Business and Server Applications

M365 Companion Apps to Be on by Default in Windows 11 August 21, 2025 Organizations should preview the Microsoft 365 Calendar, File Search, and People companion apps for Windows...more Microsoft Researcher Agent Can Speed Decision-Making, But Check Your Work August 8, 2025 Microsoft Researcher can accelerate complex decision-making by using deep reasoning and retrieval across business and...more SharePoint Alerts Retiring: What You Need to Know August 7, 2025 Microsoft appears to be moving aggressively to retire SharePoint alerts by July 2026, which could...more Understanding Microsoft’s Licensing for Entra ID Governance for External Users August 2, 2025 Entra ID Governance can now be licensed for management of external users. The licensing model...more Places Ready for Evaluation, but Future Unclear Updated: July 25, 2025 Microsoft Places features can benefit Teams and Exchange Online customers whose employees move frequently between...more Understanding SharePoint Agents July 24, 2025 SharePoint agents can empower users with default and custom low-code AI solutions for SharePoint sites....more Microsoft 365 Education: Differs from Enterprise by Degrees Updated: July 23, 2025 Microsoft 365 Education offers most of the features included in commercial enterprise Microsoft 365 offerings,...more Begin Move to Exchange Server SE to Keep Support  July 3, 2025 Organizations running Exchange in their own data centers must migrate quickly to Exchange Server SE. ...more Viva Packaging for Microsoft 365 Users June 30, 2025 The most commonly used end-user features of Viva are built into Microsoft 365 licenses. Customers...more Exchange Server: Migrate Off Legacy Versions by Oct. 2025 Updated: June 27, 2025 Exchange Server 2016 and 2019 customers will have 90 days or less under product support...more DSPM for AI: Protecting Your Content from Prying AIs June 24, 2025 DSPM for AI increases visibility into where an organization’s sensitive data is, how it is...more Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel Drops Preview, Cuts Support June 23, 2025 Customers should change the update channel for every PC currently updating Microsoft 365 Apps through...more 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

Communication Services Overview July 3, 2025 Viva Packaging for Microsoft 365 Users June 30, 2025 Navigating Microsoft’s Copilots Updated: May 11, 2025 Teams Calling Services October 2, 2023

  Product Reference Places Microsoft Places is a set of advanced work-scheduling features for Teams and Exchange Online, intended...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 Exchange Server Exchange Server provides e-mail communication and manages calendars, contacts, and tasks.   Product Reference Communication Services Azure Communication Services is a set of cloud services and APIs that allow developers to...more   Licensing Reference Azure Communication Services Service and APIs for voice chat and other communication services that developers can build into...more   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 Planner Microsoft Planner is a Microsoft-hosted work management tool that includes basic task and project management...more   Product Reference Teams Phone Teams Phone, named Phone System prior to Jan. 2022, is a hosted public exchange (PBX)...more   Product Reference Teams Premium Teams Premium is an add-on User Subscription License (User SL) that provides additional capabilities on...more   Product Reference Teams Meetings and Events Microsoft Teams is commonly used for audio and video meetings and broadcast events, which are...more   Product Reference Outlook Summary of Outlook e-mail, and scheduling apps for Windows, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, Android, and the...more   Product Reference Exchange Online

Business Applications Roadmap

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