Microsoft Places roadmap highlights announced at ISE

By João Ferreira Feb 13, 2026 Microsoft Places 0 Comments

At ISE, Microsoft shared several updates and upcoming capabilities for Microsoft Places, alongside a clearer outline of what is expected to land over the next six to nine months. The announcements focused primarily on reservation experiences, workplace presence, spatial data, and extensibility, rather than introducing a single flagship feature.

The following sections summarise the main roadmap items that were discussed.

Map‑based room booking in modern calendars

One of the confirmed roadmap items is the introduction of map‑based room booking directly inside modern calendar experiences in Outlook and Microsoft Teams. This capability is expected to arrive during the summer.

With this change, users will be able to view and select rooms using maps without leaving the calendar surface. The Places app will continue to exist, but map‑based discovery will no longer be limited to it. Microsoft indicated that modern Outlook and Teams calendars are the primary surfaces where new Places capabilities will appear.

Wi‑Fi‑based automatic location detection

Automatic location detection, previously removed from the roadmap, has been reintroduced and is expected to ship toward the end of the first quarter. This feature allows users who opt in to be automatically checked into an office location when their device connects to the corporate Wi‑Fi network.

Space profile cards, starting with buildings

Microsoft announced plans to introduce profile cards for spaces, similar in concept to the profile cards already used for people across Microsoft 365. The initial focus is on building cards, with a first version expected in the first half of the year.

These cards will surface information already stored in the Places directory, such as building details, contacts, and operational information. A later version is expected to add more dynamic content, including Copilot‑driven insights and actions. Microsoft positioned these cards as lightweight entry points for interacting with spatial information without navigating to a separate application.

Summary

The roadmap items announced at ISE focus on extending Microsoft Places across existing Microsoft 365 surfaces, improving spatial discovery and presence signals. Rather than introducing a single new capability, the updates collectively reinforce Places as a shared spatial layer that supports room and desk booking, presence awareness, and integrations across the Microsoft ecosystem.