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Dated, sourced updates on SharePoint Online, Microsoft 365 service changes, and ShareMaster releases.

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Retirements & End of Support

SharePoint Add-In and Azure ACS Retirement

SharePoint Add-Ins stopped working for all tenants on April 2, 2026. Here is what broke, why, and what to do if your tenant is still affected.

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Security & Compliance

SharePoint File Policies Moving to Purview

Stop managing SharePoint file DLP in Defender for Cloud Apps. Policies move to Microsoft Purview by January 6, 2027. Here is what to migrate.

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Storage & Licensing

SharePoint Storage Billed Pay-as-you-go

Microsoft is adding a pay-as-you-go meter for SharePoint storage overages. Here is what the change means and what admins must do before September.

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Retirements & End of Support

Whiteboard Legacy Boards Retire September 2026

August 22 is the last day to migrate legacy Whiteboard boards before Microsoft permanently deletes unmigrated content on September 5, 2026. Act now.

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Security & Compliance

SMS MFA Retirement: What M365 Admins Must Do

Microsoft is retiring SMS and voice MFA on February 1, 2027. Here is what SharePoint admins need to do before the enforcement date hits (MC1426371).

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Copilot & AI

SharePoint Restricted Content Discovery: New Admin Feature

Struggling to control what Copilot finds in your SharePoint tenant? Restricted Content Discovery blocks sites from Copilot and M365 search. Here is how.

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Copilot & AI

SharePoint Admin Agent Launches for Governance

Reduce permission audit hours with the SharePoint Admin Agent: AI-powered governance, oversharing detection, and storage analysis in the admin center.

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Retirements & End of Support

Project Online Retires 30 September 2026

Microsoft Project Online retires 30 September 2026. PWA sites disappear with it. Here's what SharePoint admins must do before data access is cut off.

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Platform & Rollouts

Teams Whiteboard Files Move to SharePoint

Reduce compliance gaps before September 2026. Teams Whiteboard files are moving from OneDrive to SharePoint channel sites. Key facts for SharePoint admins.

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Security & Compliance

Screen Capture Blocked for Labelled PDFs

Microsoft Edge blocks screen captures of sensitivity-labelled PDFs in SharePoint from August 2026. Here's what changes and what admins should check.

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Retirements & End of Support

SharePoint Remote Event Receivers Retire

All Remote Event Receivers in SharePoint Online stop working on July 1, 2027. Here is what to audit and how to migrate to SharePoint webhooks.

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Platform & Rollouts

SharePoint Advanced Management Adds Admin Role

Microsoft expanded SharePoint Advanced Management in 2026 with a new dedicated admin role, AI-powered Admin Agent, and file-level oversharing reports.

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Copilot & AI

OpenAI Is Now a Copilot Subprocessor

As of July 24, 2026, OpenAI GPT-5.6 is active as an M365 Copilot subprocessor. Here is what the MC1422074 auto-enable means for Microsoft 365 admins.

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Platform & Rollouts

SharePoint Adds Markdown Co-Authoring

Microsoft is rolling out real-time co-authoring, autosave, and inline comments for Markdown files in SharePoint and OneDrive. Here's the rollout detail.

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Retirements & End of Support

SharePoint Featured Links Retire: What to Know

Featured Links on the SharePoint Start Page are being removed by late July 2026. Here is what admins should audit and replace before the links disappear.

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Security & Compliance

SharePoint RAC Now Enforced in M365 Search

RAC-restricted SharePoint sites drop from M365 search results for unauthorised users as of late July 2026. Here's what SharePoint admins need to check.

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Copilot & AI

Copilot Adds Approval Tracking in SharePoint

Copilot in SharePoint now builds approval tracking and status views from plain-English prompts. Here is what admins should check before teams rely on it.

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Security & Compliance

Microsoft 365 Backup Covers Whole Workloads

One policy now protects every SharePoint, OneDrive and Exchange item. What Full Workload Backup changes, and what to check before turning it on.

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Sharing & Access

SharePoint Sites Now Require Two Owners

Struggling to keep every SharePoint site owned? MC1402118 requires two owners per site. Here's what admins must do before enforcement lands.

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Security & Compliance

SharePoint DLP File Quarantine Reaches GA

Microsoft's File Quarantine action for SharePoint and OneDrive DLP policies is now generally available. Here's what changes and what to check first.

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Security & Compliance

SharePoint DLP Policy Tips Drop Email Alerts

Microsoft is decoupling DLP policy tips from email notifications for SharePoint and OneDrive (MC791114). Here's what changes and why it matters for admins.

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Security & Compliance

Purview DLP Blocks External SharePoint Access

A new Purview DLP action blocks external SharePoint and OneDrive access by domain or user. Here's what MC1338823 changes and how to prepare.

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Security & Compliance

SharePoint Guest Reviews Now Every 90 Days

90 days is the new ceiling for stale SharePoint guest access. Here's what SharePoint admins can do about MC1398452 before enforcement begins.

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Copilot & AI

SharePoint Copilot Apps Enter Public Preview

SharePoint Copilot Apps entered public preview on July 1, 2026, giving every tenant Copilot-connected SPFx experiences with no extra infrastructure.

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