The monthly what’s-new digest: every Microsoft 365 change that matters to MSPs, in one place, every month.
New Defender and Purview add-on SKUs for Business Premium, Anthropic models in Copilot, an auto-installing Copilot app, and a browser policy that needs action now.
GPT-5 rolls into Copilot Chat, Intune adds two-admin approval for destructive actions, Autopilot patches during setup, and Windows 10 ESU hits the CSP price list.
Token protection reaches Entra ID P1, Defender gains mail-bombing detection, the Conditional Access Optimization Agent hits GA, and Intune ships LAPS for macOS.
Microsoft blocks legacy browser auth and requires admin consent by default, Safe Attachments loses Monitor mode, passkey profiles go per-group, and Teams channels learn to thread.
Microsoft kills the nonprofit Business Premium and E1 grants, raises the bar for CSP indirect resellers, and ships Copilot Tuning. May 2025's M365 changes, sorted by who has to act.
Teams Premium flags sensitive content during screen sharing, Purview meters GenAI data security as pay-as-you-go, and Copilot lands across PowerPoint, Forms, and calls.
Exchange Online enforces tenant-wide outbound email limits, E5 Security arrives as a Business Premium add-on, and the Report Message add-in enters maintenance mode.
Microsoft-managed Conditional Access policies start auto-enforcing after 45 days, Skype interop in Teams dies May 1, and Hotpatch hits preview. The February 2025 changes, sorted by deadline.
Copilot Chat arrives free for Entra users, Teams flips transcription on by default for new tenants, and small businesses get live chat. The January 2025 M365 changes, sorted by what to check first.
New Outlook migration turns opt-out for SMBs in January 2025, monthly billing on annual terms gets a 5% markup, Viva Goals gets a retirement date, and Teams ships ten quality-of-life features.
Copilot agents reach general availability, Teams adds impersonation warnings for external chat, a new calendar lands in January, and Office 2016/2019 get one year of support left.
Copilot Wave 2 ships Pages, Python in Excel, and SharePoint agents; Microsoft starts enforcing MFA for admin portals on October 15, 2024; Teams and Intune stack up quality-of-life updates.
