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<Release date="October 6, 2026" published="2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z" url="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/release-notes?tabs=all#october-06-2026">
## October 06, 2026

Updates released between September 22, 2026, and October 06, 2026.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot**
- **Seamless Search and Chat Integration** [Windows, Web]: Microsoft 365 Chat brings conversational AI directly into Microsoft 365 Copilot Search, enabling users to move from finding information to acting on it, with follow-up questions, insight synthesis, and content generation in one unified experience.
- **Regenerate response for alternative answers** [Web]: The Regenerate action lets you quickly get an alternative response to your latest prompt using options like Try Again or Switch Model.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility**
- **Edit query string and user identity mapping rules for Copilot connectors** [Windows, Web]: Admins can now edit query string and user identity mapping rules directly in connector settings without opening a support ticket.

**Microsoft 365 SharePoint**
- **Admin Center - detailed report on 'Everyone except external users' permissions** [Web]: New report provides SharePoint Advanced Management admins complete item-level details of permissions granted to special SharePoint groups.

**PowerPoint and other apps**: Additional improvements across the suite.
</Release>

<Release date="September 23, 2026" published="2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z" url="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/release-notes?tabs=all#september-23-2026">
## September 23, 2026

Updates released between August 26, 2026, and September 22, 2026.

**Excel**
- **Navigate to your workbook changes directly from the Copilot chat pane response** [Windows, Web, Mac]: Responses contain links to highlight where changes are made in your workbook — navigate directly to new sheets, tables, ranges, and objects.
- **See Copilot usage in show changes pane** [Windows, Mac, Web]: View Copilot usage details directly within the Show Changes pane.

**Microsoft 365 admin center**
- **New dedicated License Requests page** [Web]: Helps admins more easily discover, review, and manage Microsoft 365 Copilot license requests.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot**
- **See email attachments as pills in Copilot search results** [Windows, Web]: Email attachments appear as pills directly on search results.
- **'Sort by' filter for Outlook Mail in Copilot search** [Windows, Web]: Sort Outlook Mail results by date ascending/descending.
- **New profile cards for buildings, rooms and desks** [Windows]: Buildings, rooms, and desks in Places directory get new profile cards.

Additional updates across Copilot Chat, extensibility, and other Microsoft 365 apps.
</Release>

<Release date="August 25, 2026" published="2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z" url="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/release-notes?tabs=all#august-25-2026">
## August 25, 2026

Updates released between August 11, 2026, and August 25, 2026.

**Excel**
- **Use Python when Editing with Copilot in Excel** [Windows, Mac, Web]: Edit with Copilot can execute Python code for advanced analysis, automation, and data transformation with results output directly in the workbook.

**Microsoft 365 admin center**
- **Organizational Messages now supports Hybrid-joined Devices** [Web].

**Microsoft 365 Copilot**
- **Viva Engage private content in Microsoft 365 Copilot** [Web]: Private community/event content used as grounding source, respecting user privileges.
- **Updated Copilot Notebooks UX** [Web]: Streamlined UX flow.
- **Copilot Chat available when using Copilot Search** [Windows, Web]: Side-pane chat available while browsing universal search.
- **Open Outlook emails within Copilot Chat** [Windows, Mac, Web]: Open emails directly within full-app Copilot experiences.

Additional Outlook and other improvements.
</Release>

<Release date="August 11, 2026" published="2026-08-11T00:00:00.000Z" url="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/release-notes?tabs=all#august-11-2026">
## August 11, 2026

Updates released between July 28, 2026, and August 11, 2026.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility**
- **Parallel content and identity crawl improves content freshness** [Web]: Copilot connectors now run content crawl and identity crawl in parallel, making ingested content available faster.
- **ServiceNow connectors support role-based permissions** [Web]: Knowledge and Catalog connectors enforce access permissions based on user roles.

**Microsoft 365 SharePoint**
- **SharePoint: Authoritative Sites** [Windows, Web]: Admins can designate specific sites as official, trusted sources prioritized across Copilot Search.

