WEEKLY BRIEFING · 17 NOV – 23 NOV 2025 · UTC
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Week 47 sources
Microsoft published 3 Windows KB releases (2 out-of-band, 1 optional preview). No new MSRC release that week. 9 roadmap changes, led by Microsoft 365 Copilot (3) and SharePoint (2). 173 Azure updates, including 1 retirement. 6 Windows and security articles from Microsoft blogs.
3Windows KB releases
9Roadmap changes across 6 products
6Windows and security articles
Windows releases3
Windows and security news6
- WAF - WAF Release - 2025-11-2121 Nov
- Ignite 2025: Microsoft Defender now prevents threats on endpoints during an attack20 Nov
- Microsoft Foundry on Windows Server19 Nov
- Introducing Windows Admin Center: Virtualization Mode (vMode)18 Nov
- Edge 142.0.3595.90: fixes CVE-2025-13223, exploited in the wild18 Nov
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Product news50
Microsoft Graph · 32
- Files (beta): 10 API change passages21 Nov
- Calendar (beta): 9 API change passages20 Nov
- Identity and access (beta): 2 API change passages20 Nov
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- Teamwork and communications (v1.0): 1 API change passage19 Nov
- Cloud communications (beta): 2 API change passages19 Nov
- Teamwork and communications (beta): 6 API change passages19 Nov
- Teamwork and communications (beta): 3 API change passages19 Nov
- Identity and access (beta): 2 API change passages18 Nov
- Agents (beta): 10 API change passages18 Nov
- Identity and access (beta): 6 API change passages18 Nov
- Identity and access (beta): 6 API change passages18 Nov
- Identity and access (beta): 1 API change passage18 Nov
- Files (beta): 3 API change passages18 Nov
- Identity and access (beta): 2 API change passages18 Nov
- Teamwork and communications (beta): 2 API change passages18 Nov
- Identity and access (beta): 3 API change passages18 Nov
- Security (beta): 2 API change passages18 Nov
- Security (v1.0): 2 API change passages18 Nov
- Device and app management (beta): 1 API change passage18 Nov
- Device and app management (beta): 8 API change passages18 Nov
- Identity and access (beta): 1 API change passage18 Nov
- Agents (beta): 6 API change passages17 Nov
- Agents (beta): 10 API change passages17 Nov
- Reports (beta): 3 API change passages17 Nov
- Agents (beta): 23 API change passages17 Nov
- Security (beta): 2 API change passages17 Nov
- Security (v1.0): 7 API change passages17 Nov
- Identity and access (beta): 5 API change passages17 Nov
- Identity and access (beta): 13 API change passages17 Nov
- Reports (beta): 13 API change passages17 Nov
- Agents (beta): 4 API change passages17 Nov
- Agents (beta): 2 API change passages17 Nov
Azure · 4
- Azure Governance @ Ignite 202522 Nov
- Improve your resiliency posture with new capabilities and intelligent assistance18 Nov
- Optimize Your Cloud Environment Using Agentic AI18 Nov
1 more
Google Gemini · 2
- Released Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview, gemini-3-pro-image-preview, the next iteration to the Nano Banana model.20 Nov
- Launched the first Gemini 3 series model, gemini-3-pro-preview, our state-of-the-art reasoning and multimodal understanding model with powerful agentic and coding capabi…18 Nov
Windows · 2
- Process Explorer v17.0820 Nov
- ZoomIt v9.2117 Nov
Windows 365 · 2
- Windows 365 Reserve now generally available17 Nov
- Windows 365 support for external identities is now generally available17 Nov
Azure CLI · 1
- Azure CLI 2.80.018 Nov
CleanupMonster · 1
- CleanupMonster 3.1.623 Nov
dbatools · 1
- dbatools 2.7.819 Nov
Defender · 1
GitLab · 1
- GitLab 18.620 Nov
Intune · 1
Microsoft Entra · 1
SQL Server · 1
Azure updates173
- Generally Available: Custom handler support in Azure Functions Flex consumption21 Nov
- Retirement: Migrate to dedicated VM for your compute clusters21 Nov
- Public Preview: Container network metrics filtering in Advanced Container Networking Services for (ACNS) for AKS20 Nov
- Generally Available: MCP support for AI toolchain operator add-on in AKS20 Nov
- Generally Available: Cluster-wide Cilium network policy with Azure CNI powered by Cilium for AKS20 Nov
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- Generally Available: Local redirect policy in Azure CNI powered by Cilium for AKS20 Nov
- Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files single file restore from backup20 Nov
- Generally Available: Layer 7 policy with Advanced Container Networking Services (ACNS) for AKS20 Nov
- Generally Available: DNS security policy Threat Intelligence feed20 Nov
- Generally Available: Azure Sphere OS version 25.10 is now available20 Nov
