Effective February 1, 2026, Microsoft will decrease pricing for its Commercial Cloud services in select local currencies to reflect the weakened US Dollar. This results in a -7.4% price adjustment for Euro-based purchases. This adjustment applies to cloud services only, while on-premises software pricing
Effective October 31, 2025, Microsoft updated the licensing terms for Microsoft Defender for Office 365, clarifying that every user or mailbox benefiting from its protection must have a license. This change underscores the need for organizations to license all accounts that use Defender for
November 2025 – Microsoft announced that all Microsoft 365 E5 subscribers will receive included Security Compute Units (SCUs) as part of their subscription. This means every E5 customer gets a monthly allowance of SCUs (at a rate of 400 SCUs per 1,000 E5 user
On November 25, 2025, Microsoft expanded Dynamics 365 with new AI-driven “agents” and updated licensing to enhance key business functions. As of that date, Dynamics 365 Premium began including 1,000 Copilot Credits per user. These credits are units of capacity for AI features, and
Effective November 15, 2025, Microsoft Baseline Security Mode (BSM) became generally available worldwide. This new opt-in feature provides a secure-by-default configuration baseline for Microsoft cloud services by eliminating vulnerabilities from legacy settings. Administrators can enable BSM via the Microsoft 365 Admin Center to instantly
Effective December 31, 2026, Microsoft will retire Office Online Server (OOS). After this date, OOS will no longer receive security updates, bug fixes, or technical support. Organizations using OOS should begin planning their transition to supported alternatives, such as Microsoft 365, to avoid security
On October 13, 2026, Microsoft Publisher will reach its end of support. After this date, Publisher will no longer be included in Microsoft 365, and existing on-premises suites will no longer be supported. This change affects Publisher for Microsoft 365, Publisher 2021, Publisher 2019,
On October 1, 2025, Microsoft introduced a new 50 GB per day commitment tier for Microsoft Sentinel, now available in public preview. This tier comes with promotional pricing of up to 32% from October 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026, and customers who sign up
October 28, 2025 – Microsoft announced that its AI-powered content management service Microsoft Syntex has been renamed to Document Processing for Microsoft 365. Despite the new name, the service’s features and functionality remain the same as before. Document Processing for Microsoft 365 supplements SharePoint