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

• AI in other productsRM 557681 · MC1266912Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Intelligent Summaries in Copilot DashboardDelayed: GA moved from 15 August 2026 to 5 November 2026Default On by defaultAudience AdminsRollout GA from 5 November 2026, complete 25 November 2026Why Only admins using the Copilot Dashboard are affected, and it is a reporting/dashboard feature.Act nowRMCDetails
• AI governance & securityMC1506728Microsoft Entra: Changes to AgentIdentity.CreateAsManager permission for agent identitiesAudience AdminsRetirement starts 5 November 2026Why Only affects admin-managed agent identity permissions and does not change how employees work.Act nowMCDetails
• 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
• AI governance & securityMC1523085Viva Insights: GitHub Copilot metrics will be on by default, and the public preview opt-in setting is being retiredDefault On by defaultAudience Specific rolesRetirement starts 15 November 2026Why GitHub Copilot metrics appear by default in an existing consumption dashboard for a defined group of admins, analysts and managers.Act nowMCDetails
• AgentsMC1454391(Updated) Retirement Notice of Learning Coach Agent in M365 CopilotAudience All usersRetirement starts 25 December 2026Retirement ends 5 January 2027Retirement 1 December 2026Why Users lose the Learning Coach agent, but Learning Agent is named as the replacement for learning support.Act nowMCDetails
• 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
• AI governance & securityMC1454973(Updated) Manage Copilot connectors (Global setting) from Agent 365 - SetFederatedConnectors CLI toggle is retiringAudience AdminsRetirement starts 25 August 2026Retirement ends 25 August 2026Why Only admins are affected by a change to governance and tenant administration settings.Act nowMCDetails
• AI governance & securityMC1449182(Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot: Copilot Pages and Notebooks Creation in OneDriveDelayed: GA moved from 15 August 2026 to 15 October 2026Default On by defaultAudience All usersRollout GA from 15 October 2026, complete 25 November 2026Why Where new Copilot Pages are stored changes, but users keep working in the same experiences with no new capability for daily 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
• AgentsMC1482800(Updated) Teams Phone Agent is rolling out to general availability on Sept 30, 2026Default Admins turn it onAudience Specific rolesRollout GA from 25 September 2026Why An AI calling agent that answers calls and routes callers, used by a defined group of Teams Phone users.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