- Generally Available: Trusted Launch is now supported for Arm64 Marketplace Images20 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files cache volumes20 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files migration assistant (portal support)20 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure Monitor for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes with OpenShift and Azure Red Hat OpenShift20 Nov
- Generally Available: Azure Managed Lustre Support for Azure MCP Server19 Nov
- Generally Available: CSI Dynamic Provisioning for Azure Managed Lustre19 Nov
- Public Preview: 20 MB/s/TiB Performance Tier for Azure Managed Lustre19 Nov
- Public Preview: Auto-import for Azure Managed Lustre19 Nov
- Public Preview: Recommended alerts for Azure Monitor Workspace19 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure Managed Redis integration with Microsoft Foundry19 Nov
- Generally Available: TLS and TCP termination on Azure Application Gateway19 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure API Management adds support for A2A Agent APIs19 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure Databricks Genie in Copilot Studio19 Nov
- Public Preview: Microsoft Foundry data connection for Azure Databricks19 Nov
- Public Preview: Claude in Microsoft Foundry19 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure Copilot agents - a closer look at the deployment agent18 Nov
- Generally Available: Private Marketplace for VS Code18 Nov
- Private Preview: Azure HorizonDB18 Nov
- Public Preview: Managed Instance on Azure App Service18 Nov
- Public Preview: Microsoft Defender for Cloud + GitHub Advanced Security18 Nov
- Public Preview: Smart Tier account level tiering (Azure Blob Storage and ADLS)18 Nov
- Public Preview: Entra-only identities support with Azure Files SMB18 Nov
- Announcing: Resources for migrating to Azure Functions Flex Consumption18 Nov
- Generally Availabe: SQL Server 202518 Nov
- Generally Available: 2025 REST API for Azure Database for PostgreSQL18 Nov
- Generally Available: Advanced sampling and richer data collection in Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro18 Nov
- Generally Available: AKS Automatic pod readiness SLA18 Nov
- Generally Available: Application Gateway for Containers – Slow start18 Nov
- Generally Available: Azure Application Gateway mTLS passthrough support18 Nov
- Generally Available: Azure Container Apps serverless GPUs in additional regions18 Nov
- Generally Available: Azure Container Registry Repository Permissions with Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC)18 Nov
- Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB fleet pools18 Nov
- Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB for Visual Studio Code18 Nov
- Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric18 Nov
- Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL storage extension support for Parquet18 Nov
- Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server anon extension18 Nov
- Generally Available: Azure DocumentDB - an open-source, MongoDB-compatible document database service for hybrid and multicloud18 Nov
- Generally Available: Azure Functions durable task scheduler Dedicated SKU (GA) & Consumption SKU (Public Preview)18 Nov
- Generally Available: Azure Functions enables OpenTelemetry support18 Nov
- Generally Available: Azure SQL Database long-term retention (LTR) backup immutability18 Nov
- Generally Available: Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-gen General Purpose service tier18 Nov
- Generally Available: Azure SQL updates for November 202518 Nov
- Generally Available: Azure Virtual Network Manager address overlap prevention in mesh18 Nov
- Generally Available: Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabric18 Nov
- Generally Available: Elastic clusters on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server18 Nov
- Generally Available: ExpressRoute Scalable Gateway18 Nov
- Generally Available: Float16 data type for vector indexes in Azure Cosmos DB18 Nov
- Generally Available: Fuzzy search in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL full-text search18 Nov
- Generally Available: Managed namespaces on AKS18 Nov
- Generally Available: Microsoft Python driver for SQL Server18 Nov
- Generally Available: Mirroring in Fabric for PostgreSQL Flexible Server18 Nov
- Generally Available: Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool trigger for Azure Functions18 Nov
- Generally Available: MSSQL extension integration with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code18 Nov
- Generally Available: New SQL Server migration in Azure Arc18 Nov
- Generally Available: Online migration from Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB RU to Azure DocumentDB18 Nov
- Generally Available: Pod sandboxing on AKS18 Nov
- Generally Available: PostgreSQL 18 with in-place upgrade on Azure Database for PostgreSQL18 Nov
