WEEKLY BRIEFING · 14 JUL – 20 JUL 2025 · UTC
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Week 29 sources
No new MSRC release that week. 2 roadmap changes, led by Microsoft 365 Copilot (2). CISA added 1 Microsoft CVE to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. 20 Azure updates, including 2 retirements. 5 Windows and security articles from Microsoft blogs.
2Roadmap changes across 1 product
5Windows and security articles
1Microsoft CVEs added to CISA KEV
Security to act on1
Windows and security news5
- Hotpatching for Azure Arc–Connected Servers: General Availability and Subscription Details16 Jul
- Security Advisory Bulletin 05116 Jul
- Edge 138.0.3351.95: fixes CVE-2025-6558, exploited in the wild16 Jul
- Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 202515 Jul
- VMSA-2025-0013: VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Tools updates address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-41236, CVE-2025-41237, CVE-2025-41238, CVE-2025-41239)15 Jul
Product news5
Microsoft Graph · 2
- Device and app management (beta): 1 API change passage17 Jul
- Teamwork and communications (v1.0): 3 API change passages16 Jul
DnsClientX · 1
- DnsClientX 1.0.017 Jul
GitLab · 1
- GitLab 18.217 Jul
Ubiquiti UniFi · 1
Azure updates20
- Generally Available: Azure Firewall now supports ingestion-time transformation in Log Analytics for flexible, cost-efficient logging18 Jul
- Generally Available: Geo-Replication for Azure Event Hubs Premium and Dedicated17 Jul
- Generally Available: GRS and CRR support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Backup availability in Norway and Japan17 Jul
- Generally Available: Cluster Extension Manager move to AKS control plane17 Jul
- Generally Available: Virtual Machines node pools support in AKS17 Jul
15 more
- Public Preview: CLI command for migration from Availability Sets and Basic load balancer on AKS17 Jul
- Public Preview: Max blocked nodes allowed support in AKS17 Jul
- Generally Available: Node auto-provisioning support in AKS17 Jul
- Generally Available: Durable Functions PowerShell SDK as a standalone module17 Jul
- Public Preview: AZNFS (3.0) for BlobNFS with FUSE for superior performance17 Jul
- Public Preview: Azure Functions Kafka trigger support in Consumption plan17 Jul
- Public Preview: Orchestration versioning for Durable Functions and durable task SDKs17 Jul
- Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server: Indonesia Central16 Jul
- Generally Available: Azure Backup standard policies support for Trusted Launch virtual Machines16 Jul
- Retirement: Azure HDInsight – Enterprise Security Package15 Jul
- Generally Available: Mirroring Azure Databricks Unity Catalog to Microsoft OneLake in Fabric15 Jul
- Generally Available: Microsoft Azure Cloud HSM15 Jul
- Retirement: Azure Front Door (classic) and Azure CDN from Microsoft Classic SKU ending CNAME based domain validation and new domain/profile creations by August 15, 202515 Jul
- Generally Available: ExpressRoute - Auto-assigned Public IP for ExpressRoute Gateways14 Jul
- Public Preview: Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabric14 Jul
From the community1
Microsoft 365 roadmap2
Microsoft 365 Copilot · 2
Other public updates20
- Microsoft Entra | Streamlined Same-Device Number Matching and First Run Experience (FRX) in Microsoft Authenticator18 Jul
- Microsoft Teams | Know Your Customer (KYC) onboarding required for new phone number requests18 Jul
- Microsoft Viva Engage | Email sender domain migration from @yammer.com to @engage.mail.microsoft18 Jul
- Updates to custom scripting in sites and Classic Publishing site creation18 Jul
- Microsoft OneDrive for Business | Updated order of Shortcut and Sync commands17 Jul
15 more
- Standard and Priority access to Copilot capabilities17 Jul
- Announcing Public Preview of Project Manager agent in Shared Premium Plans17 Jul
- Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Role-based Copilot offerings 2025 release wave 2 plans available now!17 Jul
- Microsoft 365 Copilot | Chat now supports new file types in search grounding16 Jul
- Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel16 Jul
- Microsoft Viva | New Microsoft Graph APIs for Viva Engage role management15 Jul
- New Copilot setting for pinning the Microsoft 365 Copilot app to the Windows Taskbar15 Jul
- New Tenant-level Service Plan in Viva Suite SKU15 Jul
- Microsoft Teams: Meeting Join Bar15 Jul
- Hotpatching is now available for 64-bit Arm architecture15 Jul
- Microsoft Teams | Enhance your Teams experience with new accent colors14 Jul
- Take actions with Viva Pulse after Viva Glint engagement surveys is now GA!14 Jul
- Enhanced eDiscovery Premium APIs14 Jul
- Introduction of secure workflow to bypass retention/legal holds on OneDrive and SharePoint14 Jul
- Microsoft Security Copilot in Intune is now generally available with new ways to explore and act on your Intune data14 Jul
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