Power Platform CoE Starter Kit vs Native Governance: Why Microsoft Is Moving On (and What Admins Should Do)

Power Platform CoE Starter Kit vs Native Governance: Why Microsoft Is Moving On (and What Admins Should Do)

Microsoft has quietly but decisively ended feature investment in the Power Platform Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit, its once-essential governance toolkit. Instead, governance and monitoring capabilities are being built directly into the Power Platform — primarily through the Power…
(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Chat with anyone with an email address [MC1182004]

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Chat with anyone with an email address [MC1182004]

Message ID: MC1182004 (Updated) Updated May 8, 2026: We are not releasing this feature at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.[Introduction] Teams users in tenants with open collaboration policies have long been able to start a chat…
Default compose font: Administrators can allow users to change the default font in Outlook for iOS and Android [MC1303717]

Default compose font: Administrators can allow users to change the default font in Outlook for iOS and Android [MC1303717]

Message ID: MC1303717 [Introduction]To balance organizational branding with user flexibility, administrators will be able to control whether users can change the default compose font in Outlook for iOS and Android. When a default font name or size is set using…
Microsoft Entra: Upcoming changes to federatedTokenValidationPolicy default settings [MC1303719]

Microsoft Entra: Upcoming changes to federatedTokenValidationPolicy default settings [MC1303719]

Message ID: MC1303719 [Introduction]To strengthen security for federated authentication, Microsoft Entra will update the default behavior of federatedTokenValidationPolicy. This policy governs how Microsoft Entra validates federated authentication tokens and determines whether sign-ins are allowed when the internalDomainFederation does not match…
(Updated) Retirement of SharePoint One-Time Passcode (SPO OTP) and transition to Microsoft Entra B2B [MC1243549]

(Updated) Retirement of SharePoint One-Time Passcode (SPO OTP) and transition to Microsoft Entra B2B [MC1243549]

Message ID: MC1243549 (Updated) Updated May 7, 2026: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction]We are retiring SharePoint One‑Time Passcode (SPO OTP) authentication in OneDrive and SharePoint starting July 2026. Beginning in May 2026, new external sharing…