brings major shifts toward unified AI experiences, stronger governance, and agent‑driven automation. Copilot Chat gains new sharing and multi‑agent capabilities, SharePoint Online moves external access to Entra B2B, Teams introduces deepfake‑resistant security controls, Power Automate and Power Apps expand AI‑driven development, Power BI becomes a first‑class data source for Copilot, and Copilot Studio launches the GitHub Copilot harness for autonomous enterprise workflows.
Top News by Product Area (August 9, 2026)
- SharePoint Online
- Entra B2B migration — Microsoft retires SharePoint One‑Time Passcode (OTP) and moves all external sharing to Microsoft Entra B2B, with OTP retirement beginning October 1–31, 2026. Admins must review guest policies and external access governance.
- Flexible Sections upgrade — August rollout adds one‑click conversion of classic sections, alignment guides, and improved responsive layout controls.
- Copilot dashboards — Copilot in SharePoint can now generate live HTML dashboards directly from lists, Excel, or CSV, staying synced with underlying data.
- Power Automate
- AI self‑healing desktop flows — Desktop flows gain AI agents that detect missing UI elements, fix transient errors, and adapt to app changes.
- MCP agent flows — Flows can now be published as MCP‑compatible AI agents callable by Copilot Studio or Azure AI Foundry.
- Governance upgrades — New dashboards, restore‑deleted‑flows, version control, and object‑centric process mining reach GA.
- Power Apps
- Data Grid GA — Fluent UI Data Grid becomes the recommended control for dense operational screens, replacing the legacy Table control.
- Modern app experience — Model‑driven apps adopt a unified modern look; canvas apps gain improved offline profiles and Dataverse online mode.
- Copilot enhancements — Expanded generative pages, smarter row summaries, and deeper AI‑assisted development.
- Power BI
- Copilot Chat answers from semantic models — Microsoft 365 Copilot can now answer questions grounded directly in governed Power BI semantic models, rolling out mid‑August.
- Agentic analytics — Build 2026 introduces Agent Skills for Power BI, enabling agents to create semantic models and reports end‑to‑end.
- Microsoft Teams
- Deepfake security reporting — New “Report a concern” button lets users flag suspected impersonation, phishing, or AI‑generated fraud during meetings.
- Teams Recap app — Centralized 30‑day archive of recordings, transcripts, and summaries rolls out by early August.
- Mobile calendar update requirement — Users must update Teams mobile apps by September 2026 to retain calendar access.
- Power Pages
- Security Agent preview — AI‑powered security agent helps configure authentication, authorization, and site‑security workflows.
- Agentic coding tools GA — GitHub Copilot CLI and Claude Code integration now generally available for building sites with AI.
- Copilot Chat (Microsoft 365)
- Session & response sharing — Users can share full chat sessions or individual responses via secure links, with read‑only access and continuation paths.
- Agent 365 integration — Copilot Chat can now connect to Agent 365 agents using the A2A protocol for multi‑agent workflows.
- Copilot Studio
- GitHub Copilot harness GA — New harness enables autonomous, long‑running, multi‑agent workflows using frontier reasoning models (Opus 5, GPT‑5.6 Sol, Fable 5).
- New agent designer & workflow canvas — Visual workflow designer, modular skills, and natural‑language authoring expand agent development.
- Microsoft 365 / Office 365 (Admin & Governance)
- Unified app/agent installation — Deployment policies now apply consistently across Teams, Outlook, and Copilot.
- Windows 10 feature freeze — No new M365 app features on Windows 10 after August 2026; security updates continue through 2028.
- Purview DLP upgrades — Auto‑labeling scale increases to 500k files/day; Copilot processing blocked for locally opened sensitive files.
- Power Platform (Overall)
- Release Wave 1 (Apr–Sep 2026) — Hundreds of updates across Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Dataverse, and governance tooling.
