WEEKLY BRIEFING · 18 AUG – 24 AUG 2025 · UTC
Full source inventory · public sources only
Week 34 sources
Microsoft published 4 Windows KB releases (4 out-of-band). No new MSRC release that week. 6 roadmap changes, led by Purview (2) and Teams (2). 12 Azure updates, including 2 retirements. 4 Windows and security articles from Microsoft blogs.
4Windows KB releases
6Roadmap changes across 4 products
4Windows and security articles
Windows releases4
Windows and security news4
Product news16
Microsoft Graph · 7
- Identity and access (beta): 1 API change passage22 Aug
- Identity and access (beta): 2 API change passages21 Aug
- Tenants (beta): 7 API change passages21 Aug
4 more
dbatools · 2
- dbatools 2.7.120 Aug
- dbatools 2.7.018 Aug
Defender · 2
ADEssentials · 1
- ADEssentials 0.0.25324 Aug
GitLab · 1
- GitLab 18.321 Aug
Global Secure Access · 1
Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK · 1
Teams PowerShell · 1
- MicrosoftTeams 7.3.121 Aug
Azure updates12
- Generally Available: Azure Functions support for Node.js 2222 Aug
- Generally Available: Azure Migrate now supports migration to disks with Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS) redundancy22 Aug
- Generally Available: Application Gateway upgrades with no performance impact21 Aug
- Generally, Available: Search Job in Log Analytics - Now Supporting Up to 100 Million Results21 Aug
- Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files file access logs21 Aug
7 more
- Generally Available: Azure Functions Flex Consumption plan now supports 512 MB instance size and diagnostic settings21 Aug
- Public Preview: Azure Bastion now supports connectivity to private AKS clusters via tunneling20 Aug
- Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Flexible service level now supports cool access20 Aug
- Private Preview: DCesv6 and ECesv6 series confidential VMs with Intel® TDX20 Aug
- Retirement: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Deprecation in Microsoft Azure Operated by 21Vianet Announcement20 Aug
- Retirement: Microsoft Sentinel Deprecation in Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet Announcement20 Aug
- Generally Available: Azure Blob Storage Archive Tier Now in Malaysia West18 Aug
From the community2
Microsoft 365 roadmap6
Purview · 2
- Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Exact Data Match adding support for role-based access control (RBAC) for EDM upload authorization20 Aug
- Microsoft Purview compliance portal : Insider Risk Management – Bring your own detections19 Aug
Teams · 2
- Microsoft Teams: Select camera in pre-join and during meeting19 Aug
- Microsoft Teams: Support for PowerPoint live within Cloud Video Interop (CVI)18 Aug
Microsoft 365 Copilot · 1
Viva · 1
Other public updates40
- Retirement of web-based “Share to Teams” experience from Outlook22 Aug
- Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows touch boards: Browser support with Microsoft Edge22 Aug
- Microsoft Teams: Prevent screen capture (Premium feature)22 Aug
- Microsoft Teams Copilot without transcription becomes default for meetings - conversation history now persists22 Aug
- SharePoint Pages: Sections with AI22 Aug
35 more
- Viva Engage: Export event posts22 Aug
- Microsoft Teams: New organizer controls for in-meeting management22 Aug
- Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat: New ways to include files and emails in prompts22 Aug
- Information Barrier support in Microsoft Planner22 Aug
- Feature Retirement: Tonal Rewrite in Outlook Web Access (OWA)22 Aug
- OneNote for Windows 10 End of Support21 Aug
- What’s new in the Microsoft Intune Service Update for August 202521 Aug
- Power Apps – Manage public system views with security role21 Aug
- Dynamics 365 Customer Service & Dynamics 365 Contact Center - Set up microphone connection on representative sign-in21 Aug
- Outlook: External tag in profile cards20 Aug
- Build SharePoint automations with Workflows—now aligned with the Teams experience20 Aug
- New admin control in Microsoft 365 admin center for org-wide sharing of user-built Copilot agents20 Aug
- Collaborate with Microsoft Loop Pages in Teams Channels20 Aug
- Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat: new service listing in Service health and Message center20 Aug
- Unread News Notifications in Viva Connections20 Aug
- Microsoft Viva Insights: New Power BI report for Microsoft 365 Copilot agent metrics20 Aug
- Viva Engage: Public discussions now available in Workplace Search and Copilot Search20 Aug
- Viva Glint: Focus area enhancements and retirement of goal periods20 Aug
- Microsoft Outlook: Updated Copilot Chat interface with new conversation view20 Aug
- Outlook Mobile : Copilot Chat overlay coming to iOS and Android20 Aug
- Dynamics 365 Customer Insights - Journeys - Simplify forms by filtering choices based on previous answers19 Aug
- Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel19 Aug
- Dynamics 365 Sales - Sales Qualification Agent is now fully autonomous19 Aug
- Interact with SharePoint content in Teams channels using agents18 Aug
- Workspace-level workload assignment in Microsoft Fabric18 Aug
- Deception feature in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint will be retired from public preview18 Aug
- Microsoft Defender for Identity alerts transitioning to XDR-based detection platform18 Aug
- Microsoft Viva - Viva Glint: Export Team Summary report in Viva Glint to editable PowerPoint slides18 Aug
- Streaming API support for Data Security tables in Microsoft Defender XDR Advanced Hunting18 Aug
- Copilot Chat usage in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote now included in Copilot Analytics18 Aug
- Additional document processing rule actions for Microsoft SharePoint libraries18 Aug
- Fix update: Enforcement of Admin Settings in Fabric Public API and CI/CD18 Aug
- Streamlined file preview and Copilot Chat experience in Microsoft 365 Copilot app for iOS18 Aug
- Planned maintenance: Cloud Voicemail is migrating to a new infrastructure18 Aug
- Restrict new file creation in Office desktop apps to Cloud Locations18 Aug
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