Daily digest

2026-07-29

An unofficial daily digest that organizes public Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Agent Builder updates.

Last updated02/08/2026, 04:32

Last checked02/08/2026, 04:32

Highlights

Microsoft Viva Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap Launched Admin-focusedBuilder-focused Roadmap 559996

Microsoft Viva: New Overview experience in Agent Dashboard

Customers can now view and understand their agent landscape through the new Overview page that will be included as part of the Agent Dashboard in Microsoft Viva. This experience will provide customers with key at-a-glance insights on adoption in their organizations and visibility into who’s creating agents used in the...

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it is already launched and immediately actionable / because it materially affects administration or governance
Microsoft 365 Copilot Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap Launched Admin-focusedBuilder-focused Roadmap 380842

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Referenced sources are cited in drafted content

When drafting content using the inline canvas Copilot experience that's based on referenced sources, Copilot includes citations in the text it generates, indicating references to information in the content.

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it is already launched and immediately actionable / because it materially affects administration or governance
Microsoft Teams Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap Launched Admin-focusedBuilder-focused Roadmap 564766

Microsoft Teams: Manage Built-in Teams agents in the Teams admin center

Admins will be able to manage Teams built-in agents across core Teams experiences, including chats, channels, and meetings, through a dedicated experience in the Teams admin center. From a centralized location, admins can control agents’ availability for users and groups. These agents will be enabled by default for li...

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it is already launched and immediately actionable / because it materially affects administration or governance
Microsoft 365 Copilot Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap Launched Admin-focused Roadmap 561206

Microsoft 365 admin center: New dedicated License Requests page in Microsoft 365 Admin Center

We are introducing a new dedicated License Requests page in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center to help admins more easily discover, review, and manage Microsoft 365 Copilot license requests submitted by users.

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it is already launched and immediately actionable / because it directly affects licensing and rollout decisions
Microsoft 365 Copilot Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap In development Builder-focused Roadmap 567008

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): New Rich Answer Cards

Surface new model-driven, dynamically placed Answer Cards across top 7 segments: weather, sports, finance, images, video, places and news for Entra & MSA users across all surfaces.

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it affects forward planning and preparation / because it materially affects administration or governance

Full list

Microsoft Viva Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap Launched Admin-focusedBuilder-focused Roadmap 559996

Microsoft Viva: New Overview experience in Agent Dashboard

Customers can now view and understand their agent landscape through the new Overview page that will be included as part of the Agent Dashboard in Microsoft Viva. This experience will provide customers with key at-a-glance insights on adoption in their organizations and visibility into who’s creating agents used in the...

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it is already launched and immediately actionable / because it materially affects administration or governance
Microsoft 365 Copilot Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap Launched Admin-focusedBuilder-focused Roadmap 380842

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Referenced sources are cited in drafted content

When drafting content using the inline canvas Copilot experience that's based on referenced sources, Copilot includes citations in the text it generates, indicating references to information in the content.

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it is already launched and immediately actionable / because it materially affects administration or governance
Microsoft Teams Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap Launched Admin-focusedBuilder-focused Roadmap 564766

Microsoft Teams: Manage Built-in Teams agents in the Teams admin center

Admins will be able to manage Teams built-in agents across core Teams experiences, including chats, channels, and meetings, through a dedicated experience in the Teams admin center. From a centralized location, admins can control agents’ availability for users and groups. These agents will be enabled by default for li...

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it is already launched and immediately actionable / because it materially affects administration or governance
Microsoft 365 Copilot Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap Launched Admin-focused Roadmap 561206

Microsoft 365 admin center: New dedicated License Requests page in Microsoft 365 Admin Center

We are introducing a new dedicated License Requests page in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center to help admins more easily discover, review, and manage Microsoft 365 Copilot license requests submitted by users.

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it is already launched and immediately actionable / because it directly affects licensing and rollout decisions
Microsoft 365 Copilot Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap In development Builder-focused Roadmap 567008

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): New Rich Answer Cards

Surface new model-driven, dynamically placed Answer Cards across top 7 segments: weather, sports, finance, images, video, places and news for Entra & MSA users across all surfaces.

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it affects forward planning and preparation / because it materially affects administration or governance
Microsoft Teams Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap In development Builder-focused Roadmap 558341

Microsoft Teams: Facilitator detects and answers questions

Facilitator now automatically detects open questions raised during a Teams meeting and offers to help answer them using web search. When a participant asks a question (e.g., “What is an LLM?”) and no one answers, Facilitator posts a prompt offering to find an answer. Participants can select “Yes” to have the agent ret...

