Teams admin center: Auto‑updates for Teams Android device firmware and apps will be paused during year‑end holidays [MC1200581]

Teams admin center: Auto‑updates for Teams Android device firmware and apps will be paused during year‑end holidays [MC1200581]

Message ID: MC1200581 Introduction To maintain stability and ensure an uninterrupted holiday period, all firmware and app auto‑updates for Teams Android devices—including Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android (MTR-A), Teams Panels, and Teams Phones—will be paused from December 20, 2025, through…
Teams admin center: Messaging safety defaults changing to “On” by default [MC1200576]

Teams admin center: Messaging safety defaults changing to “On” by default [MC1200576]

Message ID: MC1200576 [Introduction] We’re improving messaging security in Microsoft Teams by enabling key safety protections by default. This update helps safeguard users from malicious content and provides options to report incorrect detections, reducing risk and improving collaboration security. [When…
OpenAI’s GPT-Image-1.5 model is now available in Microsoft 365 Copilot [MC1200577]

OpenAI’s GPT-Image-1.5 model is now available in Microsoft 365 Copilot [MC1200577]

Message ID: MC1200577 [Introduction] We’re updating Microsoft 365 Copilot image generation experiences by introducing OpenAI’s latest image generation model—GPT‑Image‑1.5—into Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat. This update improves prompt adherence, image editing precision, visual fidelity, and generation speed, enabling users…
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Private channels increased limits and transition to group compliance [MC1134737]

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Private channels increased limits and transition to group compliance [MC1134737]

Message ID: MC1134737 (Updated) Updated December 8, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.In response to customer feedback, we are introducing enhanced flexibility, greater scalability, and streamlined compliance management for private channels in Microsoft Teams. Note:…
(Updated) Microsoft Exchange Online: New Message Trace will be GA; legacy Message Trace will retire [MC1092458]

(Updated) Microsoft Exchange Online: New Message Trace will be GA; legacy Message Trace will retire [MC1092458]

Message ID: MC1092458 (Updated) Updated December 19, 2025: The tentative timeline for Public Preview of the new Message Trace support on Graph API has been delayed from December 2025 to now January 2026.This does not impact the deprecation timeline for…
Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Admins can block external users in Microsoft Teams from Defender Portal [MC1200058]

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Admins can block external users in Microsoft Teams from Defender Portal [MC1200058]

Message ID: MC1200058 [Introduction] We’re introducing an integration between Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Defender for Office 365 that allows security admins to manage blocked external users in Teams through the Tenant Allow/Block List (TABL) in the Microsoft Defender portal. This…