Microsoft Roadmap, messagecenter and blogs updates from 15-11-2025

Updated November 14, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Purview Data Security Investigations (DSI) is a new AI-powered solution that enables data security teams to identify incident-related data, conduct deep content analysis, and mitigate risk within one unified solution.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 485707.

[When this will happen:]

Public Preview: We will begin rolling out early April 2025 and expect to complete by mid-May 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early October 2025 (previously early August) and expect to complete by early January 2026 (previously late October 2025).

[How this will affect your organization:]

DSI enables data security admins to efficiently identify incident-relevant content by searching their Microsoft 365 data estate to locate emails, Microsoft Teams messages, Microsoft Copilot prompts and responses, and documents.

After an admin scopes an investigation, DSI’s generative AI capabilities allow admins to gain deeper insights into the impacted data, revealing critical security risks and sensitive information. Investigative capabilities include the ability to categorize evidence, perform vector searches, and examine impacted data for security and sensitive data risks.

DSI visualizes correlations between investigation data, users, and their activities. To mitigate identified risks, DSI facilitates secure collaboration between partner teams. Post-investigation learnings can be used to refine existing policies to strengthen your organization’s security practices.

Get started with DSI on the overview page with information on enrollment and enabling RBAC (role-based access control):

Categorize your data to identify highest risk items and plan mitigation actions accordingly:

Understand investigation progress and insights with the Investigation summary view:

[What you need to do to prepare:]

Learn more: Accelerate data security investigations with AI-powered deep content analysis | Microsoft Community Hub

Public Preview documentation: Learn about Data Security Investigations (preview) | Microsoft Learn

Get started on the Purview DSI overview page (coming soon) to complete setup and get oriented in a few simple steps:

1. Enable access in Microsoft Purview > Permission for DSI admins, DSI investigators and DSI reviewers in your organization.
2. Complete the DSI first-run experience including:
   1. Enrolling your Purview subscription for non-AI storage and processing meter
   2. Enrolling for AI consumption using security compute units
3. Get started with your first investigation.

Updated September 18, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.

Before this rollout, Microsoft Teams town hall attendees typically watch the presentation with a 20-30 second delay. After this rollout, with ultra-low latency (ULL), attendees will be able to view and participate in a town hall at a much lower latency than before, ensuring they are in sync with content being shared by presenters and organizers.

This feature is available for town hall organizers with a Teams Premium license. This feature will only be available for tenants who use the Microsoft eCDN (Enterprise Content Delivery Network) or who do not have an eCDN provider.

This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS and Android.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 486535.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early September 2025 and expect to complete by mid-September 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2025 and expect to complete by mid-October 2025.

General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out late September 2025 and expect to complete by late October 2025.

[How this will affect your organization:]

This change will be on by default for attendees in town halls scheduled by Teams Premium organizers.

[What you need to do to prepare:]

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before or after the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation.

In addition, we recommend that you allowlist the domains recommended for Microsoft Teams as suggested in the article Microsoft 365 URLs and IP address ranges – Microsoft 365 Enterprise | Microsoft Learn, including the *.ml.cdn.office.net domain. 

Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation.

Updated June 24, 2025: The rollout of this feature has been delayed. In the meantime, the Microsoft 365 Copilot app will continue directing users to the My account portal for installations. A status update on the new modal dialog is expected in November.

The My account portal will be replaced by a new modal dialog within the Microsoft 365 Copilot app (formerly Office.com) on web and desktop. The new modal will support end user self-installs that are currently available on the My account portal (Office, Project, Visio, and Skype for Business).

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed.

[How this will affect your organization:]

End users will be able to download their apps by accessing the modal dialog in Apps > Install apps > Install Microsoft 365 apps in the Microsoft 365 Copilot web and desktop app. 

[What you need to do to prepare:]

If you allow users to self-install apps:

• Please remove direct links to the My account portal (https://portal.office.com/account) in your self-install communications. Instead, please refer your users to the official Microsoft documentation for installing Office (Download, install or reinstall Microsoft 365 or Office 2024 on PC or Mac). This article will be updated to describe the new self-installs experience when it is released.

If you do not allow users to install apps:

• You can continue to use the Microsoft 365 admin center installation options setting or the m365AppsInstallationOptions API to block self-installs. If you already configured these settings, users will still be blocked from installing apps in the new experience.

Blocking Microsoft Admin Portals using Conditional Access Policies will no longer block self-installs. If you have used this setting to block self-installations, you will need to use one of the settings listed above instead.

Updated September 19, 2025: We have updated the content with additional information OR resources.

Before this rollout, organizers are unable to capture real-time feedback using polls in Microsoft Teams town halls.

