365 Permission Manager Release on January 21st, 2026

Enhancements

  • Policy Exclusion – A new site action has been added to the Explore Sites view, allowing admins to exclude sites from policy assignment. When a site is excluded, any existing policies are unassigned and future policy assignments are prevented unless the exclusion is removed.

Improvements

  • Admins can now clear the default policy setting in the Compliance Policies view, allowing automatic policy assignment to be disabled without deleting the policy.
  • Performance improvements in Explore Sites, To Do, and Activity Log significantly reduce loading times for larger lists.
  • Improved performance of the Site Owner selection dropdown across multiple filters and features, reducing list loading times.
  • Improved handling of custom permissions to ensure they are consistently displayed in the permissions panel in the To Do and Explore Sites views.
  • Additional policy filter options are now available in the Explore Sites view for sites without a policy and for sites excluded from policy assignment.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

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