WEEKLY BRIEFING · 27 OCT – 2 NOV 2025 · UTC
Public sources only
47 public updates in week 44
Microsoft published 3 Windows KB releases (3 optional previews). No new MSRC release that week. 11 roadmap changes, led by Outlook (4) and Microsoft 365 Copilot (3).
3Windows KB releases
0MSRC release notes
11Roadmap changes across 6 products
0Windows and security articles
Windows releases3
Microsoft product news33
Copilot Studio what's new · 10
- (Preview) Add human input to agent workflows with the request information action.1 Nov
- (Preview) Add tool groups to agents for faster setup.1 Nov
- (Preview) Automatically create Microsoft Entra Agent IDs for agents.1 Nov
7 more
- Copy agents from Microsoft 365 Copilot to Copilot Studio.1 Nov
- Improve response accuracy with SharePoint metadata filters.1 Nov
- Improved knowledge retrieval for SharePoint-grounded agents using tenant graph grounding with semantic search.1 Nov
- Orchestrate multiple agents to break down complex tasks across specialized agents, improving accuracy and speeding up end‑to‑end automation.1 Nov
- Update Power Platform API calls to use the new 'copilotstudio' namespace.1 Nov
- Updates for models used in Copilot Studio: On November 24, 2025, GPT-5 Chat rolls out to Copilot Studio in general availability for European and United States regions.1 Nov
- Use component collections with new enhancements.1 Nov
Microsoft Defender XDR what's new · 6
- (Preview) A new Restrict pod access response action is now available when investigating container threats in the Defender portal.1 Nov
- (Preview) Defender XDR now includes the predictive shielding capability, which uses predictive analytics and real-time insights to dynamically infer risk, anticipate att…1 Nov
- (Preview) The IdentityAccountInfo table in advanced hunting is now available for preview.1 Nov
3 more
- (Preview) The overview section of threat analytics now includes additional details about a threat, such as alias, origin, and related intelligence, providing you with mo…1 Nov
- (Preview) Threat analytics now has an Indicators tab that provides a list of all indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with a threat.1 Nov
- Microsoft Sentinel customers using the Defender portal, or the Azure portal with the Microsoft Sentinel Defender XDR data connector, now also benefit from Microsoft Thre…1 Nov
Azure Virtual Desktop what's new · 5
- Azure Virtual Desktop support for external identities is now generally available1 Nov
- Enhancements to RemoteApps (preview)1 Nov
- FSLogix support for cloud-only and external identities is now in preview1 Nov
2 more
Microsoft Defender for Identity what's new · 4
- Expansion of identity scoping: Support for Organizational units (Preview)1 Nov
- Identity Inventory enhancements: Accounts tab, manual account linking and unlinking, and expanded remediation actions1 Nov
- Microsoft Defender for Identity sensor version updates1 Nov
Microsoft Sentinel what's new · 3
- Call to action: update queries and automation by July 1, 2026 - standardized account entity naming in incidents and alerts1 Nov
- New Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) experiences in the Defender portal (Preview)1 Nov
- SAP data connectors1 Nov
Azure Connected Machine agent release notes · 1
Classic Outlook known issues · 1
Microsoft Purview Blog · 1
OpenAI API changelog · 1
- gpt-oss-safeguard-120b and gpt-oss-safeguard-20b are safety reasoning models built-upon gpt-oss.29 Oct
Gemini API release notes · 1
Microsoft 365 roadmap11
Outlook · 4
- Outlook: Rule to display desktop alert28 Oct
- Outlook: Agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot available in Copilot Chat in Outlook for Mac27 Oct
- Outlook: New Scheduling and Event Creation Experience27 Oct
1 more
Microsoft 365 Copilot · 3
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot edits on a Page are highlighted by default31 Oct
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] User can create agents scoped on specific item/ container using URL27 Oct
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] [DevX] Compliance sensitivity labels for custom connectors27 Oct
Microsoft Edge · 1
Purview · 1
2 more products · 2 changes
Teams · 1
Viva · 1
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