WEEKLY BRIEFING · 28 APR – 4 MAY 2025 · UTC
Public sources only
25 public updates in week 18
No new MSRC release that week. 5 roadmap changes, led by Teams (2) and Microsoft 365 Copilot (1).
0Windows KB releases
0MSRC release notes
5Roadmap changes across 4 products
0Windows and security articles
Microsoft product news15
Microsoft Defender XDR what's new · 4
- (Preview) In advanced hunting, you can now view all your user-defined rules—both custom detection rules and analytics rules—in the Detection rules page.1 May
- (Preview) The following advanced hunting schema tables are now available for preview to help you look through Microsoft Teams events and related information: The Message…1 May
- (Preview) You can now highlight your security operations achievements and the impact of Microsoft Defender by using the unified security summary.1 May
Classic Outlook known issues · 4
- [FIXED] Classic Outlook mail merge hangs trying to initialize Word1 May
- [FIXED] CPU spikes when typing in classic Outlook for Windows1 May
- [FIXED] Errors CAA2000B and 4usqa when trying to sign in to classic Outlook1 May
1 more
Microsoft Sentinel what's new · 3
- Additions to SOC optimization support (Preview)1 May
- All Microsoft Sentinel use cases generally available in the Defender portal1 May
- Unified IdentityInfo table1 May
Azure Virtual Desktop what's new · 2
- Connect directly to Azure Virtual Desktop with a direct launch URL1 May
- Multiple personal desktops for a single user is now generally available1 May
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 what's new · 1
Azure Virtual Desktop Blog · 1
From the community5
Microsoft 365 roadmap5
Teams · 2
- Microsoft Teams: Teams Button Support on Multiple Connected Peripheral Devices2 May
- Microsoft Teams: Copilot in Teams meetings responses can be exported to Word and Excel1 May
Microsoft 365 Copilot · 1
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Current web content included when drafting with Copilot in Word30 Apr
Viva · 1
Word · 1
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