A new unverified sender banner will be introduced in the reading pane of Outlook Mobile (iOS and Android) starting mid-July 2025. This feature helps identify messages from unverified senders, aligning with desktop and web versions. No admin action is required, but user awareness is recommended.
Microsoft is enhancing Copilot in classic Outlook for Windows to summarize email attachments (PDF, Word, PowerPoint) directly in the reading pane. This feature, available by late August 2025, requires no admin action and is on by default. It affects users licensed for Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Microsoft 365 Copilot now includes Viva Engage discussion posts from public communities and Storylines as grounding sources, enhancing contextually relevant responses. This feature, rolling out from June to August 2025, requires no admin action and does not include private content. Review Viva Engage configurations and notify relevant parties.
Missed activity emails for Microsoft Teams will now come from the domain teams.mail.microsoft instead of teams.email.microsoft. This change will roll out in July 2025 with no impact on tenant configuration or admin settings. No action is required, but informing helpdesk or communications teams is recommended.
Users of the Microsoft Authenticator app on iOS will be able to back up account names—including Microsoft work or school accounts, Microsoft personal accounts, and third-party accounts like Amazon or Google—using iCloud and iCloud Keychain. This enables secure, end-to-end encrypted backup of account names and TOTP credentials. When setting up a new iOS device, account names will automatically appear in the app, and users can sign in to complete setup.
Documents signed via Adobe or DocuSign eSignature, when initiated through the SharePoint eSignature platform, will now be saved in the originating SharePoint folder instead of the default Apps folder. The originating folder is the folder where the starting document was located at the point of eSignature request initiation.
Users can use the new Account Manager feature to learn more about their Microsoft account, display their profile picture, and add new accounts (if permitted by their organization).
SharePoint is updating the capabilities of its text editor Copilot. Now, you can not only use copilot to rewrite your existing text but also use it to keep writing or add a grounding document. By answering the question “what do you want copilot to change”, you can perform any number of refinements to your existing content.
This feature allows Global and Intune administrators to pin the M365 Copilot app to the Windows taskbar, providing users with easy access to M365 Copilot capabilities like Chat, Search, Agents, Notebooks and Create. This setting applies to all Intune-managed Windows 10 and 11 devices with the app installed.
Delegate management and remediation authority for different people in different regions or organization units with role-based access control (RBAC). For example, German investigators should be able to investigate alerts and audit events for only German users. This update extends support to SharePoint for Microsoft 365.
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