Microsoft Defender XDR will support Streaming API for DataSecurityEvents and DataSecurityBehaviors tables starting late August 2025, enabling real-time insider risk alert data delivery via event hubs. This push-based feature is off by default, requires setup, and allows integration with external ...

Copilot Chat usage in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote is now included in Microsoft 365 admin center and Viva Insights reports, enhancing Copilot Analytics. Updates will reflect user activity across these apps, improving adoption tracking and AI adoption scores with future enhancements planned.

SharePoint libraries will gain new document processing rule actions—copy file to, move file to, and set content type—available to users with edit permissions. Rolling out late August to early September 2025, these enable automated file management based on metadata, with up to 15 rules per library.

Starting September 15, 2025, Microsoft Fabric will enforce tenant and capacity-level admin settings to block creation of specified Fabric items via public APIs, Git integration, and deployment pipelines. Existing items remain unaffected. Admins should review settings to align with policies before...

Microsoft 365 Copilot iOS app will offer file previews and Copilot Chat for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files starting September 15, 2025, on iPhone, with editing requiring standalone apps. Similar updates will follow for iPad. Users will see prompts to install or open standalone apps for editing.

Microsoft is migrating the Cloud Voicemail service to new infrastructure from mid-August to late September 2025. Tenants who allowlist specific IPs for Cloud Voicemail may face connectivity issues. If problems occur, users should contact Microsoft support for assistance.

IT Administrators can restrict new file creation in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on Windows to Cloud Locations only, enhancing security and compliance. This policy, deployable via Group Policy from August 2025, limits saving new files to OneDrive, SharePoint, or third-party Clouds, promoting cloud...

We are announcing the Public Preview of the Alerts feature in Power

We are announcing the ability to enable auto-cleanup for jobs and logs