SharePoint News meets Viva Engage: a reach decision as much as a feature

SharePoint News meets Viva Engage: a reach decision as much as a feature SharePoint 7 September 2026 By Matt Weston Quick summary SharePoint News can now cross-post to Viva Engage communities and storylines, rolling out worldwide from late September 2026, covering: Cross-posting isn’t just extra reach, it merges the discussion too. Content intended for a […]

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Teams mobile gets a redesigned header and dashboard, bringing it closer to desktop

Teams / By Matt Weston

Teams mobile gets a redesigned header and dashboard, bringing it closer to desktop Teams 7 September 2026 By Matt Weston Quick summary Microsoft Teams mobile is getting a redesigned header and a new lightweight dashboard for chats and channels, rolling out from late September 2026, covering: Microsoft’s description here is fairly high-level, without detailed screenshots

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PowerPoint’s new interactive slides skill is more than a nicer diagram

PowerPoint / By Cody Morris

PowerPoint’s new interactive slides skill is more than a nicer diagram PowerPoint 29 August 2026 By Cody Morris Quick summary PowerPoint is getting a Create Interactive Slides Copilot skill, available now on Windows and rolling out on Mac by early September 2026, covering: The official rollout message undersells what this actually produces. Early demonstrations show

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Teams profile cards get Awards and Certifications, worth checking your data first

Uncategorized, Teams / By Cody Morris

Teams profile cards get Awards and Certifications, worth checking your data first Uncategorized, Teams 29 August 2026 By Cody Morris Quick summary Teams profile cards will display existing Awards and Certifications data from Microsoft 365 profiles, rolling out from early October 2026, covering: This isn’t new functionality, it already reached Outlook and the Copilot app

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Microsoft Scout: the first Autopilot agent, and the governance layer that isn’t finished yet

Copilot / By Matt Weston

Microsoft Scout: the first Autopilot agent, and the governance layer that isn’t finished yet Copilot 22 August 2026 By Matt Weston Quick summary Microsoft Scout, described by Microsoft as the first “Autopilot” agent, is available now in Frontier preview on Windows and macOS, covering: This is a new product category, not a feature update, and

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Teams Communicator: a genuine setup job, and a reason to review what you already pay for

Teams / By Cody Morris

Teams Communicator: a genuine setup job, and a reason to review what you already pay for Teams 22 August 2026 By Cody Morris Quick summary Communicator, a new Microsoft Teams app for organisational announcements, enters Public Preview from mid-August 2026, covering: Unlike most updates in this set, this one needs real configuration before it does

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OneDrive’s new Libraries view replaces More places, worth a heads-up before it does

OneDrive / By Matt Weston

OneDrive’s new Libraries view replaces More places, worth a heads-up before it does OneDrive 16 August 2026 By Matt Weston Quick summary OneDrive for the web is replacing “More places” with a new Libraries view, rolling out from mid-July 2026, covering: This one genuinely replaces something rather than adding to it. Anyone who navigates to

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Planner tasks in Copilot Chat: useful, and worth watching for task hygiene

Planner / By Matt Weston

Planner tasks in Copilot Chat: useful, and worth watching for task hygiene Planner 16 August 2026 By Matt Weston Quick summary Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is gaining Planner task management, rolling out worldwide from early September 2026, covering: Unusually, Microsoft has given this one an exceptionally long rollout window, early September 2026 through to late

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SharePoint’s new page status indicator solves a real intranet problem

SharePoint / By Cody Morris

SharePoint’s new page status indicator solves a real intranet problem SharePoint 7 August 2026 By Cody Morris Quick summary SharePoint Pages are getting command bar changes and a new status indicator, rolling out from early August 2026, covering: Most of this is minor label tidying. The status indicator is the part worth paying attention to,

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Copilot Pages move to OneDrive: good governance news, with an old-content gap

Copilot / By Matt Weston

Copilot Pages move to OneDrive: good governance news, with an old-content gap Copilot 7 August 2026 By Matt Weston Quick summary Newly created Microsoft 365 Copilot Pages move to OneDrive for Business, rolling out from mid-August 2026, covering: This is a genuine governance improvement, but only for content created after rollout. Anything a user has

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