Microsoft Roadmap, messagecenter and blogs updates from 30-10-2025

Updated October 29, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.

[Introduction:]

We’re enhancing Microsoft Secure Score by introducing new improvement actions based on Microsoft Defender for Identity posture recommendations for PingOne. These updates provide a more accurate reflection of your organization’s identity security posture and help strengthen your overall security configuration.

[When this will happen:]

• Public Preview: Rollout begins in late November 2025 (previously late October) and completes by mid-December 2025 (previously mid-November).
• General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, and DoD): Rollout begins in late January 2026 (previously late November 2025) and completes by late February 2026 (previously mid-December 2025).

[How this affects your organization:]

Who is affected: Tenants with a PingOne connector configured for Microsoft Defender for Identity.

What will happen:

New posture recommendations will appear in Microsoft Secure Score as improvement actions:

• Limit the number of PingOne accounts with organization admin role
• Assign multi-factor authentication for PingOne privileged user accounts:

  

• Change password for PingOne privileged user accounts
• Remove stale PingOne privileged accounts
• High number of PingOne accounts with a privileged role assigned

These recommendations are enabled by default and require no configuration changes.

[What you can do to prepare:]

• No admin action is required before or after rollout.
• Review your current identity configuration to assess potential impact.
• Notify relevant administrators and update internal documentation as needed.
• Regularly review Microsoft Secure Score to monitor and act on new improvement suggestions.

[Compliance considerations:]

No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.

[Introduction:]

To improve clarity and control over Frontier feature access, Microsoft is updating the Frontier Admin Control in the Microsoft Admin Center. Starting November 10, 2025, administrators will no longer be able to assign access using groups. This change aligns with feedback to simplify access management and ensure transparency in user-level assignments.

[When this will happen:]

• Change takes effect: November 10, 2025
• Transition period: November 6–10, 2025 (no changes to user assignments allowed during this time)

[How this affects your organization:]

Who is affected:

• Admins managing Frontier access in Microsoft 365 tenants.

What will happen:

• Group-based assignments for Frontier access will be removed.
• Admins will only be able to assign access to individual users.
• From November 6–10, changes to user assignments will be temporarily disabled to support migration.
• Existing group assignments will be converted to individual user entries based on group membership as of November 6.
• Group-based management may return in the future, but is not currently supported.

[What you can do to prepare:]

• Review current Frontier access assignments and identify any group-based configurations.
• Transition group-based assignments to individual users before November 10 to avoid disruption.
• Communicate this change to helpdesk and support teams.
• Update internal documentation to reflect the new assignment method.
• For more information, visit: Frontier program – Microsoft Adoption

[Compliance considerations:]

No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.

[Introduction]

We’re introducing a new “What’s New” section in Microsoft Teams Admin Center—a centralized hub designed to help Teams admins stay informed about recent and upcoming feature updates. This in-context experience consolidates key changes, admin controls, and learning resources, making it easier for IT admins to act quickly and confidently.

With this new experience, admins can:

• View updates relevant to their tenant, including Teams and Teams Admin Center changes.
• Access new admin settings, policies, and Microsoft Learn resources.
• Check visibility for Targeted Release preferences.

This means less time searching, more time acting—helping admins stay informed and ready for change.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin in mid-November 2025 and is expected to complete by early December 2025.

[How this affects your organization:]

Who is affected: Admins managing Microsoft Teams via the Teams Admin Center.

What will happen:

• A new “What’s New” section will appear in the Teams Admin Center.
• Updates will be tailored to your tenant.
• Admins will see:
  • New admin controls
  • Links to relevant Message center posts
  • Microsoft Learn resources
  • Visibility into the tenant’s Targeted Release preference
• The feature is on by default and requires no configuration.

[What you can do to prepare:]

No action is required to enable this feature.

Admins are encouraged to:

• Explore the “What’s New” section to stay informed.
• Use the provided resources to plan rollouts effectively.
• Share this update with helpdesk or IT support teams as needed.

[Compliance considerations:]

No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.

