Across Microsoft 365 and the Power Platform, August 29, 2026 brings major AI‑driven upgrades, tighter security, and deeper cross‑product integration. SharePoint Online gains live Copilot‑generated dashboards and prompt‑launch buttons; Power Automate receives its largest AI overhaul with Copilot 2.0 and advanced security auditing; Power Apps ships the long‑awaited Data Grid GA; Power BI delivers a design‑heavy update with Theme Pane GA and smarter semantic refresh; Teams rolls out multilingual recaps, event‑production controls, and call‑queue recording; Power Pages expands AI‑security agents; Copilot Chat and Copilot Studio evolve into multi‑agent, workflow‑capable platforms; and Microsoft 365/Office 365 introduce identity overhauls, passkey defaults, and broad Copilot enhancements.
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- SharePoint Online — Copilot now builds live, auto‑refreshing dashboards from lists, Excel, and CSV; page buttons can trigger custom Copilot prompts; editing UI gets cleaner; OneDrive gains modernized navigation and PDF enhancements.
- Power Automate — Massive AI overhaul introduces Copilot 2.0, explainable AI modules, anomaly detection, compliance‑aware templates, Synapse AI integration, and new security layers including AI threat detection and automated auditing.
- Power Apps — Data Grid modern control reaches GA with Fluent UI, accessibility, column customization, and improved reliability; modern controls (toggle, checkbox, forms) receive consistency and stability upgrades.
- Power BI — August 2026 update delivers Theme Pane GA, modern visual defaults, slicer date picker, donut center values, matrix expand/collapse, OneLake image URLs, and granular semantic model refresh options.
- Microsoft Teams — Multilingual meeting recaps, improved caption controls, expanded event‑production permissions, Quick View controls, call‑queue auto‑recording/transcription, and mobile multi‑line calling roll out.
- Power Pages — AI‑powered security agents enter preview/GA phases, adding threat detection, DDoS protection, auditing, and advanced authentication enhancements; site analytics and server logs expand.
- Copilot Chat (Microsoft 365 Copilot) — Gains model choice (OpenAI + Anthropic), inline Word/Excel/PowerPoint agents, Notebooks for all users, faster grounding, improved UI, and expanded connectors.
- Copilot Studio — Major overhaul introduces Workflow Designer GA, rebuilt orchestrator engine, run‑only agent sharing preview, agent‑as‑a‑node workflows, skills as first‑class reusable instructions, and memory preview.
- Microsoft 365 / Office 365 — Passkeys become default sign‑in; SMS/voice MFA retirement timeline set; Teams gains smarter meeting AI; Exchange Online adds cross‑tenant message recall; Office Patch Tuesday fixes critical preview‑pane RCE vulnerabilities.
- Power Platform (Overall) — Flow groups launch for shared licensing; process intelligence expands; cross‑product agent integration deepens; governance and analytics strengthen across the suite.
