SharePoint Stuff

The Microsoft roadmap roundup is a weekly summary of all the newly added items and changes within the Microsoft 365 roadmap, covering SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Copilot and more.

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Here’s a look at what’s happened over the past week:

SharePoint

Includes updates for SharePoint, SharePoint/ Microsoft Syntex.

• Launched (5)
• Rolling out (3)
• In development (3)

🍾 LAUNCHED

• SharePoint: Time to read on SharePoint News posts  – Each news item in SharePoint will display estimated read time of the article.  Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=491024
• OneDrive: Hide people previewing files in OneDrive and SharePoint – This setting will allow administrators to disable the presence feature in the OneDrive and SharePoint file previewing experience on selected sites. This item is inaccurate and is being removed from the roadmap.  We apologize for any inconvenience. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=419814
• SharePoint: Auto-run Data Access Governance (DAG) reports – You can now schedule to run your DAG reports automatically every 28 days and also receive notification when the auto-run completes. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=414526
• SharePoint: Microsoft Syntex – Update to Microsoft Syntex translation – The document translation service enables users to create translated copies quickly and easily while preserving the original format and structure of the file. Were updating the service to allow creating translated copies in up to 10 languages with a single request. This update will be available for both manual and rule-based requests. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=410213
• SharePoint: Enhancing SharePoint document translation with glossary feature – Were thrilled to announce the addition of a glossary capability to our SharePoint AI content document translation model. This feature delivers precise, industry-specific translations, fostering unparalleled clarity and consistency for your documents. Experience effortless integration and user-friendly operation within your existing SharePoint libraries. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=410212

🚂 ROLLING OUT

•  Microsoft SharePoint: New web part for FAQs – SharePoint FAQ web part help assist content owners keep their content fresh and relevant. Powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot, this new web part can help content owner easily curate FAQ by working with agents and connected grounding data. With a Human-in-the-Loop approach, it ensures high-quality, trustworthy FAQs without the hassle. The result? A living FAQ that evolves with your organization’s needs. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=482198
• SharePoint: OneDrive and SharePoint – Apply watermark to PDF – OneDrive for Web now lets you add text or images as watermarks to your PDF documents. You can place the watermark in front of your content and choose the perfect location and angle for it. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=485796
• SharePoint: Improved processing status experience for Content AI models in SharePoint Online – Were introducing a new activity pane in SharePoint Online to help users track and troubleshoot Content AI model processing. Starting with document translation and autofill, users will be able to view real-time status (in progress, completed, failed) for individual files, bulk selections, or the full library. Completed status will include enriched details like language codes, glossary usage, and column extraction counts. This new pane will eventually replace the current processing status column, providing a more consistent and actionable experience. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=489453

⌛ IN DEVELOPMENT

Rollout starts – July 2025

• 🆕 SharePoint: Text Editor Copilot ‘Refine’ update  – 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.  Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=497132

Rollout starts – August 2025

• 🆕 SharePoint: Signed Adobe & Docusign documents saved to the originating folder – 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. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=498232

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Teams

• Launched (1)
• Rolling out (4)
• In development (5)

🍾 LAUNCHED

• Microsoft Teams: Custom Dictionary – Tenant administrators can now upload a Custom Dictionary through the M365 Admin Portal’s Copilot Settings page to include tenant-specific terminologies. This enhancement improves entity recognition in Teams meeting transcripts, benefiting both Recap and Copilot’s understanding of the content. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=487428

