Microsoft Teams Store is being redesigned for a more intuitive app and agent discovery experience, rolling out worldwide from late October 2025 to January 2026. Changes include a modern interface, new agent filter, streamlined app tiles, centered search, simplified categories, and a unified app management hub. No user or admin action is needed.
Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Office, retired in April 2024, will be removed from Office by December 2027. Files will open in Protected View instead. Admins should enable Microsoft Defender for Endpoint ASR rules and Windows Defender Application Control to maintain security. No admin action is required for removal.
Microsoft Places will retire the “favorite contacts” feature in early December 2025, replacing it with a “frequent contacts” system aligned with other Microsoft 365 apps. Users and admins will lose related controls, and no action is needed; organizations should update documentation and inform users.
Microsoft Viva Amplify is launching a new publishing stack by late 2025, replacing the legacy system with faster, parallelized publishing (~16 seconds) and improved error handling. The update enhances reliability across SharePoint, Viva Engage, Outlook, and Teams, is on by default, and requires no admin action.
Microsoft SharePoint’s eSignature feature, allowing electronic signatures on Word and PDF documents within SharePoint, will roll out in Türkiye from mid to late November 2025. It is off by default and requires admin activation. Admins should enable it via Microsoft 365 admin center and configure policies as needed.
Microsoft Purview introduces new Copilot security controls in Microsoft Admin Center, enabling admins to create DLP policies, monitor oversharing risks, and protect sensitive data in Copilot. Public preview starts November 2025; general availability in January 2026. Admin roles required for policy management and compliance.
Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android will support starting, stopping, and restarting meeting recording and transcription directly from the device with Teams Rooms Pro licensing, rolling out December 2025. Permissions are required, and some call types are unsupported. Recordings are stored in the organizer’s OneDrive or SharePoint.
Microsoft Purview DLP in Edge for Business will extend inline protections to more unmanaged GenAI apps, allowing admins to apply existing data loss prevention policies on Intune-managed Windows devices. This update, requiring no extra deployment, enhances data security and compliance reporting starting public preview in November 2025.
The HubSpot connector allows users using the Researcher agent to be able to leverage 3rd party information from HubSpot to enrich generated responses with relevant information.
1. Makers can now scope their data in their agent created on custom connector data at a particular container.
2. These containers will be defined during creation/updating of the custom connector.
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