What's new in Microsoft | June 2025 Updates

Microsoft is introducing Copilot Chat as a side-by-side experience in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. This update makes it easier for users to access AI tools directly within their workflow across core Microsoft 365 apps.

Users will be able to interact with Copilot Chat without disrupting their current task, enhancing productivity and in-context assistance.

Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android will soon introduce a Priority View to help users quickly find important emails, including high-priority messages and those that need a reply.

A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to use this feature.

Users can enable it under:
Outlook Settings > Copilot > Prioritize > Priority view
They can also choose:

• How many days of email to include (1–3 days)
• Whether to show all emails or only unread emails

Rollout timeline:

• General Availability (Worldwide): Late June 2025 to late December 2025

Microsoft will soon make it easier to access recently used SharePoint agents directly from within the Microsoft 365 Copilot app—no need to return to the SharePoint site.

This enhancement helps reduce context switching and supports a more efficient workflow.

Rollout timeline:

• General Availability (Worldwide): Mid-July 2025

Impact on your organization:
Users will be able to reopen their recent SharePoint agents stored as .agent files on SharePoint sites. Admins can disable an agent by deleting its corresponding file.

Microsoft is introducing a new feature that brings interactive agents into Teams meetings and 1-on-1 calls. Users will be able to engage with agents privately or as a group, with support for zero-state prompts and session history to enable more seamless and contextual interactions.

This applies to Teams on Windows desktop, Mac desktop, and the web.

Key changes:

• All agents from Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and Copilot Studio will be available in meetings and calls
• Users can interact using @mentions or the + button in the chat compose box
• Declarative agents require a Microsoft 365 Copilot or Microsoft 365 license
• Custom engine agents do not require a license
• Agents can be used to securely test and collect feedback

Rollout timeline:

• Targeted Release: Early June 2025 to mid-June 2025
• General Availability (Worldwide, GCCH): Mid-June 2025 to late June 2025

This feature will be on by default—no admin action needed.

Microsoft is adding a new entry point for Copilot Chat in Teams to improve navigation for users without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.

Currently, if Global Admins have pinned Copilot Chat via the Microsoft 365 admin center, users see it in the Teams app bar. Starting June 30, a new “Copilot” shortcut will appear at the top of the Teams chat list, just above "Discover", offering easier access to Copilot Chat in a more contextual location.

Rollout timeline:

• Public Preview: June 23 – June 26, 2025
• General Availability (Worldwide): June 30 – July 7, 2025

Microsoft is introducing ContextIQ in Copilot Chat—a new intelligent assistance layer that helps users ground their prompts in real-time, relevant work context.

With ContextIQ, users can:

• Access people, files, meetings, and more as they type
• Use a forward slash ( / ) or select “Add content” in the prompt box to open a dynamic menu
• Attach data sources directly to prompts for more precise and actionable responses

Additionally, ContextIQ will support Microsoft Graph Connectors, allowing Copilot to pull data from third-party platforms like Salesforce, ServiceNow, and others—making external information usable within Microsoft 365.

Rollout timeline:

• Begins July 2025

Microsoft is expanding ContextIQ in Copilot Chat to help users without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license easily find and work with files.

With this update, users can:

• Type “/” in the prompt box to search for accessible files
• Search OneDrive or upload files directly from the ContextIQ interface
• Avoid manual file uploads by selecting relevant content already available to them

This makes it easier to ground prompts in context without needing a Copilot license.

Rollout timeline:

• Begins July 2025

SharePoint sites and OneDrive folders in ContextIQ: Users can reference SharePoint and OneDrive folders directly within prompts in Copilot Chat work mode. This makes it easier to reference shared content and ensure Copilot has the right context to generate meaningful responses. This feature rolled out in June.

• Meeting series selection in the ContextIQ menu: Users can select an entire meeting series and related instances when they want to ground a prompt in recurring discussions—like weekly team syncs or project standups. This will ensure Copilot understands the full context of their meetings. This feature rolled out in June.
• Enhanced file search with filters and refiners: The Files tab in the ContextIQ menu now includes file type filters and people refiners. Users can narrow their search by document type or collaborator, helping them find the right file faster and with greater precision. This feature rolled out in June.
• Work context suggestions as you type: When users begin typing in the Copilot Chat prompt box, ContextIQ will suggest relevant prompts and work context, such as recent files, meetings, or collaborators. This proactive guidance helps users discover useful context they might not have thought to include, streamlining workflow and boosting productivity. This feature rolled out in June.

Microsoft is enhancing the Copilot mobile app on iOS by introducing voice-based interaction with Copilot Chat. Users can now speak naturally and receive real-time responses, making hands-free productivity easier than ever.

