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What’s new for SharePoint – November 2025
SharePoint branding is where I started, so seeing updates that make it easier to keep sites consistent always makes me happy. November brings branding governance via PowerShell and official dark themes for SharePoint sites, giving admins better control and users a modern look.
AI and Copilot features also shine this month, from the refreshed News “See all” page with audio briefings to the new SharePoint Pages Agent and smarter FAQ web part. These updates make intranets feel alive and easier to manage.
My final highlight is the new forms for document libraries, a simple change that improves user experience and helps keep content organized. Overall, this month is all about making SharePoint smarter, more beautiful, and more user-friendly.
If you want to dive deeper into these features and explore other updates, check out all the SharePoint and related announcements from November 2025 below.
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The SharePoint News web part “See All” experience will be updated with a modern mosaic layout and AI-powered features requiring a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. Rollout starts November 2025, with no admin action needed. Core interactions remain unchanged, enhancing news engagement and visual design.
A new Copilot button will appear in the bottom-right corner of the OneDrive and SharePoint file previewer, replacing the command bar button. It offers Copilot chat and contextual prompts, is enabled by default, requires no admin changes, and will roll out from mid-November to December 2025.
The SharePoint FAQ web part will gain AI-powered features by late 2025, including on-demand AI-suggested updates, seamless import of existing FAQs, and grounding answers in SharePoint Pages. These enhancements improve content accuracy and management for authors with Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses.
Microsoft SharePoint’s eSignature feature, allowing electronic signatures on Word and PDF documents within SharePoint, will roll out in Türkiye from mid to late November 2025. It is off by default and requires admin activation. Admins should enable it via Microsoft 365 admin center and configure policies as needed.
Microsoft Viva Amplify is launching a new publishing stack by late 2025, replacing the legacy system with faster, parallelized publishing (~16 seconds) and improved error handling. The update enhances reliability across SharePoint, Viva Engage, Outlook, and Teams, is on by default, and requires no admin action.
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Viva Amplify will retire High Privilege Access for Teams distribution, switching from App-only tokens to Protected Forwarded Tokens by November 2025. This enhances security without affecting user experience or requiring tenant configuration changes. No admin action is needed; update documentation and inform support teams accordingly.
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Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management now lets admins create Priority Cleanup policies to delete OneDrive and SharePoint content before retention or legal hold expires, with simulation, audit, and review features. Requires two admins with specific roles and explicit policy enforcement. Rolling out late 2025 to early 2026.
Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management now lets admins create Priority Cleanup policies to delete OneDrive and SharePoint content before retention or legal hold expires, with simulation, audit, and review features. Requires two admins with specific roles and explicit policy enforcement. Rolling out late 2025 to early 2026.
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Microsoft is retiring the legacy IDCRL authentication protocol in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business by January 31, 2026, enforcing modern OpenID Connect and OAuth protocols. Legacy authentication will be blocked by default, with temporary re-enablement via PowerShell until April 30, 2026, and permanent retirement from May 1, 2026. Organizations should migrate to modern authentication promptly.
As part of our ongoing efforts to simplify and modernize the Viva Connections experience, we will retire the Assignments and Courses adaptive card extensions (ACEs) for Education customers. ACEs are modular components built using the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) that allow developers to create rich, interactive dashboard cards in Viva Connections. These cards surface data and actions from Microsoft 365 services or custom sources, helping users engage with content directly from their dashboard. The equivalent SharePoint dashboard webparts will also be retired. This change is intended to streamline the experience and reduce redundancy across platforms.
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The legacy SharePoint Online CDN domain publiccdn.sharepointonline.com will be retired by late April 2026. Update all hardcoded references to the new domain public-cdn.sharepointonline.com to avoid 404 errors. Validate changes before March 31, 2026, to ensure uninterrupted access to SharePoint resources.
We’re bringing the power of Microsoft 365 Copilot directly into your daily file management experience in macOS. With this update, users can interact with Copilot in Finder to ask questions about their OneDrive files.
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Empower tenant admins to centrally manage SharePoint site branding using PowerShell scripts. This feature enables organizations to enforce consistent branding, apply enterprise themes to individual sites, disable custom branding on specific sites, and audit branding changes – ensuring branding compliance and a unified brand experience across all SharePoint sites.
Microsoft 365 Copilot will integrate with OneDrive files in macOS Finder starting mid-November 2025, allowing users with appropriate licenses to query file contents via a context menu. The feature is enabled by default, requires no admin setup, and is available across all Microsoft 365 environments.
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Tenant admins will soon manage SharePoint site branding centrally via PowerShell, enabling enforcement of enterprise themes, disabling custom branding per site, auditing changes, and applying themes during site creation. Theme management will centralize in the primary geo, with rollout from late 2025 to early 2026.
Starting mid-January 2026, custom scripting will be disabled by default on the tenant-wide SharePoint App Catalog site to enhance security. App operations remain unaffected, but new custom script changes will be blocked. Admins can temporarily opt out using PowerShell commands and should inform site owners accordingly.
Introduce two official Microsoft-designed dark themes for SharePoint sites, delivering a modern, elegant look with improved visual comfort and accessibility. These themes provide consistent branding options and enhance user experience in low-light environments while maintaining compliance with Microsoft design standards.
We’re bringing the power of Microsoft 365 Copilot directly into your daily file management experience in macOS. With this update, users can interact with Copilot in Finder to ask questions about their OneDrive files.
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Two new Microsoft-designed dark themes (Dark Teal, Dark Blue) will be available for SharePoint sites starting mid-December 2025. They enhance visual experience, support accessibility, and can be applied via site settings without affecting existing themes or functionality. No admin action is needed before rollout.
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The SharePoint page agent, a declarative Copilot agent, enables users with Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses to create and refine SharePoint pages using natural language within supported apps. Public preview starts mid-November 2025, with admin controls to enable or disable the feature.
Microsoft 365 Copilot AI Actions will be integrated into Windows File Explorer for OneDrive files, allowing users to summarize documents and generate FAQs via a context menu. This feature requires a Copilot license, rolls out from late September 2025 to March 2026, and needs no admin setup.
Microsoft 365 Copilot is now accessible from the OneDrive activity center on macOS, allowing users with a Copilot license to summarize documents, generate FAQs, and ask questions directly from files. The feature, enabled by default, began rolling out mid-November 2025 and requires qualifying Microsoft 365 plans.
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SharePoint is introducing custom file upload forms in document libraries for internal file and metadata collection without exposing the full library. Available late Nov 2025, this feature lets owners create and share forms internally, with submissions saved in designated folders. No admin action required; external sharing is unsupported.
Delegate management and remediation authority for different people in different regions or organization units with role-based access control (RBAC). For example, German investigators should be able to investigate alerts and audit events for only German users. This update extends support to SharePoint for Microsoft 365.
Microsoft 365 Copilot will enable users to generate and share AI-generated file summaries directly from Windows File Explorer and OneDrive activity center starting January 2026. The feature is enabled by default, requires a Copilot license, and needs no admin setup. It enhances collaboration by providing context when sharing files.
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SharePoint Online Management Shell now supports app-only certificate-based authentication for secure, unattended automation with MFA. Administrators can register apps in Microsoft Entra ID, assign API permissions, and use certificates to run scripts without user credentials, enhancing security and compliance.
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We’re bringing the power of Microsoft 365 Copilot directly into your daily file experience in Windows. With this feature, users can summarize files and send the summary within the share dialog. This feature will be available in File Explorer and OneDrive Activity Center.
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