🚂 ROLLING OUT

•  Microsoft Teams: Usability and privacy improvements for live captions and live transcript in meetings – Introducing enhancements to live captions and live transcripts in Microsoft Teams to make meetings more intuitive, accessible, and privacy-focused. Live captions are now scrollable, allowing users to review past conversation with more flexibility and over a larger surface area. Next, copying captions is disabled by default to protect sensitive information and support compliance. Additionally, the live transcript panel wont open automatically with features that trigger transcription like recording, giving users greater control over their layout. Lastly, If transcription is enabled, users who attempt to open the live transcript panel will see a banner suggesting they switch to live captions for real-time comprehension. These updates streamline the experience while supporting accessibility and privacy. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=495454
• Microsoft Teams: Apply partial settings for Android devices using configuration profiles in the Teams admin center – In the Teams admin center, admins can now modify, review, and apply configuration settings to Android devices without overriding other settings ensuring only the desired changes are made. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=313800
• Microsoft Teams: Default Teams Calling global policy to enable users to transcribe or record calls – Were updating the default global calling policy for new tenants to allow users to transcribe or record calls. Previously, these settings were turned off by default in the host global policy. With this update, recording and transcription will be enabled by default in the global calling policy for new tenants and existing tenants who have not modified the host global policy. This change will not impact existing custom policies or modified global policies. After this rollout, recording and transcription services will be more accessible to users, allowing them to turn on and use recording and transcription as needed during Teams calls. Neither recording nor transcription will be automatically enabled in Teams calls. This update is designed to broaden access to AI-powered features like Calls Recap and Calling Copilot, enhancing the overall calling experience. It also brings calling policy defaults in line with Teams meetings policies, where recording and transcription are already enabled by default. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=494151
• Microsoft Teams: Copilot only during call – Copilot is only available during the live call session and will not be accessible after the call ends. No recording or transcription is required to use Copilot during the call. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=482745

⌛ IN DEVELOPMENT

Rollout starts – August 2025

• 🆕 Microsoft Teams: Deploy Teams frontline worker pilot in Teams Admin Center – Deploy a frontline worker (FLW) pilot in Teams Admin Center Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=498226
• 🆕 Microsoft Teams: Edit and manage Teams Town Hall instances in Outlook – Organizers and co-organizers can now easily edit the details of Teams Town Hall instances. A direct link to the Teams Town Hall edit page is now accessible from Outlook calendar. This enhancement brings the same seamless editing and registration management experience already available in webinar, bringing a consistent experience across all event types. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=496986

Rollout starts – September 2025

•  Microsoft Teams: Slash commands for apps  – You can now interact with your favorite apps directly from Teams chat and channels compose box using slash commands.  Type / and start interacting with Apps and Agents, invoke workflows and more.  Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=495002
• Microsoft Teams: Enhanced Meeting Protection – Prevent Screen Capture – To address the issue of unauthorized screen captures during meetings, the Prevent Screen Capture feature ensures that if a user attempts to take a screen capture, the meeting window will turn black, thereby protecting sensitive information. This feature will be available on Teams desktop applications (both Windows and Mac) and Teams mobile applications (both iOS and Android). For users joining from unsupported platforms, they will be placed in audio-only mode to maintain the integrity of the meeting’s content. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=490561

Rollout starts – October 2025

• Microsoft Teams: Network Strength icon to understand strength of your network – Quickly understand strength of your network along with suggestions to conserve bandwidth if you are experiencing networking issues. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=414513

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OneDrive

• Launched (1)
• Rolling out (1)
• In development (1)

🍾 LAUNCHED

• OneDrive: Hide people previewing files in OneDrive and SharePoint – This setting will allow administrators to disable the presence feature in the OneDrive and SharePoint file previewing experience on selected sites. This item is inaccurate and is being removed from the roadmap.  We apologize for any inconvenience. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=419814

🚂 ROLLING OUT

• SharePoint: OneDrive and SharePoint –  Apply watermark to PDF – OneDrive for Web now lets you add text or images as watermarks to your PDF documents. You can place the watermark in front of your content and choose the perfect location and angle for it. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=485796

⌛ IN DEVELOPMENT

Rollout starts – August 2025

• OneDrive: Prompt for permitted users to sign in to OneDrive app with personal Microsoft account – Users have long been able to use personal Microsoft accounts with the OneDrive app on corporate Windows devices unless restricted by admin policy. This new feature introduces a prompt only when a personal account is already signed in on the device, encouraging users to also sign in to the OneDrive app with that account. Administrators who have already restricted personal accounts on corporate devices can continue to manage this as before. Organizations that have already disabled personal OneDrive accounts on corporate devices with the DisablePersonalSync policy will not see this prompt. Administrators can also suppress it using the DisableNewAccountDetection policy. More information on configuring policies can be found here: Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=490064

