For those that use the Microsoft Graph #PowerShell SDK, V2.37 is now available in the PowerShell Gallery: https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Microsoft.Graph/2.37.0
So far, this version of module appears stable.
This article discusses how to list files archived using the SharePoint Online file-level archiving feature. We also discuss how to archive and unarchive files using the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK and Graph API requests. As it turns out, the drives API is the best way to find (list) archived or unarchived files, while archiving files that haven’t been modified in a while is easy with a few lines of PowerShell.
https://office365itpros.com/2026/05/12/file-level-archiving-sdk/
The ability to set expiration periods for organization-wide sharing links is now rolled out in many Microsoft 365 tenants. You can set controls for the maximum expiration period (up to 730 days) and the recommended expiration period (maybe 60 days is a good choice).
More information here: https://office365itpros.com/2026/03/12/company-wide-sharing-links-limits/
Microsoft deployed an automated background process to move Teams private channels to a new infrastructure earlier this year. Tenants should check the state of the migration as reported by the Get-TenantPrivateChannelMigrationStatus cmdlet because it is possible that the migration is stalled and waiting for administrator intervention. In most cases, the problem is because of ownerless channels, but archived teams with private channels also stop the migration.
https://office365itpros.com/2026/05/11/private-channel-migration-stalls/
Now rolling out to Microsoft 365 tenants is the ability to update user profile cards with details of awards and certifications held by users. Usually, HR departments would provide the source data and probably arrange for the data to be ingested into the Graph through a Copilot connector, but it’s possible to add awards and certifications for individual users using Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK cmdlets. All explained in great detail with working examples here.
https://office365itpros.com/2026/05/08/user-profile-card-awards/
Microsoft phased out the legacy IDCRL authentication mechanism from SharePoint Online on May 1, 2026. Sounds good, until you notice the explosion of IDCRLBlockedDueToSoftEnforcement events created by SharePoint Online in the unified audit log. The events are associated with Microsoft Office apps like Word, which SharePoint appears to think are still using IDCRL. For whatever reason, the audit log is now cluttered with unwanted events generated by the interaction between SharePoint and Office.
Eighteen months after the product became generally available, Microsoft 365 Backup has delivered granular restore for SharePoint Online and OneDrive sites. It’s the kind of feature that most tenant administrators might have assumed is already in the program, but at least it now is. The next step is apparently the ability to restore files in place. That isn’t available yet.
https://office365itpros.com/2026/05/06/microsoft-365-backup-granular/
SharePoint Online supports file-level archiving, meaning that you can send individual files (most types) to Microsoft 365 Archive to be held in cold storage. Individual users can make the decision about what files need to be online instead of forcing administrators to decide whether to archive complete sites. If needed, archived files can be retrieved, but it might take 24 hours for this to happen. One big advantage of file-level archiving is that the archived files become unavailable for AI processing (Copilot, Claude, OpenAI), which means that old and obsolete information can be stopped from showing up in AI results.
https://office365itpros.com/2026/05/05/file-level-archiving-spo/
For the record (and to stop anyone else wasting cycles on this issue), the Update-MgSiteListItemField cmdlet in the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK V2.36.1 doesn't work. I've submitted a bug report at https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-powershell/issues/3600. The workaround is to use the underlying update list item fields Graph request. That works just fine.
In a somewhat surprising decision, Microsoft announced plans to retire the Together mode feature for Teams meetings in June 2026. Based on personal experience, it didn’t seem that many people used Together mode. It seemed like it was something that people tried a couple of times before giving up. Maybe it’s just the meetings I attend, but I haven’t seen Together mode used in years.
https://office365itpros.com/2026/05/04/together-mode-retirement/
Microsoft’s FY26 Q3 results produced $54.5 billion revenue for the Microsoft Cloud, the part of the business that includes Microsoft 365, Azure, LinkedIn, and other services. The annualized run rate of $218 billion proves just how vital these revenues are to Microsoft. Lots of time was spent talking about Microsoft 365 Copilot, which now has “over 20 million” paid seats. Sounds good, and it’s up five million from the last quarter, but Copilot still has a long road to travel to profitability.
https://office365itpros.com/2026/04/30/microsoft-cloud-fy26-q3/
Microsoft will start to refuse inbound IMAP4 and POP3 client connections using legacy TLS versions (1.0 and 1.1) in July 2026. The move is consistent with other projects to remove obsolete or insecure email protocols from Exchange Online to increase the overall security of the online email service. In this article, we examine some methods to understand the POP3 and IMAP4 usage within a tenant.
In 2024, I wrote a script explaining how to report details of Teams online meetings, including participants. Now someone wants to report single-user meetings. Their reason is that company management believe that some remote workers schedule online meetings that only they attend with the intention of appearing active if anyone checks. It’s an odd ask, but we can do the job with PowerShell.
https://office365itpros.com/2026/04/28/single-user-meetings/
Microsoft plans a May 2026 update for the OneDrive Sync client to improve the way that the client handles the deletion of files stored in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business. The client will no longer move the local synchronized copy of the deleted file into the workstation’s recycle bin, meaning that the only copy is on the server. The change removes complexity and should improve performance.
https://office365itpros.com/2026/04/27/onedrive-sync-client-deleted-files/