**Outlook**
- **Copilot provides coaching feedback in chat as you draft, edit, and format emails** [Android, Windows, iOS, Mac, Web]: Coaching feedback via chat with direct apply-to-message suggestions.
- **Prepare for meetings with Copilot in classic Outlook for Windows** [Windows]: Helps users stay on top of pre-reads and action items before meetings.
</Release>

<Release date="July 29, 2026" published="2026-07-29T00:00:00.000Z" url="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/release-notes?tabs=all#july-29-2026">
## July 29, 2026

Updates released between July 15, 2026, and July 29, 2026.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot**
- **Surface rich images inline within responses** [Windows, Web]: Displays rich images from files and meetings directly within responses.

**OneNote**
- **Redesigned Overview experience in Copilot notebooks** [Windows, Mac, Web]: Crisper AI-generated summaries, key insights, and one-click artifacts.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat**
- **Lists in Context IQ** [Web]: Search for and select SharePoint Lists to ground prompts.
- **List email attachments in Microsoft 365 Copilot** [Android, Windows, iOS, Mac, Web].
- **Take Screenshot in Copilot** [Windows]: Built-in way to capture screenshots and include them in prompts.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility**
- **Edit user mappings and query filters for ServiceNow Connector** [Web].
- **SharePoint list support in Agent Builder** [Windows, Web].
</Release>

<Release date="July 15, 2026" published="2026-07-15T00:00:00.000Z" url="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/release-notes?tabs=all#july-15-2026">
## July 15, 2026

Updates released between July 01, 2026, and July 15, 2026.

**Microsoft 365 admin center**
- **Submit agent to Agent Store from Agent Builder** [Windows, Web]: Governed flow for admin review and approval before publishing to the Agent Store.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot**
- **Copilot Prompt Gallery - Company-wide prompt publishing** [Windows, Web]: Build and distribute tailored prompt collections tenant-wide.
- **Microsoft Edge v.149 — Modern, unified, updated look and feel** [Web]: Unified UX across Microsoft AI surfaces including Copilot and Bing.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot App**
- **Create brand kits from your brand guidelines** [Web].

**Microsoft 365 Copilot Extensibility**
- **Access agents with Model Context Protocol in Office apps** [Web].
</Release>

<Release date="July 1, 2026" published="2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z" url="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/release-notes?tabs=all#july-01-2026">
## July 01, 2026

Updates released between June 17, 2026, and July 01, 2026.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot app**
- **Enable watermarks for AI-generated content** [Android, Windows, iOS, Mac, Web].
- **View long running agent tasks in Windows taskbar** [Windows]: See status of ongoing agentic workflows without opening the app.
- **Scheduled prompts for Agents** [Windows, Mac, Web]: Schedule recurring prompts to declarative agents like Analyst, Idea Coach, etc.
- **Create PowerPoint presentations from Copilot Notebooks** [Windows, Web]: Generate structured, editable slide decks from notebook content.
- **Mind maps in Copilot Notebooks** [Windows, Web]: Interactive visual artifacts mapping key topics, themes, and relationships; available in OneNote and the Copilot app.
- **Generated files inherit sensitivity labels** [Android, Windows, iOS, Mac, Web].

Additional updates across Copilot Chat, extensibility, and other Microsoft 365 apps.
</Release>

<Release date="June 16, 2026" published="2026-06-16T00:00:00.000Z" url="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/release-notes?tabs=all#june-16-2026">
## June 16, 2026

Updates released between June 2, 2026 and June 16, 2026.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat**
- **Anthropic's Claude now available in Microsoft 365 Copilot** [Android, Windows, iOS, Mac, Web]: Select Claude as a model option in Copilot Chat.
- **Infinite scroll chat history** [Web]: Browse older Copilot chat sessions with automatic loading while scrolling.
- **Modern, unified, updated look and feel in Microsoft Edge** [Web].

**Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility**
- **Connect 15Five data to surface team priorities and recognition** [Web].

**PowerPoint**
- **Black Forest Lab's FLUX.2 Flex model available** [Web]: New option for creating high quality visuals.
- **Use Copilot to get detailed, contextual explanation for shapes and images (Win32)** [Windows, Web, Mac].
- **Edit with Copilot for PowerPoint uses enterprise assets hosted on multiple SharePoint OALs** [Windows, Web, Mac].
</Release>

<Release date="June 2, 2026" published="2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z" url="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/release-notes?tabs=all#june-2-2026">
## June 2, 2026

Updates released between May 19, 2026 and June 2, 2026.

