Microsoft Defender for Office 365 will allow SOC teams and admins to dispute submission results directly in the portal, improving detection accuracy by providing feedback on false positives and negatives. This feature, available from mid-July 2025, is on by default and requires no configuration. Admins can access it via the Microsoft Defender portal.
Update OneNote to the latest version to ensure seamless and secure sync due to infrastructure upgrades completed in June 2025. Users on older versions may experience sync issues. Refer to the Microsoft Support article for troubleshooting. All OneNote platforms are affected. Contact Microsoft support for further assistance.
Dialogs/Task Module support is now generally available in Microsoft Copilot Agents, enabling richer, interactive experiences through URL-based modals using iFrames. This feature allows users to complete tasks within the Copilot canvas and requires developer implementation. Ensure plugins are updated and review the provided guidance for implementation.
Microsoft is enhancing the Export-ContentExplorerData PowerShell cmdlet to include confidence level information and a new filtering parameter. This update, rolling out from late July to late August 2025, helps admins better target and analyze sensitive data. No action is required, but reviewing documentation and informing relevant teams is recommended.
Microsoft Viva Engage is consolidating the answer verification options for community experts into a single “verified answer” action to reduce decision fatigue and promote consistency. This update will roll out from mid-July to late July 2025 across Teams, Surface Devices, and Web. No admin action is required.
Microsoft products will transition to the cloud.microsoft domain by June 2025. This change aims to unify and secure Microsoft’s SaaS products. Users will be automatically redirected, and no action is required. Admins should educate users about the new domain and ensure network connections to *.cloud.microsoft are not blocked.
Microsoft Entra is updating the default sign-in background for Work or School accounts to align with Microsoft’s Fluent design language. This visual update will roll out from late September to early October 2025. No action is required, but internal documentation and help desks should be updated to reduce confusion.
Microsoft Viva Engage is introducing segmentation to deliver personalized experiences by department, geography, or other organizational compartments. The private preview starts in June 2025, with general availability in September 2025. This opt-in feature allows tailored content and interactions within user segments defined via Microsoft Entra Dynamic Groups.
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Optical character recognition (OCR) scanning enables Microsoft Purview to scan images for sensitive information. With Embedded support, OCR will scan content in DOCX, PPTX, XLSX and PDFs (scanned and hybrid containing searchable text and images). This will be in addition to support for standalone images
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