Planner Synchronization of Microsoft 365 Message Center Notifications Improves
Microsoft published the very good news that the Planner synchronization with the Microsoft 365 message center will support HTML formatted text when it creates or updates tasks. This might seem like a small change, but if you use Planner to track the progress of anything, like we do for the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook, it’s sometimes the little changes that make the biggest impact.
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Recover Windows machines that won't boot. #MicrosoftAzure #HybridCloud #MultiCloud #Azure #AzureArc
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Business Central 2026 release wave 1 (BC28.1): Control the lifecycle of report layouts (Layout Status)
Hi, Readers.Dynamics 365 Business Central 2026 wave 1 (BC28.1) is generally available. More details: Cumulative Update Summary for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (May, 2026) I will continue to test and share some new features that I hope will be helpful. In this post, I would like to talk about Control the lifecycle of report layouts. […]
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Policy-as-code, everywhere servers run. #MicrosoftAzure #HybridCloud #MultiCloud #Azure #AzureArc
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Exponential backoff and circuit breaker for Service Bus-triggered Azure Functions
Use exponential backoff and circuit breaker patterns in Azure Functions with Service Bus SDK bindings. Control retry storms, protect dependencies, and degrade gracefully under transient failures.
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Power Platform admin center – Information regarding the retirement of Power Platform Security Score (Preview)
On May 29, 2026, we are retiring the Security Score (Preview) feature from the Security > Overview page in the Power Platform admin center. The security score and its qualitative rating (Low, Medium, High) will no longer be available. How does this affect me? The Security Score (preview) provided a qualitative measurement (Low, Medium, High) of your organization’s security posture across Power Platform and Dynamics 365 environments. It calculated a percentage-based score reflecting how many recommended security features, such as IP firewall, tenant isolation, environment security groups, and auditing, were enabled across your environments. After May 29, 2026: The security score and its qualitative rating will no longer appear on the Security > Overview page. Recommendations generated from the security score calculation will no longer be displayed. The Security > Overview page will remain available but will no longer include the score or recommendation sections. All other Security Hub capabilities, including Data Protection & Privacy, Identity & Access Management, Compliance, and proactive policy management, are not affected and continue to be available. supplemental terms of use for Microsoft previews What do I need to do to prepare? The retirement of this preview feature does not affect your existing security configurations or policies. We recommend updating any of your internal documentation or training materials that reference the Power Platform security score. If your organization relied on the security score for reporting or compliance tracking, we recommend transitioning to the following alternatives: Microsoft Secure Score in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal, which provides a comprehensive security posture assessment across your Microsoft 365 environment. Environment-level security settings in the Power Platform admin center, where you can continue to configure and monitor individual security features such as IP firewall, tenant isolation, data policies, and environment security groups. Managed Environment governance controls, which provide policy enforcement including solution checkers, sharing limits, and access controls. Security overview – Power Platform admin center Important changes (deprecations) coming in Power Platform Managed Environments overview Message ID: MC1310690
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Authoritative Sites for SharePoint in Microsoft Copilot
Authoritative Sites lets admins mark specific SharePoint sites as trusted, prioritizing their content in Microsoft Copilot Chat and Search to improve reliability and relevance. Rolling out May-June 2026, it requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) license and is configurable via PowerShell without changing permissions. Authoritative Sites enables administrators to designate specific SharePoint sites as trusted sources of organizational information. By prioritizing content from these sites in Copilot Chat and Copilot Search, this feature improves content reliability, enhances search relevance, and helps users quickly find accurate company information. This capability supports stronger governance and aligns Copilot responses with verified organizational content. When this will happen: Public Preview (Worldwide): We began rolling out in mid-May 2026 and expect to complete by late May 2026. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out on mid-June 2026 and expect to complete by late June 2026. How this affects your organization: Who is affected: SharePoint Online administrators Microsoft 365 administrators managing Copilot and search experiences Users interacting with Copilot Chat and Copilot Search A Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) license is required to use this feature What will happen: Admins can designate SharePoint sites as authoritative using PowerShell. Content from authoritative sites will be prioritized in Copilot Chat responses and Copilot Search results. Users will see clearer indicators of trusted content in the user experience. Screenshot: Example showing results labeled “From your organization,” helping users quickly identify trusted, internal content: View image in new tab The feature is off by default until configured by an admin. No changes occur to existing SharePoint permissions or content access. Improved relevance and trust in AI-driven responses grounded in authoritative content. What you can do to prepare: Identify key SharePoint sites (for example: HR, Legal, Communications) that should be marked as authoritative. Configure authoritative sites using SharePoint Online PowerShell. Before running the commands, ensure the latest SharePoint Online Management Shell is installed. Set-SPOSite -Identity "https://<tenant>.sharepoint.com/sites/<siteName>" -IsAuthoritative $true Validate configuration in Copilot Search and Chat experiences. Pilot with a limited group of users. Gather feedback and refine site selection. Update internal documentation and inform helpdesk teams. Before rollout, we will update this […]