- Generally Available: PostgreSQL extension for Visual Studio Code with GitHub Copilot18 Nov
- Generally Available: Premium Ingress in Azure Container Apps18 Nov
- Generally Available: Priority-based execution in Azure Cosmos DB18 Nov
- Generally Available: Rule-based routing in Azure Container Apps18 Nov
- Generally Available: SQL database in Microsoft Fabric18 Nov
- Generally Available: SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 2218 Nov
- Generally Available: Vector indexing performance improvements in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL18 Nov
- Private Preview: Azure Boost confidential device18 Nov
- Private Preview: Azure Boost remote storage throughput and network bandwidth enhancements18 Nov
- Public Preview: Add durability to AI agents in Azure Functions using Microsoft Agent Framework18 Nov
- Public Preview: AKS Automatic managed system node pools18 Nov
- Public Preview: Application Gateway for Containers Istio Service Mesh integration18 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure Container Apps adds support for agentic Docker Compose18 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure Container Apps introduces flexible workload profile18 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB Fleet Analytics18 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB MCP ToolKit for Microsoft Foundry Agent Service18 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server pg_duckdb extension18 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server v6 series VMs and AMD v6 Confidential Compute18 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure DocumentDB high-performance storage18 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure Functions support for Java 2518 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure Functions support for Node.js 2418 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager for Arc-enabled clusters18 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure Kubernetes Service desktop18 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure Network Watcher Topology – AKS Visualization18 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure Network Watcher – Agentless Connection Troubleshoot18 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure SQL change event streaming18 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure SQL Database DiskANN vector indexing18 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for November 202518 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure VNet Flow Log - Filtering18 Nov
- Public Preview: Confidential computing in Azure Container Apps18 Nov
- Public Preview: Cross region pool association support for Azure Virtual Network Manager IP address management18 Nov
- Public Preview: Deployment labels in Azure Container Apps18 Nov
- Public Preview: Dynamic data masking with Azure Cosmos DB18 Nov
- Public Preview: Dynamic sessions shell environment and MCP support in Azure Container Apps18 Nov
- Public Preview: Index Advisor for Azure DocumentDB18 Nov
- Public Preview: JWT Validation in Azure Application Gateway18 Nov
- Public Preview: Microsoft HTTP DDoS Ruleset 1.0 on Application Gateway WAF v218 Nov
- Public Preview: Native Microsoft Foundry support for Azure Database for PostgreSQL18 Nov
- Public Preview: NCv6 Virtual Machines18 Nov
- Public Preview: New integration and extensibility capabilities to Azure SRE Agent18 Nov
- Public Preview: Online and offline migrations in Azure DocumentDB Migration extension18 Nov
- Public Preview: Oracle to PostgreSQL migration tooling in Visual Studio Code18 Nov
- Public Preview: Self-hosted remote MCP servers on Azure Functions18 Nov
- Public Preview: Standard V2 NAT Gateway and StandardV2 Public IPs18 Nov
- Public Preview: Support for Italian and Portuguese in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL full-text search18 Nov
- Public Preview: Windows Server 2025 on AKS18 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure Copilot observability agent18 Nov
- Announcing: API Center Standard now included at no additional cost for linked Azure API Management Standard and Premium tiers18 Nov
- Announcing: Developer Training tier for low-cost fine-tuning training18 Nov
- Generally Available: Agent Loop in Azure Logic Apps [Standard]18 Nov
- Generally Available: Automated Testing Framework for Logic Apps [Standard]18 Nov
- Generally Available: Azure Monitor unified onboarding experience for AKS and VMs18 Nov
- Generally Available: Content Understanding in Microsoft Foundry18 Nov
- Generally Available: Custom error pages on Azure App Service18 Nov
- Generally Available: Foundry Tools (rebrand from Azure AI Services)18 Nov
- Generally Available: GitHub Copilot app modernization expanded capabilities18 Nov
