Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics – Unified Exclusion list

Microsoft Viva Insights introduces a Unified Exclusion list for consistent user exclusion across all Viva Insights and Copilot analytics. Admins can manage exclusions via CSV or Entra ID groups. The feature rolls out globally from late September to early October 2025, enhancing privacy controls and simplifying administration.

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Rewrite with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat coming soon to Edge for Business users

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat’s Rewrite feature will launch in Edge for Business by late September 2025, enabling users to draft and rephrase text via right-click. It’s enabled by default, subject to DLP restrictions, and manageable by admins through the InlineComposeEnabled policy. No prior admin action is needed.

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SharePoint Online: Tenant rename General Availability (GA) for tenants with up to 500K sites

SharePoint Online Tenant Rename is now generally available for tenants with up to 500K sites, allowing domain name changes during rebranding or mergers. It ensures high reliability, business continuity, and compatibility with Microsoft 365 apps, but excludes vanity domains, Multi-Geo, and tenants over 500K sites.

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Viva Engage Planned Maintenance

Viva Engage will undergo three planned maintenance windows starting September 13, 2025, each lasting about 12 hours. During these times, it will be in read-only mode—users can view content but cannot create, reply, edit, or perform write actions, receiving error messages if attempted.

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Microsoft Copilot dashboard (in Viva Insights): New benchmarks to compare Copilot usage across organizations

Microsoft Copilot dashboard in Viva Insights will add benchmarks to compare Copilot usage internally and externally, helping identify adoption trends. Rolling out from late September to October 2025, it includes privacy-protected external benchmarks and internal cohort comparisons, with admin controls for access management.

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Retirement of “Add to existing remediation” option in Microsoft Defender for Office 365

Starting October 1, 2025, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 will retire the “Add to existing remediation” option due to low usage. Users must switch to “Create new remediation.” No admin action is needed, but users should be informed and documentation updated accordingly. Other functionalities remain unaffected.

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Power Apps – Fill forms faster with smart paste

We are announcing the ability to fill forms faster with smart paste in Power Apps. This feature will reach general availability on October 1, 2025.

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Get started with August 2025 improvements in Windows 11

If you’re an IT professional or decision maker, start using the newest Windows 11 capabilities with helpful tips and actionable steps summarized in one place. Discover enhancements to the Windows out-of-box experience (OOBE) for quality updates, hotpatching, productivity features, update and driver management, AI, and more. Learn how to get started with these and other improvements across Microsoft Intune, Windows Server, and Windows security. 

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Dynamics 365 Field Service – Tailor Copilot chat experience with Copilot Studio

We are announcing the ability of makers being able to customize their experience of the Copilot side pane by using the customization capabilities of Copilot Studio in Dynamics 365 Field Service. This feature will reach general availability on October 1, 2025.

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Dynamics 365 Sales – Connect AI agents to sales workflows using Model Context Protocol server

We are announcing the ability to connect Dynamics 365 Sales to your agents and assistants with the new Model Context Protocol server. This feature will reach general availability on October 1, 2025.

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