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09.07.2026

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Microsoft Viva · Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365)

Updated July 9, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.[Introduction] Agent in Viva Engage communities are now available in Public Preview. Community admins can add agents to communities to help draft answers to questions without best or verified answers based on community content and add context to posts by answering follow up questions using the community's conversations and SharePoint site and library.We’re now adding the option for community admins to specify additional SharePoint sites outside the community as grounding sources. The agent will only use sites that community admins select, and it drafts answers from items that community members can view (Read).We are also adding a new capability: tagging by community members. Tagging by community members enables Microsoft 365 copilot-licensed users to @-mention the community agent in the comments and replies o

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09.07.2026

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365)

Updated July 9, 2026: We have decided not to move forward with GA release at this time. Private Preview will continue as previously communicated. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction]Note: You’re receiving this message because you are part of our early access program.Smart Calendar is the next-generation calendar experience that will be built into Classic Outlook for Microsoft 365 Copilot-licensed users. It combines the familiar Outlook interface with Copilot-powered intelligence and a modern, responsive design, making time management simpler, smarter, and more intuitive. This calendar will be available for users inside Classic Outlook. Once Smart Calendar is released, users will get an information banner in Outlook Calendar to Try the new app.This update introduces several key benefits: Copilot Intelligence: Prepare, schedule, coordinate, and recap meetings with Copilot assistance

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08.07.2026

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Microsoft Viva

Updated July 8, 2026: We have updated the content and timeline. Thank you for your patience. We’re introducing My Team audiences and expanded targeting capabilities in Viva Engage to help leaders communicate with the employees in their organization and tailor messages to relevant teams, departments, locations, or groups. My Team provides a ready-to-use, automatically maintained audience based on the organizational hierarchy, so leaders can reach the employees who report up to them, including both direct and indirect reports. This audience helps unlock and improve leadership experiences across Viva Engage, making Storyline Announcements, audience analytics, Leadership Corner, and feed and digest distribution more relevant with less setup.Leaders and delegates can use My Team as-is, review its membership, or further customize and save it as a reusable audience across leader communication e

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08.07.2026

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Microsoft Teams

Updated July 8, 2026: We have updated the timeline and added documentation. This feature is now available. Thank you for your patience. IntroductionWe’re excited to announce that Microsoft Teams now supports apps in Private channels. This update enables richer collaboration scenarios across teams and organizations by allowing users to add and use apps—including bots, tabs, and message extensions—directly within Private channels. This change aligns with customer feedback requesting more consistent and flexible app experiences across collaboration spaces. Support for apps in Private Channels follows the same model as that for shared channels, ensuring a unified experience for users and developers.For organizations using custom line-of-business (LOB) apps, developer updates are required to ensure private and shared channel compatibility. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 518215 and

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07.07.2026

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365)

Updated July 7, 2026: We have updated the timeline and added description of a new sub-feature for In-Meeting. Thank you for your patience. We’re excited to announce that we are making Copilot Chat available as a side-by-side experience in Teams. This will help users access the power of M365 and Web data in addition to current capabilities of Copilot in Chats, Channels, Calling, and Meeting. On Teams desktop (Windows and Mac) and web, users can open Copilot Chat from the Copilot icon located on the top right corner in these surfaces. Copilot Chat will be available in Teams for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. Additionally, a new in-meeting control lets users stop Teams from processing spoken audio during a meeting. When this control is on, Teams stops processing spoken audio — including transcription and recording — and Copilot will not use or reference anything said during thi

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07.07.2026

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Microsoft Teams

Updated July 7, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: A new setting that allows users to view incoming calls in a small window in Teams to prevent disruptions. Users will be able to take a call in the small window and continue to see what they were working on before the call.This message applies to Teams on Windows desktop, Teams on Mac desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android.This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 482747.[When this will happen:]Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early May 2025 and expect to complete by mid-May 2025.General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-March 2026 (previously mid-January) and expect to complete by late March 2026 (previously late January). General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out early April 2026 (previously early Febr