M365 Perspective

Microsoft is flipping Office 365 defaults to block user consent for third-party apps reaching files and sites (MC1097272) — likely a response to AI meeting tools and ChatGPT's new Teams, OneDrive and SharePoint connectors.

Teams channels get a new Slack-style Threads layout from August 2025, Teams Phone Extensibility hits Public Preview, remote client log collection lands in the Teams Admin Center, plus Microsoft 365 leadership changes, a critical SBA deadline and InfoComm device news.

Tom Arbuthnot rounds up the month: 10 roadmap highlights, MCP and A2A agents landing in Copilot and Teams from Build, Microsoft's FY25 Q3 numbers ($70.1bn revenue, 430 million M365 seats), the EU antitrust offer, plus Commsverse and the Converged Comms Bootcamp.

Microsoft's Q3 FY25 numbers land: 430 million paid Microsoft 365/Office 365 seats, $42.4bn Microsoft Cloud revenue and 15 million GitHub Copilot users. Plus native SMS in Teams Phone, classic Teams sign-in ending 1 July, AOSP device auto updates from 15 May, and six months until Skype for Business…

Teams clients older than 90 days are now blocked from the service, starting 11 April for Windows, 6 May for VDI and 15 May for Mac. Plus the General channel returns after user feedback, "Power" contact centre certification becomes "Unify", Teams Phone licence checks get enforced for Extend bot…

Tom Arbuthnot's 15-minute fast edit of the Microsoft Teams Enterprise Connect 2025 keynote, plus every announcement mapped to Message Centre IDs and dates — from Interpreter Agent to Queues app Whisper and Barge — and Ilya Bukshteyn joins Teams Fireside Chat this week.

Enterprise Connect delivered the big ones: Interpreter agent hits preview in March/April (Copilot licence required, MC1038409), and Teams Phone Extensibility arrives as a new contact centre certification with Anywhere365, AudioCodes, Enghouse, Landis and more.