Microsoft 365 Insider Round-Up: July 2025

Insiders, your workflow glow-up starts here. Whether you're customizing your Outlook toolbar, building smarter forms, or finally figuring out what OneLake actually does in Excel, we’ve got updates that cut the clutter and keep you in control. 💻✨

This month, Copilot keeps showing up in smart, subtle ways: like summarizing Teams calls or guiding you through new tools inside the app itself. Plus, you’ll also find quality-of-life boosts across Word, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Forms.

Let’s get into it and make those productivity wins stack up. 📎👇

☎️ Teams call transfer, meet your new sidekick

Handing off a call used to be the end of the story. Now Copilot gives you a summary of what happened before the handoff so you're not stepping in cold. No more “Sorry, can you catch me up?” moments. 📎 Skip the awkward catch-up.

📄 Reference PDFs and text files right inside PowerPoint

PowerPoint now lets you reference plain text and PDFs while building slides. It’s like having a research assistant who never rolls their eyes. 📎 Add backup brains to your deck.

🤖 Meet the Microsoft 365 Copilot App Learning Hub

Not sure where to start with Copilot? This in-app learning space gives you guided tours, tooltips, and help on demand—so you can actually use Copilot, not just nod at it.📎 Get smarter with Copilot, no decoder ring required.

📝 Survey says: Forms just got a glow-up

Microsoft Forms now supports richer themes, smarter branching, and more customization than ever. Whether you're running a classroom quiz or a company-wide check-in, these updates help you design with clarity and confidence.📎 Give your next form a smarter foundation.

🧠 Word’s new header/footer UI: Less fiddling, more focus

Document design just got a whole lot smoother. With simplified menus and smarter positioning tools, Word makes it easier to build headers and footers that actually behave. Yes, even the ones with logos. 📎 Give your headers a glow-up.

📊 OneLake + Get Data: A new era for Excel power users

Excel just connected the dots between OneLake and Power BI. The new Get Data experience puts enterprise-scale sources right in your worksheet. Spelunking for insights just got streamlined. 📎 Turn spreadsheets into dashboards.

🔐 Locked out? Not for long

The new access request flow in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint makes it easier to ask for - and get - what you need. No more screenshotting a denial screen and begging in Teams. 📎 Get access without the drama.

🛠️ Build your perfect email command bar

Outlook’s customizable email toolbar in Android and iOS lets you put your favorite actions where you actually use them. Delete, snooze, archive, mark unread - make it yours. Less hunting, more doing. 📎 Make your inbox work for you.

And that brings us to the end of this month’s Insider scoop. Our team’s already cooking up the next batch of updates, but in the meantime, we want to hear from you. Which feature made your workflow better? Which one made you do a happy chair dance? We’d love to hear from you. Drop a comment and let us know. For more updates between issues, follow us on LinkedIn, Bluesky, X, Threads, or drop by the Microsoft 365 Insider blog for your fix of the freshest releases.