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it affects forward planning and preparation / because it materially affects administration or governance
Microsoft Teams Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap Rolling out Admin-focused Roadmap 548648

Microsoft Teams: Ad-hoc room reservation from Teams Rooms on Windows console

With Teams Rooms on Windows consoles, you can quickly book a meeting room for immediate use, helping to avoid scheduling conflicts and ensure uninterrupted spontaneous meetings. Available in Teams Rooms Pro-licensed rooms.

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it directly affects licensing and rollout decisions / because it materially affects administration or governance
Microsoft 365 Copilot Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap In development Builder-focused Roadmap 515145

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Workforce Insights Agent

Workforce Insights (WFI) Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot is an agent designed to help leaders, managers, and their delegates quickly understand their organization by turning complex workforce data into clear, actionable insights. With WFI Agent, leaders can quickly explore their organization’s structure, team compositi...

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it affects forward planning and preparation / because it materially affects administration or governance
Microsoft 365 Copilot Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap In development Builder-focused Roadmap 564608

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Support for MCP Agents with Interactive UI Widgets in Government Clouds

Feature description: Model Context Protocol (MCP) based agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat will now be able to surface rich, interactive UI widgets directly within chat. This enhancement enables developers to deliver more engaging and structured agent interactions. Users will experience these widgets when interactin...

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it affects forward planning and preparation / because it changes builder workflows or agent quality management
Microsoft Purview Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap In development Admin-focused Roadmap 559106

Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention - DLP Policy Change Insights with Security Copilot

Introduce an AI-powered capability leveraging Microsoft Security Copilot to automatically generate natural language explanations of changes made to DLP policies after each update within Microsoft Purview. This feature will analyze policy version deltas (pre-update vs. post-update) and produce a structured, human-reada...

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it affects forward planning and preparation / because it directly affects licensing and rollout decisions
Microsoft Purview Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap Launched Admin-focusedBuilder-focused Roadmap 557683

Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management- Data Security Triage Agent in IRM Enhancements

The Data Security Triage Agent in Insider Risk Management is deploying enhancements such as improved user risk and activity explorer pattern summaries to support improved investigation accuracy, context, and decision quality. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential ma...

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it is already launched and immediately actionable / because it materially affects administration or governance
Microsoft Viva Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap Launched Admin-focusedBuilder-focused Roadmap 553224

Microsoft Viva: Copilot Enhanced Topic Assignment

We're upgrading our topic assignment pipeline to be powered by Copilot, delivering significantly improved accuracy in categorizing survey comments into relevant topics.

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it is already launched and immediately actionable / because it materially affects administration or governance
Planner Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap In development Builder-focused Roadmap 567886

Planner: AI-generated Status Reports in Planner Agent

AI-powered Status Report in Planner Agent turns your plan data into a polished, stakeholder-ready update in minutes. Just ask Planner Agent for a status report and it pulls your task data and transforms it into a clear narrative covering overall status, progress, risks, and what's next. You can easily customize the re...

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it affects forward planning and preparation / because it directly affects licensing and rollout decisions
Microsoft 365 Copilot Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap Rolling out Builder-focused Roadmap 564910

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Outlook Emails in Copilot Notebooks

Outlook Emails as References in Copilot Notebooks bring email content into the notebook experience, enabling users to ground Copilot in the conversations, decisions, and context that drive their work. By adding emails as knowledge sources, users can connect context from their emails directly to their projects, enrichi...

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it materially affects administration or governance / because it changes document or presentation workflows
Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft Learn Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes Update Admin-focusedBuilder-focused Roadmap 503590

Admins can now edit user mappings and query filters for ServiceNow Connector [Web]

Support connection edit of user mapping, query filter for ServiceNow

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes
Why it matters
because it is part of an official update roundup or release-note stream / because it materially affects administration or governance
Microsoft Teams Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap In development Admin-focusedBuilder-focused Roadmap 558286

Microsoft Teams: Intelligent meeting recap available without saving transcript

Intelligent recap can now be generated without retaining a transcript after the meeting. Meeting organizers can choose this setting from the meeting options before the meeting, or organizers and eligible participants can enable it during the meeting. After the meeting, the AI Summary will be available, but other eleme...

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it affects forward planning and preparation / because it materially affects administration or governance
Outlook Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap In development Admin-focusedBuilder-focused Roadmap 568368

Outlook: Copilot Chat pop-out for Outlook for Mac and iPad

Copilot Chat remains accessible within an Outlook app window but now can also be popped out to float over the main Outlook app window. Popping out Copilot Chat allows people to switch contexts or have more space for what they are working on in Outlook and control the space and form that Copilot Chat takes on screen. W...

