Microsoft Release Notes

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

• Implicit Grounding in Outlook Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat [Windows, Web]

  Users will be able to add emails and text from email threads directly into their prompt context in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat through simple interactions in Outlook.

  Details:

  What changed: Developers can now configure icons, visibility settings, connection metadata, property descriptions, and semantic labels for custom connectors. Previously, these elements were limited or unavailable, which reduced clarity and consistency across Copilot experiences.

  Why: This change helps users work more efficiently by reducing the steps needed to reference email content in Copilot Chat. It supports smoother workflows and helps users get more accurate, context aware responses.

  Try this:

  • Select an email in Outlook and add it to your Copilot Chat prompt.
  • Highlight a section of text in an email and insert it into your Copilot Chat conversation.
  • Use Copilot Chat to summarize or analyze the added email content.

  Why this matters:

  Business impact: Improves workflow efficiency by reducing manual steps and enabling more seamless use of email content in Copilot Chat.

  Personal impact: Helps users get faster, more relevant answers by grounding Copilot Chat with the right email context.

• Open PDFs within Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat [Windows, Mac, Web] …

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

Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility

• Contextual nudges in Edge offer quick page summaries in Copilot Chat [Web]

  Use Microsoft Edge for Business adds contextual nudges that make it easier to ask Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat to summarize your open webpage.

  Roadmap ID:515167

  Details:

  What changed: Edge for Business introduces contextual nudges attached to the Copilot entry point that prompt users to take actions-such as summarizing an open page-through Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat.

  Why: This change helps users discover page summarization faster and save time when scanning long webpages.

  Try this:

  • Open a webpage in Microsoft Edge.
  • Use Copilot Chat in Edge and ask "Summarize this page."
  • Ask a follow-up question about the page content to get more targeted details.

  Why this matters:

  Business impact: Helps teams consume and share web information faster, improving research and decision-making workflows.

  Personal impact: Saves time by surfacing a quick summary when you need it.

  Additional Resources:

  Learn:

  PostgreSQL connectors (Preview)

Viva Glint

• AI-generated survey insights with Copilot Highlights [Web] …

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Version number: 17.11.1.1 Released: April 30, 2026

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Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility

• Contextual nudges in Edge offer quick page summaries in Copilot Chat [Web]

  Use Microsoft Edge for Business adds contextual nudges that make it easier to ask Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat to summarize your open webpage.

  Roadmap ID:515167

  Details:

  What changed: Edge for Business introduces contextual nudges attached to the Copilot entry point that prompt users to take actions-such as summarizing an open page-through Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat.

  Why: This change helps users discover page summarization faster and save time when scanning long webpages.

  Try this:

  • Open a webpage in Microsoft Edge.
  • Use Copilot Chat in Edge and ask "Summarize this page."
  • Ask a follow-up question about the page content to get more targeted details.

  Why this matters:

  Business impact: Helps teams consume and share web information faster, improving research and decision-making workflows.

  Personal impact: Saves time by surfacing a quick summary when you need it.

  Additional Resources:

  Learn:

  PostgreSQL connectors (Preview)

Viva Glint

• AI-generated survey insights with Copilot Highlights [Web] …

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

Microsoft 365 Copilot admin center

• Copilot setting for video generation

  A new setting in the Microsoft 365 admin center allows admins to control access to AI video generation features in Microsoft 365 Copilot and supported apps.

  Details:

  What changed: Admins can now use a dedicated setting in the Microsoft 365 admin center to control whether users can access AI video generation features available in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft 365 apps.

  Why: Organizations need clearer administrative controls to manage who can create AI-generated videos and align usage with internal policies.

  Try this:

  • Review the new Copilot video generation setting in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
  • Decide whether video generation should be allowed for your organization.
  • Communicate policy changes to users if access is modified.
  • Update internal guidance or documentation if needed.

  Why this matters:

  Business impact: Provides centralized control over AI video generation to support governance and compliance needs.

  Personal impact: Clarifies when and where users can access video generation features.

Microsoft 365 Copilot app

• Employee Self-Service agent: New rich landing page …

Version 2603 (Build 19822.20182)

Security updates listed here.

Feature updates

PowerPoint

• Edit your document with Copilot in PowerPoint: Copilot in PowerPoint helps you create, edit, and refine presentations through natural language—right inside your deck. Start a new presentation or build on an existing one by asking Copilot to generate slides, update content, improve layouts, and polish design, all while preserving your formatting, structure, and branding. This experience is available with Microsoft 365 Copilot (Basic). In addition, with Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium), Copilot can also connect to your brand kit to apply branded templates, insert brand-approved images, and check for brand compliance. For more information on licensing, see: What Copilot license do I have | Microsoft Support.

Version 2603 (Build 19822.20168)

Feature updates

Office suite

• Extend DLP for Copilot grounding in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to local files: Data loss prevention (DLP) for Copilot grounding policies will now block Copilot from processing the currently open file in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint regardless of where that file is stored.

Resolved issues

Access

• Fixed an issue where some add-ins didn’t display a banner/info bar when an external recipient was added to an outgoing email in Outlook.

Outlook

• Resolved an issue where users could not close the Copilot chat pane using a keyboard. You can now close the pane by navigating to the Close button using a keyboard or by using the assigned keyboard shortcut.

Word

• When drafting with Copilot, users will see the Copilot chat pane open with their prompt.

