3 Major Retirements Coming—Is Your Org Ready?

Teams Live Events, InfoPath, and Project Online are all retiring in 2026. Copilot just hit 15 million paid seats. And February Patch Tuesday delivered an actively exploited zero-day. Here's what admins need to know.

🚨 Teams Live Events End of Life

Deadline: June 30, 2026

Microsoft Graph APIs for Live Events sunset on the same date. Existing scheduled events will be honored through February 28, 2027, but new event creation ends at retirement.

The good news? Town Halls now support 1080p resolution (requires Teams Premium for organizers). The migration path is clear — but the clock is ticking.

🚨 InfoPath 2013 + Forms Services Retirement

Deadline: July 14, 2026

InfoPath forms will stop working in SharePoint Online after this date. No extensions, no exceptions.

Migration paths:

• Power Apps for complex forms
• Power Automate for workflow logic
• Microsoft Forms for simple data collection

🚨 Project Online Retirement

Deadline: September 30, 2026

PWA site creation will be blocked starting April 1, 2026. Unused PWA sites without projects become inaccessible on that date.

⚡ Notable — Review This Week

Copilot Scheduling Comes to Classic Outlook (GA March 2026)

The "Schedule with Copilot" button automates availability checks, room booking, agenda drafting, and invitations. Currently in preview — prepare your training materials.

SharePoint FAQ Web Part (In Development)

A Copilot-powered web part that auto-curates FAQs from agents and grounded data with human-in-the-loop quality control. Expected February 2026.

Structured Document Generation with Forms (April 2026)

Create standardized contracts, proposals, and HR documents at scale using form-driven templates with built-in governance. This is a game-changer for organizations drowning in document inconsistency.

Teams Facilitator Agent Enhanced ✅ Launched

Now manages tasks (syncs to Planner) and drafts documents based on meeting discussions. The AI meeting assistant just got significantly more useful.

⚡ Quick Hits

📊 Market Intel

Copilot Adoption: 15 million paid seats (3.3% of commercial base)

• Westpac rolled out Copilot to 35,000 employees — largest APAC financial services deployment
• CITIC Securities using Copilot for town halls and performance appraisals
• GPT-5.2 integration across M365 Copilot suite in progress

🛡️ Security Alert

February Patch Tuesday delivered 8 critical vulnerability fixes including CVE-2026-20805, an actively exploited zero-day affecting Desktop Window Manager (info disclosure).

✅ Admin Action Items

• Audit Teams Live Events usage — identify all scheduled events and begin Town Hall migration planning
• Inventory InfoPath forms — map dependencies and prioritize Power Apps migration
• Review Project Online — determine active vs. orphaned PWA sites before April 1 lockout
• Apply February patches — zero-day is actively exploited
• Preview Copilot Scheduling — test in Classic Outlook before March GA
• Update training materials — Teams Facilitator Agent has new task/document capabilities

🗓️ Key Dates

🔥 The Bottom Line

Three major retirements are on the horizon — don't let them catch you off guard.

Teams Live Events has the earliest hard deadline (June 30), but Project Online has the first soft deadline (April 1 PWA lockout). InfoPath in the middle gives you until July, but complex forms take time to migrate properly.

Start your audits now. The migration planning window is shrinking.

Stay sharp. Stay ahead of the retirements.