Outlook’s Events from email feature will retire legacy extraction by January 31, 2026. After that, only emails with Schema.org markup will support automatic event creation. Organizations should work with providers to adopt Schema.org for reliable calendar extraction and improved event accuracy.
Viva Engage in Teams for iOS will show related questions in real time when users type new ones, helping avoid duplicates and improve efficiency. This feature, enabled by default for tenants with the Viva Engage Knowledge Service Plan, will roll out globally from late September to early October 2025.
Microsoft Viva Glint will enable admins to create custom age and tenure derivations for tailored employee data reporting, rolling out globally from mid-October to mid-November 2025. Admins can define ranges, map source fields, and manage derivations with historical data retained even if disabled.
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
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