Microsoft Defender: Microsoft Secure Score recommendation update

Coming soon: We will update a recommendation behavior in Exposure Management in the Microsoft Defender portal for better alignment with the CIS (Center of Internet Security) benchmark.

After this rollout, the recommendation Ensure sign-in frequency is enabled and browser sessions are not persistent for administrative users will grant points only when the policy is saved as On.

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Microsoft Entra ID: Update to user sign-in with Microsoft Authenticator Lite and Microsoft Authenticator app

Customers have reported accessibility issues with existing timeouts for multifactor authentications (MFA) and passwordless sign in on iOS/Android with the Microsoft Authenticator app and Microsoft Authenticator Lite for Microsoft Outlook. To help address this concern, we will change the user sign-in experience to help reduce the potential for duplicate request errors and show a user how to refresh their notifications in the Authenticator app and Microsoft Authenticator Lite (Microsoft Outlook).

When this will happen:

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot surfaces key statistics in the top of a document

Copilot includes a summary at the top of key statistics from your Word document.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Catch up on a summary of document comments in the top of your document

Copilot will have a Discussion tab in the top of your document to summarize open comments, helping you quickly understand what people have said in comments.

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PowerPoint: Reference a TXT file when creating a presentation with Copilot

You can now reference a TXT file when you create a presentation with Copilot within the PowerPoint application.

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Outlook: Improved interaction in the subject header section on Outlook on the Web and New Outlook for Windows

The subject header section that shows up at the top when reading an email will be improved. This includes the component that contains meeting information when looking at a meeting invitation and other similar components. The subject header section will be more sensitive to available space and allow for a more comfortable reading experience when on smaller screens or on displays with high scale factors. #newoutlookforwindows

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Metadata for Shared agent management in Microsoft 365 admin center

IT admins can view metadata for Shared agents in Microsoft 365 admin center similar to metadata information for line of business applications built by customer organization. It provides IT admins the opportunity to explore all data besides honoring UX filters for a seamless user experience.

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SharePoint: OneDrive and SharePoint – Compress your PDF

OneDrive for Web now lets you reduce PDF file size with compress feature. You can choose from three different compression levels that best fit your needs.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Catch up on a summary of document comments in the top of your document

Copilot will have a Discussion tab in the top of your document to summarize open comments, helping you quickly understand what people have said in comments.

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Microsoft Teams: Speaker attribution now “On” by default in BYOD rooms with enhanced admin controls

New PowerShell setting (SpeakerAttributionBYOD in csTeamsAIPolicy), enabled by default, gives IT admins more control over speaker attribution in BYOD (bring your own device) meeting rooms. This enhances the experience for users by enabling clear speaker labels and richer in-meeting and post-meeting insights with Microsoft 365 Copilot. Users just enroll profiles via Teams Settings to be recognized.

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