Set a customizable initial Start menu layout with an enhanced policy

Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 12, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Starting with the September 2025 security update, IT admins can configure an initial Start menu layout that users can later customize. If you’ve used the Configure Start Pins policy previously, it would revert user personalization to the IT-set configuration after a restart. The enhanced policy allows user changes to persist. This new capability is available to you through configuration service providers (CSP) today, and the Group Policy (GPO) will follow in October. 

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60-Day Reminder: Windows 11, version 23H2 (Home and Pro editions) will reach end of servicing on November 11, 2025

Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 12, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

On November 11, 2025, Windows 11, version 23H2 (Home and Pro editions) will reach end of servicing. The November 2025 monthly security update will be the last update available for these editions. After this date, devices running these editions will no longer receive monthly security and preview updates containing protections from the latest security threats.

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Windows Office Hours: September 18, 2025

Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 12, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

If you are an IT admin with questions about managing and updating Windows, we want to help. Every third Thursday of the month, we host a live chat-based event on the Tech Community called Windows Office Hours. Members of the Windows, Microsoft Intune, Windows Autopilot, Windows Autopatch, and Windows 365 engineering teams will be standing by to answer your questions. We also have experts from FastTrack, the Customer Acceleration Team, and Microsoft public sector teams. 

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Microsoft Teams: iPad Multi-tasking for Meetings

Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 12, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Teams on iPad will now support a separate popout window for meetings, enhancing multi-tasking capabilities.

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Microsoft Teams: Forwarded Messages Links

Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 12, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

When someone forwards a message in Teams, you’ll now be able to click a link that takes you straight to the original chat or channel where it came from. Note, the link works only if the recipient has access to the original conversation.

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Automated Investigation & Response (AIR) Platform Modernization – User Submission Playbook

Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 12, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

We are modernizing the AIR platform for increased scalability and speed of AIR investigations to deliver the user submission playbook faster including quicker verdicts and faster resolutions.

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Microsoft Edge: Real-time video translation

Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 12, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

If you’re learning a new language, or just like to watch foreign videos with subtitles in your preferred language, Microsoft Edge can help. With real-time video translation in Edge, you can watch videos in a different language with translated audio dub. Feature availability and functionality may vary by device type, hardware configuration (minimum 12 GB RAM and 4-core CPU), region, and platform. Availability is limited to select markets. Admins can control availability to this feature using the LiveVideoTranslationEnabled policy.
More info: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/features/real-time-video-translation

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Microsoft Teams: Improved organization chart in Profile Card (Desktop, Mac, Web)

Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 11, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Teams is enhancing the Profile Card organization chart on Windows Desktop, Mac, and web with improved UI, easier navigation, centered individual view, fewer clicks, and new navigation buttons. Rollout starts late October 2025, enabled by default, requiring no admin action.

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Microsoft Purview DLP and Edge for Business: Automated blocking of unmanaged GenAI apps in unprotected browsers

Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 11, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Purview DLP now automates blocking of unmanaged GenAI apps in Edge for Business, removing the need for separate Edge configuration policies. Rollout begins mid-October 2025. Admins should update or disable old policies to use this automation, enhancing data protection and policy enforcement.

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Dynamics 365 Customer Service – Use Assign option for cases to update capacity, presence

Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 11, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

We are announcing the ability to use the Assign option on the case form to work with unified routing to update presence and capacity of service representatives in Dynamics 365 Customer Service. This feature will reach general availability on October 10, 2025.

We are announcing the ability to use the Assign option on the case form to work with unified routing to update presence and capacity of service representatives in Dynamics 365 Customer Service. This fe

We are announcing the ability to use the Assign option on the case form to work with unified routing to update presence and capacity of service representatives in Dynamics 365 Customer Service. This feature will reach general availability on October 10, 2025.

ature will reach general availability on October 10, 2025.

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