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SharePoint Online: Storage quota enforcement updated to align with license limits
SharePoint Online will update storage quota enforcement by late May to June 2026, aligning user quotas with license limits. Users exceeding licensed storage will enter read-only mode until usage is reduced or licenses upgraded. Admins should identify and address over-quota users; no action needed if users comply. Introduction We’re updating the way SharePoint Online enforces user storage quotas to ensure they are consistently aligned with license entitlements. This change fixes an issue where user-specific storage limits could be incorrectly applied during quota refreshes, which could result in inaccurate storage enforcement. These updates help ensure predictable storage behavior and improve reliability for admins managing storage at scale. When this will happen General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCCH, and DoD): We will begin rolling out in late May 2026 and expect to complete in June 2026. How this affects your organization Who is affected Microsoft 365 tenants using SharePoint Online Users who are currently over the OneDrive for Business storage quota allowed by their assigned license Admins who have set user-specific storage limits above licensed entitlements What will happen User storage quotas will be re-evaluated against license limits during the refresh process. Users whose OneDrive for Business storage usage exceeds their licensed quota will be placed into a read-only state, which temporarily restricts write access to existing SharePoint content until storage usage is remediated. This includes scenarios where: An admin-set user quota exceeds the license allowance, or A user with an EDU license exceeds their licensed storage limit. No changes are made for users who are within their licensed storage limits. What you can do to prepare Compliance considerations No compliance considerations identified. Review as appropriate for your organization. Identify users exceeding licensed storage limits Review OneDrive storage usage across your organization to identify users whose usage exceeds their licensed quota. Microsoft will provide a PowerShell script to assist with this assessment. A link to the script will be added to this message when available. Take corrective action for affected users. For users exceeding their licensed storage limits: Upgrade the user’s license to increase available storage, or Work with the user to reduce storage usage […]
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Microsoft Teams: Standardized preview experience for PowerPoint, Excel, and Word files
Microsoft Teams will standardize the preview experience for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files across desktop and mobile, improving speed and reliability. PowerPoint and Excel previews are on iOS and Android; Word preview is iOS only (Android later). Rollout completes by late June 2026, enabled by default with no admin action needed. Introduction We’re introducing a standardized preview experience for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files in Microsoft Teams across desktop and mobile platforms. This update improves performance, reliability, and consistency when previewing files, resulting in faster load times and fewer preview failures. Availability varies by platform; PowerPoint and Excel are supported on iOS and Android, while Word preview is currently available on iOS only. This message is associated with Roadmap ID 558679. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will be completed by late June 2026. How this affects your organization: Who is affected: All Microsoft Teams users who preview Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files Mobile users on iOS and Android (platform-specific availability applies) What will happen: What you can do to prepare: No action is required from admins; the feature will be automatically enabled. Inform helpdesk and support staff of the updated preview experience. Update internal documentation referencing file previews in Teams. Communicate the improved experience to users if appropriate. Compliance considerations: No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization. Users will experience faster file preview load times in Teams. A standardized preview experience will be applied across Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files in Teams, with availability varying by platform: PowerPoint and Excel previewers available on iOS and Android Word previewer available on iOS only (Android support coming later) Users will be able to open protected files directly within Teams previews. Feature is enabled by default with no admin configuration required. This update does not change existing file storage, sharing permissions, or policies. Screenshot: Standardized preview experience for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint: View image in new tab> Message ID: MC1310683
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Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention: Optical character recognition for images in Office and PDFs on Windows
