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Guide: The most important new features in Microsoft 365 apps.
Whereas in the past, the main focus was on closing security gaps and fixing bugs, new features have also been rolled out for some time now. This is part of the continuous development of the products, which is largely based on user feedback. Every month, all users of Microsoft 365 Business Editions and Office 365 can look forward to various new features in the individual Office applications. In this blog post, we present the most important new functions of each feature update for the Office apps.
In November 2025, various improvements were made to the different standard apps in Microsoft 365. All new features and improvements in update 2511 are described in detail in the Microsoft documentation.
Word for the web gets a modernised comment design that makes collaboration clearer and more focused. New icons, buttons and a tidy layout give it a contemporary look, while highlighted active comments and greyed-out inactive comments help you grasp feedback more quickly.
PowerPoint features comprehensive AI innovations that significantly simplify the creation and editing of presentations: Copilot now generates presentations more flexibly with controllable length, tone, style and AI images, while an improved Copilot Chat provides context-sensitive help directly in the deck.
New image editing features such as precise background and object removal, image enhancement and text recognition bring professional editing tools directly to PowerPoint. The update is complemented by an Agent Mode in a preview, which allows slides to be created, restructured and refined using natural language.
Excel has seen enhancements to its AI and usability features: Agent Mode in Excel has gained new capabilities such as web search with source references. In addition, a modernised Get Data dialogue box simplifies the process of establishing data connections. Across platforms, comments in protected files can also be previewed directly from email notifications.
In addition, various Teams innovations were presented at Microsoft Ignite. These include, among others:
In October 2025, various improvements were made to the various standard apps in Microsoft 365. All new features and improvements in Update 2510 are detailed in the Microsoft documentation.
The various Microsoft 365 applications have been given new icons: the redesigned versions feature clearer shapes, bolder colours and a cohesive design system.
In addition, there were once again many new features in Microsoft Teams:
In September 2025, various improvements were made to the various standard apps in Microsoft 365. All new features and improvements in Update 2509 are described in detail in the Microsoft documentation.
Excel users can look forward to exciting new features for its 40th birthday: the new Agent Mode in Excel brings expert-like automation directly into Excel and can independently check, correct and iteratively improve results.
The COPILOT feature is now also being rolled out for Excel on the web, enabling AI-powered calculations using natural language. In addition, Formula Completion with Copilot makes working with formulas easier by providing context-based suggestions, including result previews.
Teams users will also get these new features, among others:
In August 2025, various improvements were made to the various standard apps in Microsoft 365. All new features and improvements in Update 2508 are described in detail in the Microsoft documentation.
Microsoft Teams has received another major update. The new features include:
Excel is also receiving an AI update: the new COPILOT function integrates generative AI directly into the calculation logic and enables content to be analysed, generated and dynamically updated using natural language. In addition, Copilot now explains formulas directly in the spreadsheet grid, while Python in Excel allows images to be analysed directly in cells for the first time.
In July 2025, various improvements were made to the various standard apps in Microsoft 365. All new features and improvements in Update 2507 can be found in detail in the Microsoft documentation.
Microsoft Teams is the application that has major update . The new features include:
In addition, the new PivotTable Auto Refreshfunction in Excel ensures that pivot tables are automatically updated as soon as the source data within the workbook changes – for example, when new entries are made or corrections are made. This means that evaluations always remain up to date without having to be reloaded manually.
Auto Refresh is enabled by default for new pivot tables and can be turned on or off for existing tables via the options. The function applies to all connected pivot tables per data source, displays a notification when data is out of date, and only supports data from the current workbook, not external sources. There are restrictions in certain co-authoring scenarios and with asynchronous or volatile data sources.
In June 2025, there were further improvements to the various standard apps in Microsoft 365. All new features and improvements in Update 2506 can be found in detail in the Microsoft documentation.
This month, Microsoft Teams in particular has been significantly expanded. New features include these features:
In addition, Copilot in Excel now recognises smart context analysis automatically detects the appropriate table or data range based on your query, without you having to select a specific cell beforehand. Copilot visually highlights the detected range to provide clarity.
This makes operation more intuitive and flexible, especially for complex workbooks with multiple tables. This improvement uses natural language and other cues such as cell selection or chat history to understand the correct context – an important step towards even more comprehensive context support in the future.
In May 2025, there were further improvements to the various standard apps in Microsoft 365. All new features and improvements in update 2505 can be found in detail in the Microsoft documentation.
The following improvements have been made to Outlook:
In addition, these functions were implemented in Excel and Word:
You can also find in this blog post all the new features related to Microsoft Teams that were presented at Microsoft Build.
In April 2025, there were further improvements to the various standard apps in Microsoft 365. All new features and improvements in update 2504 can be found in detail in the Microsoft documentation.
For Microsoft Teams , the following optimisations were made, among others:
In March 2025, there were only minor updates for the various standard apps in Microsoft 365. All new features and improvements in Update 2503 can be found in detail here in the documentation.
This month's updates primarily affect . Users can look forward to the following new features:
You can find the latest updates to Microsoft 365 Copilot in this article.
In February 2025, bug fixes were primarily made to the various standard apps in Microsoft 365. All improvements in update 2502 can be found in detail here in the documentation. In PowerPoint, the and Merge" feature, which was only available in the Windows version, has been disabled. Existing files are not affected. The recommendation is to use real-time collaboration tools instead.
In addition, the following new features were added to Excel:
In addition, Teams users can also look forward to opportunities:
You can find the latest updates to Microsoft 365 Copilot in this article.
In January 2025, minor improvements were made to the various standard apps in Microsoft 365. All improvements in update 2501 can be found in detail here in the documentation.
The among others, have been made in the new version of Outlook.
There were also a few minor changes in Excel:
Finally, Microsoft Teams users also had a of new features to look forward to at the beginning of the year:
You can find the latest updates to Microsoft 365 Copilot article.
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