- Major Pricing Adjustments: Microsoft implemented significant price increases across Microsoft 365 and Office 365 commercial suites, with plans like Office 365 E3 seeing a 13% hike
- Critical Retirements & Deadlines: InfoPath Forms Services in SharePoint Online officially retire on July 14, 2026, disrupting legacy workflows. Additionally, macOS and iOS users must update their apps by July 13, 2026, to prevent Office applications from becoming read-only
- AI and Agent Expansion: Microsoft is heavily investing in autonomous AI agents, introducing closed-loop learning for Power Apps agents, allowing Copilot Studio agents to interact with SharePoint lists, and expanding Copilot Notebooks to free Copilot Chat users
SharePoint Online
- InfoPath Retirement: Publishing for InfoPath forms has been blocked since May 18, and the service will completely cease functioning on July 14, 2026
- Remote Event Receivers (RER) Sunset: Microsoft announced that all RERs in SharePoint Online will stop working on July 1, 2027, urging admins to migrate to SharePoint webhooks
- Security Patches: CISA confirmed a new remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2026-45659), requiring immediate patching for organizations running on-premises SharePoint instances
Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Pages)
- Power Apps: Copilot agents now require clean, strictly managed permissions before deployment to ensure secure automated workflows and onboarding processes
- Power Automate: Recent updates focus on enhanced governance, inventory management, and maintaining its role as the backbone for enterprise business processes
- Power BI: The June/July 2026 update introduces AI-assisted authoring, broader Copilot integrations, and fresh reporting and data modeling enhancements
- Power Pages: Highlighted at the recent European Power Platform Conference (EPPC 2026), new strategies are focusing on the “economies of building” external-facing
- General Power Platform: The latest feature updates introduce closed-loop learning for Power Apps MCP-connected enterprise agents
Microsoft Teams
- AI Meeting Facilitator: July 2026 updates include a new AI meeting facilitator designed to streamline collaboration and manage agendas dynamically
- Multitasking Enhancements: Users can now open chat and channel links in a separate new window on Windows and Mac desktops
- Education Focus: Microsoft is rolling out deeper AI capabilities and specialized tools tailored specifically for educators
Copilot Ecosystem (Copilot Chat & Copilot Studio)
- Copilot Studio: Starting July 2, 2026, Copilot Studio and Agent roadmaps have been moved to a new centralized home for easier tracking of feature updates
- SharePoint List Integration: A major preview (with GA expected in September 2026) allows Copilot Studio agents to directly use SharePoint lists as data sources
- Copilot Chat: Copilot Notebooks are now rolling out to Copilot Chat users, previously a feature restricted to paid Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses
- Visual Customization: Copilot Chat now offers built-in controls allowing users to select preferred visual styles and output formats, such as infographics and posters le
Microsoft 365 & Office 365
- Pricing and Packaging: New pricing structures went into effect on July 1, 2026, bundling stronger security features and resulting in price hikes across most commercial tiers
- Mandatory macOS/iOS Updates: To keep Word, Excel, and PowerPoint functioning normally, Mac and iOS users must install the latest updates by July 13, 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot: A July update improves how Copilot navigates long, complex files by utilizing document structure and providing clearer citations