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention on Windows endpoints will support OCR scanning of images embedded in Office documents and PDFs starting mid-May 2026. This closes detection gaps by identifying sensitive data in images, requires enabling OCR with associated Azure AI costs, and involves updating DLP policies and prerequisites. We are introducing optical character recognition (OCR) scanning support for Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) on Windows endpoint devices. This enhancement enables DLP policies to detect sensitive information within images embedded inside Office documents and PDF files. Previously, embedded images were skipped during endpoint DLP scanning, creating a detection blind spot. With this update, embedded images are OCR-processed, helping improve data protection coverage and reduce risk of accidental data exposure. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 381750. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin in mid-May 2026 and is expected to complete by late May 2026. How this affects your organization: Who is affected: Admins managing Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention Organizations using Endpoint DLP on Windows devices Users working with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files on Windows endpoints What will happen: Once OCR is enabled for your organization, DLP policies applied to endpoint devices will be able to scan images embedded inside Office documents (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and pdf files on Windows devices. This means: Sensitive data detection in embedded images: If a document contains an embedded image with sensitive information (such as credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, or financial data), DLP policies can now detect that data and enforce configured actions (audit, block, or block with override). Closes a detection blind spot: Previously, embedded images were entirely skipped during endpoint DLP scanning. This update ensures those images are processed using OCR and evaluated against your DLP policies. Cost implications: Enabling OCR incurs additional costs based on the volume of images scanned. Costs are charged per image scanned via Azure AI Services. Organizations can monitor OCR costs through: The OCR cost dashboard in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal under Data loss prevention → Overview Cost Management + Billing in the Azure portal, […]
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New Outlook for Windows: LDAP support for S/MIME certificate lookup
New Outlook for Windows will support LDAP directories for S/MIME certificate lookup starting late May 2026, enabling admins and users to configure LDAP for finding recipients’ public encryption certificates when sending encrypted emails. LDAP endpoints must not require authentication. This benefits organizations collaborating with external partners. New Outlook for Windows now supports Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directories for S/MIME certificate lookup. This enables tenants to configure LDAP directories for their organization as well as enabling users to configure LDAP directories themselves. Once configured, users can find recipients’ public encryption certificates from the directories when sending encrypted email, improving secure collaboration with external partners. This is especially valuable for tenants who collaborate with external partners and rely on public/partner LDAP directories to store public S/MIME certificates of users. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 518287. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in late May 2026 and expect to complete by late May 2026. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out in early June 2026 and expect to complete by late June 2026. How this affects your organization: Who is affected: Organizations that use S/MIME encryption with external recipients whose public certificates are hosted in third-party LDAP directories Admins managing Exchange Online What will happen: Admins can configure LDAP directories using Exchange Online PowerShell. Users can add LDAP directories in Settings > Mail > S/MIME in new Outlook. When composing an S/MIME encrypted email, users can select recipients from the LDAP directory via the To field. LDAP endpoints must not require authentication, as authentication is not currently supported. Screenshot: “Add LDAP directory” option in Settings > Mail > S/MIME and LDAP recipient picker in the To field during message composition: View image in new tab Feature is enabled by default once available. No impact to: Classic Outlook for Windows users Organizations not using LDAP for S/MIME certificate discovery What you can do to prepare: No action is required to enable this feature If your organization uses LDAP for S/MIME certificates: Identify LDAP directory endpoints used by your organization Run the Add-LdapDirectory cmdlet to […]
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Microsoft 365 Backup management through SharePoint Admin Center
Microsoft 365 Backup management for SharePoint and OneDrive will be integrated into the SharePoint Admin Center by mid-May 2026. This centralizes backup configuration without changing user experience or data handling. No action is required, but admins should update documentation and inform teams. Introduction To simplify backup administration and align with how SharePoint admins work today, Microsoft is integrating Microsoft 365 Backup management directly into the SharePoint Admin Center. This centralized experience lets admins configure and manage backup for SharePoint and OneDrive without switching to the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We began rolling out in early-May 2026 and expect to complete by mid-May 2026. How this affects your organization: Who is affected: SharePoint administrators Organizations using or planning to use Microsoft 365 Backup for SharePoint and OneDrive What will happen: Backup configuration and management for SharePoint and OneDrive will be available directly in the SharePoint Admin