Microsoft 365 Weekly Recap | 16 - 23 Mar 2025

Microsoft Teams: Room recommender

If no room is booked for a meeting, this AI feature recommends rooms in the meeting chat an hour before start when two or more attendees are in the same building, making in-person collaboration easier. It considers location of participants, room availability, and capacity to find the best meeting space. You can reserve the suggested room with one click and update the invite for everyone. A Teams Premium license is required for the meeting organizer to enable this feature, which is available in Teams Mobile on iOS.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: April 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 482191
  • Cloud instances(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
  • Platform(s): iOS

Microsoft Teams: Pop-out live captions and Real-time-Text (RTT) in meetings

When you are in meetings or calls, you will be able to pop out, drag, and resize live captions (including live translated captions), and real-time-text (RTT) from the main meeting window. This enables you to position the captions and RTT wherever you prefer on your screen, so you can easily focus on the meeting while viewing the incoming text in a position most comfortable for you.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: May 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 484113
  • Cloud instances(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
  • Platform(s): Desktop, Mac

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Pages in Government Clouds

This brings the editable Copilot Pages feature which is already shipped WW to the government environment. The pages feature enables users to add their M365 Copilot responses to a page where they can edit and share with others for collaboration. This happens right within the M365 Copilot app.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: March 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 485177
  • Cloud instances(s): GCC
  • Platform(s): Desktop, Mac, Web

Whiteboard: Text Sizing Feature

The Text Sizing feature offers users the ability to: 1. Adjust Font Sizes: Increase or decrease font sizes as needed. 2. Preset Font Sizes: Choose from preset font sizes for convenience. 3. Custom Text Size: Input custom text sizes for enhanced clarity. This feature enhances readability, improves clarity, and establishes a structured visual hierarchy, ensuring well-organized and easily comprehensible content on the board.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: April 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 485184
  • Cloud instances(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD
  • Platform(s): Web

Outlook: Group messages as conversation for PST files in new Outlook for Windows

With this update of support for .pst files (a.k.a. Outlook Data File) in the new Outlook for Windows, users will be able to group messages as conversation for emails within .pst file. Future releases of new Outlook will expand the support for .pst file capabilities, #newoutlookforwindows, #pstfilesupport.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: April 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 485736
  • Cloud instances(s): GCC
  • Platform(s): Desktop

Outlook: Export mailbox to PST file in new Outlook for Windows

With this update of support for .pst files (a.k.a. Outlook Data File) in the new Outlook for Windows, users will be able to export an entire mailbox (emails, calendars, and contacts) or a specific mailbox folder to a .pst file. Future releases of new Outlook will expand the support for .pst file capabilities. #newoutlookforwindows #pstfilesupport.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: July 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 485738
  • Cloud instances(s): GCC
  • Platform(s): Desktop

Outlook: Import emails from PST file to mailbox in new Outlook for Windows

With this update of support for .pst files (a.k.a. Outlook Data File) in the new Outlook for Windows, users will be able to import emails from .pst file to mailbox. Future releases of new Outlook will expand the support for .pst file capabilities. #newoutlookforwindows #pstfilesupport.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: July 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 485740
  • Cloud instances(s): GCC
  • Platform(s): Desktop

Outlook: Reply and forward emails in a PST file in new Outlook for Windows

With this update of support for .pst files (a.k.a. Outlook Data File) in the new Outlook for Windows, users will be able to reply and forward emails in a .pst file. Future releases of new Outlook will expand the support for .pst file capabilities. #newoutlookforwindows #pstfilesupport.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: June 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 485742
  • Cloud instances(s): GCC
  • Platform(s): Desktop

Outlook: Auto-Export mailbox to PST file in new Outlook for Windows

With this update of support for .pst files (a.k.a. Outlook Data File) in the new Outlook for Windows, users will be able to schedule an export of an entire mailbox (emails, calendars, and contacts) or a specific mailbox folder to a .pst file. Future releases of new Outlook will expand the support for .pst file capabilities. #newoutlookforwindows #pstfilesupport.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: July 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 485744
  • Cloud instances(s): GCC
  • Platform(s): Desktop

