New enrollment dashboard and data deletion controls in Teams Admin Center

A new voice and face enrollment dashboard in Teams Admin Center will provide admins visibility into AI-related user data and allow deletion of enrollment data. Rolling out January 2026, it enhances data management without changing default enrollment or policies. No action is needed to enable it.

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Improved People Skills Admin configuration

Three new admin features for managing People Skills in Microsoft 365 include turning off user experiences, configuring settings via the Admin Center without PowerShell, and importing custom skills libraries from local devices. These enhance privacy, deployment flexibility, and ease of management, rolling out worldwide by mid-December 2025.

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Microsoft Purview | Information Protection – Email attachment preview in Activity explorer

Microsoft Purview Information Protection will enable admins to preview email attachments flagged for sensitive data directly in Activity explorer for Exchange Online, improving incident investigation without downloading emails. The feature rolls out from December 2025 to January 2026, is enabled by default, and requires no action.

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Message preview for channels, mentions, and reactions notifications

Microsoft Teams will add message previews to channel, mention, and reaction notifications on Windows, Mac, and web starting mid-December 2025. Users can disable previews via notification settings. No admin action or policy changes are needed; the feature activates with client updates.

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Microsoft Viva: Copilot Dashboard – Broader access to M365 Copilot Chat insights

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Adoption Metrics will roll out by January 2026 to tenants with at least one Copilot license, enabling default analytics in the Copilot Dashboard. It provides insights on usage trends, adoption by group, retention, app-level breakdowns, and filtering, with admin controls for access and exclusions.

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Microsoft Secure Score: New recommendations for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

New Microsoft Secure Score recommendations for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint will roll out from late November to mid-December 2025, adding actions like disabling Remote Registry Service on Windows. Available to Microsoft 365 E5 or Defender for Endpoint Plan 2 customers, admins should review and implement these to enhance security.

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Auto-remediation of malicious similarity clusters in AIR

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 expands AIR auto-remediation to malicious similarity clusters, automating approval of remediation actions without manual intervention. Rolling out worldwide mid to late December 2025, this feature reduces SOC workload and speeds threat response. It’s off by default and can be enabled in the Defender portal.

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Interpreter agent in Teams calls

Microsoft Teams will expand the Interpreter agent to support real-time speech-to-speech interpretation in calls starting January 2026 for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. Users can choose languages, adjust audio balance, and select voice options. It works best in structured conversations and requires policy configuration.

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Know Your Customer (KYC) required for Teams Phone porting requests

Starting January 2026, Teams Phone porting requires a one-time Know Your Customer (KYC) process via Teams Admin Center. Admins must submit business info and documents for validation before port-in requests. Existing numbers are unaffected. This applies globally and includes all tenants, with role-based access control via Entra ID.

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Update to EWS Access for Kiosk / Frontline Worker Licenses

Starting March 1, 2026, EWS access will be blocked for mailboxes with Exchange Online Kiosk, Microsoft 365/Office 365 F1, and F3 licenses, which currently lack EWS rights. To maintain EWS access, users must be assigned licenses with EWS rights, or EWS requests will return HTTP 403 errors.

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