{"id":26087,"date":"2026-08-27T10:43:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T17:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/?p=26087"},"modified":"2026-08-27T10:45:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T17:45:38","slug":"sharepoint-framework-spfx-roadmap-update-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/sharepoint-framework-spfx-roadmap-update-august-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"SharePoint Framework (SPFx) roadmap update \u2013 August 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re back after the summer break, and August picks up right where June left off. We’ve shipped\u00a0Beta 3 of SharePoint Framework 1.24<\/strong>, the\u00a0Copilot Components<\/strong> public preview – the capability we announced in June as SharePoint Copilot Apps \u2013 is open to everyone, and we’re now working toward general availability in October 2026<\/strong>. More on that name change in a moment.<\/p>\n

There’s more. We’re opening a\u00a0new preview program<\/strong> where our engineering and product teams work directly with you to build agents that use Copilot Components on top of your own business processes – so if you have a scenario in mind, we want to hear about it. And after a long wait, React 18 support is confirmed for SPFx 1.24<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As always, this is a community-driven journey. The feedback you shared over the summer \u2013 in GitHub issues, in community calls, and directly with the team \u2013 is what shaped this release and the roadmap ahead.<\/p>\n

SharePoint Framework 1.24 Beta 3 is now available<\/h2>\n

Copilot Components let you build rich, interactive user experiences that render directly on the Copilot canvas, using the SPFx skills, tooling, and investments you already have. Instead of a text-only answer, your agent can bring a real UI – cards, forms, actions, and business data – into the conversation.<\/p>\n

Components can render\u00a0inline<\/strong>\u00a0in the Copilot conversation for quick, in-context interactions, or expand to a\u00a0full-screen<\/strong> experience when the scenario needs more room.<\/p>\n

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<\/i>A note on naming<\/strong><\/p>If you followed the June announcement, you’ll know this capability as\u00a0SharePoint Copilot Apps. That was the working name for public preview, and the most likely name going forward is\u00a0Copilot Components\u00a0\u2013 which is what you’ll see us using in this post, in the templates, and in the samples. We’re still working on locking the naming down ahead of general availability, so treat it as not yet final. Nothing about the capability itself changes with the name, and we’ll confirm the final one before GA.<\/div><\/p>\n

SPFx 1.24 Beta 3<\/strong>\u00a0is now available, and it moves the Copilot Components public preview forward. We’re shipping preview updates in regular, smaller increments rather than saving everything for one large drop \u2013 you get new capabilities and fixes as soon as they’re ready, and we get your feedback while there’s still time to act on it before general availability.<\/p>\n

Built on industry standards, hosted in your own tenant<\/h3>\n

Three things worth knowing about how Copilot Components are built:<\/p>\n

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  • Industry standards, not a proprietary model.<\/strong>\u00a0You build them with\u00a0React and standard JavaScript libraries<\/strong>, connected through\u00a0MCP Apps<\/strong>. If your team knows React, they can build these today.<\/li>\n
  • They run in your own tenant.<\/strong>\u00a0A component deploys to your Microsoft 365 tenant on the SPFx hosting model you already run and govern \u2013 inside your existing tenant boundary, with no new infrastructure to operate and no new place for your data to live.<\/li>\n
  • They move between tenants.<\/strong>\u00a0A component is a standard SPFx solution package, so you can build once and deploy to your own tenant or to many customers’ tenants \u2013 the same cross-tenant story you know from SPFx, now on the Copilot canvas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The preview is open to everyone \u2013 please try it<\/h3>\n

    We want to be specific about what’s available today, because we’d like as many of you as possible to try this and tell us what you think:<\/p>\n

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    • The preview is enabled worldwide, for all customers.<\/strong>\u00a0It’s on in every tenant \u2013 there’s no special tenant, ring, sign-up, or allow-list needed to try it.<\/li>\n
    • No Copilot license is required<\/strong>, and there are\u00a0no consumption-based costs<\/strong>\u00a0during the preview.<\/li>\n
    • You can test the experience with the scenario samples we provide<\/strong>, so you don’t have to build something from scratch to see how it works. The samples include the solutions, the demo data, and setup instructions.<\/li>\n
    • We’ll confirm the licensing and cost model for general availability soon.<\/strong>\u00a0We know this matters for your planning, and we’ll share the details as soon as they’re final.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Here’s a walkthrough of how to set up the samples and try the experience in your own tenant:<\/p>\n