Center. Admins will no longer need to switch to the Microsoft 365 Admin Center to manage Backup. Existing Microsoft 365 Backup settings and policies are respected. No change to user experience. The feature is available by default for eligible tenants; no additional enablement is required. What you can do to prepare: No immediate action is required. Recommended actions for admins: Review the Microsoft 365 Backup section in the SharePoint Admin Center once the feature is available. Update internal admin documentation or runbooks to reflect the new management location. Inform helpdesk or operations teams that Backup is now managed from the SharePoint Admin Center. Learn more: Set up Microsoft 365 Backup | Microsoft Learn Compliance considerations: Compliance question Explanation Does the change alter how existing customer data is processed, stored, or accessed? Backup administration is accessed through a new admin surface (SharePoint Admin Center), but underlying data handling and storage remain unchanged. Does the change alter how admins can monitor, report on, or demonstrate compliance activities? Admins can manage and monitor Microsoft 365 Backup from an additional centralized admin experience, improving operational oversight without changing compliance data. Does the change include an admin control? Backup configuration and management controls […]
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Microsoft Purview: Update to ResultCount parameter in the Search-UnifiedAuditLog cmdlet
Microsoft Purview updates the Search-UnifiedAuditLog cmdlet’s ResultCount parameter to show a running count of results in real time, adding a new boolean property, AuditSearchRequestMetadata.moreRecordsAvailable, to indicate if more records remain. This improves query progress visibility and affects scripts relying on ResultCount as a final total. To improve performance and provide better visibility into query progress, we are updating the behavior of the ResultCount parameter for the Search-UnifiedAuditLog cmdlet in Microsoft Purview Audit. Previously, the ResultCount parameter returned the total number of results expected from a query. With this update, ResultCount will display a running count of results as they are retrieved in real time. We are also introducing a new boolean property, AuditSearchRequestMetadata.moreRecordsAvailable, which indicates whether additional records are still being retrieved. Together, these updates provide administrators with improved transparency into audit log search progress and better support for script and automation scenarios. When this will happen General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We began rolling out in mid-May 2026 and expect to complete by late May 2026. General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out in early June 2026 and expect to complete by late June 2026. How this affects your organization Who is affected Administrators who use Microsoft Purview Audit Administrators running the Search-UnifiedAuditLog cmdlet in PowerShell Organizations with scripts or automation that rely on audit log search results What will happen The ResultCount parameter will now display a running count of results as they are retrieved during query execution. A new boolean property, AuditSearchRequestMetadata.moreRecordsAvailable, will indicate whether additional records are still being retrieved. While the query is running: ResultCount shows the number of records retrieved so far. moreRecordsAvailable is set to true. When the query completes: ResultCount reflects the final total number of results. moreRecordsAvailable is set to false. This feature is enabled by default. There is no change to audit log data or retention. Existing scripts that rely on ResultCount representing a final total before completion may require updates. What you can do to prepare Review existing scripts and automation that rely on ResultCount to determine total results. Update scripts to use AuditSearchRequestMetadata.moreRecordsAvailable to confirm when […]
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Windows Office Hours: May 21, 2026
If you are an IT admin with questions about managing and updating Windows, we want to help. Every third Thursday of the month, we host a live chat-based event on the Tech Community called Windows Office Hours. Members of the Windows, Microsoft Intune, Windows Autopilot, Windows Autopatch, and Windows 365 engineering teams will be standing by to answer your questions. Want to attend the May 21 session of Office Hours? Add it to your calendar and select Attend on the event page to let us know you’re coming. There is no video or live meeting component. Simply visit the event page, log in to the Tech Community, and leave your questions in the Comments section. You can also bookmark https://aka.ms/Windows/OfficeHours for upcoming dates (and the ability to add this event to your calendar). We look forward to helping you. Message ID: MC1310552
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Dynamics 365 Contact Center – Dynamics 365 Contact Center Certification for Windows 365 Virtual PCs
We are announcing Dynamics 365 Contact Center certification for Windows 365 virtual PCs in Dynamics 365 Contact Center. This feature will reach public preview on May 30, 2026. How does this affect me? This feature certifies Dynamics 365 Contact Center for use on Windows 365 virtual PCs, ensuring the solution delivers a reliable and supported experience when accessed from cloud-based Windows desktops. This certification provides the following capabilities: Organizations can deploy Dynamics 365 Contact Center on Windows 365 virtual PCs with confidence. Customer service representatives can securely access the Contact Center solution from a managed, cloud-hosted Windows environment without requiring physical devices. IT teams benefit from centralized device management, improved security posture, and streamlined provisioning and offboarding. What action do I need to take? This message is for awareness, and no action is required. Message ID: MC1310509