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•  Outlook: Copilot Prepare for Meeting in Calendar – With so many of us in back-to-back meetings, it can be a real struggle to stay on top of pre-reads, action items, and even what each meeting is about. Copilot can identify and summarize the key points so you can show up prepared in just a few minutes. When you have an upcoming meeting, Copilot proactively shows you a “Prepare” button in your inbox which helps you quickly get context by creating a summary of the meeting and showing and summarizing relevant files, leveraging the power of the Microsoft Graph. Now you have all the most important details you need and can arrive prepared and ready to engage in a productive conversation. This feature will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and web. #newoutlookforwindows Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=495461
• Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Locate your Copilot Pages in Copilot Chat navigation pane – For quick access to your Copilot Pages, find all page artifacts created across your apps/modules in one place underneath the Chat section in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=485728
• Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot generates the new presentation in a new file when starting from an existing presentation – Now, when creating a presentation using Copilot from an existing presentation, it will create the new presentation in a new file without affecting the original presentation Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=489451
• Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot generates the new presentation in a new file when starting from an existing presentation – Now, when creating a presentation using Copilot from an existing presentation, it will create the new presentation in a new file without affecting the original presentation Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=489450
• Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Designer is now part of Copilot, enhanced with new template and slide suggestions –  Designer is now part of Copilot. Copilot suggestions now brings you familiar Designer slide layout and presentation template suggestions in a vertical gallery, along with new capabilities. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=484843
• Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): UX Transparency for Web Queries – With UX transparency of web grounding in Copilot, users will now be able to see the exact queries sent by Copilot in response to a user’s prompt to the web for grounding, along with the list of websites being queried, enhancing their awareness and control over the process.  Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=483965
• Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot extensibility Developers can create, test and update custom engine agents to run in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams – We mistakenly marked the roadmap as “”launched.”” The correct status is In Development. We apologize the inconvenience. Developers can create, test and update custom engine agents using Teams Toolkit & Microsoft Copilot Studio, so that they can run in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams.
•  Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=474439
• OneNote: Copilot Chat on OneNote for web and in Teams – Bringing the power of Microsoft Copilot to OneNote for web and in Teams. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=417005
• Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Data Lifecycle Management – Separation of the Microsoft 365 Copilot retention policy location from Microsoft Teams chats – Today, admins must manage retention and deletion for Microsoft 365 Copilot interactions using a retention policy location that also includes Microsoft Teams chats. This feature will provide a new location option to manage only Copilot interactions, separate from Microsoft Teams chats. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=407897

🚂 ROLLING OUT

•  Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Use Copilot to rephrase text as desired through custom prompt in PowerPoint – Now you will be able to rewrite text using Copilot through natural language prompting in PowerPoint. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=494831
• Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Use Copilot to rephrase text as desired through custom prompt in PowerPoint – Now you will be able to rewrite text using Copilot through natural language prompting in PowerPoint. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=494833
• Microsoft 365 Admin Center: Copilot Search management and insights – Enable AI administrators to configure, customize, and measure Copilot Search across their organization. This feature provides centralized tools to manage search connectors, tailor search experiences to organizational needs, and gain actionable insights into adoption, usage patterns, and content engagement. Designed to enhance productivity and maximize the value of Microsoft 365 Copilot, it supports both setup and ongoing optimization of enterprise search experiences. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=495460
• Microsoft SharePoint: New web part for FAQs – SharePoint FAQ web part help assist content owners keep their content fresh and relevant. Powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot, this new web part can help content owner easily curate FAQ by working with agents and connected grounding data. With a Human-in-the-Loop approach, it ensures high-quality, trustworthy FAQs without the hassle. The result? A living FAQ that evolves with your organization’s needs. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=482198
• Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft 365 Copilot Search –  Simple to use AI-powered enterprise search experience that quickly surfaces relevant information using work data you have access to. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=490778
• Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot generates the new presentation in a new file when starting from an existing presentation – Now, when creating a presentation using Copilot from an existing presentation, it will create the new presentation in a new file without affecting the original presentation Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=489452
• Microsoft Teams: Copilot only during call – Copilot is only available during the live call session and will not be accessible after the call ends. No recording or transcription is required to use Copilot during the call. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=482745
• Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Department graph for Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management for AI – A new graph added to Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management for AI displays the departments of users interacting with M365 Copilot. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=475377
• Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Graph Connectors in CIQ – We mistakenly marked this roadmap as “launched.” We apologize for any inconvenience. When grounding your prompts in BizChat, you will be able to use CIQ to scope to your 3P data from your Graph Connectors. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=413111

