Microsoft Fabric will introduce a tenant setting on October 28, 2025, allowing admins to control inclusion of user identifiers in OneLake diagnostic logs. By default, End User Identifiable Information is logged, but admins can opt out for privacy and compliance. This supports security, troubleshooting, and usage analytics.
Microsoft Outlook profile cards will support new third-party enriched properties like Role, Division, Employee ID, Employee Number, and Cost Center, sourced from Microsoft Entra ID or external HR systems via Microsoft Graph connectors. These are hidden by default and configurable by admins, rolling out worldwide in mid-October 2025.
OneDrive’s folder sync selection dialog will be temporarily unavailable for users with the zh-CN language setting from September 29 to late October 2025 due to GB18030 compliance updates. Users should switch to zh-HK, zh-TW, or another language temporarily to maintain selective sync access.
Microsoft Viva Pulse updates its data retention policy starting October 2025, storing templates indefinitely in Azure Cosmos DB while subscriptions are active. Previously stored in Microsoft Forms, data retention depended on response thresholds. No action is needed, and workflows remain unchanged.
Bring the apps your team relies on—tabs, bots, and message extensions—directly into Shared Channels in Microsoft Teams. This update lets channel owners add apps to a specific shared channel, so everyone collaborating there (including invited collaborators from other teams or organizations, subject to admin policy) can work in one place without switching contexts.
IT administrators for Gov cloud customers now have the ability to access detailed logs for both the “Give and Take Control” and “Screenshare” features. These logs will provide comprehensive information, including the names and timestamps of the individuals involved in each action. Specifically, the logs will indicate who initiated or received control, as well as who started the screenshare session, along with the corresponding timestamps and names. This enhancement ensures greater transparency and accountability for all control and screenshare activities. Accessible in Teams Admin Center. Available for GCC, GCC-High, and DoD cloud environments.
Providing a new mode to count EDM Matches where each row is counted once in addition to the current behavior where each primary element is counted once
We’re introducing more flexible and precise targeting capabilities in Viva Engage, starting with Storyline Announcements. This new feature allows leaders and their delegates to define a custom audience at the time of posting, without relying on pre-configured Leader Audiences. Audiences can be built, and saved for reuse, using organizational attributes such as department, job title, or country, existing groups like M365 Groups, distribution lists, or security groups, and even individual users by name. This flexibility enables more relevant communication, helping leaders reach the right people with the right message. Notifications and delivery channels, including Teams and email, will continue to follow existing Storyline Announcement behavior, ensuring a seamless experience for recipients. This feature is designed to help leaders tailor communications to specific departments, locations, or groups, enhancing engagement and relevance across the organization.
Users in GCC-M will be able to use custom engine agents.
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