WEEKLY BRIEFING · 15 SEP – 21 SEP 2025 · UTC
Full source inventory · public sources only
Week 38 sources
No new MSRC release that week. 3 roadmap changes, led by Microsoft 365 Copilot (2) and Microsoft 365 (1). 24 Azure updates, including 5 retirements. 2 Windows and security articles from Microsoft blogs.
3Roadmap changes across 2 products
2Windows and security articles
Windows and security news2
Product news16
Microsoft Graph · 10
- Device and app management (beta): 4 API change passages20 Sep
- Identity and access (beta): 5 API change passages19 Sep
- Teamwork and communications (beta): 3 API change passages19 Sep
7 more
- Identity and access (beta): 1 API change passage19 Sep
- Device and app management (beta): 5 API change passages19 Sep
- Workbooks and charts (beta): 7 API change passages19 Sep
- Device and app management (beta): 2 API change passages18 Sep
- Education (v1.0): 11 API change passages18 Sep
- Identity and access (beta): 5 API change passages16 Sep
- Teamwork and communications (v1.0): 3 API change passages15 Sep
dbatools · 2
- dbatools 2.7.619 Sep
- dbatools 2.7.515 Sep
GitLab · 1
- GitLab 18.418 Sep
PSParseHTML · 1
- PSParseHTML 2.0.521 Sep
Purview · 1
Windows · 1
Azure updates24
- Public Preview: Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager – auto-upgrade target Kubernetes version channel19 Sep
- Generally Available: High Scale mode for Azure Monitor – Container Insights19 Sep
- Public Preview: Azure Managed Service for Prometheus now includes native Grafana dashboards within the Azure portal19 Sep
- Generally Available: Azure Data Box Next Gen is now generally available in additional regions19 Sep
- Retirement: Licensing changes for future Azure VMware Solution subscriptions starting October 16, 2025.18 Sep
19 more
- Generally Available: DCa/ECa v6 series AMD based confidential virtual machines (VMs)18 Sep
- Public Preview: Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager – update run approval gates18 Sep
- Generally Available: Distributed tracing for Durable Functions18 Sep
- Public Preview: Azure Functions .NET 10 support17 Sep
- Generally Available: Introducing the new Network Security Hub experience17 Sep
- Public Preview: Databricks One in Azure Databricks17 Sep
- Generally Available: Confidential computing for Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server17 Sep
- Generally Available: At-cost data transfer between Azure and an external endpoint16 Sep
- Retirement: Azure Kubernetes Service on VMware will be retired on March 16, 2026 - Replace with Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Local16 Sep
- Generally Available: Azure File Sync in Poland Central and Spain Central16 Sep
- Generally Available: Azure HBv5-series VMs16 Sep
- Generally Available: AKS Automatic16 Sep
- Generally Available: Azure Container Storage v2.0.0 now with NVMe performance boost, open source, and no service fees16 Sep
- Retirement: Azure Databricks Standard tier will retire by October 202616 Sep
- Retirement: hsmPlatform 1 Keys in Azure Key Vault15 Sep
- Generally Available: Enabling dedicated connections to backends in Azure Application Gateway15 Sep
- Generally Available: Azure SQL hub experience in Azure portal15 Sep
- Generally Available: Backend TLS validation controls in Azure Application Gateway15 Sep
- Retirement: Azure Linux 2.0 on AKS15 Sep
From the community3
Microsoft 365 roadmap3
Microsoft 365 Copilot · 2
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Edit your Copilot-generated PowerPoint presentation outline via Pages in Chat19 Sep
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] Admins can deploy and govern agents with MCP in the M365 admin center19 Sep
Microsoft 365 · 1
Other public updates22
- Update: Rollout of the Microsoft Entra ID Free subscription20 Sep
- Microsoft 365 Copilot: Copilot Chat for Teams Chats, Channels, Calling, and Meetings20 Sep
- Retiring Power BI “Visualize the List” and “Visualize the Library” Features in SharePoint Online20 Sep
- Microsoft 365 admin center: Prepurchase capacity packs for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat18 Sep
- Microsoft Teams: Select camera and audio devices in pre-join and during meetings on iPad18 Sep
17 more
- Microsoft Defender for Identity: New recommendations added to Microsoft Secure Score18 Sep
- Legacy TLS cipher suites will be deprecated in M365 services on October 20, 202518 Sep
- Introducing Knowledge Agent (preview): AI-powered content optimization for SharePoint and Copilot18 Sep
- Viva Engage: Agents in Viva Engage communities Public Preview18 Sep
- Microsoft 365 Copilot App for Windows: "Update available" button17 Sep
- New: Custom site inclusion for SharePoint Site Lifecycle Management (SLM) policies17 Sep
- Microsoft Purview: Paid public preview of Inline Protection of Sensitive Text transmitted in Edge for Business17 Sep
- Power Apps - Process maps as a part of your plan17 Sep
- Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel17 Sep
- Transition to Teams Town Hall from Teams Live Events16 Sep
- Education Customers: Enhance your LMS with the power of Microsoft 36516 Sep
- New PDF Viewer Enabled by Default in Microsoft Edge Starting October 202516 Sep
- Reminder - Support for Office 2016, Office 2019, and additional apps will end on October 14, 202516 Sep
- Microsoft Teams: Configure your Citrix VDI environments for SlimCore-based optimization16 Sep
- Microsoft Defender for Identity: New recommendations for Microsoft Secure Score16 Sep
- Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) removal from Windows15 Sep
- Mobile Plans moves to the web15 Sep
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