Business Applications

Project for the Web Transitioning to Planner in August June 9, 2025 In Aug. 2025, Microsoft will retire Project for the Web, completing the transition to Planner....more Microsoft 365 Archive: Lower-Cost Storage with Compliance June 5, 2025 Microsoft 365 Archive can quickly archive and restore SharePoint Online sites while retaining administrative oversight...more Hybrid SharePoint Customers Must Act or Risk Losing Cloud Hybrid Search May 19, 2025 Users’ experience searching SharePoint with cloud hybrid search may end starting June 30, 2025. Customers...more Teams App Management Migrates to App-Centric May 17, 2025 App-centric management for Teams apps, first announced in Nov. 2023, replaces and improves upon permission...more M365 Copilot Chat an Alternative to ChatGPT for Businesses May 15, 2025 Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is a more secure alternative to public GPT services for employees...more Collaboration Services Roadmap 2025 – Stay with Safe Choices May 12, 2025 Microsoft’s key collaboration services, Teams and SharePoint, remain a safe destination for customers. Other areas,...more Microsoft 365 Mobile Apps Add Copilot, Purview Hooks May 12, 2025 Office apps for phones and iPads will integrate more Copilot natural language features and Purview...more Microsoft Lists Fills the Gap Between Excel and SharePoint Lists May 5, 2025 Microsoft Lists is used to share and track tabular data in a familiar spreadsheet-like format....more Dynamics 365 CRM 2025 Wave 1: AI Focused with Extra Cost April 28, 2025 The latest 2025 Wave 1 for Dynamics 365 CRM broadens its AI footprint with more...more Dynamics 365 Compliance Change: Avoid the August 2025 Lock Out April 28, 2025 Dynamics 365 ERP is implementing a new compliance check to ensure users have a valid...more Directory Ties Cloud Customers to Exchange Server April 27, 2025 Customers who move all their mailboxes into Exchange Online may still need Exchange servers to...more Understanding SharePoint Advanced Management April 14, 2025 SharePoint Advanced Management adds tools for managing site sprawl and content oversharing in SharePoint Online...more M365 Customers Can Keep Classic Outlook Until at Least 2029 April 12, 2025 Customers have at least two years before new Outlook replaces classic Outlook in the Microsoft...more Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations 2025: An Enterprise-Centric Wave 1 March 31, 2025 The 2025 Wave 1 for Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations provides solid updates for most...more Dynamics 365 Smart Assist Retiring: Change to Copilot March 24, 2025 Dynamics 365 Smart Assist support ends in June 2025 and the product disappears completely in...more SharePoint Spaces: Migrate Ahead of Aug. 2025 March 3, 2025 SharePoint Spaces, a 3D overlay technology, will retire in August 2025. There is no Microsoft...more

Navigating Microsoft’s Copilots Updated: May 11, 2025

  Product Reference Purview Message Encryption Microsoft Purview Message Encryption is a Microsoft-hosted service that encrypts e-mail messages, providing end-to-end, persistent...more   Product Reference To Do To Do is a service for managing a user’s task lists across devices that is...more   Product Reference Project Server Project Server is a SharePoint Server application for managing project schedules and resource data, reporting...more   Product Reference Project Online Project Online is a cloud service for managing project schedules and resource data, reporting time...more   Product Reference Project Legacy Clients The Project client applications provide project and resource management for project managers.   Product Reference Exchange Online   Product Reference Exchange Server   Product Reference Project for the Web Project for the Web capabilities have been incorporated as a set of premium capabilities in...more   Product Reference Microsoft 365 Groups  Microsoft 365 Groups are a special type of Entra ID user group that grants access...more   Product Reference SharePoint Online SharePoint Online is a cloud service that provides team collaboration, corporate portal hosting, enterprise search,...more   Product Reference SharePoint Server SharePoint Server software is a Windows Server-based application that is used for customers who are...more   Product Reference OneDrive for Business OneDrive for Business provides hosted file storage and sharing for Microsoft 365 users and for...more   Product Reference Microsoft Lists Microsoft Lists is an information-tracking application based on SharePoint list technology that lets users create,...more   Product Reference Loop Loop is a collaboration application that uses free-form workspaces (like digital canvases) to share ideas,...more   Product Reference Skype for Business Server Skype for Business Server is an on-premises product that provides a unified communications solution for...more   Product Reference Viva Connections Viva Connections is a Teams app that provides a central hub for employees to view...more

Business Applications Roadmap

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