[Introduction]

We are resurfacing MC670435, published September 2023 to remind admins of the Microsoft Teams Premium self-service trial capability. This message serves as a reminder as we begin a broader rollout of the feature announced in 2023.

[When this will happen:]

Ongoing rollout. 

[How this will affect your organization:]

When rolled out, users within your organization will be able to directly initiate a Teams Premium trial. These self-service trial licenses will be a part of your Microsoft organizational tenant, and you will be able to manage these licenses like other Microsoft subscriptions. You will be able to cancel these trial licenses at any time.

You will also be able to fully control whether trials are converted to paid subscriptions. Users will not need to input payment information when signing up. If a user would like to convert to a paid license, they must work with you directly to do so as there is no auto-renew functionality for these trials. If a user isn’t upgraded to a paid subscription, all services included in their Microsoft Teams Premium will end, and the user may lose read only access to data generated by Teams Premium, stored in Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint.

Users in tenants where self-service trials are disabled may still see the “Get Premium” prompt when accessing features that require a premium license. This is expected behavior and helps signal user interest to admins. It can also help identify which users in your organization may need a Teams Premium license, allowing you to better manage and allocate your available licenses.  To reduce confusion and prevent users from submitting license requests, admins can customize the license request flow. Instead of showing the default request form, they can configure a custom message explaining that license requests are not supported in their organization. For setup instructions, see Use your own request process – Microsoft Learn.

Microsoft Teams Premium helps make your Teams meetings more intelligent, protected, and engaging. Unlike other meeting and collaboration tools, Teams Premium brings advanced capabilities for meetings, virtual appointments, and webinars together for one low cost. You can learn more about Teams Premium here.

The customer data for all services associated with the Microsoft Teams Premium trial will be handled in accordance with the Microsoft Online Subscription Agreement and the Product Terms.

[What you need to do to prepare:]

Global or billing admins can use the same self-service purchase controls to disable self-service trials while making use of subscription management capabilities to oversee and manage trial licenses on the Your Products page in the Billing section of Microsoft 365 admin center.

Note: This is a new Teams Premium trial and is enabled or disabled independently of past trial offerings.

Review our updated self-service purchase and trial documentation here. We’ve added important information about the way trials work, the data that is collected, and the terms that apply.

A new Power BI report in Microsoft Viva Insights enables organizations to explore how Microsoft 365 Copilot usage influences employee experience sentiment, as measured by Viva Glint survey data. This report helps organizations analyze and segment data by Copilot usage patterns, sentiment outcomes, and organizational attributes to uncover deeper insights.

To access the report, users must have both a Viva Glint license and a Microsoft 365 Copilot license assigned.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 496654.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin in late November 2025 and is expected to complete by mid-December 2025.

[How this affects your organization:]

Who is affected: 

• Viva Insights users with access to Advanced Insights
• Admins managing Copilot Analytics and Viva Glint integration

What will happen:

• A new preconfigured Power BI report, Copilot employee experience outcomes (Glint), will be available in Viva Insights.
• The report provides a data-driven view of how Microsoft 365 Copilot usage correlates with employee sentiment.
• Insights include patterns of engagement, areas of success, and opportunities for improvement.
• The report supports strategies to enhance Copilot adoption and employee experience.
• The feature is available to licensed users and requires integration setup between Viva Glint and Viva Insights.
• The feature is not enabled by default and requires admin configuration.

[What you can do to prepare:]

Ensure the following prerequisites and setup steps are completed:

• Assign both Viva Glint and Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses to employees in the measured population.
• Match employee records between Viva Glint and Viva Insights.
• Add Glint user email addresses to Entra ID and ensure all Glint domains are in your tenant’s MAC domain list. Learn more about this step: Set up access to Viva Glint with Microsoft Entra ID
• (Optional but recommended) Enable Require Entra ID for links in survey emails in Glint admin settings.
• Assign the Insights Analyst role in Viva Insights Advanced Insights to users who will run the analysis.
• Ensure access to the correct advanced insights data partition and verify that Copilot usage data is available.
• Set up the Viva Glint to Viva Insights integration:
  • Viva Insights admin initiates the import in the web app. Learn more about how to start the process: Import survey results from Viva Glint into Viva Insights
  • Viva Glint admin selects and shares survey programs.
  • Viva Insights processes and validates the data. Learn more about this step: Data validation and processing – Import survey results from Viva Glint into Viva Insights
• Run the predefined Copilot employee experience outcomes (Glint) query in Viva Insights to populate the Power BI report. Learn more about this step: Advanced analysis introduction