- Generally Available: Govern Model Context Protocol (MCP) endpoints using Azure API Management18 Nov
- Generally Available: Microsoft Marketplace18 Nov
- Generally Available: Model Router in Microsoft Foundry18 Nov
- Generally Available: New Hybrid Integration Connectors for Azure Logic Apps18 Nov
- Generally Available: Observability in Foundry Control Plane18 Nov
- Generally Available: OpenShift Virtualization now available on Azure Red Hat OpenShift18 Nov
- Generally Available: Premium v2 tier in Azure API Management18 Nov
- Generally Available: Resale enabled offers through Microsoft Marketplace18 Nov
- Generally Available: Scheduled Actions18 Nov
- Generally Available: Streamline IT governance, security, and cost management experiences with Microsoft Foundry18 Nov
- Private Preview: ActiveMQ and JMS connector for Azure Logic Apps18 Nov
- Private Preview: Foundry Local Android support18 Nov
- Public Preview: Agent Loop in Azure Logic Apps [Consumption]18 Nov
- Public Preview: Agent mitigations and guardrail customization18 Nov
- Public Preview: Azure Copilot brings new intelligent agents to support end-to-end lifecycle management of workloads18 Nov
- Public Preview: Bring Your Own AI Gateway to Foundry Agent Service18 Nov
- Public Preview: Built-in CIS benchmarks for Azure endorsed Linux distros in Machine Config18 Nov
- Public Preview: Built-in memory in Foundry Agent Service18 Nov
- Public Preview: Dynamic threshold for Log search alerts18 Nov
- Public Preview: Enrich agents with a unified catalog of prebuilt and custom tools in Microsoft Foundry18 Nov
- Public Preview: Enterprise MCP enhancements in Foundry Agent Service18 Nov
- Public Preview: Foundry IQ by Azure AI Search18 Nov
- Public Preview: Foundry Local updates18 Nov
- Public Preview: GitHub Copilot app modernization expanded capabilities18 Nov
- Public Preview: Hosted agents in Foundry Agent Service18 Nov
- Public Preview: Industry-leading storage performance Ebsv6 VM series18 Nov
- Public Preview: Large volumes up to 7.2 PiB18 Nov
- Public Preview: LLM Speech in Microsoft Foundry18 Nov
- Public Preview: Microsoft Foundry Control Plane & Entra Agent ID18 Nov
- Public Preview: Microsoft Foundry Fine-Tuning Updates18 Nov
- Public Preview: Microsoft Foundry one-click deploy channels in Teams, M365 and non-Microsoft18 Nov
- Public Preview: Multi-agent workflows in Foundry Agent Service18 Nov
- Public Preview: New Agent Loop capabilities in Azure Logic Apps18 Nov
- Public Preview: New AI templates in Microsoft Foundry18 Nov
- Public Preview: New granular controls for network and integration security in Microsoft Foundry18 Nov
- Public Preview: New healthcare connectors for Azure Logic Apps18 Nov
- Public Preview: Online container copy in Azure Cosmos DB18 Nov
- Public Preview: OpenTelemetry visualizations and enhanced monitoring experience in Azure Monitor for Azure VMs and Arc Servers18 Nov
- Public Preview: Redesigned designer experience for Azure Logic Apps [Standard]18 Nov
- Public Preview: User and group quota reports in Azure NetApp Files18 Nov
- Generally Available: The Archive access tier for Azure Blob Storage is now generally available in the Taiwan North region18 Nov
- Public preview: Support for large volume breakthrough mode18 Nov
- Public Preview: Threat Detection in Azure Backup powered by MDC18 Nov
- Public Preview: Query-based metric alerts in Azure Monitor18 Nov
- Public Preview: Introducing SDK Stats to the Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro17 Nov
- Generally Available: Visual Studio 202617 Nov
- Generally Available: Capacity guidance for Azure Site Recovery17 Nov
- Generally Available: Seamless failback for HyperV-to-Azure: Managed Disk support in Azure Site Recovery17 Nov
- Public Preview: Support 5x churn in Azure Site Recovery17 Nov
- Public Preview: Support for Linux major OS upgrades with Azure Site Recovery17 Nov
From the community2
Microsoft 365 roadmap9
Microsoft 365 Copilot · 3
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Chat in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook for DoD21 Nov
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Your Command Center for AI Success19 Nov
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Simplified Agent Creation experience18 Nov
SharePoint · 2
- SharePoint: Page Agent20 Nov
- SharePoint: Get relevant information from Lists in Knowledge Agent18 Nov
Forms · 1
Microsoft Entra · 1
2 more products · 2 changes
Purview · 1
Teams · 1
Other public updates55
- Dynamics 365 Contact Center - Analyze adherence history to optimize workforce planning22 Nov
- Updated UI for Copilot Chat entry point in Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps22 Nov
- Microsoft Teams: Shared call history in Queues app22 Nov
