Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention — Always-on diagnostics for Windows Endpoints (Phase 2)

Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 1, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Admins can retrieve diagnostic ‘Always-on diagnostic’ traces directly from Windows endpoints and selectively upload them to Microsoft through the Purview Portal at the time of an investigation request such as submitting a support ticket, without disrupting end users or impacting their productivity. This eliminates the need for user coordination while maintaining seamless troubleshooting capabilities

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SharePoint: Updates to News page in SharePoint sites

Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 1, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

The News page renders news items in a given site. It is typically accessed via the “see all” experience of a news web part. We are updating the user experience of this page and bringing in Copilot capabilities to licensed users.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Chat] Email attachment summarization (Classic Attachments)

Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 1, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Now users will be able to reason over attached content along with the body of the email in Copilot Chat. Supported file types are Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Pdf, Text, Json and Xml attached to the email (Classic Attachments).

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Chat] Email attachment summarization (Modern Attachments, Item Attachments)

Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 1, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Users will be able to reason over additional attachment content, along with the email body, in Copilot Chat. Support will be extended to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Pdf, Text, Json and Xml files mentioned in the email as links (Modern Attachments). Additionally, other item attachments, such as email threads, will also be supported.

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External workbook links to blocked file types will be disabled by default

Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 31, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Starting October 2025, external workbook links to blocked file types will be disabled by default, showing a #BLOCKED error for new links and preventing refresh of existing ones. Administrators can revert this via registry or group policy settings. A rollout and user warnings will occur from October 2025 to July 2026.

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Microsoft Outlook for Windows: Add attachments while offline

Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 31, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Outlook for Windows will allow users to add file attachments to emails while offline, sending them automatically when reconnected. Rollout starts mid-August 2025 for Targeted Release and mid-October 2025 for General Availability. Admins can manage this via the OWAMailboxPolicy-OfflineEnabledWin policy.

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Outlook | Save an Event as a Draft

Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 31, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Outlook will allow saving meetings as drafts starting July 2025, showing “[Draft]” in titles. Users can discard and save events as drafts with attendees, available by default on mobile. No admin action is needed; inform users and update training as needed. No compliance issues identified.

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Microsoft 365 Copilot: Enhanced presentation creation quality

Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 31, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft 365 Copilot will enhance presentation creation with improved content depth, narrative flow, structure, and design, saving presentations to OneDrive. The update rolls out worldwide from mid to late August 2025, requires no admin action, and has some limitations like no template selection at launch.

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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel

Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 31, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

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

• Current Channel

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Power Platform admin center – Information regarding the end of support for classic PPAC

Originally posted by Microsoft Jul 31, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Starting on September 3, 2025, the classic Power Platform admin center (PPAC) experience will have reached an end of support. The new PPAC offers improved features and enhanced management experience.

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