After this rollout, organizers with the Teams Premium license will be able to create and share polls in Teams town halls using the Polls app, gathering real-time feedback from participants through multiple-choice questions and other types of polls.

This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 489808.

[When this will happen:]

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late September 2025 (previously early September) and expect to complete by early October 2025 (previously mid-September).

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-October 2025 (previously mid-September) and expect to complete by late October 2025 (previously late September).

[How this will affect your organization:]

After this rollout, organizers with a Teams Premium license can use the Polls app to gather feedback from attendees in their town halls.

NOTE: The Word cloud option in the Polls app is not available as a poll type. Organizers cannot send polls after the town hall has ended.

This change will be available by default.

[What you need to do to prepare:]

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation.

If desired, you can disable the Polls app feature from town halls using this Microsoft PowerShell command:

Set-CsTeamsEventsPolicy -Identity Global -BroadcastPremiumApps Disabled

Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation.

The Adobe-powered PDF viewer in Microsoft Edge for Business is now available in beta for organizations to test. Organizations can now experience the viewer by default in Edge Beta (starting in version 136) and validate how it works within their PDF workflows. This early testing period helps identify and address any issues before the viewer becomes the default in Edge Stable release in October 2025. We will retire the legacy PDF viewer in early 2026.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 489231.

[When this will happen:]

• The Adobe-powered PDF viewer is now available in beta to test.
• General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-October 2025 and expect to complete by late October 2025.

[How this will affect your organization:]

Before this rollout, organizations have to manually configure a policy to test the new PDF viewer.

After this rollout:

• No policy configuration is needed. The new PDF viewer is enabled by default in Edge Beta (starting in version 136).
• We recommend organizations proactively validate their workflows with the new viewer before October’s Edge Stable release.
• Organizations that already adopted the new PDF viewer using the NewPDFReaderEnabled policy do not need to take additional action and will continue using the updated viewer with ongoing improvements.

Key enhancements include:

• Performance: Faster document load and smoother scrolling
• Accessibility: Improved support for screen readers and form accessibility
• Compatibility: Enhanced color profile support, more precise text selection, and fonts for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages

Exclusive features for organizations:

• View XFA PDFs using IE (Internet Explorer) mode
• Extended support for viewing Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) Protected PDF Files to different sovereignties
• View sensitivity labels for MIP-protected PDFs
• Enhanced digital signature verification in Edge PDF Viewer

In October, the new Adobe-powered PDF viewer will be on by default.

The Adobe-powered PDF viewer in Edge, with the enhanced toolbar at the top of the page:

[What you need to do to prepare:]

• Organizations that have not yet moved to the new PDF viewer should test it in Edge Beta in preparation for the default enablement in October.
• Test all your internal PDF workflows and critical documents in the new PDF viewer.
• Report feedback and issues through the standard Microsoft support channels.
• For organizations ready to fully migrate sooner, the NewPDFReaderEnabledcan be used to enable the new PDF viewer in Edge Stable release today with these settings:
  • True: New PDF viewer enabled
  • False: Legacy viewer retained
  • Default: Current default behavior
  • No action is required if your organization is already using the new PDF viewer through policy configuration.

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation.

Learn more about the PDF reader change:Microsoft Edge and Adobe partner to improve the PDF experience

Updated November 14, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.

Introduction

We’re introducing Agent Mode in Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word that enhance how users interact with Copilot to create and refine content. These updates are designed to streamline document creation and editing through a more conversational and iterative experience. 

This message is associated with Roadmap ID 499428

When this will happen

General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin November 17th 2025 (previously October 2025) and is expected to complete by early December 2025 (previously November).

How this affects your organization

Users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license will be able to use Agent Mode to make native changes directly on the Word canvas, like drafting new documents or sections, reorganizing content into formats like FAQs, updating existing content, or rewriting sections. Users will maintain control on the content as they will be able to review and approve any changes.  

What you can do to prepare

No admin action is required for this rollout. We recommend informing users about Agent Mode in Word and encouraging them to explore the new capability. Additional resources and documentation will be available closer to rollout. 

Compliance considerations

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

Additional resources:

• Vibe working: Introducing Agent Mode and Office Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft 365 Blog
• Agent mode in Word – Microsoft Support

Updated September 3, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.

Introduction

Loop Pages in Teams Channels introduces a flexible, integrated canvas for collaboration directly within Microsoft Teams. Users can create and organize Loop Pages as tabs in a channel, enhancing team workflows and content sharing across desktop and mobile platforms.

This post is associated with Roadmap ID 500634.

