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Table of Contents
- Intro
- Copilot: Deeper Integration, Better Grounding, and New Agent Capabilities
- Teams: Rooms, Meetings, Calling, and Collaboration Upgrades
- SharePoint & OneDrive: Modernization and Governance
- Outlook: Mobile Labeling, File Sharing, and UI Improvements
- Microsoft Edge: Productivity & Enterprise Controls
- Microsoft Viva: Pulse, Glint, and Analytics
- Microsoft Purview: DLP, IRM, eDiscovery, and Data Governance
- Intune
- Clipchamp
- Microsoft 365 Admin Center
- Final Takeaway
- Enabled‑by‑Default Features
- Retirement Radar
- Follow
Intro
Microsoft’s late‑February 2026 roadmap drop is one of the densest in recent months, spanning Copilot, Teams, SharePoint, Purview, Edge, Outlook, and more. Across the board, the theme is clear: AI‑assisted workflows, deeper governance, and richer cross‑app experiences.
This post synthesizes the full roadmap updates provided by Microsoft structured as a readable update for admins, architects, and IT leaders.
Copilot: Deeper Integration, Better Grounding, and New Agent Capabilities
Copilot continues to expand across Microsoft 365, with a strong emphasis on Agent Mode, governance, and organizational customization.
Search & Discovery Enhancements
- Copilot Search now supports SharePoint Online custom profile properties, enabling people discovery based on org‑specific metadata.
“Discover and find people… based on your company’s custom profile properties…” - People search also expands with department‑based matching and broader people‑centric queries.
“Copilot Search can now match on a person’s department…”
Agent Mode in PowerPoint: A Massive Expansion
Agent Mode is becoming a full creative environment:
- Reference SharePoint libraries, OneDrive folders, webpages, images, emails, Teams meetings, and existing PowerPoint decks.
“You can now reference webpages when creating a presentation…”
“You can now attach and reference an image…” - Generate executive summary slides automatically.
“Generate an Executive Summary slide… Copilot delivers a polished draft…” - Build presentations using Work IQ, pulling from files, meetings, and emails.
“Create presentations based on your Work IQ…” - Agent Mode is now available across Desktop, Web, and Mac.
Copilot Tuning & Extensibility
Organizations gain more control over how Copilot behaves:
- New templates in Agent Builder for drafting, validating, and style‑matching documents.
“Designed for tasks such as drafting complex documents…” - Admins can enable Anthropic models for specific users or groups.
- Custom agents can now be submitted to the Agent Store for internal distribution.
Copilot in OneDrive
A unified Copilot chat experience is coming directly to OneDrive.
“A new unified Copilot chat experience designed to make working with your files simpler…”
Other Notable Copilot Updates
- Infinite scroll in Copilot Chat history.
- Local file support for Agent Mode in Excel.
- Ability to open Word/Excel/PowerPoint files directly inside Copilot Chat.
- Branded footer in the Copilot app for org‑approved identity.
Teams: Rooms, Meetings, Calling, and Collaboration Upgrades
Teams receives a wide range of updates across devices, meetings, and collaboration.
Teams Rooms & Devices
- A one‑stop admin portal for all Teams devices (Windows + Android).
“Admins now have a one-stop portal for inventory, health monitoring…” - Enhanced issue detection and auto‑remediation for Teams Rooms Pro.
- Join webinars and structured meetings from Teams Rooms on Android.
- Live transcription improvements and language expansion.
Meetings & Collaboration
- Resizable gallery during content sharing.
- Annotations on single‑window sharing.
- Context preservation when returning to conversations.
- Sensitivity label inheritance for meeting recordings and Loop notes.
- Voice tethering for accurate attribution in interpreted meetings.
- Consecutive interpretation mode for multilingual meetings.
Chat & Channels
- Centralized channel notification settings.
- Quick views with customizable visibility.
- Recently used emojis sync across devices.
- Channel Agent updates with dynamic welcome messages and scheduling improvements.
Events & Scheduling
- Book future meetings directly from Teams panels.
- Teams live chat widget now supports appointment scheduling.
- Backup RTMP and SRT support for Teams town halls.
SharePoint & OneDrive: Modernization and Governance
SharePoint
- A reimagined SharePoint experience with new IA, design language, and AI‑assisted creation foundations.
“Designed to be simple and intuitive… establishing the foundation for AI-assisted creation…” - New SharePoint Home Site experience with updated web parts and Viva Connections customization.
- Dark mode support in the SharePoint Admin Center.
OneDrive
- Custom naming for the OneDrive sync folder to reduce path‑length issues.
“Admins can now customize the local OneDrive sync root folder name…” - Copilot in OneDrive (noted above).
Sharing & Access
- Admin policy for expiring “People in your organization” links.
“Automatically expire… sharing links after a specified period.” - Modernized Access Denied experience with Fluent design.
Outlook: Mobile Labeling, File Sharing, and UI Improvements
- Share local Word/Excel/PowerPoint files directly via new Outlook for Windows.
- Recommended sensitivity labels now supported on Outlook mobile (iOS + Android).
- Copilot Chat available in shared and delegate mailboxes.
- Improved filtering results on mobile.
- Full‑screen event details on iPad.
- Admin policy for comma‑based recipient delimiters.
