Weekly briefing
Week 34 · 18 Aug – 24 Aug 2025 UTC · assess the changes, then plan the next dates.
All dated changes in this period
117 source records · 61 groupsUpdates and guidanceDefender
Updates and guidanceMicrosoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Updates and guidanceSentinel
Message CenterExchange
MC1138799: Outlook: External tag in profile cards
Message Center · Stay informed · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Exchange Online
Message CenterMicrosoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando2 source records
Message Center · Plan for change · 2 entries
- MC1138240: Microsoft Outlook: Updated Copilot Chat interface with new conversation view
Message Center · Plan for change · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Microsoft 365 suite
- MC1138795: Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat: new service listing in Service health and Message center
Message Center · Stay informed · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Microsoft 365 suite
Message CenterOneDrive
Releasesdbatools
dbatools 2.7.1
Tool release · dbatools releases
Assessment context
2 release-note bullets
- Add-DbaAgDatabase: Fix spelling - use JoinAvailablityGroup with the typo as this is what the SMO uses by @andreasjordan in https://github.com/dataplat/dbatools/pull/9793
- Copy-DbaSystemDbUserObject - fix typo by @potatoqualitee in https://github.com/dataplat/dbatools/pull/9794
RoadmapPurview
ReleasesWindows / Windows Server
KB5066187 · Windows 10, version 1809 +1
Out-of-band release
Windows 10, version 1809, Windows Server 2019
Assessment context
Released outside the monthly cycle
ReleasesWindows
KB5066188 · Windows 10, version 21H2 +1
Out-of-band release
Windows 10, version 21H2, Windows 10, version 22H2
Assessment context
Released outside the monthly cycle
CommunityOut of Office Hours (Michael Niehaus)
A new milestone: 5 million views
Community post · Out of Office Hours (Michael Niehaus)
Updates and guidanceDefender2 source records
Product news · 2 entries
- Defender for Endpoint Android 1.0.8018.0103
Product news · Defender for Endpoint Android releases
- Defender for Endpoint iOS 1.1.68140102
Product news · Defender for Endpoint iOS releases
Updates and guidanceGlobal Secure Access
Global Secure Access macOS client 1.1.25070402
Product news · Global Secure Access macOS client releases
Updates and guidanceMicrosoft Graph27 source records
Graph announcement · 24 passages · 2 entries
- Devices and apps (beta): 24 API change passages
Graph announcement · 24 passages · Microsoft Graph changelog
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
- Teamwork and communications (v1.0): 3 API change passages
Graph announcement · 3 passages · Microsoft Graph changelog
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Message CenterDynamics 365
MC1137668: Dynamics 365 Sales - Sales Qualification Agent is now fully autonomous
Message Center · Stay informed · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Dynamics 365 Apps
Message CenterMicrosoft 365 Apps
MC1138212: Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel
Message Center · Stay informed · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Microsoft 365 apps
Message CenterTeams
MC1084035: Microsoft Teams: Pop out your core apps into a new window.
Notice updated · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Microsoft Teams
RoadmapPurview
Microsoft Purview compliance portal : Insider Risk Management – Bring your own detections
Roadmap entry · Microsoft 365 Roadmap · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
RoadmapTeams
Microsoft Teams: Select camera in pre-join and during meeting
Roadmap entry · Microsoft 365 Roadmap · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
RoadmapViva
Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse - New Pulse customization options
Roadmap entry · Microsoft 365 Roadmap · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Message CenterExchange / Teams
MC1137595: Planned maintenance: Cloud Voicemail is migrating to a new infrastructure
Message Center · Prevent or fix issues · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams
Assessment context
Microsoft asks admins to prevent or fix an issue
Message CenterPower BI2 source records
Message Center · Plan for change · 2 entries
- MC1137600: Fix update: Enforcement of Admin Settings in Fabric Public API and CI/CD
Message Center · Plan for change · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Power BI
Assessment context
Microsoft marks it a major change
- MC1137612: Workspace-level workload assignment in Microsoft Fabric
Message Center · Stay informed · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Power BI
Releasesdbatools
dbatools 2.7.0
Tool release · dbatools releases
Assessment context
Release notes mention breaking changes
Notes mention breaking changes20 release-note bullets
- Refactor Get-TestConfig for safety and better readability by @andreasjordan in https://github.com/dataplat/dbatools/pull/9751
- Ignore docs and config changes in CI workflows by @potatoqualitee in https://github.com/dataplat/dbatools/pull/9752
- More tests in the new pester 5 design by @andreasjordan in https://github.com/dataplat/dbatools/pull/9753
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