**Microsoft 365 admin center**
- **Organizational Messages Usage-based targeting (GA)** [Web]: Deliver messages based on real user behavior and engagement patterns rather than static group membership.
- **Organizational Messages now supports Email messages** [Web]: Adds email delivery alongside Windows Taskbar, Spotlight, Notification Center, and Teams Popovers.

**Microsoft Copilot app**
- **Use Microsoft 365 Copilot in model-driven apps (Work IQ)** [Web].

**Microsoft 365 Copilot Studio**
- **Add expected response for agent evaluation test cases** [Web]: Manually or via file import.
- **Grader Framework for Agent Evaluation** [Web]: Evaluation options using exact match, similarity, intent, and AI-based grading.
</Release>

<Release date="May 19, 2026" published="2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z" url="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/release-notes?tabs=all#may-19-2026">
## May 19, 2026

Updates released between May 5, 2026 and May 19, 2026.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat**
- **Implicit Grounding in Outlook Copilot Chat** [Windows, Web]: Add emails and thread text directly into prompt context from Outlook.
- **Open PDFs within Copilot Chat** [Windows, Mac, Web].
- **OpenAI's GPT-5.5 Instant available in Copilot Chat** [Android, Windows, iOS, Mac, Web]: More accurate, concise responses, better image analysis and STEM tasks.
- **OpenAI's GPT-5.5 Thinking available in Copilot Chat** [Android, Windows, iOS, Mac, Web]: Deeper reasoning and complex problem solving.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility**
- **Graph API enhancements for custom connector relevance and UX** [Web]: Richer configuration options including icons, visibility controls, metadata, property descriptions, and semantic labels.
- **IT admins can enable Anthropic models for specific users and groups** [Web].
</Release>

<Release date="May 5, 2026" published="2026-05-05T00:00:00.000Z" url="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/release-notes?tabs=all#may-5-2026">
## May 5, 2026

Updates released between April 21, 2026 and May 5, 2026.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility**
- **Contextual nudges in Edge offer quick page summaries in Copilot Chat** [Web].

**Viva Glint**
- **AI-generated survey insights with Copilot Highlights** [Web]: AI-powered summaries of employee survey results in Team/Executive Summary reports; GA expands multilingual support.

**Viva Insights**
- **Expanded published report recipients** [Web]: Analysts can publish Power BI reports to anyone in the organization.
- **Copilot configuration insights in the Copilot Dashboard Readiness page** [Web]: Personalized configuration insights to help prepare for Copilot rollout.
</Release>

<Release date="April 21, 2026" published="2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z" url="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/release-notes?tabs=all#april-21-2026">
## April 21, 2026

Updates released between April 7, 2026 and April 21, 2026.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot admin center**
- **Copilot setting for video generation**: Admins can control access to AI video generation features.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot app**
- **Employee Self-Service agent: New rich landing page**: Customizable landing page highlighting key HR/IT resources with org branding.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot chat**
- **Rich Bing web answer cards in Copilot Chat** [Windows, Web]: Weather, Stocks, and other interactive cards in chat responses.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility**
- **Share agents to Teams** [Web]: Share agents directly with a Teams team for discovery and install.
</Release>

<Release date="April 7, 2026" published="2026-04-07T00:00:00.000Z" url="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/release-notes?tabs=all#april-7-2026">
## April 7, 2026

Updates released between March 24, 2026 and April 7, 2026.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot chat**
- **Copilot Chat available in Teams chats, channels, and meetings** [Windows, Mac, Web]: Mobile support coming soon.
- **Edit scheduled prompts for Copilot** [Windows, Mac, Web].

**Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility**
- **Code interpreter now works on files found via Chat search**: Analyze enterprise search results even without manual upload/link.
- **Smarter answers with embedded image understanding** [Windows]: Declarative agents interpret embedded images in Word, PowerPoint, PDF for richer answers.
- **Fewer confirmation prompts for Copilot actions** [Web]: Streamlined confirmations while maintaining safety controls.