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Dynamics 365 Sales – Personalize opportunity research in Sales Close Agent
We are announcing the ability to personalize opportunity research in Sales Close Agent in Dynamics 365 Sales. This feature will reach public preview on May 29, 2026. How does this affect me? With this feature, users can personalize how insights and actions are organized, and can add notes, priorities, and approved inputs so the agent emphasizes what matters most for sellers. As a seller, you’ll be able to: Personalize the layout: Personalize the research page with persistent focus areas and saved views that carry across opportunities. Add seller context: Add your own notes and priorities that shape what the agent highlights for the current stage. Bring your inputs: Provide your own deal signals and connect approved knowledge sources as inputs, so the agent can generate more relevant insights and actions without you switching tools. Set up guardrails and approvals: Configure guardrails and approvals for seller inputs and knowledge sources, so personalization improves relevance without overriding the default, governed experience. What action do I need to take? This message is for awareness, and no action is required. If you would like more information on this feature, please visit Personalize opportunity research in Sales Close Agent. Message ID: MC1310427
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Dynamics 365 Customer Service- Generate optimized schedule and shift plans using AI for workforce management (Preview)
We are announcing the ability to generate optimized schedule and shift plans using AI for workforce management in Dynamics 365 Customer Service. This feature will reach public preview on May 31, 2026. How does this affect me? With this feature, the Scheduling Agent automates and optimizes contact center scheduling, reducing manual work for supervisors and ensuring schedules are policy-compliant and responsive to real-time demand. Key functionality of this feature includes: What action do I need to take? This message is for awareness, and no action is required. Automated, Intelligent Scheduling: Real-time, policy-compliant schedule adjustments based on changing contact center demands. Learns from supervisor actions to generate optimal daily schedules. Supports both intraday adjustments and short-term schedule planning. Improves service levels, agent utilization, and customer satisfaction. User Experience & Controls: “Schedule People” page with filters and multiple calendar views. LLM-powered chat interface for supervisors to use natural language to schedule, reschedule, or adjust shifts. Multi-turn conversations, clarification prompts, and real-time display of schedule changes. All actions comply with labor policies, CSR preferences, skill matching, and cost efficiency. Transparency, Logging, and Compliance: Detailed logging of all actions, including manual overrides, for compliance and continuous improvement. Immediate notifications and recommendations for supervisors in case of scheduling failures, with system fallback to the last known good state. Admin-accessible logs for audit and troubleshooting, with privacy and security controls. Additional Highlights: Out-of-the-box scheduling rules and policy management. Integration with forecasting and time management agents for optimal shift planning. Clear, actionable notifications for supervisors and agents. Robust fallback and error-handling logic, including user guidance for out-of-scope requests. Message ID: MC1310420
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Power Automate – Debug flows using variable default values
We are announcing the ability to debug flows using variable default values in Power Automate. This feature will reach general availability on June 15, 2026. How does this affect me? This feature allows makers to test and troubleshoot flows faster by setting variable default values directly in the designer, instead of restarting runs or manually preparing inputs each time. These default values are applied only during debug runs and do not affect production executions. During debugging sessions, the default values are automatically applied when you start the execution from a specific step of the automation, enabling you to test specific scenarios without modifying actions or rerunning the flow from the beginning. What action do I need to take? This message is for awareness, and no action is required. Message ID: MC1310384
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Power Automate – Export object-centric process mining data to Microsoft Fabric semantic model
We are announcing the ability to export object-centric process mining data to the Microsoft Fabric semantic model in Power Automate. This feature will reach public preview on May 31, 2026. How does this affect me? This feature enables direct publishing of object-centric process mining (OCPM) results into Microsoft Fabric semantic models, making process intelligence data available throughout the Microsoft analytics ecosystem. What action do I need to take? This message is for awareness, and no action is required. If you would like more information on this feature, please visit Export object-centric process mining data to Microsoft Fabric semantic model. Message ID: MC1310402
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Dynamics 365 Customer Insights – Data – Use Microsoft Fabric OneLake as a data source
We are announcing the ability to use Microsoft Fabric OneLake as a data source. This feature will reach public preview on May 29, 2026. How does this affect me? This feature enables users to bring customer data directly from Microsoft Fabric OneLake. Users can explore and select customer data stored in OneLake for processing in Customer Insights – Data. The OneLake connector reads directly from your OneLake data, eliminating the need to copy or stage data. Key enhancements provided by this feature include: Integrate external sources quickly: Use Fabric shortcuts and mirroring to bring data from external systems into Customer Insights – Data. Ingest data quickly: OneLake-managed tables use the Delta data format, which enables incremental data ingestion, reducing the time required to ingest large sets of data when only a small fraction changes each day. What action do I need to take? This message is for awareness, and no action is required. If you would like more information on this feature, please visit Use Microsoft Fabric OneLake as a data source. Message ID: MC1310395