This update supports users who:

• Prefer speech input over typing
• Have limited mobility or specific accessibility needs
• Want a more conversational and intuitive way to engage with Copilot

Whether it's brainstorming, navigating documents, or getting assistance, this feature offers a more flexible and inclusive way to stay productive.

Rollout timeline:

• Begins July 2025

Now users can access deep reasoning agents Researcher and Analyst in the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app. These agents rolled out in June on iOS and are rolling out in July on Android.

Copilot Notebooks in the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app will let users gather project-related content such as docs, emails, chats, links, and Copilot Pages, and apply AI reasoning on the go. This feature is rolling out in July.

Microsoft Edge now lets users submit queries to Microsoft 365 Copilot directly from the address bar, streamlining how users access support and guidance.

Instead of navigating through search results, users can type questions like “How to create a pivot table in Excel?” and get a detailed response from Copilot instantly—right from the browser.

This update improves efficiency by integrating intelligent help into everyday browsing.

Rollout timeline:

• Begins July 2025

Microsoft Edge users can now use Copilot Chat summarization directly from the right-click context menu. By selecting "Summarize with Copilot", users can quickly condense long articles, reports, or web pages into concise summaries.

This feature is especially useful for:

• Research tasks
• Reviewing detailed reports
• Getting quick overviews without reading full content

It helps users stay focused and save time by surfacing key insights instantly.

Rollout timeline:

• Rolled out in June 2025

Using AI to generate images and other visuals has been a popular and promising area. Images generated in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat are now more photo realistic and have better text spelling accuracy. In addition, Copilot Chat can now support multi-turn interactions involving image uploads, enabling users to engage in more complex and detailed queries. This feature rolled out in June.

Microsoft is rolling out Copilot Memory, a new feature that helps personalize interactions by remembering important details about each user—such as preferences, writing style, and frequently discussed topics.

Copilot Memory allows users to:

• Capture insights like “I prefer Python for data science”
• Set Custom Instructions for tone, formatting, or response style
• Avoid repeating information across interactions
• Accelerate task completion with more relevant and efficient responses

Users can explore memory by prompting:

• “Ask me 5 questions to learn more about my writing style”
• “Ask me 10 questions about myself to get to know me better”

Users remain fully in control:

• View, edit, or delete stored memories at any time
• Memory can be disabled entirely
• A “memory updated” notification appears when new details are stored

Memory is on by default, and tenant-level controls are available for admins.

Rollout timeline:

• Begins July 2025

Microsoft Teams is introducing a new feature that lets users save any message—whether it's a post, reply, or chat—and revisit it later from the Saved view in the Chat or Teams list.

Clicking a saved message opens the full conversation in the right pane, allowing users to review context or respond without needing to scroll through long threads.

This feature improves efficiency by helping users quickly return to important information.

Applies to:

• Teams for Windows, Mac, web, iOS, and Android

Rollout timeline:

• Targeted Release: Early August 2025 to mid-August 2025
• General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Late August 2025 to early September 2025

How this will affect your organization:

After this rollout, users will be able to save their messages and recall them later to support their personal workflows:

Users can go to the three-dot menu for a message and select Save this message:

The saved message will display in the user's Saved messages list in their Chat and Teams lists:

Microsoft Teams is adding support for file attachments in 1:1 and group chats with external users, improving cross-organization collaboration.

Users will be able to seamlessly share files with guests or external contacts without needing workarounds, making interactions more efficient and productive.

Applies to:

• Teams for Windows, Mac, and web

Rollout timeline:

• Targeted Release: Early July 2025 to mid-July 2025
• General Availability (Worldwide): Mid-July 2025 to late July 2025

How this will affect your organization:

Before this rollout, users had no option to attach file to compose box in chats with external users. The workaround was to copy and paste the link to a file into the chat compose box.

After this rollout, when enabled by admins, users will see an Attach file option in the + menu of the chat compose box when messaging external users. This allows them to include files in their messages, enhancing collaboration with external partners:

Any file shared by an external user will have an External tag:

A new countdown timer feature is coming to Microsoft Teams, allowing any meeting participant to add a visual timer (up to 100 minutes) directly within the meeting window. This helps teams stay on schedule without needing external tools.

Key features:

• Set, start, pause, stop, reset, or cancel the timer
• Visual and audio alerts when the timer ends
• Timer color changes as time runs out to help speakers stay aware
• Option to hide the timer from personal view
• Timer continues into negative time after reaching zero to signal overtime

Availability:

• Targeted Release: Mid-June 2025 to early July 2025
• General Availability (Worldwide): Early July 2025 to late July 2025

A meeting participant can open the timer by navigating to the More (three-dot) menu at the top of the screen, can set the timer duration up to 100 minutes, and start the timer:

Microsoft is enhancing the search experience in Teams Desktop to make it easier for users to find and act on meetings—whether past, ongoing, or upcoming—directly from the search bar.

