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What’s new for SharePoint – June 2025
While June brought fewer announcements than usual, the updates we received are particularly significant and warrant careful attention.
The month’s biggest story was the SPFx Field Customizers deprecation notice that initially scheduled retirement for June 2026. Following substantial community feedback, Microsoft has postponed this planned change and continues to evaluate the situation. This serves as an important reminder to monitor these announcements closely and maintain transition strategies.
Key changes on the horizon include the retirement of Microsoft Lists mobile apps in favor of the mobile browser experience, and the unification of Stream and Clipchamp under the Clipchamp brand – a transition that will complete by late July 2025.
June also delivered valuable enhancements for content creators and administrators, including click-through rate metrics in page analytics, enhanced site headers and footers, and improved Content AI capabilities for document translation. Additionally, new compliance features around data lifecycle management and site attestation policies may require planning consideration.
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Microsoft will retire the Microsoft Lists mobile apps for iOS and Android. Users should switch to the mobile browser experience. Key dates: information banner in late June 2025, app installation disabled mid-September 2025, and app removal mid-November 2025. Existing data remains accessible via desktop or mobile browser. No admin action required.
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Microsoft is unifying Microsoft Stream and Microsoft Clipchamp under the Clipchamp brand for a seamless video experience in Microsoft 365. The rollout began in mid-December 2024 and will complete by late July 2025. The transition will not disrupt workflows, and no admin action is required.
Microsoft SharePoint will add an estimated read time to News posts, starting rollout in June 2025. This feature will be available on the web and Microsoft Viva Connections app in Teams. It will be on by default, with an option for authors to toggle it on or off. No admin action is required.
The new Workflows app is to provide an experience that is both simpler and faster to enable everyday Teams and SharePoint users to create automations in three steps or less.
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Resharing to external users is required after enabling Microsoft SharePoint integration with Microsoft Entra B2B. Effective July 1, 2025, previously shared links will no longer work, and external users must be re-invited. Notify users, update documentation, and plan for MFA registration. Learn more here.
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SharePoint Framework (SPFx) Field Customizers will be retired from SharePoint Lists and Document Libraries on June 30, 2026. Organizations should transition to Column Formatting for visual customizations. Other SPFx extensions will continue to function. There will be no option to extend the use of Field Customizers beyond the retirement date.
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This release will enhance SharePoint page analytics by adding click through rate metric. A new card will show the percentage of unique viewers who clicked on a link from the news post, providing insights into user engagement with the post.
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This release will enhance Amplify reporting by adding click through rate metric. A new card will show the percentage of unique users who clicked on a link from the publication, providing insights into user engagement with the campaign.
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Microsoft SharePoint is updating site headers and footers for a more modern, customizable experience, starting in July 2025. Enhancements include new design options for site owners and a cleaner view mode for site viewers. No admin action is required, but notifying users and updating documentation is recommended.
We’re introducing a new capability in Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management to bypass retention policies and delete content from OneDrive and SharePoint Online before the hold or retention policy duration expires. This feature helps organizations manage Copilot-related artifacts—such as Teams recordings and transcripts—independently of OneDrive retention polices, so organizations can decide how long they want to keep and when to delete this content.The feature includes support for simulation testing, audit, and disposition reviews, and introduces admin policy authoring flows. These flows are governed by Microsoft Purview role groups to enable the creation and enforcement of defensible deletion policies.
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We are adding support for the OneDrive Sync admin reports for the GCC-H and DoD environments.
Access recently used SharePoint agents directly within the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, starting mid-July 2025. This feature aims to reduce context switching and improve productivity. Admins can manage agents by deleting the corresponding .agent files. Update training materials and review SharePoint agent management practices.
Support update for SharePoint Framework Field Customizers in Lists and Document Libraries: The planned change has been postponed. Evaluation of retiring SPFx Field Customizers is ongoing. Organizations should consider transitioning to Column Formatting for better performance. No immediate impact, but future updates will be communicated in advance.
Site attestation policy is the newest addition to the site lifecycle management suite. It is a one-stop solution to ensure your sites are secure and compliant by reducing the risk of unmanaged sites. This involves regular reviews by site owners or admins to check and confirm the accuracy of site information, including the site’s necessity, its owners, members, permissions, and sharing settings. You can also choose to automate actions on sites that remain unattested for more than 3 months to prevent risks of content over exposure.
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Videos embedded in Microsoft Viva Amplify and SharePoint News will play directly in Microsoft Outlook emails instead of opening in a web browser. This feature will roll out from July to September 2025 and will be enabled by default. No admin action is required before the rollout.
Improved processing visibility for Content AI models in SharePoint Online introduces a new activity pane for real-time insights into document translation and autofill operations. This update, rolling out in July 2025, replaces the legacy “Processing status” column and enhances monitoring, troubleshooting, and user experience. No action is required to enable this feature.
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New file format support for SharePoint Online Content AI document translation includes Markdown, web archive, open formats, structured data, and localization formats. This update, rolling out in mid-July 2025, enables broader translation capabilities and reduces manual effort. No admin action is required.
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This feature integrates pre-purchased capacity packs into Microsoft 365 Admin Center for Copilot experiences. Administrators can apply pre-purchased message capacity to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, SharePoint Agents, and other compatible scenarios before incurring pay-as-you-go charges. Capacity packs, available as monthly or yearly subscriptions in the M365 Admin Center marketplace, provide a fixed number of prepaid messages, simplifying administration by eliminating the need to set up pay-as-you-go multiple times.
Once your organization’s assets are integrated into a SharePoint Organization Asset Library (OAL) or connected through Templafy to Microsoft 365 Copilot, you’ll be able to easily create slides using your organization’s approved images.
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Group-less campaigns in Viva Amplify simplify campaign creation by removing the need for Microsoft 365 Groups or Teams channels. This update, rolling out from late June to mid-July 2025, offers simplified setup, faster performance, and reduced management overhead. No action is required unless updating internal documentation.
Microsoft Viva Amplify is transitioning from App tokens to Protected Forwarded Tokens (PFTs) for enhanced security. This change limits publication scheduling to 30 days in advance and affects token validity, requiring users to reschedule if tokens expire. No admin action is required, but documentation updates are recommended.
This month’s update is now also available as a podcast! If you prefer listening over reading, or want to catch up on the latest SharePoint developments while commuting or running, you can now tune in on Spotify and YouTube.
The podcast features AI hosts Maria and John, who dive into the same updates covered in this post but through a conversational format. John brings his technical analyst perspective with attention to detail, while Maria focuses on the strategic implications and user experience impact. As the prompt director, I guide the conversation to ensure we’re covering what matters most for your day-to-day work.
This is an experiment in making tech updates more accessible, so I’d love your feedback on this format. Give it a listen and let me know what you think!
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