When this will happen

• Public Preview: Rolling out September 2025, expected to complete by end of September 2025.
• Targeted Release: Rolling out mid-September 2025 and expected to complete by end of September 2025.
• General Availability (all environments): Rolling out early October 2025 and expected to complete by mid-October 2025.

How this affects your organization

This feature is on by default.

Users will be able to:

• Create, edit, and share Pages as tabs directly in Teams channels
• Receive notifications in the Activity feed when mentioned in a Page
• View Pages on mobile

You may see increased usage of Loop components and may want to review permissions and visibility settings to ensure alignment with organizational policies.

What you can do to prepare

• Review permissions: Pages inherit channel permissions by default but can be shared externally. Ensure Teams policies align with your organization’s data sharing standards.
• Educate users: Provide guidance on how to create, customize, and collaborate on Loop Pages.
• Monitor usage: Consider updating governance policies to reflect increased use of Loop components.

Compliance considerations

Updated November 12, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. 

[Introduction:]

We’re updating Memory in Microsoft 365 Copilot to improve personalization and enhance the user experience. With this update, Copilot will personalize responses using chat history, helping users receive more relevant and contextual replies. We’re also introducing refreshed user controls in Copilot settings to make it easier to view and manage Saved Memory. This will be available to all Copilot Chat users.

Control over personalization using chat history is also available, with details for users via the settings screen. 

[When this will happen:]

• Public Preview (Frontier): Begins rolling out mid-November 2025.
• General Availability: Begins early January 2026 (previously early November 2025).

[How this affects your organization:]

All users of Microsoft 365 Copilot in tenants where Memory is enabled.

What will happen:

• Copilot will use chat history to personalize responses, making interactions more tailored and helpful:

 

• Users will see a redesigned Memory settings page that improves visibility and control over what Copilot remembers.
• Existing admin and user-level Memory settings are respected. If Memory is toggled off, it will remain off.
• No changes to admin controls or policy enforcement.

[What you can do to prepare:]

• Review the updated Memory settings experience with your users once available.
• No admin action is required unless you wish to update internal documentation or training materials.

Learn more:

• Enhanced personalization control overview | Microsoft Graph | Microsoft Learn 
• enhancedPersonalizationSetting resource type | Microsoft Graph | Microsoft Learn

[Compliance considerations:]

Introduction

We’re introducing a major upgrade to the AI video creator in Microsoft 365 Copilot. This next-generation experience makes it easier than ever to create professional-quality videos from a text prompt, PowerPoint, PDF, or Word document. Key enhancements include:

• Transcript-based editing
• Ability to replace stock media with your own from OneDrive
• Updated natural-sounding voice options
• Brand Kit integration for applying brand colors
• New scene structure for improved storytelling
• Redesigned editing interface for faster, more intuitive workflows

These updates enable smoother video creation, richer customization, and more professional outputs—helping your organization produce videos that look and sound like they were made by experts.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 501560.

When this will happen

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in late September 2025 and expect to complete by late October 2025.

How this will affect your organization

What you can do to prepare

• No action is required at this time.
• No preparation required.

Learn more: Create a video with the Microsoft 365 Copilot app | Microsoft Support

Updated October 2, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.

[Introduction]

We’re introducing a new way to quickly summarize emails and attachments using Copilot chat in Outlook. With a single click, users can generate concise summaries of email content and attachments, helping them stay focused and save time. This feature supports both Classic and New Outlook for Windows and is available to users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license and pinning enabled.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 503316.

[When this will happen:]

• Targeted Release (Worldwide): Rollout underway by early October 2025; expected completion by early November 2025.
• General Availability (Worldwide): Begins mid-October 2025; expected completion by late November 2025.

[How this affects your organization:]

Who is affected: Users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license and pinning enabled in Outlook across Android, Desktop, iOS, Mac, Web, and Windows (Classic and New).

What will happen:

Users will see a new option to summarize email content using Copilot chat:

• The feature will be available across Android, Desktop, iOS, Mac, Web, and both Classic and New Outlook for Windows.
• No admin configuration is required; the feature is enabled by default for eligible users.
• Existing policies are respected; no changes to admin controls are needed.

[What you can do to prepare:]

• No action is required.
• You may choose to inform users about the new summarization capability.
• If desired, update internal documentation to reflect the availability of this feature.

[Compliance considerations:]

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

Updated November 14, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. 

Introduction

We’re excited to announce that Microsoft Teams now supports apps in Shared Channels. This update enables richer collaboration scenarios across teams and organizations by allowing users to add and use apps—including bots, tabs, and message extensions—directly within Shared Channels. This change aligns with customer feedback requesting more consistent and flexible app experiences across collaboration spaces. Support for apps in Private Channels will follow the same model, ensuring a unified experience for users and developers.

