Microsoft Roadmap, messagecenter and blogs updates from 06-06-2026

Updated September 3, 2025:  the rollout has been postponed for GCC, GCCHigh, and DoD environments to a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience.

In Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management (IRM), 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. After this rollout, policy tuning analysis will support insider risk policies that are scoped for priority content.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 378409.

This message is associated with MC786326 (about the preview for this feature that started in May 2024).

[When this will happen:]

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

General Availability (GCC, GCCHigh, DoD): We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed.

[How this will affect your organization:]

After this rollout, admins can use real-time analytics for policies scoped for priority content to help predict the number of users that could potentially match a given set of policy conditions. This feature enables admins to quickly adjust the selection of indicators and thresholds of activity occurrence so they can efficiently translate their insider risk strategies into pragmatic controls and keep from having too few or too many alerts.

1. In IRM, Navigate to Settings > Insider Risk Management > Analytics, turn on Analytics, and then select Save.

2. Create/edit a policy scoped to all users in the organization.

3. When you get to Content to prioritize in the policy wizard, select the priority content types you want to prioritize:

4. Select the items for each priority content type as applicable.

5. On the scoring page, select Get alerts only for activity that includes priority content:

6. Configure the rest of the policy as applicable and save it.

7. 1-2 days after the policy is saved, edit the policy again and navigate to the indicator thresholds page where insights on user activity containing the scoped priority content for each indicator will be visible under Choose your own thresholds:

[What you need to do to prepare:]

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

This change will be available by default for admins to configure. To use this feature, admins will need to enable Analytics in Insider risk management > Settings. After Analytics is enabled and insights are populated, admins will be able to see real-time predictions in policies scoped to all users/groups and scored only 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 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.

You can access the Insider Risk Management solution in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.

Learn more: Configure policy indicators in insider risk management | Microsoft Learn

Updated June 5, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. 

Introduction

We’re enhancing offline functionality in the new Microsoft Outlook for Windows. This update (Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 496371) enables users to add file attachments while composing emails offline, improving productivity for those working without an internet connection.

When this will happen

• Targeted Release (Worldwide): Rollout begins in late October 2025 and is expected to complete by late March 2026 (previously late November 2025).
• General Availability (Worldwide): This is now currently available.
• General Availability (GCC): Rollout begins in early June 2026 (previously early May) and is expected to complete by end of June 2026 (previously late May).

How this affects your organization

Users with offline mode enabled in the new Outlook for Windows will be able to attach files to draft emails while offline. These emails, including attachments, will be sent automatically once the device reconnects to the internet.

This feature will be on or off by default based on your current configuration of the OWAMailboxPolicy-OfflineEnabledWin policy. No changes will be made to existing configurations.

What you can do to prepare

To enable this functionality, ensure the following settings are configured in the new Outlook under Settings > General > Offline:

• Enable offline email, calendar, and people
• Include file attachments

Admins can manage this feature using the OWAMailboxPolicy-OfflineEnabledWin mailbox policy. Learn more at Set-OwaMailboxPolicy.

Caption i. Offline editing can be enabled or disabled in Settings > General > Offline

Compliance considerations

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

Updated June 5, 2026: We have updated the timeline for PowerPoint File Referencing. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience. 

As part of our efforts to simplify our experiences, creating a presentation and adding a slide with Copilot will soon no longer be available via the Sparkle icon above the slide in PowerPoint for Windows, Web, and Mac. Instead, you can access the ability to create a presentation with Agent Mode via the Copilot chat pane in PowerPoint.

Our goal with this change is to converge our experiences into chat to provide a single, consistent Copilot experience when working with presentations on Windows, Web, and Mac.

[When will this happen:]

We are targeting the removal of the Sparkle icon above the slide in PowerPoint and the redirection to Agent Mode to begin rolling out mid-March on Web and complete by end of March. For Windows and Mac, we are targeting to begin rolling out at the end of March and complete by mid-April.

PowerPoint File Referencing will begin rolling out mid-June 2026 and is expected to complete by end of June 2026.

See Microsoft 365 Roadmap | Microsoft 365 for other new capabilities coming in April and beyond.

[How this will affect your organization:]

Once the change has rolled out, users will need to follow these steps to create a presentation with Copilot:

1. Start a new presentation in PowerPoint.
2. Click on the Copilot icon in the lower right-hand corner in PowerPoint to open the Copilot chat pane.

   

3. Click on the Tools button in input box within the Copilot chat pane.

   

4. Click on Agent Mode in the drop down menu.

   

5. Type in a prompt with a description of the presentation you’d like Copilot to help you draft.

Note: Support for referencing files is coming soon.



6. Click the -> button to submit your prompt.

   

7. Copilot may ask you some clarifying questions such as who is the target audience of the presentation, what presentation and image style you’d like, etc. before generating an outline of your presentation. Share your preferences or skip and let Copilot decide.

