for October 27 – November 2, 2025

    Microsoft 365 Service Updates for October 27 – November 2, 2025
    Nov 6 2025
    Microsoft 365 service updates scheduled between October 27 and November 2, 2025, detailing numerous forthcoming changes across several core applications. Key updates focus heavily on Microsoft Teams, introducing features like the ability to chat with external email users, collaborative notes in chats, and enhanced security protections against malicious URLs and unsafe files. Other significant items include the continued evolution of Microsoft Viva, which receives new reporting linking Copilot usage to employee sentiment via Viva Glint, and various enhancements to Microsoft Purview for compliance and data governance. The announcements also specify several upcoming retirements and migration needs, such as the deprecation of the Viva Insights export via Graph Data Connect and the retirement of PowerPoint for the Web's Editor Pane.
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    15 min
  • Microsoft 365 Service Updates for October 20 - 26, 2025

    Microsoft 365 Service Updates for October 20 - 26, 2025
    Oct 28 2025
    Microsoft 365 service updates scheduled primarily between late 2025 and mid-2026, detailing changes across various platforms. Key updates include a focus on unified app management and app-centric policies within Microsoft Teams, alongside significant retirements such as the phasing out of SharePoint Alerts and the impending block of Exchange Web Services (EWS) in favor of Microsoft Graph. Several enhancements involve artificial intelligence, such as the introduction of Copilot in Classic Outlook for enhanced search summaries and the Knowledge Agent preview in SharePoint for content optimization. Furthermore, the updates cover various user experience improvements in SharePoint, Outlook, and Teams, as well as crucial action items for administrators regarding security, domain setup, and browser policy configuration.
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    13 min