- Product transitions to the cloud.microsoft domain – November 202522 Nov
- WINS removal: Moving forward with modern name resolution21 Nov
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- Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel21 Nov
- Microsoft 365: Modern Access Request and Access Denied web page21 Nov
- Viva Engage in Microsoft Teams mobile: New conversation search capability available21 Nov
- Microsoft Viva: Transition to VFAM-based exclusion management21 Nov
- App-only certificate-based authentication now available in SharePoint Online Management Shell21 Nov
- Take Action: Out-of-band update to address November 2025 hotpatch update being reoffered after Windows update scan20 Nov
- The November 2025 Windows non-security preview update is now available for Windows 11, version 23H220 Nov
- Power Automate - Information regarding the end of support for Document Automation Toolkit19 Nov
- Microsoft Entra ID: Retirement of duplicative properties in passkey (FIDO2) authentication methods policy19 Nov
- Microsoft Teams: Enhancements to Interpreter and multilingual meeting experience19 Nov
- SharePoint: Document Libraries - A new forms experience for streamlined document collection19 Nov
- Microsoft Edge for Business and Microsoft 365 Copilot: Introducing “What’s New” page after major updates19 Nov
- Microsoft Service Health Dashboard: Archive service health issues for yourself or your organization19 Nov
- Microsoft Teams: Private chat for organizers and presenters in structured meetings, webinars, and town halls19 Nov
- Microsoft Teams: Interpreter agent support in Teams rooms on Windows19 Nov
- Plan for Change: Update to Intune Data Warehouse infrastructure19 Nov
- Windows announcements from Microsoft Ignite 202519 Nov
- Dynamics 365 Customer Service – Quality Evaluation Agent19 Nov
- Microsoft Viva Engage: Behavior change to Engage “featured conversations” in public communities18 Nov
- Microsoft 365 Apps admin center: Enhanced rollback capabilities in Cloud Update (public preview)18 Nov
- Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Zero-hour auto-purge (ZAP) Teams protection capabilities to Defender for Office Plan 118 Nov
- Microsoft Viva Engage: Multi-language post creation support rolling out to general availability (GA)18 Nov
- Microsoft Teams - Native MacOS screen and window sharing in Teams meetings18 Nov
- Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint agents: A new Copilot experience for content creation18 Nov
- Microsoft PowerPoint: Agent Mode in Microsoft 365 Copilot18 Nov
- Microsoft Outlook Mobile: Filter out declined meetings for a cleaner calendar view18 Nov
- (Update) New update to address issue affecting Windows 10 devices enrolled on Extended Security Updates (ESU)18 Nov
- An updated version of the November 2025 Scan Cab is available18 Nov
- PowerPoint adds AI-powered image editing with "Designer editor"18 Nov
- Viva Engage: Community feeds improvements18 Nov
- New experiences for Copilot management in Microsoft 365 admin center18 Nov
- Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel18 Nov
- Secure Boot playbook for certificates expiring in 202618 Nov
- Microsoft Edge: Microsoft 365 Copilot will support summarization and contextual grounding18 Nov
- Microsoft Teams: Protection against tenant-owned domain impersonation in Teams chat18 Nov
- Learning agent in Frontier18 Nov
- Get ready for security agents: Microsoft Security Copilot will be included in Microsoft 365 E518 Nov
- New features coming to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat for Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint18 Nov
- Automatic Windows event auditing configuration now available for unified sensors (V3.x)17 Nov
- Microsoft dark themes for SharePoint sites17 Nov
- Syncing HiddenFromAddressListEnabled attribute across tenants for consistent Global Address List (GAL) visibility17 Nov
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: Threat actor attribution information will be removed from alert page17 Nov
- Microsoft Learning Zone Windows app enabled by default for Education tenants17 Nov
- Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Security Investigations – Introducing new AI analysis capabilities17 Nov
- Unified sensor (v3.x) – new Remote Procedure Call (RPC) configuration health alert for Microsoft Defender for Identity17 Nov
- Microsoft Viva Insights: Publish reports capability is becoming generally available17 Nov
- New features coming to Copilot Notebooks for Frontier users17 Nov
- Microsoft Defender for Identity alerts transitioning to XDR-based detection platform17 Nov
- Dynamics 365 Contact Center - Resolve issues autonomously with Customer Intent Agent17 Nov
- Windows Office Hours: November 20, 202517 Nov
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