   

8. Once Copilot has generated your outline, you can continue to chat with Copilot to refine your outline. When you’re ready, you can let Copilot know to generate your slides.
9. After Copilot has generated your presentation, you can continue to chat with Copilot to edit and refine your slides.

   

[What you need to do to prepare:]

You may want to notify your organization about this change and consider updating your training and documentation as appropriate as users will get this change automatically as it progresses through the deployment rings.

You can leverage organization or on-brand templates in Agent Mode by setting up Brand Kits. Alternatively, you can store templates in an organization assets library.

Updated June 5, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. 

[Introduction]

We’re improving the Viva Engage experience in Microsoft Teams for iOS by bringing pinned resources and related communities into the Teams mobile app. Pinned resources highlight important links and files within a community, while related communities help users discover other relevant Viva Engage communities. These are two separate features that work together to improve information access and community discovery.

This update aligns the iOS experience with Engage on the web, the Engage mobile app, and Teams for Android, helping users discover important content and related communities more easily—especially those who rely on Teams on iOS as their primary communication tool.

This message is associated with Roadmap ID 559107.

[When this will happen:]

• General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout begins in mid-June 2026 (previously late May) and is expected to complete by mid-August 2026 (previously late July).

[How this affects your organization:]

Who is affected:

• Users who access Viva Engage communities in Microsoft Teams on iOS
• Community admins who manage Viva Engage communities

What will happen:

• Users will see pinned resources for a community directly within Teams on iOS.
• Users will see related communities surfaced within the community experience.



• The experience will match what is already available in the Viva Engage mobile app, Viva Engage on the web, and Teams for Android.
• The feature is enabled by default.
• There are no changes to existing admin policies or configurations.

[What you can do to prepare:]

No admin action is required.

• Communicate this update to end users who use Teams on iOS.
• Encourage Viva Engage community admins to review pinned resources and related communities.
• Update internal documentation or helpdesk guidance, if applicable.

[Compliance considerations:]

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

Updated June 5, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. 

[Introduction] 

Microsoft Teams will introduce the ability for users to test their microphone and speaker before joining a meeting. This improvement helps users confirm that they have selected the correct audio devices, reducing audio issues and helping meetings start on time with fewer disruptions.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 560074.

[When this will happen]

• Targeted Release: Rollout will begin in early May 2026 and is expected to complete by mid-May 2026.
• General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin in mid-May 2026 and is expected to complete by late June 2026 (previously late May).
• General Availability (GCC, GCC High, and DoD): Rollout will begin in late June 2026 (previously mid-May) and is expected to complete by mid-July 2026 (previously mid-May).

[How this affects your organization]

Who is affected

All Microsoft Teams users across Microsoft 365 tenants, including Commercial, GCC, GCC High, and DoD environments.

What will happen

• Before joining a meeting, users will see a Test mic and speaker option on the pre‑join screen:

   

• Users will be able to record and play back a short audio clip to confirm that their microphone and speaker work correctly: 

  

• The feature will be enabled by default and won’t require admin configuration.
• This change does not modify meeting audio settings or policies. 

[What you can do to prepare]

• Admins don’t need to take any action.
• Consider updating internal documentation or notifying helpdesk staff about the new pre‑join audio experience.

[Compliance considerations]

Microsoft identified no compliance considerations. Review this change as appropriate for your organization.

Updated June 5, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. 

[Introduction]

Microsoft is introducing a new Copilot chat pane in OneNote Mobile (Android) for users licensed with Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium). This update adds a new Summary feature that allows users to generate concise summaries of longer OneNote pages, as well as ask questions about their notes, directly within the OneNote mobile app. This helps users review and interact with note content more efficiently while on the go.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422323.

[When this will happen]

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out end of June 2026 (previously late May) and expect to complete by mid-July 2026 (previously late June).

[How this affects your organization]

Who is affected

• Users with Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) licenses
• Users accessing OneNote on Android
• All Microsoft 365 tenants

What will happen

• Users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) license will see a Copilot chat pane in the OneNote mobile app on Android: 

  

• The Copilot chat pane allows users to generate concise summaries of longer OneNote pages and ask questions about their notes: 

  

• Existing Microsoft 365 Copilot controls, permissions, and policies continue to apply.
• Users without a Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) license are not impacted.

[What you can do to prepare]

• No admin action is required before rollout.
• Ensure that users who should access this feature are assigned a Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) license.
• Consider informing helpdesk staff and users about the availability of Copilot chat and the Summary feature in OneNote mobile.
• Review existing Microsoft 365 Copilot governance, compliance, and usage policies to ensure they align with your organization’s requirements.

[Compliance considerations]

[What and Why:]

Copilot settings are being added to classic Outlook for Windows, allowing users to view and manage Copilot directly from the File menu, including the option to turn Copilot on or off. This change brings Copilot settings into the application where Copilot is used and does not change Copilot licensing, eligibility, or admin controls.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 561491.

