You can now quickly search for and navigate to any folder in your mailbox using the new Go to Folder feature. Instead of scrolling through long folder lists, just press Ctrl+Y or access it from your accounts context menu to instantly find what you need. Type a few letters of the folder name and jump straight there. #newoutlookforwindows
Today, Insider Risk Management (IRM) provides policy-driven protection for data leaks, data theft, and risky AI usage. However, while policy-driven protections are powerful, customers may not always have clear visibility into where coverage can be optimized or expanded to address latent insider risk.
IRM now provides guidance on what protections are missing or which policy configurations deliver the most incremental value, providing customers with more comprehensive coverage to mitigate their most critical insider risk.
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
In the new Outlook for Windows, users can choose to save 1 year or 2 years of email on their device for offline access. This expands the existing offline settings and allows users to access more email when they are not connected to the internet. The new options are available under Settings > General > Offline > Days of email to save, giving users greater flexibility based on their storage and offline needs.”
Starting May 22, 2026, Pay-As-You-Go (PayGo) is no longer a mandatory requirement to enable Self-Service Disaster Recovery (SSDR) in your production environment(s).
Microsoft 365 Copilot in Outlook (Frontier Public) enables users to manage inbox tasks like drafting emails and creating rules via chat prompts. Rolling out April 27-28, 2026, it supports multiple Outlook clients (excluding EU users) with no admin action needed. It processes mailbox content respecting permissions.
Excel Desktop must be updated to Build 16.0.17932.20732 or newer by May 27, 2026, to maintain connectivity with Power Platform Analytical Dataflows. Older versions will lose access as the legacy endpoint is retired. No admin changes needed beyond updating Excel.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint will add a new Secure Score recommendation in late April 2026 to help organizations prepare for Secure Boot 2023 certificate updates replacing expiring certificates in June 2026. It provides visibility into device readiness, tracks progress, and is enabled by default.
Teams Rooms on Android devices signed in with licensed user accounts will auto-save whiteboards to the user’s OneDrive, improving reliability by removing the need for another participant or meeting. This rollout begins late April 2026, with no extra configuration needed, but applies only to licensed user accounts, not resource accounts.
Exchange Online will retire support for legacy TLS 1.0 and 1.1 on POP3 and IMAP4 connections between July 1 and December 31, 2026. Connections must use TLS 1.2 or later; legacy clients may fail. Organizations should ensure all email clients and systems support TLS 1.2+ and update if needed.
Microsoft Purview introduces a new guided diagnostics experience for Data Loss Prevention (DLP) to help admins troubleshoot policy issues with clearer visibility and Security Copilot-powered insights for eligible tenants. Available from mid-May 2026, it enhances monitoring without changing enforcement or user workflows.
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