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GOVERNANCE
15/10/2026 · 9 min

Targeted Release is retiring. How to set up Frontier, Standard and Deferred release — and why you need a test tenant

From November 2026 you can no longer change who is in Targeted Release in Microsoft 365, and in January 2027 Targeted Release goes away completely. What replaces it, what happens to your pilot group, and why we recommend running a test tenant alongside production.

Kamil Juřík Read
GOVERNANCE 15/10/2026

Targeted Release is retiring. How to set up Frontier, Standard and Deferred release — and why you need a test tenant

From November 2026 you can no longer change who is in Targeted Release in Microsoft 365, and in January 2027 Targeted Release goes away completely. What replaces it, what happens to your pilot group, and why we recommend running a test tenant alongside production.

Kamil Juřík · 9 min