[Rollout Schedule:]

• Public Preview (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in early June 2026 and expect to complete by mid-June 2026.
• General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in early July 2026 and expect to complete by late July 2026.

[Impact on Your Organization:]

Who is affected:

• Users with Microsoft 365 Copilot capabilities
• IT admins and helpdesk teams who support Outlook or Copilot users

Platforms / Services:

• Classic Outlook for Windows
• Microsoft Copilot

What will happen:

• Users with Copilot access in classic Outlook for Windows will see a new Copilot settings entry under the File menu.
• Users can:
  • Access Copilot settings directly within Outlook
  • Turn Copilot on or off for their own experience
• There are no changes to:
  • Copilot licensing or eligibility requirements
  • Existing admin controls or tenant-level policies
• The feature does not enable Copilot for users who do not already have access.

[Action Required / Recommendations:]

• No action is required to prepare for this feature.
• Consider notifying helpdesk and support staff that Copilot settings are now available in the Outlook File menu.
• Update internal documentation if you provide user guidance for Copilot in Outlook.

Users can turn Copilot on or off directly from the application settings experience.

[What and Why:]

We’re introducing a new Microsoft Secure Score recommendation in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) to help organizations reduce unnecessary inbound exposure from the public internet. This update strengthens your enterprise security posture by giving admins clear visibility into internet-facing devices, helping validate whether exposure is expected, approved, and appropriately secured. By highlighting potential attack surface risks, this recommendation supports proactive risk reduction and aligns with Microsoft’s commitment to enterprise-ready security and manageability.

[Rollout Schedule:]

• Public Preview (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in early June 2026 and expect to complete by mid-June 2026.
• General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in early June 2026 and expect to complete by mid-June 2026.

[Impact on Your Organization:]

Who is affected: Admins managing Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Secure Score

Platforms/Services: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Secure Score

What will happen:

• A new Secure Score recommendation, “Reduce unnecessary inbound internet exposure on internet-facing devices,” will appear.

Screenshot: New Secure Score recommendation in Microsoft Defender:

• Admins will gain visibility into devices with observed inbound connectivity from the public internet.
• Devices or services reachable from the internet will be identified for review.
• Secure Score will reflect progress as remediation or validation actions are taken.
• The recommendation is on by default and requires no configuration to appear.
• No user experience changes.

[Action Required / Recommendations:]

No immediate action is required to enable this feature.

Recommended actions for admins:

• Review the new recommendation in Microsoft Secure Score once it appears.
• Identify devices flagged as internet-facing.
• Validate whether each exposure is expected, approved, and required.
• Follow provided remediation guidance to reduce unnecessary exposure.
• For devices that must remain internet-facing:
  • Ensure the exposure is approved, documented, and properly secured.
  • Consider applying an exception where the risk is accepted by your organization.

For more information, review documentation on Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Secure Score in Microsoft Learn.

[Compliance considerations:]

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

Updated June 5, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. 

 Coming soon to Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention: When an admin wants to enable user email notifications, policy tips also need to be enabled and vice versa. After this rollout, notifications and policy tips will be decoupled, and admins can configure the following rules to enable:

1. Only a user email notification
2. Only a policy tip
3. A user email notification and a policy tip
4. No policy tips or user email notifications

After this rollout, policy tips and user email notifications will align with the behavior currently available with Microsoft Exchange.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 394279.

[When this will happen:]

Public Preview: We will begin rolling out late May 2026 (previously mid-April) and expect to complete by early June 2026 (previously late April).

General Availability Worldwide: We will begin rolling out mid-July 2026 (previously early June) and expect to complete by late July 2026 (previously mid-June). 

[How this will affect your organization:]

After rollout, to configure policy tips and user email notifications, you can use PowerShell or Purview | Data Loss Prevention.

In PowerShell

After rollout, use the new parameter called -NotifyUserType with the cmdlets New-DlpComplianceRule and Set-DlpComplianceRule.

Use New-DlpComplianceRule to create a new rule. Use Set-DlpComplianceRule to update an existing rule.

• Default value: NotSet
• To enable a policy tip: PolicyTip
• To enable a user email notification: Email
• To enable a user email notification and a policy tip: Email,PolicyTip

Example 1: New-DlpComplianceRule -Name "PT rule" -Policy "Policy Name" -ContentContainsSensitiveInformation @{Name="India Unique Identification (Aadhaar) Number"} -NotifyUserType PolicyTip -NotifyUser SiteAdmin,LastModifier,Owner

Example 2: Set-DlpComplianceRule -Identity "Rule Name" -NotifyUserType Email

To check that the value is set correctly, check the following and check the parameter value for NotifyUserType:

Get-DlpComplianceRule -Identity "Rule Name" | fl

In Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

Before rollout:

After rollout:

DLP examples

Rule 1: Configured to only trigger a user email notification:

Rule 2: Configured to only trigger a policy tip:

Rule 3: Configured to trigger a user email notification and a policy tip:

[What you need to do to prepare:]

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to update any relevant documentation as appropriate.