Microsoft Edge: Productivity & Enterprise Controls
- Enhanced autofill for passports, licenses, and specialized forms.
- Auto‑open Copilot side pane for Outlook links.
- Enterprise preview for early Edge build validation.
- Cross‑tenant Intune MAM support for Edge for Business.
- Extensions monitoring in Edge management service.
- Improved site permissions UI.
Microsoft Viva: Pulse, Glint, and Analytics
- Viva Pulse adds targeted Copilot sentiment capture and new Copilot adoption templates.
“Capture sentiment on Copilot use cases… insights into whether specific audiences need more training…” - Viva Glint introduces a Survey Designer role.
- Copilot Analytics updates Power BI adoption dashboards.
Microsoft Purview: DLP, IRM, eDiscovery, and Data Governance
Purview sees one of its largest update batches this cycle.
Insider Risk Management
- Content preview directly inside alerts.
- Ability to create cases without content.
- Pay‑as‑you‑go model for “Other AI apps” indicators.
- Enhanced Data Security Triage Agent with metadata instructions and agent identity.
Data Loss Prevention
- DLP protections for sensitive web searches in Copilot.
“Safeguard web searches containing sensitive data…” - New policy configuration options for inline network and Edge for Business.
- Export DLP and label policy configurations as ZIP.
- File testing against sensitive information classifiers.
- DLP diagnostics available to all roles with policy access.
Data Lifecycle & Governance
- Hard delete capability for OneDrive/SharePoint cleanup workflows.
- Azure PST Import for direct mailbox ingestion.
- Advanced resource sets in Data Catalog.
- Fabric integration in Data Risk Assessment.
eDiscovery
- Customer‑managed keys (CMK) for direct export.
Intune
- macOS custom compliance using discovery scripts and JSON definitions.
Clipchamp
- Improved audio for Copilot‑generated videos.
- Copilot‑powered video creation directly from the Clipchamp Start page.
Microsoft 365 Admin Center
- Prepaid capacity pack billing for Copilot usage.
- High‑usage user insights for pay‑as‑you‑go Copilot.
- Governance for federated Copilot connectors.
Final Takeaway
This roadmap wave shows Microsoft doubling down on AI‑first workflows, governance, and cross‑platform consistency. Copilot is becoming more customizable, more grounded in organizational data, and more deeply embedded across apps. Meanwhile, Teams, SharePoint, and Purview continue to evolve toward richer, more secure enterprise experiences.
Enabled‑by‑Default Features
| Feature ID | Product Area | Default Behavior | Supporting Line From Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| 553219 | Microsoft 365 / Copilot | New profile cards for buildings, rooms, desks appear automatically across entry points | “Buildings, rooms and desks… will have new profile cards, accessible from Copilot Chat and across other Microsoft 365 entry points.” |
| 553220 | SharePoint / OneDrive | Org‑wide expiration policy applies automatically once configured | “Administrators can now set organization‑wide policies to automatically expire ‘People in your organization’ links…” |
| 557562 | OneDrive | Custom sync folder name applies automatically to all users once policy is set | “IT admins can now customize the local OneDrive sync root folder name… reducing path length issues.” |
| 557556 | Purview – Data Security Investigations | AI analysis auto‑prepares data as it’s added | “Automatically preparing data for AI analysis as it is being added to the investigation…” |
| 557552 | Purview – DLP | Metadata‑based triage and non‑content alerts automatically included once enabled | “Now we also support instructions related to metadata… bringing the alerts into triage capability…” |
| 557559 | Purview – Data Lifecycle | Azure PST Import follows the standard two‑step migration pattern automatically | “It follows the standard two‑step Exchange Migration Service pattern…” |
| 557548 | Purview – IRM | Microsoft Copilot indicators remain free and always available by default | “Microsoft Copilot experiences indicators can still be used for free even without subscription.” |
| 557980 | Viva Pulse | Automatic audience targeting for Copilot sentiment | “Enable change leaders to quickly identify and auto‑populate… based on organizational attributes and aggregated Copilot usage data.” |
| 557979 | Viva Pulse | Copilot adoption templates available automatically in Pulse | “Add new Viva Pulse survey templates for Copilot readiness, adoption, and business value…” |
| 557561 | Microsoft Edge | Copilot side pane auto‑opens for Outlook links | “Edge can automatically open the Copilot side pane to provide contextual insights…” |
| 553594 | Teams Phone Devices | AI Interpreter provides real‑time interpretation automatically during calls | “Provide real‑time language interpretation directly within the call experience.” |
| 557970 | Teams | Centralized channel notification settings apply tenant‑wide once released | “Users have a single place to review and adjust notifications for all visible channels…” |
| 557716 | Teams | Users can make/receive calls from any assigned number without switching | “Users will be able to make and receive phone calls using any number assigned to them…” |
| 554937 | Microsoft 365 / Exchange | Meeting organizer changes silently update attendee calendars | “Meeting attendees… will not need to re‑RSVP and the existing event… will be silently updated…” |
| 557175 | M365 Admin Center | Prepaid capacity pack billing applies automatically to users in the policy | “Usage… is deducted exclusively from prepaid capacity |
Source – Microsoft 365 Release Communications RSS Feed
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