Microsoft Teams admin center is introducing a single-pane experience for monitoring and troubleshooting meetings and calls across the organization. Rolling out from late September to mid-October 2026, it lets admins view meetings, identify issues, access diagnostics, search and filter data, export results, and use Microsoft 365 Copilot for analysis.
Microsoft is introducing a new Communicator app in MS Teams for targeted communications such as training updates, compliance notifications, safety alerts, and more. It lets organizations assign actions and track acknowledgment status in real-time. Public Preview and GA rollouts begin in mid-August 2026, with completion expected by January 2027.
Microsoft is rolling out new OneDrive policy that let users manage their own file-level sync exclusions by default. In addition, .db-wal files will be added to OneDrive’s default exclusion list starting October 5. Admins can control the self-service experience and override the default exclusion list using two new policies.
Explore three newly introduced granular permissions for Microsoft Graph API: AppRegistration.Create, User.Create, and User.ReadUpdate.All and understand what each one enables.
Multi-tenant agent management in the Microsoft 365 admin center enables enterprise admins and partners to centrally view and manage agents across connected tenants. The public preview rollout began in early August 2026 and is expected to complete by mid-August 2026.
Microsoft is retiring Teams live chat by October 5, 2026. New setups are no longer available as of August 2026. Existing integrations will stop relaying customer chat messages to Teams in early October 2026.
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