Feature Lookup

Act-by dates, changes that turn on by default, retirements and new controls for AI and agents. Soonest first.

• CopilotMC1515927Microsoft 365 Copilot: Critique and Council preview experiences will retireAudience Specific rolesAct by 14 November 2026Retirement starts 25 October 2026Retirement ends 15 November 2026Why Removes two preview experiences in Researcher for a small Frontier group, while Researcher and Analyst remain available.Act nowMCDetails
• CopilotMC1515940Microsoft OneDrive: Copilot actions in the File Explorer context menu are being retiredAudience All usersRetirement starts 15 November 2026Retirement ends 5 December 2026Why Removes several Copilot right-click actions in File Explorer, though the same capabilities remain reachable through Ask Copilot and the activity center.Act nowMCDetails
• CopilotRM 557180 · MC1239927Microsoft Teams: Consecutive interpretation in InterpreterDelayed: Preview moved from 5 April 2026 to 5 May 2026Default Users turn it onAudience Specific rolesRollout GA from 15 November 2026, complete 5 December 2026Why Adds a turn-by-turn interpretation mode for multilingual meetings, but only for users with a Copilot license who enable it.Act nowRMCDetails
• CopilotMC1218421Retirement of Power BI Q&AAudience Specific rolesRetirement starts 1 December 2026Retirement ends 25 December 2026Why Report makers lose Q&A visuals and must move to Copilot, a change limited to a specific group.Act nowMCDetails
• CopilotMC1462915(Updated) Allow connections to copilot.cloud.microsoft before the Copilot URL redirectDefault On by defaultAudience AdminsRollout GA from 5 September 2026, complete 5 November 2026Why Network allow-list change for admins; the URL redirect is not a change to how employees work.Act nowMCDetails
• CopilotMC1454113(Updated) Microsoft Copilot Word: Document summarization experience movingAudience All usersRollout GA from 5 September 2026Why Existing document summarization is reachable through a different Copilot entry point, so day-to-day access changes but the capability is unchanged.Act nowMCDetails
• CopilotMC1483844(Updated) Microsoft Copilot: GPT 6.1 Sol and Claude Sonnet 5.5 beginning to roll out todayDefault On by defaultAudience Specific rolesRollout GA from 30 September 2026Why Adds new AI model choices in common Office and Chat tasks for licensed users, a clearly better result rather than a core workflow change.Act nowMCDetails
• CopilotMC1458470(Updated) Simplified Copilot experience in Microsoft OutlookDelayed: GA moved from 1 September 2026 to 1 October 2026Default On by defaultAudience All usersRollout GA from 1 October 2026Why Refreshes the everyday Copilot chat experience in Outlook with simplified navigation and new task tracking for users.Act nowMCDetails
• CopilotMC1458472(Updated) Simplified Copilot experience in Microsoft TeamsDelayed: GA moved from 1 September 2026 to 1 October 2026Default On by defaultAudience All usersRollout GA from 1 October 2026Why A refreshed, chat-centered Copilot experience in Teams with simpler navigation and a new Tasks view changes how users work with Copilot daily.Act nowMCDetails
• CopilotMC1505608Audio overviews on PDFAudience All usersRetirement starts 30 October 2026Retirement ends 30 October 2026Why Removes an existing mobile convenience for listening to PDF summaries, with no full replacement described.Act nowMCDetails
• CopilotMC1469962Change in sender email address for Copilot emailsDefault On by defaultAudience AdminsRollout GA from 15 September 2026Why Only changes the sender address of Copilot emails, with no change to how employees do their work.Act nowMCDetails
• CopilotRM 577745Excel: Get and transform data with Copilot in ExcelRollout GA October 2026Act nowRDetails
• CopilotMC1470885M365 Copilot: Tell Copilot what you need directly from the Copilot button in Word, Excel, and PowerPointDefault On by defaultAudience All usersRollout GA from 5 September 2026, complete 25 December 2026Why Adds a new prompt entry point for Copilot inside Word, Excel and PowerPoint, making common document tasks faster.Act nowMCDetails
• CopilotMC1492161Microsoft 365 Copilot in PowerPoint: 'Clarify my thinking' skill for desktopAudience Specific rolesRollout GA from 8 October 2026Why Adds a new built-in Copilot skill for PowerPoint desktop users that gives feedback on presentation content.Act nowMCDetails
• CopilotMC1492159Microsoft 365 Copilot in PowerPoint: 'Clarify my thinking' skill for MacAudience Specific rolesRollout GA from 8 October 2026Why A new prompt-based skill gives Copilot users in PowerPoint on Mac a way to get feedback on their presentation ideas.Act nowMCDetails
• CopilotMC1492160Microsoft 365 Copilot in PowerPoint: 'Clarify my thinking' skill for webAudience All usersRollout GA from 8 October 2026Why Adds a built-in Copilot skill for PowerPoint on web that gives feedback to sharpen presentation ideas.Act nowMCDetails
• CopilotMC1493223Microsoft 365 Copilot: Skills in Copilot ChatDefault On by defaultAudience All usersRollout GA from 5 October 2026, complete 15 November 2026Why Users gain a new way to customize Copilot Chat with task-specific skills, improving accuracy for common workflows.Act nowMCDetails
• CopilotMC1476269Microsoft 365 Copilot: Updates to the Researcher experienceDefault On by defaultAudience All usersRetirement starts 21 October 2026Retirement ends 30 December 2026Why Several Researcher tabs and report-length controls are retired, though core research and report generation remain and replacements exist elsewhere.Act nowMCDetails
• CopilotRM 577392Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Education] Create multi-week unit plans with TeachRollout GA October 2026Act nowRDetails
• CopilotRM 522616Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Ask Copilot about highlighted response contentRollout GA September 2026Act nowRDetails