⌛ IN DEVELOPMENT

Rollout starts – July 2025

• 🆕 Microsoft 365 Admin Center: Setting to pin M365 Copilot app to Windows taskbar – 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. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=498221
• 🆕 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Chat now supports more file types in search grounding. – We are expanding the file types supported in Copilot Chat to align with the Microsoft Search experience. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=492268
• Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): New file extension for Copilot pages – We are introducing a new file extension for Copilot pages, “.page”. This new file extension will continue to support admin toggles, sensitivity labels, data loss prevention, multi-geo, Purview eDiscovery, version history, export, audit logs, and data subject requests. The functionality and support for the .page file extension will be identical to the existing .loop file extension, with the only difference being the file extension and the associated file icon.  For a comprehensive list of features supported refer to: Summary table of admin management, governance, lifecycle, and compliance capabilities based on experience Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=494834
• Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft 365 Copilot app for GCC-M environments – The Microsoft 365 app will be updated to the Microsoft 365 Copilot app for GCC-M environments. This update includes a UI refresh and quick access to key modules like Chat, Search, Create, Apps, and Notebooks.  Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=495116
• Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Reference an Excel file when creating a presentation with Copilot for PowerPoint – You can now reference an Excel file when you create a presentation with Copilot within the PowerPoint application. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=493733
• Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Reference an Excel file when creating a presentation with Copilot for PowerPoint – You can now reference an Excel file when you create a presentation with Copilot within the PowerPoint application. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=493732
• Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Reference an Excel file when creating a presentation with Copilot for PowerPoint – You can now reference an Excel file when you create a presentation with Copilot within the PowerPoint application. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=493731
• Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Agents in Copilot Chat available on Edge Sidebar – Use agents in Copilot Chat on Edge Sidebar to simplify tasks. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=482410
• Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Microsoft Purview capabilities for M365 Copilot – Microsoft Purview is launching several capabilities in government cloud environments that help secure and govern data in Microsoft 365 Copilot. These are capabilities in Information Protection, Data Lifecycle Management, Audit, eDiscovery, and Communication Compliance. These capabilities will be available once Microsoft 365 Copilot is deployed. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=479083

Rollout starts – August 2025

• 🆕 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Easier access to Researcher in Microsoft Word – The Researcher agent now has easier entry points on the Word canvas making it faster to go from idea to polished research report without breaking your flow. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=497914
• 🆕 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Easier access to Researcher in Microsoft Word – The Researcher agent now has easier entry points on the Word canvas making it faster to go from idea to polished research report without breaking your flow. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=497913
• 🆕 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Recent activity is part of Copilot’s dynamic document snapshot in Word – Select the Activity tab within the Copilot summary at the top of a document for a summary of recent comments and changes. Choose a time window of 3 days, 1 week, or 2 weeks. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=497940
• 🆕 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Recent activity is part of Copilot’s dynamic document snapshot in Word – Select the Activity tab within the Copilot summary at the top of a document for a summary of recent comments and changes. Choose a time window of 3 days, 1 week, or 2 weeks. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=497936
• 🆕 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Scope prompts to specific Channels in Teams in Copilot Chat – Users will be able to scope their prompts to specific Channels in Teams to get more focused responses when using Copilot Chat. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=497915
• 🆕 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Say “Hey Copilot” to activate voice conversations with the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows – With the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows, say Hey Copilot to activate real-time voice conversations with Copilot. The wake word keeps you in flow, helping you draft content, analyze data, and get critical insights without having to navigate to a separate app or window. Built for enterprise, it respects your organizations compliance and privacy settings, activating only when called. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=497848