Outlook: Read-only access to calendars within a PST file in new Outlook for Windows

With this update of support for .pst files (a.k.a. Outlook Data File) in the new Outlook for Windows, users will be able to browse and read calendars and events within a .pst file. Future releases of new Outlook will expand the support for .pst file capabilities. #newoutlookforwindows #pstfilesupport.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: September 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 485746
  • Cloud instances(s): GCC
  • Platform(s): Desktop

Outlook: search emails while offline in the new Outlook for Windows

Microsoft is adding more functionality to offline mode in the new Outlook for Windows. You will now be able to do basic search functions without internet connection or when the search service fails.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: September 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 485748
  • Cloud instances(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
  • Platform(s): Desktop

Outlook: Forward as attachment emails in a PST file in new Outlook for Windows

With this update of support for .pst files (a.k.a. Outlook Data File) in the new Outlook for Windows, users will be able to forward as an attachment emails in a .pst file. Future releases of new Outlook will expand the support for .pst file capabilities. #newoutlookforwindows #pstfilesupport.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: August 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 485750
  • Cloud instances(s): GCC
  • Platform(s): Desktop

Outlook: Profile cards in the new Outlook for Windows display people details stored in PST files

With this update of support for .pst files (a.k.a. Outlook Data File) in the new Outlook for Windows, users will be able to click on a person to view their details stored in a .pst file on the profile card . Future releases of new Outlook will expand the support for .pst file capabilities. #newoutlookforwindows #pstfilesupport.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: June 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 485752
  • Cloud instances(s): GCC
  • Platform(s): Desktop

Outlook: Read-only access to contacts within a PST file in new Outlook for Windows

With this update of support for .pst files (a.k.a. Outlook Data File) in the new Outlook for Windows, users will be able to browse and read contacts within a .pst file. Future releases of new Outlook will expand the support for .pst file capabilities. #newoutlookforwindows #pstfilesupport.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: September 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 485756
  • Cloud instances(s): GCC
  • Platform(s): Desktop

Outlook: Create and save email templates in the new Outlook for Windows

The template feature in the new Outlook allows users to create and save email templates for quick and consistent communication, streamlining the process of sending repetitive messages. Additionally, it allows for the seamless import of templates saved as .oft files. #newoutlookforwindows
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: September 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 485758
  • Cloud instances(s): GCC
  • Platform(s): Desktop

Outlook: Large Audience Warnings in Outlook for iOS and Android

Users are warned when they are emailing a large number of recipients which can help them make the correct decision about wording, tone, and content.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: April 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 485759
  • Cloud instances(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High
  • Platform(s): Android, iOS

Microsoft Teams: Slide control for presenters

Meeting or event presenters can now share control of slides with fellow presenters eliminating manual slide changes and maintaining a smooth flow during meetings or webinars.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: May 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 484844
  • Cloud instances(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD
  • Platform(s): Desktop

Microsoft Edge: Intune policies in the Edge management service

Admins now can set Intune policies via the Edge management service, alongside the existing cloud policies. This enables admins to deploy both browser policies in the cloud and Intune policies from a single pane, making it easy to keep users safe and the browser workflow streamlined. This feature comes along with a new policy creation wizard that will streamline the creation process into a comprehensive, step-by-step flow.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • PREVIEW AVAILABLE: March 2025
  • ROLLOUT START: May 2025
  • Roadmap ID 485799
  • Cloud instances(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
  • Platform(s): Web

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Prompt Gallery - Share a prompt to a Microsoft Team's team

Share custom prompts with members of a Microsoft Teams team from the Copilot Prompt Gallery in Copilot Chat, allowing team members to easily discover and utilize these prompts in Copilot Prompt Gallery.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: April 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 483951
  • Cloud instances(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
  • Platform(s): Desktop, Web

Microsoft Teams: Personal meeting templates (Premium)

Personal meeting templates enable users to pre-save meeting configurations (meeting options) and schedule meetings quickly with one click.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: May 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 482537
  • Cloud instances(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
  • Platform(s): Desktop, Mac

