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SharePoint Pages to Get Design Guides and One-Click Conversion for Flexible Sections
Microsoft will roll out a set of authoring improvements for SharePoint Pages in August 2026, including visual column guides, persistent gridlines, and a command to convert existing sections into...
Microsoft Teams Mobile Gets Multi-Line Calling: How to Use Multiple Business Numbers on One Account
Microsoft has started rolling out multi-line calling support to Teams Phone on Android and iOS, closing a major gap between the mobile and desktop experience that forced road warriors to carry extra...
Teams Events App Now Saves Webinar Setups as Reusable Templates
Microsoft has quietly removed one of the most tedious parts of running webinars and town halls in Teams: rebuilding the entire configuration every time. The company’s Roadmap item 561915, now...
No More Duplicate Installs: Microsoft 365 Will Unify App Deployments Across Teams, Outlook, and Copilot in August 2026
Microsoft is taking a step that many IT administrators have long wished for: a single deployment command that places an approved application or AI agent into Teams, Outlook, and Microsoft 365 Copilot...
Power BI Answers Are Coming to Microsoft 365 Copilot This August – What to Know
By August 2026, Microsoft 365 Copilot will start pulling answers directly from your organization’s Power BI reports and semantic models, marking its evolution from a document-summarizing assistant...
Microsoft Teams Events Can Now Warn Organizers of a Double-Booked Room Before It's Too Late
Microsoft has quietly slipped a deceptively important scheduling improvement into the Teams Events app: organizers can now see, directly within the event creation workflow, whether the conference...
Copilot Studio Run-Only Sharing Preview Set for August 2026: What It Means for Enterprise Automation
Microsoft has quietly added a beacon to its public roadmap that could reshape how enterprises adopt AI-driven automation. Roadmap item 567894, published July 20, 2026, previews a new "Share...
Teams Events now supports shared and delegated mailboxes: Setup guide and pitfalls
Microsoft has quietly addressed a longstanding scheduling headache for organizations that run executive briefings, customer webinars, and all-hands town halls. As of July 2026, the Teams Events app...
How Google's 'Frozen v2' Chip Could Make Gemini Faster and Cheaper on Your Windows PC
Alphabet is quietly developing a new server processor, codenamed “Frozen v2,” that could dramatically cut the cost and power consumption of its Gemini AI models. The chip is designed to generate...
From Advisor to Actor: Microsoft 365 Copilot Gains Execution Powers in Government Clouds
Microsoft has taken a decisive step beyond chatbot answers in its most locked-down clouds. As of June 2026, declarative agents inside Microsoft 365 Copilot can now perform tasks—invoking APIs,...
Windows 11 26H1 Preview: Schedule Update Pauses and Say Goodbye to Jumpy Widgets
Microsoft has released Windows 11 26H1 Build 28000.2597 to the Release Preview channel, and it’s packed with more than just one headline feature. The update, which began rolling out on July 20,...
Stop Experimenting: Microsoft’s FY27 Push for Production-Ready Copilot and Agent Deployments
On July 22, Microsoft will tell its global partner network that the era of AI tinkering is over. During the MCAPS Start for Partners virtual kickoff, the company will lay out a fiscal year 2027...