New Windows Autopatch reports on CVEs

A new Windows Autopatch report empowers your organization to prioritize update deployment, demonstrate compliance, and maintain a robust security posture. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) report joins your other Windows quality update reports right in the Microsoft Intune admin center. Use it to view Windows CVEs addressed by recent quality updates and follow links to remediation documentation and device-level vulnerability status. 

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): SharePoint list agent

Enables effortless list creation for Copilot users through prompts, with intelligent schema generation and setup. This agent helps teams to quickly transform structured information and Copilot responses to Microsoft Lists.

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Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management-New cmdlet to remove retention from inactive mailboxes

Today, there is not a way to remove retention policies or labels (called a hold in Exchange) from items in inactive mailboxes in bulk. Now we are introducing a PowerShell cmdlet that enables retention policies or labels to be removed in bulk from these items. This removal will not affect legal holds.

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Microsoft Teams: Automatic installation and update of Network Device Interface (NDI) in Teams (MAC)

This update now enables users to install and update the Network Device Interface (NDI) automatically in Microsoft Teams on MAC devices without any manual process. This allows organizations to broadcast audio and video streams from Teams instances to a user’s local network.

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Outlook: Draft emails using saved email snippets with Quick Parts for Outlook for Windows and web

Drafting emails is faster and easier with Quick Parts, now available for Outlook for Windows and web. Quick Parts are saved email snippets that can be reused when composing new messages, making it easy to assemble messages with reusable parts.

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Microsoft Entra: Microsoft Security Copilot App Lifecycle Management Agent in Microsoft Entra

Application Lifecycle Management Agent: This agent unifies the entire application lifecycle into one intelligent workflow—replacing multiple
disconnected admin tasks with a single, guided experience. It automatically discovers unmanaged private apps using Global Secure Access telemetry, recommends onboarding them to Microsoft Entra, and handles setup with automated naming, tagging, and least-privilege scoping. After onboarding, the agent continuously monitors app usage and permissions, flags unused high privileged apps and proactively notifies owners with clear next steps via Teams or email. Using the data the agent has gathered, it suggests a phased disablement plan that admins can customize to their risk prioritization preferences.

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Microsoft 365 Copilot: GPT-5 Mode selector adds Auto, Instant, and Thinking modes

Microsoft 365 Copilot now defaults to GPT-5 with a mode selector offering Auto, Quick response, and Think deeper options. The rollout begins December 3, 2025, affecting all users with no admin changes needed. User mode choices persist across chats and the feature is enabled by default.

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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel

We’ve released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps:

  • Current Channel

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Microsoft Excel: Insert Data from Image retires starting July 2026

The Insert Data from Image feature in Excel for Windows Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel will retire in July 2026 with Version 2602. It remains until September 2026 in Version 2508. An enhanced version with Copilot chat is being developed for other channels.

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: User Report capabilities to Defender for Office Plan 1

Security admins with Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 can avail the benefits of end user reporting of Teams Messages

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