WEEKLY BRIEFING · 19 JAN – 25 JAN 2026 · UTC
Full source inventory · public sources only
Week 4 sources
Microsoft published 9 Windows KB releases (9 out-of-band). No new MSRC release that week. 18 roadmap changes, led by Microsoft 365 Copilot (7) and Purview (7). 7 Azure updates. 8 Windows and security articles from Microsoft blogs.
9Windows KB releases
18Roadmap changes across 6 products
8Windows and security articles
Windows releases9
- Windows 10, version 1809 — KB5078131 (OOB), build 17763.828124 Jan
- Windows 10, version 21H2 — KB5078129 (OOB), build 19044.681224 Jan
- Windows 10, version 22H2 — KB5078129 (OOB), build 19045.681224 Jan
- Windows 11, version 23H2 — KB5078132 (OOB), build 22631.649524 Jan
- Windows 11, version 24H2 — KB5078127 (OOB), build 26100.762824 Jan
Windows and security news8
- Edge 144.0.3719.92: Chromium security fixes23 Jan
- Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7653 (Dev Channel)21 Jan
- Notepad and Paint updates begin rolling out to Windows Insiders21 Jan
- GitLab Patch Release: 18.8.2, 18.7.2, 18.6.421 Jan
- Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 202620 Jan
Product news18
Microsoft Graph · 13
- Identity and access (beta): 1 API change passage24 Jan
- Tenants (beta): 20 API change passages23 Jan
- Security (beta): 1 API change passage22 Jan
10 more
- Security (v1.0): 1 API change passage22 Jan
- Microsoft Cloud Licensing (beta): 6 API change passages22 Jan
- Teamwork and communications (v1.0): 7 API change passages21 Jan
- Device and app management (beta): 1 API change passage21 Jan
- Tenants (beta): 2 API change passages21 Jan
- Device and app management (beta): 1 API change passage21 Jan
- Applications (beta): 1 API change passage21 Jan
- Device and app management (beta): 1 API change passage21 Jan
- Device and app management (beta): 2 API change passages21 Jan
- Device and app management (beta): 15 API change passages20 Jan
dbatools · 1
- dbatools 2.7.2225 Jan
Google Gemini · 1
Purview · 1
Teams PowerShell · 1
- MicrosoftTeams 7.6.023 Jan
Windows 365 · 1
Azure updates7
- Generally Available: Deployment safeguards – pod security standard support in AKS22 Jan
- Generally Available: StandardV2 NAT Gateway with zone-redundancy and StandardV2 public IPs22 Jan
- Generally Available: Reporting in Playwright Workspaces (part of Azure App Testing)22 Jan
- Generally Available: Application volume group for Oracle create data protection volume group (API)22 Jan
- Generally Available: Azure Load Testing in Switzerland North22 Jan
From the community10
- Least privilege for Temporary Access Pass creation25 Jan
- Following up on the MDT security issue23 Jan
- A Practical Approach to Monitoring the Entra Provisioning Service22 Jan
- Join the IT Bro's for Workplace Ninja Connect 202621 Jan
- Active Directory Security Tip #16: Mitigating Kerberoast Attacks21 Jan
5 more
- Linking Privileged Accounts to Identities in Microsoft Defender: Benefits & Use Cases20 Jan
- Practical Graph: Find Large Mailbox Items with the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK20 Jan
- Practical Protection: Getting Started with Power Platform Security19 Jan
- Watch our discussion on the 'Sentinels Talk Show' and learn essential Entra ID security19 Jan
- A complete history of MDT (abridged)19 Jan
Microsoft 365 roadmap18
Microsoft 365 Copilot · 7
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot can now answer questions about opened Copilot Pages in chat23 Jan
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Catch up on a summary of document comments in the top of your document22 Jan
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Data source specific filters22 Jan
4 more
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Steer your presentation length, tone, style, and images when creating with Copilot.22 Jan
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Steer your presentation length, tone, style, and images when creating with Copilot.22 Jan
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Steer your presentation length, tone, style, and images when creating with Copilot.22 Jan
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Support for refining query filters for Confluence Copilot connectors22 Jan
Purview · 7
- Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Custom permissions UI enhancements in Microsoft Purview Information Protection File Labeler23 Jan
- Microsoft Purview: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention- Logged-in user details on the Purview device onboarding page23 Jan
- Microsoft Purview: Inline protection, alerting, and incident management for sensitive data shared over the network through non-Microsoft SASE integrations22 Jan
4 more
- Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management – Enhancements to variant limits and detection groups22 Jan
- Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention - Data Loss Prevention to restrict Microsoft 365 Copilot processing on content with sensitivity labels22 Jan
- Microsoft Purview: Discovery of sensitive data sharing to any cloud application or website (inc. GenAI) via network layer21 Jan
- Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management - Data Security Investigation integration21 Jan
Microsoft 365 admin center · 1
Microsoft Entra · 1
2 more products · 2 changes
SharePoint · 1
Viva · 1
Other public updates24
- Message Trace support on Graph API is now in Public Preview24 Jan
- Dynamics 365 Contact Center – Customize transfers and consults for queues, representatives23 Jan
- Microsoft Defender for Android ending support for enrolled personal profiles23 Jan
- Configuration change to upload diagnostics in Outlook for Android and iOS23 Jan
- Microsoft Edge: A refreshed profile flyout experience for better clarity and actionability23 Jan
19 more
- Microsoft Purview | eDiscovery – Advanced review set explorer23 Jan
- (Update)Microsoft Entra ID: General Availability of passkey profiles and migration for existing Passkeys (FIDO2) tenants23 Jan
- New policy to add watermarks to content generated or altered by using AI in Microsoft 36523 Jan
- Microsoft Purview: Export adaptive scope members using PowerShell23 Jan
- Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management – Quick policy to detect data theft from non-Microsoft 365 data sources23 Jan
- Retirement notice: MDE and XDR Advanced Hunting APIs retiring; migrate to Microsoft Graph Security API22 Jan
- MTA-STS and SMTP DANE mode on connectors22 Jan
- Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management - New Microsoft Fabric lakehouse risk indicators22 Jan
- Reminder: "Require approved client app" control in Microsoft Entra Conditional Access will be retired in June 202622 Jan
- Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel21 Jan
- Microsoft Viva - Viva Glint: Navigation improvements in Reporting21 Jan
- Ask Microsoft Anything: Secure Boot - February 521 Jan
- Custom greetings in voice call authentication will retire on Feb 28, 202621 Jan
- Microsoft Teams: External domains anomalies report21 Jan
- Brand impersonation protection for Teams Calling21 Jan
- Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention – Additional diagnostics for Data Loss Prevention and Information Protection21 Jan
- Queues app historical reporting will support 45 days of data21 Jan
- Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Enable users to report suspicious Teams messages in Plan 121 Jan
- Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention - DLP support for Fabric warehouses20 Jan
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