Users can view and respond to activity across multiple tenants without switching accounts. You can triage notifications, reply to chats, and pin tenants to the left rail for quick access.
New enforcement to block access from unauthorized Microsoft 365 tenants directly in Microsoft Edge for Business, helping organizations maintain strict compliance and prevent data leakage across tenant boundaries.
Microsoft Entra ID will enhance authentication security by enforcing a Content Security Policy that blocks external script injection, allowing only trusted Microsoft scripts. This rollout begins mid-October 2026, affecting browser-based sign-ins on login.microsoftonline.com, with no impact on Entra External ID tenants.
Auto Archiving for Exchange Online automatically moves oldest mailbox items to archive when usage exceeds 96%, preventing mail flow disruption. Enabled by default, it applies to mailboxes with archives, respects “Never Move to Archive” tags, and allows admin adjustments or disabling. Rollout starts January 2026.
A new voice and face enrollment dashboard in Teams Admin Center will provide admins visibility into AI-related user data and allow deletion of enrollment data. Rolling out January 2026, it enhances data management without changing default enrollment or policies. No action is needed to enable it.
Three new admin features for managing People Skills in Microsoft 365 include turning off user experiences, configuring settings via the Admin Center without PowerShell, and importing custom skills libraries from local devices. These enhance privacy, deployment flexibility, and ease of management, rolling out worldwide by mid-December 2025.
Microsoft Purview Information Protection will enable admins to preview email attachments flagged for sensitive data directly in Activity explorer for Exchange Online, improving incident investigation without downloading emails. The feature rolls out from December 2025 to January 2026, is enabled by default, and requires no action.
Microsoft Teams will add message previews to channel, mention, and reaction notifications on Windows, Mac, and web starting mid-December 2025. Users can disable previews via notification settings. No admin action or policy changes are needed; the feature activates with client updates.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Adoption Metrics will roll out by January 2026 to tenants with at least one Copilot license, enabling default analytics in the Copilot Dashboard. It provides insights on usage trends, adoption by group, retention, app-level breakdowns, and filtering, with admin controls for access and exclusions.
New Microsoft Secure Score recommendations for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint will roll out from late November to mid-December 2025, adding actions like disabling Remote Registry Service on Windows. Available to Microsoft 365 E5 or Defender for Endpoint Plan 2 customers, admins should review and implement these to enhance security.
I've been working with Microsoft Technologies over the last ten years, mainly focused on creating collaboration and productivity solutions that drive the adoption of Microsoft Modern Workplace.
Found my content useful?
Buy Me a Beer
HANDS ON SharePoint
HANDS ON Teams
HANDS ON Lists
HANDS ON tek
M365 Admin