Learn more:

• Advanced analysis introduction | Viva Glint | Microsoft Viva | Microsoft Learn
• Import survey results from Viva Glint into Viva Insights | Viva Glint | Microsoft Viva | Microsoft Learn
• Send Viva Glint survey results to Viva Insights | Viva Glint | Microsoft Viva | Microsoft Learn
• Set up access to Viva Glint with Microsoft Entra ID | Viva Glint | Microsoft Viva | Microsoft Learn

[Compliance considerations:]

[Introduction]

To ensure the best experience and security for our users, Microsoft Teams will no longer release any updates or bug fixes to Teams on devices running Android 8 beginning December 2025. This change allows us to focus development efforts on newer Android versions that offer improved performance, security, and capabilities.

[When this will happen:]

This change will begin rolling out in late November 2025 and is expected to be completed by late December 2025.

[How this affects your organization:]

• Who is affected: Users in your organization who access Microsoft Teams on devices running Android 8.
• What will happen:
  • Users on Android 8 will no longer receive latest updates or changes to Microsoft Teams mobile app after December 2025.
  • Teams will continue to be supported on Android 8 so that users can sign-in and use the app.
  • There is no impact to Teams on desktop, web, or other mobile platforms.

[What you can do to prepare:]

• Identify users in your organization who are using Android 8 devices. You can use the Microsoft Teams Admin Center or Microsoft Endpoint Manager to generate device reports.
• Communicate this change to affected users and helpdesk staff. 
• Update internal documentation and support materials to reflect this change.
• Encourage users to upgrade their Android OS or switch to a supported device.

[Compliance considerations:]

No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.

[Introduction]

This message is associated with Roadmap ID 499431.

[When this will happen:]

[How this affects your organization:

• Who is affected: Admins managing Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) on Windows endpoints via Microsoft Purview.
• What will happen:
  • Admins can retrieve Always-on diagnostic traces from Windows endpoints.
  • Traces can be selectively uploaded to Microsoft through the Purview portal during investigations (e.g., support ticket submission).
  • No user interaction or disruption is required, and admins can reference the upload request number to Microsoft Support for investigations.
  • The feature enhances eDLP troubleshooting capabilities without impacting Information worker productivity.
  • This capability is integrated into the existing Endpoint DLP experience.

[What you can do to prepare:]

• No immediate action is required to enable this feature.
• Communicate this capability to your security and helpdesk teams to streamline future investigations.
• Update internal documentation if you maintain support workflows involving Endpoint DLP.
• Learn more: Always-on diagnostics for endpoint DLP | Microsoft Learn

[Compliance considerations:]

Introduction

To improve consistency and quality across Microsoft 365 writing experiences, Microsoft will retire the Editor Pane in PowerPoint for the Web. This pane, previously available as a preview feature, offered grammar and style suggestions. However, it no longer meets the standards for intelligent writing assistance and will be removed. Users can continue to rely on built-in spell check and Copilot in PowerPoint for enhanced writing support.

When this will happen:

The Editor Pane will be retired and removed from PowerPoint for the Web in January 2026.

How this affects your organization:

• Who is affected: All users of PowerPoint for the Web who currently use the Editor Pane for writing suggestions.
• What will happen:
  • The Editor Pane will no longer be available after January 2026.
  • Built-in spell check will remain available and active by default.
  • Copilot in PowerPoint offers enhanced writing support, including context-aware suggestions and natural language prompts.
  • No admin configuration changes are required.

What you can do to prepare:

• No action is required.
• Admins may wish to:
  • Inform helpdesk and support teams of the retirement to avoid confusion.
  • Update internal documentation if it references the Editor Pane.
  • Encourage users to explore Copilot in PowerPoint for advanced writing assistance.

Compliance considerations:

No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.