AI-powered People Skills skill inferencing will expand to Microsoft 365 Enterprise E3 and E5 users, enabling admins to activate this feature in the admin center. Rollout begins late January 2026, enhancing workforce analytics and people-based queries for organizations with Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses.
Microsoft Purview DLP is renaming the Enforcement plane from “Entra” to “Application” starting mid-January 2026, with no functional or user impact. Admins should update scripts and documentation accordingly. New audit logs will reflect “Application,” while existing logs keep “Entra.” No compliance issues identified.
We are announcing the ability to easily select appropriate field values from a list when working with segments conditions in Dynamics 365 Customer Insights – Data. This feature will reach general availability on February 13, 2026.
People Skills is expanding AI powered skill inferencing to include Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 licensed users. Previously, AI powered skill inferencing was available only to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Viva licensed users. With this update, admins will have the option to turn on AI powered skill inferencing for Microsoft 365 E3 / E5 licensed users directly in the Microsoft 365 admin center. AI powered skill inferencing uses AI to automatically identify and update skills on users’ Microsoft 365 profiles based on their work activity from the Microsoft Graph. This control will be available to US-based tenants with Copilot licenses.
We’re introducing the ability to open and send OFT files (Outlook File Templates) on mobile. This feature allows users to view and open OFT files as a draft message, so users can easily resue their Outlook email templates.
Signers will be able to add their electronic signature to PDFs using a stylus, touch, or mouse, in addition to the existing typed signature option.
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.
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.
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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