Microsoft Teams: New Microsoft Teams chat and channels experience in GCC

The new, streamlined chat and channels experience makes it easier to stay on top of what matters most and organize your digital workspace. Catch up on chat, channels and teams in one place, create custom sections to organize conversations by topics, use filters to triage messages and more.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: May 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 485705
  • Cloud instances(s): GCC
  • Platform(s): Android, Desktop, iOS, Mac, Web

Microsoft Teams: New Microsoft Teams chat and channels experience in GCC High and DoD

The new, streamlined chat and channels experience makes it easier to stay on top of what matters most and organize your digital workspace. Catch up on chat, channels and teams in one place, create custom sections to organize conversations by topics, use filters to triage messages and more.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: June 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 485706
  • Cloud instances(s): GCC High, DoD
  • Platform(s): Android, Desktop, iOS, Mac, Web

OneDrive: New Folder Anyone Link Permission: View & Upload

Microsoft introducing a new 'View and Upload' permission for folder 'Anyone' links in the OneDrive Admin Sharing Settings. This feature allows tenants to restrict folder links to 'Anyone can view' while still enabling the 'Request Files' functionality. It offers tenants more granular control over content access, ensures compliance with internal policies, and helps administrators maintain a higher level of data governance.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: June 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 485801
  • Cloud instances(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD
  • Platform(s): Web

Microsoft Teams: Add a presenter from the participant roster in a town hall or webinar

Organizers and presenters can quickly add a missing presenter to an ongoing town hall or webinar by calling them directly from the participant roster. Once the missing presenter accepts the call, they instantly join as a presenter, automatically joining the Green Room (if enabled) and added to the event group chat.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: May 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 485812
  • Cloud instances(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
  • Platform(s): Desktop, Linux, Mac

Outlook: Category Shortcuts in the New Outlook for Windows

Easily organize your inbox with quick-access category shortcuts! The shortcuts you loved in Classic Outlook will be available in the new Outlook for Windows, making it easier than ever to categorize emails. #newoutlookforwindows
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • PREVIEW AVAILABLE: June 2025
  • ROLLOUT START: June 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 483508
  • Cloud instances(s): GCC, GCC High, DoD
  • Platform(s): Desktop

Outlook: Move to in the pop-out ribbon in New Outlook and Outlook for Web

The "Move To" option is now available in the pop-out ribbon in New Outlook and Outlook for Web, making it easier to organize emails. Quickly move messages to any folder without switching back to the main window. This update ensures a seamless and consistent email management experience. #newoutlookforwindows
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: July 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 484059
  • Cloud instances(s): GCC, GCC High, DoD
  • Platform(s): Desktop, Web

Microsoft Teams: Migration Tool for Teams

Customers will now be able to move content seamlessly from public and private channels in a third-party solution to Teams standard channels. A new first-party Migration tool on Microsoft Admin Center (MAC) will allow admins to connect the third-party solution workspace, plan, and perform content migration to Teams.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: May 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 485709
  • Cloud instances(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD
  • Platform(s): Desktop

Microsoft Teams: Rules-Based Enablement of Third-Party Apps in Teams Admin Center

This feature allows M365 administrators to define specific criteria for approving third-party SaaS applications within their tenant. Administrators can select from a list of predefined, safe criteria, ensuring that only trusted and compliant applications are made available under this rule.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: May 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 485712
  • Cloud instances(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
  • Platform(s): Desktop

Outlook: Add folders from a .pst file to Favorites in new Outlook for Windows

With this update of support for .pst files (a.k.a. Outlook Data File) in the new Outlook for Windows, users will be only able to add folders from a .pst file to Favorites. Future releases of new Outlook will expand the support for .pst file capabilities. #newoutlookforwindows #pstfilesupport.
IN DEVELOPMENT
  • ROLLOUT START: June 2025
  • Roadmap ID: 485754
  • Cloud instances(s): GCC
  • Platform(s): Desktop
Source: Microsoft

Comments