Microsoft republished its Microsoft 365 and Office 365 Enterprise licenses with Teams and retired Power Platform and Dynamics 365 SKUs. Microsoft still offers a free Office 365 E3 Developer license, and my monthly update now also includes a table of Microsoft cloud product promotions.

Microsoft expands the “Get diagnostics” feature to Outlook on the web. Users can now send diagnostic data directly to Microsoft Support, unless an administrator has disabled it.

Microsoft is rolling out built-in email templates for the new Outlook and Outlook on the web. Users can now create, save, and reuse templates for faster and more consistent communication.

Microsoft again offers Microsoft 365 and Office 365 Enterprise licenses with Teams included. The previously retired 2023 SKUs have been republished.

Microsoft is rolling out a new Library experience in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, combining AI-generated images and Copilot Pages into a single place. However, the rollout currently breaks all existing and new Copilot Pages sharing links.

A new Intune and Group Policy option enables administrators to remove pre-installed Microsoft apps from Windows 11 devices, starting with version 25H2. The new policy should simplify device provisioning and app management.

Attendees in Teams Town hall events can now raise their hands to request to speak, making live events more interactive.

Microsoft Teams now supports real-time polls in Town hall events for organizers with a Teams Premium license. The Polls app is the first Premium app for Town halls, allowing organizers to collect instant feedback and boost audience engagement during live events.

Microsoft is renaming the Purchase services section in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center to Marketplace. This is a minor visual change with no impact on workflows or functionality.

Microsoft is transitioning AI Builder service credits to Copilot Credits across Power Apps, Power Automate, and Dynamics 365 Finance. Starting 1 November 2025, new customers can no longer buy AI Builder add-ons. By 1 November 2026, all AI Builder credits will be retired, and Copilot Credits will fully replace them.

After the Microsoft 365 Copilot Libraries rollout, existing Copilot Pages sharing links no longer work. The reason is a misconfigured or forgotten redirect.

Chromium browsers like Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome store protocol handler settings locally in a profile file. If you want to reset that choice, you can manually edit the Preferences file or use PowerShell to remove the old handler settings.

Outlook Mobile is relocating the Send button in the compose view to the header area to reduce accidental sends.

Microsoft has introduced a dedicated Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat environment for all Copilot Studio Lite Agents. Older agents may still reside in the default Power Platform environment, while new ones are automatically created in the new environment.

Microsoft Purview DLP for Fabric products and generative AI apps in Microsoft Edge will require a Pay-as-You-Go billing model starting at the end of October 2025.

Microsoft is enhancing Teams so that forwarded messages now include a clickable link to the original chat or channel post. This improves traceability and helps users quickly view the full conversation context.

Admins can now restrict who can share Copilot Studio Lite agents with the entire organization, improving governance and alignment with organizational policies.

Power Automate and Copilot Studio agent flows using legacy HTTP or Teams webhook triggers must be updated to new endpoint URLs. Legacy URLs will stop working after 30 November 2025.

Teams will soon honor hidden user attributes without requiring scoped directory search. This update aligns Teams Search behavior with Outlook and Exchange, removing the need for “Scope Search” when used only to hide users.

Microsoft is updating the Global Address List (GAL) design in Outlook on the web and the new Outlook.

Microsoft is adding noise suppression for PSTN dial-in participants in Teams Audio Conferences. This update uses machine learning to reduce background noise from phone callers, ensuring clearer and more consistent audio in mixed-device meetings.

Microsoft is integrating the Researcher agent into Copilot Notebooks, enabling multi-step, enterprise-grade research directly within Notebook cells. All chats remain stored in the Notebook, and responses can be refined, exported, or shared as Loop pages for collaboration.

Microsoft introduced AI-generated audio briefings for SharePoint News in Viva Connections. The feature enables users to listen to AI-generated summaries of top news posts, providing a hands-free and accessible way to stay informed.

Several organizations confirmed the same behavior: Guest accounts cannot access private channel sites due to permission sync issues with the SharePoint site. I identified the root cause and why only certain organizations are affected.

SharePoint introduces Sections with AI, a new Copilot-powered authoring feature that lets users generate full SharePoint sections from a simple prompt.