Microsoft 365 Usage Reporting Updates (Microsoft Browser and Visio)

🚨 The Signal: Microsoft is improving usage reporting for Microsoft Browser and Visio, including more M365 apps in browser reports. This will increase reported active user counts, requiring administrators to adjust baselines for usage analytics.

The Impact

Microsoft 365 tenant administrators are affected by changes to usage reporting metrics, with no direct security risk.

  • Tenant Administrators: Need to review and adjust usage dashboards.
  • Organizations using Microsoft Browser/Visio: Will see increased active user counts.
  • Graph API Consumers: Must validate integrations for browser usage metrics.

The Action

  1. Review existing reporting and dashboards that rely on Microsoft Browser or Visio metrics.
  2. Record September 21, 2026, as the new baseline date for usage reporting.
  3. Validate any custom integrations using the Microsoft Graph Reports API for browser usage.

Domain: M365-Apps · Impact: low · Workload: M365 Apps