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Power Automate – Create and visualize custom KPIs in the process intelligence experience
We are announcing the ability to create and visualize custom KPIs in the process intelligence experience in Power Automate. This feature will reach public preview on May 31, 2026. How does this affect me? The process intelligence experience allows flexible metric creation with seamless visualization integration. You can create custom metrics using configurable formulas that can incorporate existing process data, standard KPIs, and mathematical operations. Key capabilities include: Building new KPIs using an intuitive formula editor that supports calculations based on case attributes, event data, timestamps, and existing metrics. Modify, refine, or delete custom metrics as business needs evolve, with changes automatically reflected across all visualizations using those metrics. Integrate custom KPIs seamlessly into all process intelligence experience tiles and components, and display them in process maps, trend charts, statistical breakdowns, and comparative analyses just like standard metrics. Define metrics that reflect your unique business context, such as weighted performance scores, custom cost calculations, compliance rates, or domain-specific efficiency ratios. Reuse custom KPIs throughout the process intelligence experience, applying them to filters and analysis scenarios. Custom metrics are evaluated dynamically against your process data, ensuring calculations remain current with each data refresh and providing consistent measurement across your process intelligence environment. What action do I need to take? This message is for awareness, and no action is required. If you would like more information on this feature, please visit: Create and visualize custom KPIs in the process intelligence experience. Message ID: MC1310386
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Microsoft Dataverse – Chat and reason over Dataverse business data in Microsoft 365 Copilot (preview)
We are announcing the ability to chat and reason over Dataverse business data with Microsoft 365 Copilot in Microsoft Dataverse. This feature will reach public preview on June 1, 2026. How does this affect me? This feature enables Power Platform admins to turn on their Dataverse environment data and make it available for Microsoft 365 Copilot, where users can chat and reason over it. This provides users with a full view of the available business data when they inquire about a business account. Users receive a comprehensive list of account information from emails, Word, PowerPoint, and Dataverse. What action do I need to take? This message is for awareness, and no action is required. Message ID: MC1310385
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Microsoft Dataverse – Build Dataverse solutions with coding agents using Dataverse skills
We are announcing the ability to build Dataverse solutions with coding agents using Dataverse skills in Microsoft Dataverse. This feature will reach public preview on June 1, 2026. How does this affect me? This feature enables you to build Dataverse solutions using coding agents with natural language prompts. From a prompt, the agent autonomously: Discovers your Dataverse environment and configures MCP. Creates the solution using the Microsoft Power Platform CLI. Builds five tables with choice columns, lookups, and a many-to-many relationship. Generates and runs a Python script to bulk-load realistic sample data. Queries across tables to answer your business questions. What action do I need to take? This message is for awareness, and no action is required. Message ID: MC1310380
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Power Platform admin center – Discover what’s driving engagement with the Usage page
We are announcing the ability to discover what’s driving engagement with the Usage page in Power Platform admin center. This feature will reach general availability on June 15, 2026. How does this affect me? This feature helps you identify the top resources in your organization that are driving success and spot adoption trends, such as usage spikes for apps, flows, and agents. At the top of the page, you will find a summary view showcasing the adoption trends over time, as well as the resources that are driving the most value. You’ll be able to see metrics that include: The top apps by user activity The top flows by run volume The top agents by session count What action do I need to take? This message is for awareness, and no action is required. If you would like more information on this feature, please visit Discover what’s driving engagement with the Usage page. Message ID: MC1310378
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Dynamics 365 Sales – Get lead research and next best actions in Sales Home
We are announcing the ability to get lead research and next best actions in Sales Home in Dynamics 365 Sales. This feature will reach public preview on June 1, 2026. How does this affect me? This feature helps sellers: Focus on the leads most likely to convert by bringing agent-led research, prioritization, and next best actions directly into Sales Home. Quickly review key insights. Understand why a lead matters. See the recommended next step. What action do I need to take? This message is for awareness, and no action is required. If you would like more information on this feature, please visit Get lead research and next best actions in Sales Home. Message ID: MC1310377
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