Microsoft Teams: Voice tethering

The voice tethering feature builds on the recent introduction of Sign Language Mode. It ensures that when an interpreter voices for a D/HH signer, captions and transcripts attribute the spoken content to the signer rather than the interpreter. This provides accurate representation in meetings and makes it clear who is contributing to the conversation. It also improves downstream meeting intelligence such as Copilot so that notes, summaries, action items, and insights are attributed to the correct participant.

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Microsoft 365: Change Meeting Organizer via PowerShell Cmdlet in Exchange Online

Allows the administrator of an Exchange Online tenant to change the organizer of an existing meeting or meeting series via a PowerShell cmdlet. This can be used, for example, to maintain continuity and history of a long-running meeting series in cases where the meeting organizer has a new role, is on leave, or during the offboarding process. Once the meeting is transferred, the new organizer will be able to maintain all properties of the event including meeting time and recurrence, attendees, and description. Meeting attendees within the Exchange Online tenant will not need to re-RSVP and the existing event on their calendar will be silently updated with the new meeting organizer information.

A subsequent feature will enable users to to change the organizer via Modern Calendar in OWA, New Outlook, and Teams. For user-initiated transfers the new organizer must accept the meeting before the transfer completes.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Researcher Agent for GCC

Researcher will be available for Microsoft 365 business and enterprise users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot add-on license. Researcher is an advanced deep reasoning agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot designed to tackle complex, multi-step tasks by acting as a deep research assistant.

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Microsoft Teams: Hide meetings toolbar

Users can now hide their entire meeting controls toolbar during meetings to create more space or simply clean up their workspace. The setting will persist across their meetings, and the toolbar can be accessed through hover or tab functionality even when in hidden mode. Keyboard shortcuts will still remain active as they are today.

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Microsoft Teams: Image viewer improvements enable scrolling and jumping to original message

Lightbox enhancements let users scroll through all previously shared images in a conversation, provide a clearer visual focus on the image being viewed, and add a header option that jumps directly to the original message where the image was posted.

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Microsoft Teams: Recently used emojis sync across devices

Recently used emojis and reactions sync across Teams on desktop and mobile, making it easier to express yourself wherever you work.

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Outlook: Copilot Chat available in shared and delegate mailboxes

Shared mailbox users and delegates with full access permission will now be able to access Copilot Chat, directly from their shared and delegate mailboxes in new Outlook.

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Microsoft 365 Copilot: Business justification for Copilot license requests

Starting late March 2026, Microsoft 365 Copilot license requests will include an optional business justification field for users. Admins will see this justification during review to streamline approvals. The feature is on by default, requires no tenant configuration, and does not affect existing workflows or policies.

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Events in Meet app – Introducing a redesigned, unified Events experience in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is redesigning the Meet app to unify Events, streamlining creation, discovery, and management of webinars, town halls, and custom events. Rollout starts February 2026 (targeted) and April 2026 (general). Existing meetings remain unchanged; no admin action needed. Training updates are recommended.

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Microsoft 365 Copilot app: Unified plus (+) menu

Microsoft 365 Copilot will introduce a unified plus (+) menu by late February 2026, consolidating grounding, tools, and sources into one menu for easier access. This change affects Copilot Chat and Microsoft 365 Copilot users, is enabled by default, requires no admin action, and improves workflow and discoverability.

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