• Voice and face profile enrollment dashboard for admins: This feature provides admins the visibility and insight for voice and facial profile enrollments through a dashboard in the Teams Admin Center (TAC). Voice and face profiles are critical for supporting AI-enhanced meeting experiences for users across the organization. The dashboard provides metrics on enrollments over time.
• Audio Recap — Expanded language support: This feature enables Audio Recap to support additional languages, including variations across English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, German, Italian, and Portuguese. This expansion enables more users worldwide to follow meeting summaries in the language that feels most natural to them—boosting comprehension, accessibility, and overall productivity.

Microsoft 365 Copilot admin center

• Copilot setting for video generation

  A new setting in the Microsoft 365 admin center allows admins to control access to AI video generation features in Microsoft 365 Copilot and supported apps.

  Details:

  What changed: Admins can now use a dedicated setting in the Microsoft 365 admin center to control whether users can access AI video generation features available in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft 365 apps.

  Why: Organizations need clearer administrative controls to manage who can create AI-generated videos and align usage with internal policies.

  Try this:

  • Review the new Copilot video generation setting in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
  • Decide whether video generation should be allowed for your organization.
  • Communicate policy changes to users if access is modified.
  • Update internal guidance or documentation if needed.

  Why this matters:

  Business impact: Provides centralized control over AI video generation to support governance and compliance needs.

  Personal impact: Clarifies when and where users can access video generation features.

Microsoft 365 Copilot app

• Employee Self-Service agent: New rich landing page

This update introduces an optional, customizable landing page for the Employee Self-Service agent that lets organizations highlight key HR and IT resources and align the experience with their branding.

Details: …

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

Microsoft 365 Copilot chat

• Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat available in Teams chats, channels, and meetings [Windows, Mac, Web]

  Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat integration is expanding to Teams chats, channels, and meetings, with mobile support coming soon.

  Roadmap ID:501107

  Details:

  What changed: Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is now accessible across Teams chats, channels, calling, and meetings. This expands availability beyond its previous limited scope.

  Why: The goal is to make Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat available wherever users collaborate, improving consistency and access.

  Try this:

  • Open a Teams chat or channel and launch Copilot.
  • Use Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat to ask questions or generate insights.
  • Try Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat during a meeting to support real time collaboration.

  Why this matters:

  Business impact: Enhances collaboration by bringing Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat into more communication surfaces.

  Personal impact: Makes it easier to access Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat wherever you work in Teams.

• Edit scheduled prompts for Copilot [Windows, Mac, Web]

  Users can now edit the schedule of their Copilot prompts, giving them more flexibility and control. …

Version number: 18.6.2.1 Released: March 31, 2026

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• Organization Trust Score for apps and agents: Today, IT admins manually review trust data for Teams apps and agents in the Teams admin center to ensure they meet organizational security, privacy, and compliance standards. This feature introduces a scalable, automated evaluation process. Admins can define their organization’s trust requirements once, and the system will automatically assess each app and agent—generating a Trust Score and detailed evaluation report tailored to those requirements. This enables faster, more consistent decision-making by clearly identifying which apps and agents meet the organization’s standards and where further review is needed.
• Easily find unsent drafts: This feature enables the use of the Drafts quick view to easily find, edit, and send draft messages.
• Simplified controls to manage external collaboration settings in Teams: This feature enables admins to use simple controls to manage external collaboration in teams. Admins have access to a new overview page in the Teams Admin Center under the external collaboration section. This page allows admins to review and modify their organization's external collaboration settings. To make changes, admins can use a guided flow and either select the open or controlled preset modes, or choose to customize the settings.

Microsoft 365 Copilot chat

• Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat available in Teams chats, channels, and meetings [Windows, Mac, Web]

  Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat integration is expanding to Teams chats, channels, and meetings, with mobile support coming soon.

  Roadmap ID:501107

  Details:

  What changed: Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is now accessible across Teams chats, channels, calling, and meetings. This expands availability beyond its previous limited scope.

  Why: The goal is to make Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat available wherever users collaborate, improving consistency and access.

  Try this:

  • Open a Teams chat or channel and launch Copilot.
  • Use Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat to ask questions or generate insights.
  • Try Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat during a meeting to support real time collaboration.

  Why this matters:

  Business impact: Enhances collaboration by bringing Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat into more communication surfaces.

  Personal impact: Makes it easier to access Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat wherever you work in Teams.

• Edit scheduled prompts for Copilot [Windows, Mac, Web]

  Users can now edit the schedule of their Copilot prompts, giving them more flexibility and control.

  Roadmap ID:531912

  Details: …

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

Microsoft 365 Copilot app

• Scatter image effect [Android, Windows, iOS, Mac, Web]

  We're introducing a new Scatter image effect that helps users quickly apply a modern, stylized look to AI-generated or uploaded images.

  Roadmap ID:537288

  Details:

  What changed: The image editor in Copilot Chat and the Create module now includes a Scatter effect. This effect adds a dynamic, dispersed visual style to images, giving users more creative options than before.

  Why: Users asked for more built-in creative effects to help them produce unique visuals without needing external editing tools.

  Try this:

  • Generate an image in Chat, click the image to open Editor and apply the Scatter effect to give it a more artistic look.
  • Use the Scatter effect in the Create module to enhance visuals for presentations or social posts.

  Why this matters:

  Business impact: Expands creative capabilities directly within Microsoft 365 workflows, reducing the need for third-party tools.

  Personal impact: Makes it easier to create visually distinctive images with minimal effort.

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

• Summarize and Explain actions in PDF reader [Web] …