New Features and Improvements

Release Date for the Commercial Environment: February 8, 2026

Release Date for the U.S. Government Environment: March 1, 2026

General Updates

The following pooled subscriptions are now available in Elements.
- Cloud Backup for Google Classroom - Objects
- Cloud Backup for Google Classroom - Users
Partners can now request the deletion of the customer tenant when disconnecting a managed customer from Elements.
Partner and customer access has been streamlined through an enhanced Portal Access role. Roles can now be created without functional role dependencies, roles sync seamlessly from MSP to tenant level, and permissions can be applied across tenants, customers, and customer groups.
MFA setup via QR code is now prompted for local users at login. MFA will become mandatory starting with the April 2026 release.
When adding a new tenant in Elements, you can now enter a SharePoint Online admin center URL to ensure full SharePoint feature support.
The Organizations section is now available in the left navigation under Tenant settings when viewing a tenant, offering a more efficient way to create and manage organizations.
Password generation and reset settings are now available under Tenant settings > Settings > Basics when viewing a tenant, providing a streamlined approach for managing passwords.

An icon is now displayed next to any conflicting property in JSON format. Clicking this icon opens a full-screen view that clearly highlights the differences, improving clarity and user experience.
A New group monitoring setting is now available on the baseline details page, allowing you to decide whether to prevent new groups from being detected as deviations during drift detection.
The conflict property window has been improved: no value is pre-selected when viewing a conflict, and when selecting a tenant value, you will be prompted to mark it as a tenant-specific setting or accept it as a deviation.
A wider range of configurations is now supported.

The Workspaces with inactive data and Workspaces with ROT data links are now available in the Discovery & optimization tab of the Overview page. Click the links to directly access the Workspaces page, where workspaces with inactive or ROT data greater than 0 MB are displayed. You can then archive or destroy the inactive or ROT data as needed.
You can now leave a stub of the HTML, TXT, or Restore link type in place for each document.
Sharing link management settings, including Restrict sharing links, Restrict sharing links with Edit permission, and Sharing link expiration enforcement, are now configurable in compliance policies.
The Workspace management - Discovery premium management service is no longer supported. Storage optimization discoveries are available when the customer has the Workspace management or Workspace management - Storage optimization service.

The archive or destroy action is only available when the customer has sufficient capacity.

A new Teams section is now available in the left navigation when viewing a tenant, offering a more efficient way to create and manage teams.
When creating an external user, you now have the option to create a cloud external user or a local external user, and a new Source column has been added to the external users list to provide insight.
When creating a service account, you now have the option to create a cloud service account or a local service account, and a new Source column has been added to the service accounts list to provide insight.
When Hybrid Exchange is selected as the Exchange type, you can now create mail-related objects including contacts, functional roles, mail-enabled security groups, and distribution groups directly in your local AD, streamlining mail object management for hybrid Exchange.
Additional entry types have been incorporated into the AD naming profile, providing greater flexibility for managing local users and groups.
The user creation template now includes additional properties based on the tenant settings, and the wizard has been enhanced to provide a more streamlined and intuitive interface.

Apps of the macOS app (DMG), macOS app (PKG), macOS web clip, Microsoft 365 Apps for macOS, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (macOS), Microsoft Edge for macOS, and Web link types can now be created and managed via the Device management service.

Automated license decrease is now supported in Elements. Partners can set limits, define the subscription scope, prioritize marketplace plans, and track reduction history and automation status directly within the system.
The Marketplace dashboard has been redesigned with a new subscription calendar, enhanced cost and automation reports, and a streamlined to-do list for tracking pending requests.

The following enhancements have been made to functional roles: a new Membership type column has been added to the function role list providing immediate insight; the redundant Dynamic tag has been removed from functional role names; the Dynamic membership rule is now available under the Basics tab of functional roles.

Microsoft CSP integration now supports the Cloud Backup for Microsoft 365, Workspace management, and Workspace management - Storage optimization services.

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