**Microsoft Viva**
- **Copilot adoption report updated with streamlined UX and power user insights** [Web].
</Release>

<Release date="March 24, 2026" published="2026-03-24T00:00:00.000Z" url="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/release-notes?tabs=all#march-24-2026">
## March 24, 2026

Updates released between March 10, 2026 and March 24, 2026.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot app**
- **Scatter image effect** [Android, Windows, iOS, Mac, Web]: Apply a modern, stylized look to AI-generated or uploaded images.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat**
- **Summarize and Explain actions in PDF reader** [Web]: New Copilot actions in the Microsoft Edge PDF reader.
- **Delegate calendar search in Microsoft 365 Copilot** [Android, Windows, iOS, Mac, Web]: Delegates can search another user's meetings directly in Copilot Chat.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility**
- **Query Coda docs and wikis with Copilot connectors** [Web].
- **Query Bitbucket pull requests with Copilot connectors** [Web].
- **Copilot Chat recommends installed agents** [Windows, Web].
- **Connect Copilot with Zendesk Help Center to retrieve support articles** [Web].
</Release>

<Release date="March 10, 2026" published="2026-03-10T00:00:00.000Z" url="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/release-notes?tabs=all#march-10-2026">
## March 10, 2026

Updates released between February 24, 2026 and March 10, 2026.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat**
- **Expanded AI skill inferencing for E3 and E5 users** [Windows, Web]: Helps organizations keep user profiles accurate.
- **Chat History filtering experience refresh**: Easier to find past conversations and clear filters.
- **Explainable AI with deep and inline citations for connectors**: Shows how responses from connected data sources are generated.
- **Summarize and explain PDFs with Copilot in Microsoft Edge** [Web].
- **Ask Copilot directly from the Microsoft Edge address bar** [Web].
- **Scope Copilot Chat prompts to Teams channels with Context IQ** [Web].

**Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility**
- **Connect Copilot with Shortcut to manage agile development workflows** [Web] and additional connector updates.
</Release>

<Release date="February 24, 2026" published="2026-02-24T00:00:00.000Z" url="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/release-notes?tabs=all#february-24-2026">
## February 24, 2026

Updates released between February 10, 2026 and February 24, 2026.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility**
- **Connect Copilot with Monday.com** [Web]: Track work and team progress.
- **Connect Copilot with WordPress.com and WordPress.org** [Web]: Retrieve, summarize, and analyze site content.
- **Connect Copilot with Azure File Share** [Web].
- **Connect Copilot with Veeva** [Web]: Access promotional materials, quality documents, regulatory information.
- **Connect Copilot with Jira Data Center** [Web]: Track and manage engineering tasks.
- **Out-of-box filter support for data sources in Copilot Search** [Web]: Admins customize filters without development work.
- **Scope grounding for declarative agents to specific data sources** [Windows, Web].
- **Embedded knowledge support for declarative agents** [Web].
</Release>

<Release date="February 10, 2026" published="2026-02-10T00:00:00.000Z" url="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/release-notes?tabs=all#february-10-2026">
## February 10, 2026

Updates released between January 27, 2026 and February 10, 2026.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility**
- **Simplified connector authentication setup** [Web]: Faster, guided OAuth experience.
- **Refresh Adaptive Cards in agents** [Web]: View latest information in workflows.
- **Champion connectors getting-started guides** [Web]: Help field teams accelerate Copilot adoption.
- **URL-based dialogs in Declarative Agents** [Web]: Open linked experiences without leaving Copilot.
- **More frequent ticket status updates for ServiceNow Tickets connector** [Web]: Ingests both active and inactive tickets.
- **Query Miro boards and diagrams with Copilot connectors** [Web].
- **Connect Copilot to GitHub Server** [Web]: Retrieve and collaborate on issues, pull requests, and knowledge.
</Release>

<Release date="January 27, 2026" published="2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z" url="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/release-notes?tabs=all#january-27-2026">
## January 27, 2026

