𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝟑𝟔𝟓 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬

Beyond the seasonal change, April brings over 𝟑𝟎 feature rollouts, retirements, and service updates. Here’s what you need to know.

𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭:

✅ 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬: Microsoft Entra ID is adding passkey support to registration campaigns in early April 2026, allowing admins to nudge users toward phishing-resistant credentials during sign-in.

✅ 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝟑𝟔𝟓 𝐄𝟓 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭: Starting April 20, 2026, Microsoft is adding Security Copilot to the Microsoft 365 E5 license. This includes a monthly pool of Security Compute Units (SCUs) at no additional cost.

✅ 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐧𝐞𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞𝐬: OneDrive streamlines file management for departing employees. Admins can easily access, filter, and bulk-transfer files while keeping all sharing permissions intact.

 

Here’s a quick overview of what’s coming:

𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: 7

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬: 8

𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: 6

𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬: 6

𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝: 4