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Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint – Navigation improvements in Reporting

Viva Glint Reporting users like managers and leaders will be able to retrace their navigation flow i.e. drill down and drill up in reports rather than lose their navigation flow within reports. Navigation improvements will replace “Go Back” to Reporting home page with an alternative clickable UX to enable users to go back to the last page of reporting they were in. In other words, this feature will cater to Back navigation improvements in Reporting.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 16, 2026 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Agent Mode in PowerPoint

Agent Mode in PowerPoint lets you transform, polish, and edit presentations through natural conversation in chat—preserving your deck’s formatting, structure, and branding. Guide Copilot to update slides, refine layouts, and iterate on content using enterprise data, so you can focus on your ideas and present with confidence. Available to Microsoft 365 users without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 16, 2026 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Export Viva Engage admin settings from Engage Admin Center

Starting late January 2026, Viva Engage admins can export a CSV snapshot of admin settings from the Engage Admin Center, including tenant- and network-level configurations. The export excludes community-level and Teams/Microsoft 365 Admin Center settings. Accessible by Global, Engage, and Verified Admins.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 16, 2026 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint – Survey Designer Role

Microsoft Viva Glint will introduce a Survey designer role by mid-February 2026, allowing selected users to create and manage surveys without access to sensitive settings. Admins must assign this role, enabling secure, flexible survey creation for employee listening programs. No compliance issues identified.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 16, 2026 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams: Viva Engage communities in Teams

Viva Engage communities will be integrated into Microsoft Teams by March-April 2026, enabling asynchronous conversations and leadership engagement within Teams. Features include synced memberships, notifications, rich interactions, and admin controls. The feature is ON by default for all tenants and requires no extra license.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 16, 2026 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Retirement of Power BI Q&A

Power BI Q&A, the legacy natural language tool, will retire by December 2026. New Q&A visuals cannot be created, and existing ones will stop working. Users should transition to Power BI Copilot for querying data. Organizations should review and update reports, documentation, and support accordingly.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 16, 2026 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Create custom templates for immersive events in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams will enable users to create, save, and share custom immersive event templates within the Teams Meet app starting mid-February 2026. This feature requires no admin setup, supports collaboration, and applies to Teams desktop and web versions, enhancing event preparation and management.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 16, 2026 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Feature Update: Gradual Rollouts restoration in Windows Autopatch

Starting February 2, 2026, Gradual Rollouts for Windows Feature Updates will be reinstated in Windows Autopatch, allowing admins to manage deployments via Intune or Microsoft Graph API. Existing policies remain active, and Autopatch Groups continue supporting phased deployments. Review policies and communicate changes accordingly.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 16, 2026 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Power Platform – Track, manage and scale Copilot adoption in PPAC new functionality

We are announcing an update for the Copilot Studio page in the Copilot Hub within the Power Platform admin center (PPAC). When you select an agent from the agent table, a new panel will open and display expanded insights, including usage, activity trends, and environment information. You can also select the environment name in the panel to go directly to the Manage hub for configuration. This feature update will reach general availability on January 16, 2026.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 16, 2026 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Power Automate – Debug easily into condition actions at runtime

We are announcing the ability to debug condition actions by displaying values passed into the dynamic content and expressions at runtime in Power Automate. This feature reached general availability on December 31, 2025.

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Originally posted by Microsoft Jan 16, 2026 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Joao Ferreira

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.