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it affects forward planning and preparation / because it materially affects administration or governance
Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft Learn Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes Preview Builder-focused Roadmap 513432

Floating Copilot icon in File Previewer for OneDrive [Web]

A new Copilot icon button provides a quick, visible entry point to Copilot directly within the file previewer in OneDrive. Positioned at the bottom-right corner (instead of the command bar), this button surfaces contextual prompts tailored to the file type and offers seamless ac...

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes
Why it matters
because it signals preview direction early / because it is part of an official update roundup or release-note stream
Microsoft 365 Copilot Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap In development Builder-focused Roadmap 497844

Microsoft CoPilot (Microsoft 365): Makers can build DA's with Flexible layouts and rich UX components

Flexible layouts and rich UX components will enable makers to build highly expressive agents, ultimately driving increased user engagement and virality.

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it affects forward planning and preparation / because it materially affects administration or governance
Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft Learn Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes Update Builder-focused Roadmap 561920

SharePoint list support in Agent Builder [Windows, Web]

Agent Builder now supports using a SharePoint list as a knowledge source for agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Makers can ground an agent in structured list data so users can ask questions and get responses based on information stored in a selected SharePoint list. For this relea...

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes
Why it matters
because it is part of an official update roundup or release-note stream / because it changes builder workflows or agent quality management
Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft Learn Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes Update Admin-focusedBuilder-focused

Redesign Overview experience in Copilot notebooks in OneNote [Windows, Mac, Web]

The Copilot Notebooks Overview now provides a redesigned experience for crisper AI-generated summaries, key insights, and one-click artifacts to move work forward in the notebook.

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes
Why it matters
because it is part of an official update roundup or release-note stream / because it changes document or presentation workflows
Microsoft Purview Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap In development Admin-focused Roadmap 559617

Microsoft Purview: Purview in Microsoft Admin Center

AI and IT admins in Microsoft Admin Center can 1) gain visibility around oversharing risks and drive remediations 2) Understand how much of sensitive copilot interactions are protected and turn on Purview DLP for M365 Copilot right from there. Enables secure adoption of Copilot.

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it affects forward planning and preparation / because it materially affects administration or governance
Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft Learn Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes Update Admin-focusedBuilder-focused

Plan and build solutions on SharePoint with Copilot in SharePoint [Web]

Copilot in SharePoint lets you plan and build SharePoint solutions using natural language commands.

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes
Why it matters
because it is part of an official update roundup or release-note stream / because it directly affects licensing and rollout decisions
Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft Learn Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes Update Builder-focused Roadmap 422308

Lists in Context IQ [Web]

Users will be able to search for and select SharePoint Lists through the Context IQ menu to help ground their prompts when using Copilot Chat.

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes
Why it matters
because it is part of an official update roundup or release-note stream / because it directly affects meetings or communication workflows
Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft Learn Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes Update Builder-focused Roadmap 558105

Take Screenshot in Copilot [Windows]

Give users a fast, built‑in way to capture screenshots and include them in Copilot prompts, helping them communicate visual context more easily and receive more accurate, actionable assistance.

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes
Why it matters
because it is part of an official update roundup or release-note stream / because it directly affects meetings or communication workflows
Microsoft 365 Copilot Official blogs Microsoft 365 Copilot Blog Update Admin-focusedBuilder-focused

More control over web grounding with Domain Exclusion for Microsoft 365 Copilot

We are excited to announce Domain Exclusion for Microsoft 365 Copilot, a new web search control that gives organizations more choice over which external web sources can be used to ground Copilot responses. As customers bring Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat (Copilot) into...

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Copilot Blog
Why it matters
because it directly affects meetings or communication workflows / because it affects search or knowledge workflows
Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft Learn Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes Update Admin-focusedBuilder-focused Roadmap 497909

List email attachments in Microsoft 365 Copilot [Android, Windows, iOS, Mac, Web]

Users will be able to list the file attachments that they received or sent over email in Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes
Why it matters
because it is part of an official update roundup or release-note stream / because it directly affects meetings or communication workflows
Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft Learn Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes Update Admin-focusedBuilder-focused

Surface rich images inline within responses [Windows, Web]

Copilot now displays rich images from files and meetings directly within responses to improve comprehension.

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes
Why it matters
because it is part of an official update roundup or release-note stream / because it directly affects meetings or communication workflows
Microsoft 365 Copilot Roadmap Microsoft 365 Roadmap In development Builder-focused Roadmap 501111

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] Users in GCC-M will able to use custom engine agents

Users in GCC-M will be able to use custom engine agents.

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Roadmap
Why it matters
because it affects forward planning and preparation / because it matters for builder decisions
Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft Learn Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes Update Builder-focused

Enable adaptive card refresh in custom engine agents [Web]

Adaptive card refresh now works in custom engine agents, improving dynamic content updates.

Published
07/29/2026
Source
Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes
Why it matters
because it is part of an official update roundup or release-note stream / because it matters for builder decisions