WEEKLY BRIEFING · 2 MAR – 8 MAR 2026 · UTC
Public sources only
49 public updates in week 10
Microsoft published 1 Windows KB release (1 out-of-band). No new MSRC release that week. 25 roadmap changes, led by Teams (7) and Microsoft 365 Copilot (5). 16 lifecycle milestones fall in the next 30 days. 9 Windows and security articles from Microsoft blogs.
1Windows KB release
0MSRC release notes
25Roadmap changes across 10 products
9Windows and security articles
Windows releases1
Windows and security news9
- Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1685 (Canary Channel)6 Mar
- Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7961 (Beta Channel)6 Mar
- Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26300.7965 (Dev Channel)6 Mar
- From Guesswork to Clarity: GPP Diagnostics Improve in Windows Server 2025 and Windows 11 24H24 Mar
- Copilot App on Windows: Opening web links alongside your conversations begins rolling out to Windows Insiders4 Mar
Lifecycle milestones in the next 30 days16
- Retirement: Speech to Text API v3.0 API Retirement 13 Mar
- Retirement · 2 products: DMS (classic) – SQL Scenarios only retirement, Feature deprecation: Trigger playbooks on alerts by analytics rule 15 Mar
- Retirement: AzureML Batch Endpoints API Preview retirement 16 Mar
- Retirement: Classic VMware protection scenario using ASR 29 Mar
- Retirement · 9 products: API Keys for querying Application Insights, Batch Region Retirement, Classic alerts for Azure Backup, Classic Compute Node Communication Model, Deprecation of flash-extract custom fields, Retire Require Approve Client App Conditional Access Grant, VHD and Managed Images, Windows Server 2019 on AKS hybrid, Windows Server 2019 on AKS Retirement 31 Mar
- End of support: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse (Analytics Platform System) 31 Mar
- End of servicing: Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises (Modern Policy), 2024 release wave 2, version 25.x 4 Apr
Microsoft product news13
Microsoft Graph changelog · 4
- Teamwork and communications (v1.0): Added the getAllRecordings method to the adhocCall resource. (+1 more)5 Mar
- Files (v1.0): Added the Delete column method to the fileStorageContainer resource. (+3 more)4 Mar
- Identity and access (v1.0): Added the allDirectoryAgentIdentities member to the allowedTargetScope enumeration. (+1 more)3 Mar
1 more
Microsoft Teams Blog · 2
- Announcing Public Preview: New Microsoft Teams VDI Optimization for Omnissa5 Mar
- The Next Chapter of Microsoft Teams in Virtualized Environments2 Mar
OpenAI API changelog · 2
- Released GPT-5.4, our newest frontier model for professional work, to the Chat Completions and Responses API, and released GPT-5.4 Pro to the Responses API for tougher p…5 Mar
- Released gpt-5.3-chat-latest to the Chat Completions and Responses API.3 Mar
Sysinternals Blog · 1
Microsoft OneDrive Blog · 1
Azure CLI release notes · 1
- Azure CLI 2.84.03 Mar
Gemini API release notes · 1
Windows 365 what's new · 1
From the community1
Microsoft 365 roadmap25
Teams · 7
- Microsoft Teams: New Workflows app experience in Teams and SharePoint6 Mar
- Microsoft Teams: Choose Your Enter Key Behavior in Teams Chat5 Mar
- Microsoft Teams: New controls for quick views in the chat list5 Mar
4 more
Microsoft 365 Copilot · 5
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Chat History Landing page: Filtering UI Refresh6 Mar
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Floating Copilot button in OneDrive6 Mar
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Use Copilot to Share with Summary for OneDrive files in Windows6 Mar
2 more
Microsoft 365 · 3
- Microsoft 365: Microsoft 365 companion apps- a suite of apps designed to enhance productivity4 Mar
- Microsoft 365: Cloud Update - Rollback All Devices3 Mar
- Microsoft 365: Cloud Update - Rollback by Group3 Mar
Defender · 2
- Microsoft Defender for Office 365: User Report capabilities to Defender for Office Plan 16 Mar
- Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Zero-hour auto-purge (ZAP) Teams protection capabilities to Defender for Office Plan 15 Mar
6 more products · 8 changes
OneDrive · 2
- OneDrive: Prompt for permitted users to sign in to OneDrive app with personal Microsoft account4 Mar
- OneDrive: Sync admin reports - GCC-H and DoD4 Mar
Purview · 2
- Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Bulk replacement or removal of a retention label4 Mar
- Microsoft Purview: Data Security Investigations-Introducing new purge mitigation action3 Mar
OneNote · 1
Outlook · 1
SharePoint · 1
Viva · 1
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