What Microsoft changed
Microsoft’s changes to pricing, licensing and products for businesses, in plain words and linked to Microsoft. Updated every month.
Past and coming
Left of today: what Microsoft announced each week (point at a week to see it, select it to list only that week). Right: when coming changes take effect.
Show the figures as a table
| Month | Pricing | Licensing | Products & features | Retirements | Security | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| December 2025 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| January 2026 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| February 2026 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| March 2026 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| April 2026 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| May 2026 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| June 2026 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| July 2026 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| August 2026 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| September 2026 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| October 2026 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Dates to note
When Microsoft’s changes take effect. Add the dates you need to your calendar.
- Next30days leftDynamics 365 and Power PlatformRoadmap moves to AI at Work; Release Planner ends 15 November 2026
Announced 4 September 2026 · 42 of 72 days’ notice used
- Microsoft 365 Copilot BusinessPricing: Pay-as-you-go billing switches on by default from 1 December 2026 · moved from 2 Novin 46 daysin 46 days
- Microsoft Commercial CloudPricing: Local-currency prices move once a year, on 1 January, from 2027in 3 monthsin 3 months
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud AppsRetirements: DLP file policies lose enforcement on 6 January 2027in 3 monthsin 3 months
- Azure ReservationsLicensing: Exchanges end for savings plan eligible services from 1 February 2027in 4 monthsin 4 months
- Microsoft SentinelRetirements: Azure portal retirement moves to 31 March 2027 (was 1 July 2026)in 5 monthsin 5 months
October 2026
· No changes for businessesMicrosoft 365 roadmap: 196 features planned for general availability this month: 71 launched, 3 rolling out, 122 in development
Most features: Dynamics 365 Business Central (71) · Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) (32) · Microsoft Purview (31) · Microsoft Teams (16) · Outlook (14)
Source: Microsoft Partner Center announcements, October 2026
September 2026
· No changes for businessesMicrosoft 365 roadmap: 112 features planned for general availability this month: 16 launched, 23 rolling out, 73 in development
Most features: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) (29) · Microsoft Teams (15) · Microsoft Copilot Studio (14) · Microsoft Viva (13) · Outlook (11)
Source: Microsoft Partner Center announcements, September 2026
August 2026
· No changes for businessesMicrosoft 365 roadmap: 84 features planned for general availability this month: 24 launched, 28 rolling out, 32 in development
Most features: Microsoft Teams (23) · Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) (16) · Microsoft Viva (12) · OneDrive (10) · SharePoint (9)
July 2026
· No changes for businessesMicrosoft 365 roadmap: 68 features planned for general availability this month: 39 launched, 8 rolling out, 21 in development
Most features: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) (12) · Microsoft Teams (12) · Outlook (12) · Microsoft Purview (11) · Microsoft 365 admin center (5)
June 2026
· No changes for businessesMicrosoft 365 roadmap: 126 features planned for general availability this month: 84 launched, 15 rolling out, 27 in development
Most features: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) (45) · Microsoft Teams (31) · Microsoft Purview (17) · Microsoft Viva (12) · PowerPoint (10)
May 2026
· No changes for businessesMicrosoft 365 roadmap: 107 features planned for general availability this month: 62 launched, 25 rolling out, 20 in development
Most features: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) (32) · Microsoft Teams (26) · Outlook (25) · Microsoft Purview (8) · Microsoft 365 app (7)
April 2026
· No changes for businessesMicrosoft 365 roadmap: 101 features planned for general availability this month: 81 launched, 8 rolling out, 12 in development
Most features: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) (32) · Microsoft Purview (23) · Microsoft Teams (21) · PowerPoint (12) · Microsoft Viva (11)
March 2026
· No changes for businessesMicrosoft 365 roadmap: 87 features planned for general availability this month: 64 launched, 7 rolling out, 16 in development
Most features: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) (37) · PowerPoint (18) · Microsoft Teams (13) · Microsoft Purview (11) · Outlook (11)
February 2026
· No changes for businessesMicrosoft 365 roadmap: 86 features planned for general availability this month: 64 launched, 9 rolling out, 13 in development
Most features: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) (33) · Microsoft Teams (16) · Microsoft Edge (11) · Microsoft Purview (11) · SharePoint (8)
Source: Microsoft Partner Center announcements, February 2026
January 2026
· No changes for businessesMicrosoft 365 roadmap: 84 features planned for general availability this month: 64 launched, 8 rolling out, 12 in development
Most features: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) (25) · Microsoft Teams (18) · Outlook (15) · Microsoft Purview (14) · Microsoft Edge (7)
Source: Microsoft Partner Center announcements, January 2026
December 2025
· No changes for businessesMicrosoft 365 roadmap: 99 features planned for general availability this month: 69 launched, 2 rolling out, 28 in development
Most features: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) (52) · Microsoft Purview (13) · Microsoft Teams (9) · Microsoft Viva (8) · Outlook (8)
Source: Microsoft Partner Center announcements, December 2025
November 2025
· No changes for businessesMicrosoft 365 roadmap: 74 features planned for general availability this month: 58 launched, 5 rolling out, 11 in development
Most features: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) (31) · Microsoft Teams (15) · Microsoft Purview (10) · SharePoint (8) · Microsoft Viva (6)
Source: Microsoft Partner Center announcements, November 2025
Coming next on the Microsoft 365 roadmap
Features Microsoft expects to make generally available in the coming months.
November 202681
Microsoft Teams (35) · Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) (11) · Microsoft Purview (11) · Dynamics 365 Field Service (8)
December 202641
Microsoft Purview (14) · Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) (5) · SharePoint (5) · Dynamics 365 Business Central (4)
January 202725
Microsoft Purview (12) · Dynamics 365 Business Central (3) · Microsoft Teams (3) · Dynamics 365 Contact Center (2)
February 202718
Dynamics 365 Field Service (13) · Microsoft Purview (3) · Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) (2) · Microsoft Teams (1)
March 20271
Dynamics 365 Project Operations (1)
April 20272
Dynamics 365 Business Central (2)
Roadmap counts cover the worldwide cloud, as the roadmap stood on 2 October 2026. Open the Microsoft 365 roadmap
What next?
ClearSource summarises Microsoft’s announcements in its own words and links each one to the original. Announcements that only concern Microsoft’s partners (partner programmes, tools, incentives) are left out. Prices are Microsoft’s public list prices for South Africa in US dollars, excl. VAT.