Microsoft SharePoint and OneDrive will introduce a PDF compression feature in April-May 2025, allowing users to reduce PDF file sizes with three compression levels. The feature will be available by default, and no admin action is required. Users can compress PDFs up to 300 MB.
Viva Glint admins can enable Copilot for the Company admin user role starting mid-May 2025. This change will be automatic and default, requiring a Viva Glint, Viva Suite, or Viva Workforce Analytics license. Admins should review configurations and notify users. More details are available on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 489219.
Microsoft Teams Premium will introduce a moderated meeting template for secure collaboration between users separated by information barriers. Meetings require a designated moderator for compliance, and attendees wait in the lobby until the moderator joins. This feature, available for various Teams platforms, requires IB v2 configuration and a Teams Premium license for organizers. Rollout starts in May 2025.
Microsoft Purview will soon allow DLP admins to rename existing policies and rules without recreating them. The feature will roll out in stages from July to October 2025 and will be supported across major workloads. A new editable field, DisplayName, will be introduced. No admin action is required before the rollout.
Microsoft 365 Copilot will soon generate audio overviews of documents, meetings, and files, available in a podcast-style format. This feature will roll out in May 2025 for Copilot Notebooks and OneDrive, and in June 2025 for Outlook and Teams. Users can customize the audio overview format and manage access via the Microsoft 365 Admin center.
Windows Autopatch introduces role-based access controls for update management, available from May 27, 2025. New roles include Windows Autopatch Administrator and Reader. Custom roles and Intune scope tags are supported. Review and update permissions for users in deprecated Modern Workplace Roles. For assistance, visit the Microsoft Intune admin center.
We are announcing the User like or dislike reactions to agent response for Copilot Studio Analytics feature for Microsoft Copilot Studio. This feature allows users to react to agent responses by liking or disliking the response and provides aggregated reaction data to agent makers. This feature will reach general availability on May 6, 2025.
We are announcing the Integrate Copilot in Process Mining analysis feature for Power Automate. This feature enables you to create views and drill down into insights through an iterative conversational interface that democratizes the use of Power Automate Process Mining. This feature will reach general availability on May 23, 2025.
We are announcing the Connect to external sources in agents through Single Sign-On (SSO) feature for Microsoft Copilot Studio. This feature allows users to build agents that connect to external sources without needing to manually authenticate each time to external sources. This feature will reach general availability on May 19. 2025.
Admins can use Billing Policies to manage Copilot Pay-as-you-go services, controlling usage and costs by linking agent usage to departments and user groups. This feature will be available globally from early to mid-May 2025. Admins need to create billing policies and link them to specific Copilot scenarios.
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