Updates released between January 13, 2026 and January 27, 2026.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat**
- **Copilot Chat model selector now offers GPT-5.2** [Android, Windows, iOS, Mac, Web]: Faster responses or deeper reasoning.
- **Copilot icon visibility in Microsoft Edge** [Web]: Users manage icon visibility; admins control via policy.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility**
- **Advanced understanding for comments and attachments in ServiceNow KB and Azure DevOps connectors** [Windows, Web].
- **Bring your own Microsoft Foundry agents into Microsoft 365 Copilot** [Web]: Connect existing Foundry agents to Copilot and Teams via a proxy app built with the Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit, for regulated/custom-logic scenarios.
</Release>

<Release date="January 13, 2026" published="2026-01-13T00:00:00.000Z" url="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/release-notes?tabs=all#january-13-2026">
## January 13, 2026

Updates released between December 23, 2025 and January 13, 2026.

**Microsoft 365 admin center**
- **Admin control to customize AI disclaimers in Copilot Chat** [Windows, Web]: Admins can heighten the disclaimer message, add a custom policy link, and bold text for visibility.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot app**
- **Access all your Copilot-generated content in one library** [Android, Windows, iOS, Mac, Web]: New Library view for AI-generated images and pages.

**Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat**
- **Search for meetings by organizer using Copilot Chat** [Windows].

**Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility**
- **Build smarter agents with GPT-5 in Agent Builder** [Android, Windows, iOS, Mac, Web].
- **Connect Dropbox for smarter Copilot file access** [Web].
- **Connect Microsoft 365 Copilot with Guru for enhanced insights** [Web].
- **Expand Copilot Agents with Mail, People, and Meeting Insights** [Windows, Web]: Richer M365 data sources for more context-aware answers.
- **Generate Office documents from agents in Copilot Studio lite** [Windows, Web]: Generate PowerPoint, Excel, Word docs via chat, saved to OneDrive.
- **Simplified ServiceNow tickets setup with per-table ACL rules** [Web].
- **Smart document management with Google Drive integration** [Web].
- **Template-based knowledge ingestion for ServiceNow Knowledge Connector** [Web]: Supports out-of-the-box and custom templates (FAQ, How to, What is).
</Release>

<Release date="December 23, 2025" published="2025-12-23T12:00:00.000Z" url="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/release-notes#2025-12-23">
## December 23, 2025

December 23, 2025

Updates released between December 10, 2025, and December 23, 2025.

Microsoft 365 Copilot app

- GPT-5 powers Copilot Chat by default [Android, Windows, iOS, Mac, Web]

Copilot Chat delivers faster, smarter results using GPT-5 as the default model.

Details:

What Changed: All Copilot Chat experiences run on GPT-5 by default. Copilot automatically routes prompts to the best-performing models for each task, using fast models for basic tasks and specialized reasoning models for multi-step requests.

Why: Users want speed, accuracy, and minimal friction. This update helps to ensure consistent, high-quality AI interactions in Copilot Chat.

Try This:

- "Get me up to speed on the latest plans related to [project/initiative]. Help me think through what to do next."
- "Use the attached spreadsheet with customer feedback to create a polished executive report that helps upper management decide where to prioritize resources in our next cycle."

Why this matters:

Business Impact: Increases accuracy and productivity, helping teams make strong decisions and complete complex work faster.

Personal Impact: Removes friction by letting Copilot choose the best model--fast or reasoning--for the prompt.

Additional resources:

Blogs:

Available today: GPT-5 in Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility

- Upload Larger Files in Copilot Studio Agent Builder [Android, Windows, iOS, Web]

Agent Builder now supports file uploads up to 512 MB when creating agents, ideal for larger files.

Roadmap ID:  500375

Details:

What Changed:
This increases the upload size limit in Agent Builder to 512 MB, enabling use of larger files as grounding data.

Why:
Users requested more flexibility for grounding agents. Larger files improve reduce the need to split or compress documents.

Try This:

- Drag and drop large documents such as training manuals into your agent project.
- Create the agent and ask it to summarize information from uploaded files.

Why this matters:

Business Impact: Allows enterprises to build agents with richer, domain-specific knowledge.

Personal Impact: Complete your work without the need to split files or compress data.

Additional resources:

Learn:

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