Power Platform – New Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) announcement

We are announcing our CAE rollout for user sign-in flows to Dataverse as part of ongoing security improvements for Power Platform. This change affects interactive user access to Dataverse and relies on Microsoft Entra Conditional Access (CAE) policies for near real-time session evaluation. This feature is being gradually rolled out across Dataverse environments, which is anticipated to be complete by September 2026.

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Sensitivity labels available soon for Viva Engage communities

Starting late March 2026, Viva Engage communities will support Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels applied to Microsoft 365 groups and SharePoint sites, synchronizing access controls across these platforms. Admins must manually apply labels to existing communities and prepare accordingly for this update.

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Microsoft 365 Copilot: Planner agent rename and rollout to premium and basic plans

Starting mid-March 2026, Microsoft Planner’s Project Manager agent will be renamed Planner agent, with expanded availability to Microsoft 365 Copilot users on both Planner premium and basic plans. The update includes no functional changes, rolls out automatically, and enhances AI-powered task and status report capabilities.

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Microsoft Edge: Copilot new tab page

Microsoft Edge for Business will introduce a Copilot-inspired new tab page combining search, chat, and work content in one box. Rollout starts mid-November 2025 (preview) and general availability in April 2026. Admins can enable it via Edge Management; users must opt in. No default changes or policy updates required.

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Improved copy and paste support for @mentions and shared contacts in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams will preserve interactive @mentions, shared contacts, and supported tags during copy and paste if valid in the destination, falling back to plain text if not. This update, rolling out April-May 2026, improves message consistency without requiring admin action.

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Introducing awards and certifications section in M365 profile card

Starting mid-March to early April 2026, Microsoft 365 profile cards will display an Awards and Certifications section showing title, issuer, and details for recent entries. This read-only feature appears only if these properties are populated in user profiles; no action is needed if unused.

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SharePoint: Plan and Create Pages with AI

This feature allows you to edit new and existing pages with an AI chat pane. Now, with just prompts, you can add webparts, grounding documents, and refine the visuals and text on your page.

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Microsoft Teams: Video recap in Teams

Intelligent meeting recap will now include video-based recaps. Video recap creates narrated video highlights from recorded meetings, featuring key takeaways and short clips that showcase important moments.

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Microsoft Teams: Enhancements to Interpreter quality and support for Traditional Chinese

Interpreter now delivers more accurate real-time interpretation, with improved recognition of people’s names and common industry terms. It also supports your organization’s Custom Dictionary from the Microsoft 365 admin center, so tenant-specific terms can be translated more consistently across meetings. Traditional Chinese is also now supported.

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Microsoft Purview: Data Security Investigations – analyze files tied to audit log activities

Speed up analysis of exfiltrated content by launching Data Security Investigations (DSI) from Unified Audit Log activity. In DSI, build your audit log query by specifying criteria such as time range, activities, users, and keywords. DSI then automatically pulls the associated files into the investigation (for example, UserA downloaded a file on 3/1/2026).

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