Organization Data Types in Microsoft Excel for Microsoft 365 will retire on July 31, 2025. Users should switch to Power BI or custom Excel add-ins. Existing data types will remain but won’t refresh. Bing data types are unaffected. For preparation, connect Excel to Power BI or explore custom add-ins.
Support for rendering Loop components in Word for the web will be retired on September 1, 2025. Existing Loop components will display as read-only placeholders with links to open them externally. Organizations should notify users, update documentation, and encourage accessing Loop components via external links. No admin action is required.
Microsoft Teams is introducing a compact toast notification size for Windows users, available from July 2025. Users can enable it via Settings > Notifications > Choose Compact. This feature aims to reduce screen clutter and distractions. No admin action is required.
Starting July 31, 2025, certain Microsoft Graph Beta APIs will require either DeviceManagementScripts.Read.All or DeviceManagementScripts.ReadWrite.All permissions. Previously, they required DeviceManagementConfiguration.ReadWrite.All or DeviceManagementConfiguration.Read.All. Update any apps, scripts, or tools accordingly. Detailed instructions are available in the provided links.
We are announcing the ability to use Dataverse tables as a knowledge source for agents in Microsoft Dataverse. This feature will reach general availability on July 31, 2025.
We are announcing the ability to publish agents to WhatsApp in Copilot Studio. This feature will reach general availability on July 31, 2025.
We are announcing new disposition code functionality which will enable more configurability in indicating the outcome of a voice or chat conversation in Dynamics 365 Contact Center. This feature will reach general availability on July 31, 2025.
We are announcing the ability for administrators to search for phone numbers they have configured for their organization in the Copilot Service admin center in Dynamics 365 Contact Center. This feature will reach general availability on July 31, 2025.
We are announcing the ability to enable waitlist registrations in Dynamics 365 Customer Insights – Journeys, to ensure that spots are filled when registered attendees cancel. This feature will reach general availability on July 31, 2025.
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