New capabilities include:

• Search for meetings using meeting names or participant names
• From the results, users can:
  • Join ongoing meetings
  • View recaps of past meetings
  • RSVP to upcoming meetings
  • Access meeting chats and shared content
• A new “Meeting” pill helps users filter search specifically for meetings
• A dedicated Meetings tab in search results organizes all relevant meeting content

Rollout timeline:

• Targeted Release: Early June 2025 to mid-June 2025
• General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Mid-June 2025 to late June 2025

These features are enabled by default and require no admin action.

Microsoft Teams is enhancing the green room feature to improve the management of town halls, webinars, and structured meetings. Presenters can now promote attendees from the waiting room directly to the green room using the Participants roster, allowing for smoother coordination before going live.

Applies to:

• Teams for Windows, Mac, and web

Availability:

• General Availability (Worldwide): Available now

This update streamlines live event preparation and improves control over participant flow.

How this will affect your organization:

After this rollout, organizers and presenters in the green room can promote an attendee by searching for the attendee's name from the participant roster, selecting the three-dot menu, and choosing Make a presenter:

Microsoft Outlook for Windows is introducing drag-and-drop functionality across personal and enterprise accounts, enabling users to attach emails and files from one account to another with ease.

Key capabilities include:

• Drag emails or files into a draft in another mailbox as attachments
• Attach content from Shared Mailboxes or Shared Folders into another account
• A confirmation prompt will appear before completing the action for added security

This feature is available for organizations with the ItemsToOtherAccountsEnabled parameter set to TRUE in OWAMailboxPolicy.

Rollout timeline:

• Targeted Release: Mid-July 2025 to mid-August 2025
• General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): Mid-September 2025 to mid-October 2025

This update streamlines cross-account workflows and boosts productivity.

Microsoft is improving the product licensing experience in the Admin Center to help admins more easily distinguish between direct and group-based license assignments.

What’s changing:

• Directly assigned licenses will appear in the User tab
• Group-Based Licensing (GBL) assignments will appear in the Groups tab
• To view users under GBL, select a group and go to the Successfully assigned tab

This update enhances clarity and performance on the Billing > Licenses page, streamlining license management and visibility.

Rollout timeline:

• Begins late June 2025
• Expected completion by mid-July 2025

Microsoft is enhancing the SharePoint site header and footer to offer a more modern, customizable, and brand-aligned experience for site owners and visitors.

What’s new:

For site viewers:

• A cleaner look with the command bar hidden in View mode
• Teaching tips to help locate buttons moved to the header

For site owners:

• Set images as header or footer backgrounds
• Customize overlay colors, fonts, and alignment
• Choose from predefined font families for titles and navigation links
• Adjust footer layout, including left alignment

This update helps create visually compelling, on-brand SharePoint sites with greater design flexibility.

Rollout timeline:

• Targeted Release: Early July – Mid-July 2025
• General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): Late July – Mid-August 2025
• General Availability (GCC High, DoD): Mid-August – Late August 2025

After this rollout, site admins can customize the header background under the new Design tab in the Header configuration panel:

Site viewers will have a cleaner, more immersive experience with the command bar hidden in View mode.

Microsoft is adding estimated read time to SharePoint News posts, helping users better manage their time and stay informed more efficiently.

Where this applies:

• SharePoint News on the web
• Viva Connections app in Microsoft Teams (Windows, web, Android, and iOS)

This update gives readers a quick sense of how long a post will take, improving content engagement across platforms.

Rollout timeline:

• Targeted Release: Early June 2025 to mid-June 2025
• General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Mid-June 2025 to late June 2025

How this will affect your organization:

After this rollout, SharePoint News posts will display an estimated read time. This will appear in the banner web part of each news item:

The feature is on by default.

Authors can toggle it on or off in the settings panel of the banner web part:

Microsoft is expanding the range of file formats supported by the Content AI document translation feature (formerly Microsoft Syntex) in SharePoint Online. This update aligns with Azure Document Translation, enabling translation for more technical and structured content types.

Newly supported file formats include:

• Markdown: .mdown, .mdtext, .mdtxt, .mdwn, .mkd, .mkdn
• Web archives: .mht, .mhtml
• Open formats: .odt, .rmd
• Structured data: .tab, .tsv
• Localization files: .xlf (XLIFF)

What this enables:

• Translate Markdown-based technical documentation
• Translate files from open-source tools like LibreOffice
• Support localization of eLearning and software UI files
• Translate tabular/structured data without converting formats

Rollout timeline:

• General Availability (Worldwide): Mid-July 2025

This update reduces manual work and broadens translation support across diverse content types.