This message is associated with Roadmap ID 505791 and applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android.

When this will happen:

• Targeted Release: Rollout begins in mid-October 2025 and is expected to complete in late October 2025
• General availability (Worldwide): Rollout begins in mid-January 2026 (previously early November 2025) and is expected to complete in late January 2026 (previously late November 2025).

How this affects your organization:

Who is affected:

• All Microsoft Teams users who participate in Shared Channels
• Admins managing Teams app policies
• Developers maintaining Teams apps

What’s changing:

• Apps can now be added to Shared Channels. Previously, only a limited set of tabs were supported.
• This feature is available by default.
• All apps marked to work in Shared Channels will be available.
• Channel owners or members can add apps to a Shared Channel, with new governance and consent controls.
• A new channel setting allows owners to control who can add apps.
• Apps must be explicitly added to each channel; installing at the team level will no longer apply to Shared or Private Channels.

  Screenshot 1: Apps must be added per channel. Users are prompted for consent when interacting with an app that hasn’t been added. Apps are available through all standard discovery entry points.

  

  Screenshot 2: Manage apps in your channels from the new Apps tab in Manage channel settings.

  

• External users (via Teams Connect) can use supported apps depending on app and admin settings.
• Only apps updated by developers to support Shared Channel functionality and allowed by admins will be available.
• Support for apps in Private Channels will follow the same model and require similar updates.

What you can do to prepare:

Admins:

• Review your Teams app policies and ensure required apps are updated for Shared Channel support.
• Communicate this change to helpdesk staff.
• Update internal documentation if you detail this feature.
• Confirm that apps used in Shared Channels are permitted by your organization’s app governance policies.

• Update your app manifest to include supportsChannelFeatures: tier1 as part of the latest manifest version.
• Use channel-specific APIs for membership, storage, and permissions. Do not assume team membership equals channel membership.
• Review and update Resource-Specific Consent (RSC) permissions if required.
• Test your app in Shared Channels and with different user roles (internal, guest, external) to validate functionality.
• For apps with advanced scenarios (e.g., file access, cross-channel data, custom permissions), review the full developer guidance for targeted updates.

Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation.

Updated November 14, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management (IRM) has reached General Availability for the Security Copilot alert triage agent. The agent helps analysts focus on the most urgent alerts by analyzing and prioritizing Insider Risk Management alerts. It also provides a summary of findings to help users quickly understand the risky activities that make an alert critical to review.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 503764.

[When this will happen:]

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

[How this affects your organization:]

• Who is affected: Organizations using Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management.
• What will happen:
  • The alert triage agent will be available by default; no action is required to enable it.
  • Users will be able to submit feedback on alert prioritization directly to Microsoft.
  • The file risk section in the agent summary will be deprecated.
  • No changes to existing admin policies are required.

[What you can do to prepare:]

• The Microsoft Purview Triage Agents run on Security Compute Units (SCU). Your organization must have SCUs provisioned for the agents to run.
• Access the alert triage agent on the Microsoft Purview portal.

[Compliance considerations:]

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

Updated November 12, 2025: We have added clarification for customers impacted by this feature and updated the content. Thank you for your patience.

[Introduction]

We’re introducing a new capability in Microsoft Teams that allows users to start a chat with anyone who has an email address—even if they’re not currently using Teams. The recipient will receive an email invitation to join the chat session as a guest, enabling seamless communication and collaboration. This update simplifies external engagement and supports flexible work scenarios.

This capability will be available to small and medium business customers with a Teams Essentials, Business Basic, Business Standard, or Business Premium license.

This feature will be available across Android, Desktop, iOS, Linux, and Mac platforms.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 513271.

[When this will happen:]

• Targeted Release: Rollout will begin in early November 2025 and is expected to complete by mid-November 2025.
• General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin in January 2026.

[How this affects your organization:]

Who is affected:

• All Microsoft Teams users in your organization.

What will happen:

• Users will be able to initiate chats with any external contact using their email address.
• External users will receive an email invitation and can join the chat as guests.
• The chat experience will be governed by your organization’s Entra B2B Guest policy.
• Chats will remain within your organization’s boundary.
• This feature will be enabled by default.

[What you can do to prepare:]

• Update internal documentation to reflect this new capability.
• Inform helpdesk and support teams about the change.
• Review the documentation here: Chat with anyone not using Teams – Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn
• To disable the feature, set the UseB2BInvitesToAddExternalUsers attribute of TeamsMessagingPolicy to false. Set-CsTeamsMessagingPolicy documentation here.