Rollout starts – September 2025

• Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Viva Connections cards in Microsoft 365 Copilots – Microsoft 365 Copilot brings Viva Connections cards to conversations. When a card is relevant for a specific topic, the card will surface in the conversation chat and users will be able to interact with it directly from Microsoft 365 Copilot without interrupting the user’s flow. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=412621

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Microsoft Purview

• Launched (8)
• Rolling out (9)
• In development (10)

🍾 LAUNCHED

•  Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection – Email Attachment Preview in Content Explorer – This feature allows admins to view the attachments of an email within purview content explorer. This will help admins with their investigation process Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=485765
• Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint DLP – Edge to enforce USB, network, and printer group restrictions on files – Purview Admins can now use either Removable USB device, Network Share, and/or Printer groups within DLP policies, these restrictions are now extensible to the Edge browser experience. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=486370
• Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Enhancements to global exclusions in IRM settings – In this update, we are making the below enhancements to Insider Risk Management (IRM) exclusions to reduce alert noise. 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. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=483485
• Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention- MacOS parity Full file evidence – Data Loss Prevention (DLP) can copy the item that matches a DLP policy from onboarded MacOS devices to an Azure storage account. This creates full file evidence parity for MacOS. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=483492
• Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle separate retention policies for Copilots and AI Apps – Enable admins to configure retention policies for various Copilots and AI Apps. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=470025
• Microsoft Purview compliance portal – Data Lifecycle Management – Separation of the Microsoft 365 Copilot retention policy location from Microsoft Teams chats – Today, admins must manage retention and deletion for Microsoft 365 Copilot interactions using a retention policy location that also includes Microsoft Teams chats. This feature will provide a new location option to manage only Copilot interactions, separate from Microsoft Teams chats. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=407897
• Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management – Microsoft Fabric risk indicators in Insider Risk Management – With this update, Insider Risk Management extends its risk-detection capabilities to Microsoft Fabric products by offering ready-to-use risk indicators based on user activities in Power BI. Organizations can use these new indicators in data theft and data leaks policies. 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. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=388733
• Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Microsoft Information Protection and Insider Risk Management support multicloud environments – Microsoft Purview Information Protection extends its sensitivity labels and protection policies into data contained in Azure SQL, Azure Data Lake Storage, and Amazon S3. Organizations can create label-based protection policies that specify which data sources, databases, or storage buckets are in scope, and which users or groups are allowed to access data with a certain sensitivity label and Purview will automatically enforce the policy and block unauthorized access to sensitive data. Insider Risk Management extends its detection into multicloud environments by offering ready-to-use risk indicators in Azure, AWS, and SaaS apps including Box, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Organizations can use these new indicators in data theft and data leaks policies. 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. Note: We have updated the cloud environments to reflect the current state.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=376698

🚂 ROLLING OUT

•  Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention- Separate role added for downloading the original file evidence for Endpoint – Microsoft Purview has introduced a new separate role for downloading the original evidence for endpoint. It is applicable when you try to download the evidence using Purview or XDR portal. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=495831
• Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention: Collection Policies: Scope classifiers and activity to track on all Windows devices – Allow customers to scope classification (SITs- Sensitive Information Types) and activities for scoped users. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=479760
• Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Enhancements to global exclusions in IRM settings – In this update, we are making the below enhancements to IRM exclusions to reduce alert noise. 1. Keyword logic update for email – An email will be excluded from scoring only when all the attachments match the keyword exclusions or email subject matches the keyword exclusions. This will be helpful to reduce the email signature noise which commonly contains keyword “image”. 2. Keyword exclusions on both target and source file paths – For signals like file copied to removable media, keyword exclusions apply on both target and source file paths. 3. File path exclusions for removable media – We will start supporting file path exclusions for removable media. 4. Exclusion support for browser – Domain exclusions are now supported for browsing indicators. 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. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=486826
• Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection – Scan cold files in SharePoint and OneDrive for sensitive information – This new capability will enable admins to scan existing files at rest in SharePoint or OneDrive for Business for sensitive data and classify and/or label them accordingly. This includes files that have never been scanned or scanned in some time. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=475062
• Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Department graph for Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management for AI – A new graph added to Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management for AI displays the departments of users interacting with M365 Copilot. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=475377
• Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Diagnostics in the new portal – After further review, this needs to roll back.  We apologize for any inconvenience. We are building UX to surface the diagnostics that were previously available through cmdlet to be accessible through portal UX. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=418566
• Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery – Review set query report – Within a review set, generate and download a hit-by-term report on a KQL query. Quickly see the count and volume of the items hit on a particular keyword or a list of compound queries. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=384871
• Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management – Policy tuning analysis for priority content-only policies – Policy tuning analysis provides admins with a real-time prediction of the number of users in a tenant that could potentially match a given set of policy conditions. With this update, policy tuning analysis will support insider risk policies that are scoped for priority content. 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 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. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=378409
• Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery – Review set query report – Within a review set, generate and download a hit-by-term report on a KQL query. Quickly see the count and volume of the items hit on a particular keyword or a list of compound queries. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=171751

