Planned maintenance: Cloud Voicemail is migrating to a new infrastructure

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.

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Restrict new file creation in Office desktop apps to Cloud Locations

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 usage and protection.

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Power Platform – Public Preview of the Alerts feature in Power Platform Monitor

We are announcing the Public Preview of the Alerts feature in Power Platform Monitor, available in the Power Platform admin center. This feature will be available in all public clouds starting on August 18, 2025.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] View Index browser, schema and errors for Custom Connectors on MAC

View index browser, schema, and the errors for custom connectors from the M365 Admin center for better troubleshooting.

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Microsoft Intune: Additional granular RBAC controls to manage Antivirus, Firewall, BitLocker, and Endpoint Detection and Response endpoint security workloads

Expanded granular RBAC controls to manage Endpoint Security workloads. The ‘Security baselines’ permission previously included all security policies and now all security workloads have their own permission set

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Updated: Microsoft Purview | Data Lifecycle Management: New secure workflow to bypass legal holds and retention policies

The rollout of Microsoft Purview’s Priority Cleanup feature, allowing admins to bypass legal holds and retention policies for permanent deletion in Exchange, is delayed from early February to late February 2025. It requires multiple approvals, specific roles, and supports policy simulation for secure data lifecycle management.

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Microsoft Dataverse – Enable auto-cleanup for jobs and logs to manage storage

We are announcing the ability to enable auto-cleanup for jobs and logs to manage storage in Microsoft Dataverse. This feature will reach general availability on September 15, 2025.

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AI Builder – Optimize AI-driven outcomes with prompt evaluations

We are announcing the ability to optimize AI-driven outcomes with prompt evaluations in AI Builder. This feature will reach general availability on September 15, 2025.

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AI Builder – Enhance document processing efficiency with an agent

We are announcing the ability to enhance document processing efficiency with an agent in AI Builder. This feature will reach general availability on September 15, 2025.

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AI Builder – Review AI generated content with validation station

We are announcing the ability to review AI prompts, inputs, and responses with validation station in AI Builder. This feature will reach general availability on September 15, 2025.

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