Microsoft Teams: Tenant-Owned Domain Impersonation Protection for Teams Messaging

Identify if an external user comes from a domain that is impersonating the recipient tenant’s own domains, during their initial contact with an enterprise user via Teams messages.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] [1.02] Generate Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents from agents built from Copilot Studio lite

With the lite version of Copilot Studio in M365, users can now use Office skills like generating PowerPoint decks, Excel spreadsheets, and Word documents by chatting with the agent. This helps users save time by completing commonly used tasks. These Office skills will come as a part of the “Generate documents, charts, and code” capability in Copilot Studio lite (formerly known as Code Interpreter).

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Purview Information Protection | Classifier Simulation Mode (Health Monitoring)

Microsoft Purview introduces Classifier Simulation Mode, allowing admins to test custom classifiers on production data before publishing. Available via the compliance portal, it helps reduce false positives and improve performance. Rollout starts early November 2025, with health insights and optional simulation controls for admins.

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Microsoft 365 Copilot: Copilot integration for OneDrive files in macOS Finder

Microsoft 365 Copilot will integrate with OneDrive files in macOS Finder starting mid-November 2025, allowing users with appropriate licenses to query file contents via a context menu. The feature is enabled by default, requires no admin setup, and is available across all Microsoft 365 environments.

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Decoupling admin controls for agents on/off from Researcher and Analyst

Researcher and Analyst tools in M365 Copilot Chat remain available to all Copilot license users even if Copilot agents are disabled. Admin controls for agent access are decoupled, effective December 15, 2025. Admins should review access settings, update documentation, and inform support teams accordingly.

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Copilot in Microsoft OneNote for Windows Desktop Update

Starting December 12, 2025, OneNote for Windows desktop will update Copilot features to open in the Copilot Chat pane instead of separate windows or direct canvas insertion. This change applies to all users automatically, with no required action, and maintains enterprise grounding and compliance.

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Windows Autopatch for the US government: How to get started

The power of automated Windows update management is coming to government SKUs. This cloud-based service has now been approved to be added to the Azure FedRAMP High Provisional Authorization to Operate. If you manage Government Community Cloud (GCC) devices, this service became part of Microsoft 365 Government this month. 

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Microsoft Copilot Studio – Removal of the Insights widget from analytics page

Starting on November 27, 2025, the insights widget in the analytics page will no longer be available. The functionality of this widget, in addition to the ability to drill down to view the metrics of individual questions and answers, is now available in the feature Analyze user questions by theme.

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Windows 11, version 23H2 (Home and Pro editions) has reached end of servicing

Today, November 11, 2025, Windows 11, version 23H2 (Home and Pro editions) has reached end of servicing. The November 2025 monthly security update is the last update available for these editions. Devices running these editions will no longer receive monthly security and preview updates containing protections from the latest security threats.

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Take Action: Out-of-band update to address ESU enrollment issue on Windows 10, version 22H2 devices

Microsoft has identified an issue in the Windows 10 Consumer Extended Security Update (ESU) enrollment process where the enrollment wizard may fail during enrollment.

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