⌛ IN DEVELOPMENT

Rollout starts – July 2025

• Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Microsoft Purview capabilities for M365 Copilot – Microsoft Purview is launching several capabilities in government cloud environments that help secure and govern data in Microsoft 365 Copilot. These are capabilities in Information Protection, Data Lifecycle Management, Audit, eDiscovery, and Communication Compliance. These capabilities will be available once Microsoft 365 Copilot is deployed. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=479083

Rollout starts – September 2025

• Microsoft Purview compliance portal: [Data Loss Prevention] – [Admin units support for SharePoint Online] – 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. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=498230
• Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery – Microsoft Purview eDiscovery – Guest access for export downloads – This feature allows external guest users to securely access and download export packages from Purview eDiscovery cases, with administrators able to set restrictions such as allowed IP addresses and token expiration to support secure external collaboration.  Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=498160

Rollout starts – October 2025

• Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Cloud Attachments preservation for users on hold – Enables cloud attachment preservation for users put on infinite hold so that file versions shared are preserved across any OneDrive or SharePoint site. This is a new capability which is different from the existing capability of applying label to cloud attachments and links present in OneDrive and SharePoint and shared in Exchange, Teams, Viva Engage and Copilot. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=493752
• Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Microsoft 365 Groups scoping in Teams DLP policy extend protection to 1:1/n chats – When scoping policies to Microsoft 365 Groups in Teams DLP policies, members of Teams standard and shared channel chats associated with the groups are currently protected by the policies. This change will automatically extend the protection to standard/shared channels chats in other Microsfot 365 Groups and 1:1/n (non-channel) chats. There is no longer a need to add users, security groups or other Microsoft 365 groups to protect these chats, except for customers that have enabled optical character recognition (OCR) in Teams chat. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=401127

Rollout starts – December 2025

• Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal: DLP Policy Tip Support in Outlook Mobile – DLP policy tip support for Outlook Mobile enhances data loss prevention measures on mobile devices by providing real-time alerts to help users avoid accidentally sharing sensitive information, ensuring compliance with organizational policies. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=491016

Rollout starts – January 2026

•  Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal: DLP Policy Tip Support in Outlook Mobile – DLP policy tip support for Outlook Mobile enhances data loss prevention measures on mobile devices by providing real-time alerts to help users avoid accidentally sharing sensitive information, ensuring compliance with organizational policies. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=491017
• DLP Policy Tip Support in Outlook for Mac – DLP policy tips for Microsoft Outlook for Mac provide real-time notifications to users when their email contains sensitive information that violates organizational policies. Users can see policy tips directly in the mail tip UI and have the option to remove non-compliant recipients or override the policy if necessary. This feature ensures compliance by alerting users to potential data loss risks before sending emails. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=484854

Rollout starts – June 2026

•  Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management – Microsoft Fabric risk indicators in Insider Risk Management – With this update, Insider Risk Management extends its risk detection capabilities to Microsoft Fabric products by offering ready-to-use risk indicators based on activities that may lead to a data security incident in Power BI. Organizations can use these new indicators in data theft and data leaks policies.   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. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=475859
• Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management – Support for multicloud environments – Insider Risk Management extends its detection into multicloud environments by offering ready-to-use risk indicators in Azure, AWS, and SaaS apps including Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and GitHub. Organizations can use these new indicators in data theft and data leaks policies.  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. Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=475858

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