defined by major AI upgrades, deeper cross‑product integration, strengthened security, and broad Copilot expansion, with SharePoint Online, Teams, Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI, Power Pages, Copilot Chat, and Copilot Studio all receiving significant enhancements that accelerate automation, improve governance, and modernize user experiences.
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- SharePoint Online — Copilot now generates live auto‑refreshing dashboards from lists/Excel/CSV, adds prompt‑launch buttons, and ships a cleaner editing UI; OneDrive gains modern navigation and PDF improvements.
- Power Automate — Copilot 2.0 arrives with explainable AI, anomaly detection, compliance‑aware templates, Synapse AI integration, and new AI‑driven security auditing.
- Power Apps — Data Grid modern control reaches GA with Fluent UI, accessibility, column customization, and reliability upgrades; modern controls and forms receive stability improvements.
- Power BI — Theme Pane GA, modern visual defaults, improved slicer date picker, donut center values, matrix expand/collapse, OneLake image URL support, and granular semantic refresh options.
- Microsoft Teams — Multilingual meeting recaps, improved caption controls, expanded event‑production permissions, call‑queue auto‑recording/transcription, and mobile multi‑line calling.
- Power Pages — AI‑powered security agents enter preview/GA, adding threat detection, DDoS protection, auditing, and advanced authentication; analytics and server logs expand.
- Copilot Chat — Gains multi‑model support (OpenAI + Anthropic), inline Word/Excel/PowerPoint agents, Notebooks for all users, faster grounding, improved UI, and expanded connectors.
- Copilot Studio — Workflow Designer GA, rebuilt orchestrator engine, run‑only agent sharing, agent‑as‑a‑node workflows, reusable skills, and memory preview.
- Microsoft 365 / Office 365 — Passkeys become default sign‑in; SMS/voice MFA retirement timeline set; Exchange Online adds cross‑tenant message recall; broad Copilot enhancements across apps.
- Power Platform — 2026 Wave 1 emphasizes agentic AI, modernized Power Apps UI, offline improvements, self‑healing desktop flows, expanded generative pages, and upgraded governance/monitoring.