[Compliance considerations:]

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

[Introduction:]

We’re introducing the People agent in Frontier—a Copilot agent designed to help users quickly understand and discover people in their organization. By surfacing insights from emails, chats, meetings, and documents, the People agent simplifies meeting prep and helps users navigate organizational relationships. This release is part of the Frontier program, which provides early access to experimental Microsoft 365 Copilot innovations for evaluation and feedback.

[When this will happen:]

• Public Preview (Worldwide): Begins in mid-November 2025.
• General Availability (Worldwide): Begins in Q1 (January – March) 2026.

[How this affects your organization:]

Who is affected:

• Admins managing Microsoft 365 Copilot deployments.
• Users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license and the “Microsoft 365 Copilot in Productivity Apps” service plan.

What will happen:

• The People agent will be available to deploy via the Copilot Control System in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
• Users will be able to access the agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams.
• The People agent leverages three main data sources to provide a tailored experience for users:
  • Microsoft 365 data available to the user: Documents, emails, Teams messages, meeting recordings, and transcripts that the user has access to are used to build context about colleagues—who they are, what they care about, and prior interactions.
  • Organizational data from your company directory: Enables high-fidelity org charts and answers questions about team structure.
  • The People Skills service: Powers skill-based query responses and helps users find colleagues with specific skills.
• Admins can:
  • Deploy the agent on behalf of users by accepting Microsoft Entra permissions.
  • Restrict access to specific users or groups.
  • Remove or block the agent entirely.

Screenshot 1 – People agent homepage, where a user can better understand the organization and the people in it, and prepare for meetings:

Screenshot 2 – People agent displaying organizational insights using directory and Copilot data:

[What you can do to prepare:]

• Identify end users who will gain early access to Frontier features. Add those users to a Microsoft Entra ID group so the group can be configured for access.
• Frontier features are experimental and subject to change. Participation in the Frontier program is optional.
• Review admin controls for agent deployment and access: Settings for agents – Manage Microsoft 365 Copilot agents in the Microsoft 365 admin center | Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Learn
• Ensure users have an active Microsoft 365 Copilot license.
• Enable the People Skills service to unlock skills-related features in the agent.

Licensing Requirements:

• Users must have an active Microsoft 365 Copilot license to access Frontier features, including the People agent.
• To access skills features in the People agent, the People Skills service must be enabled for the tenant. If the service is not enabled, the skills tab and associated skills-related prompts will not appear in the People agent.

[Compliance considerations:]

Updated November 14, 2025: We have updated the image. Thank you for your patience. 

Introduction

We’re enhancing the macOS file management experience by integrating Microsoft 365 Copilot directly into Finder. This update allows users to interact with Copilot to ask questions about their OneDrive files, streamlining productivity and making file insights more accessible.

Note: This update applies to OneDrive on macOS. Copilot integration in Finder requires a Microsoft 365 Personal or Family subscription, or a work or school account with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. The rollout is gradual, so availability and functionality may vary by user and region.

When this will happen

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

How this affects your organization

• Who is affected: All users of OneDrive on macOS with Copilot licensing.
• What will happen:
  • Users can right-click a OneDrive file in Finder, open the “OneDrive context menu”, and select Ask Copilot to query file contents:

   

  • This feature is enabled by default.
  • No admin configuration is required.
  • Available in all Microsoft 365 environments.

What you can do to prepare

• Inform users about the new Copilot capabilities in Finder.
• No admin action is required to enable the feature.
• Review Copilot licensing and availability: Which Copilot is right for me or my organization? | Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Learn

Learn more: Get started with Copilot in OneDrive | Microsoft Support

Compliance considerations

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

You can now adjust the length of your presentation, the tone of your narrative, the style of your slides, and leverage AI-generated images when creating with Copilot. These enhancements are designed to give users more creative control and flexibility when building presentations, helping them tailor content to suit different audiences and contexts.

A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to use this feature.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 513430 and 513431.

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

• Who is affected: All users with access to Copilot in Microsoft 365 on Desktop, Web and Mac platforms.
• What will happen:
  • Users will see new options to adjust presentation length, tone, and style:

   

   

  • Users can incorporate AI-generated images into presentations:

  

  • Features will be available by default.
  • No changes to existing admin policies are required.

No action is required. These improvements will roll out automatically.

Learn more: Create a new presentation with Copilot in PowerPoint | Copilot in PowerPoint | Copilot | Microsoft Support

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

• Inventory and prepare your environments for this change.
• Monitor and check your devices for Secure Boot status.
• Apply OEM firmware updates before Microsoft updates.
• Plan and pilot your Secure Boot certificate deployments.
• Use available tools to troubleshoot and remediate common issues.