WEEKLY BRIEFING · 23 MAR – 29 MAR 2026 · UTC
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Week 13 sources
Microsoft published 3 Windows KB releases (3 optional previews). No new MSRC release that week. 24 roadmap changes, led by Microsoft 365 Copilot (8) and Purview (4). 22 lifecycle milestones fall in the next 30 days. 19 Azure updates. 3 Windows and security articles from Microsoft blogs.
3Windows KB releases
24Roadmap changes across 8 products
3Windows and security articles
Windows releases3
Windows and security news3
Lifecycle milestones in the next 30 days22
- 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
- End of support · 10 products: Dynamics C5 2016; Dynamics NAV 2016; Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management 4.0; Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0; Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.1; Microsoft Application Virtualization Hosting 5.0 for Windows Desktops; Microsoft Application Virtualization Hosting 5.1 for Windows Desktops; Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring 2.5; Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset 10.0; User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) 2.1 14 Apr
- Retirement: Azure Application Gateway v1 28 Apr
Product news29
Microsoft Graph · 16
- Files (beta): 1 API change passage29 Mar
- Files (beta): 3 API change passages29 Mar
- Device and app management (beta): 1 API change passage28 Mar
13 more
- Tenants (beta): 9 API change passages27 Mar
- Tenants (v1.0): 9 API change passages27 Mar
- People and workplace intelligence (v1.0): 2 API change passages26 Mar
- Identity and access (v1.0): 2 API change passages25 Mar
- Identity and access (v1.0): 6 API change passages25 Mar
- Identity and access (beta): 3 API change passages24 Mar
- Device and app management (v1.0): 3 API change passages24 Mar
- Tenants (v1.0): 24 API change passages23 Mar
- Tenants (beta): 1 API change passage23 Mar
- Groups (beta): 5 API change passages23 Mar
- Backup and recovery (beta): 17 API change passages23 Mar
- Files (beta): 5 API change passages23 Mar
- Identity and access (v1.0): 4 API change passages23 Mar
Windows 365 · 5
- Additional regions for Windows 365 Flex (shared)23 Mar
- Cloud Apps support for APPX and MSIX applications23 Mar
- Enhanced resiliency and expanded regional availability for Windows 365 Government23 Mar
2 more
Google Gemini · 3
- Released gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview, the latest audio-to-audio (A2A) model designed for real-time dialogue and voice-first AI applications.26 Mar
- Launched Lyria 3 music generation models: lyria-3-clip-preview (30-second clips) and lyria-3-pro-preview (full-length songs).25 Mar
- Rolled out Prepay and Postpay billing plans in AI Studio.23 Mar
Ubiquiti UniFi · 2
Microsoft Entra · 1
PSEventViewer · 1
- PSEventViewer 3.4.129 Mar
Windows · 1
Azure updates19
- Generally Available: Azure SQL updates for late-March 202626 Mar
- Generally Available: Cosmos DB Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric with private endpoints25 Mar
- Public Preview: Blue-green agent pool upgrade in AKS25 Mar
- Public Preview: Fabric Mirroring integration for Azure Database for MySQL25 Mar
- Generally Available: Custom time zone support for pg_cron via cron.timezone in Azure Database for PostgreSQL25 Mar
14 more
- Generally Available: Online migration now uses the pgoutput plugin25 Mar
- Generally Available: PostgreSQL migration service supports compatible EDB workloads into Azure Database for PostgreSQL25 Mar
- Generally Available: PostgreSQL migration service supports for Google AlloyDB into Azure Database for PostgreSQL25 Mar
- Public Preview: Azure SQL Managed Instance change event streaming25 Mar
- Generally Available: Container network metrics filtering for AKS24 Mar
- Public Preview: AI Agent for container networking troubleshooting24 Mar
- Public Preview: AKS managed GPU metrics in Azure Monitor24 Mar
- Public Preview: Cross-cluster networking in Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager24 Mar
- Generally Available: Azure Container Storage v2.1.0 now with Elastic SAN integration and on demand installation24 Mar
- Generally Available: Container network logs in AKS24 Mar
- Generally Available: Azure Monitor Prometheus community recommended alerts for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes24 Mar
- Public Preview: Application routing with meshless Istio in AKS24 Mar
- Public Preview: Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Application Network24 Mar
- Public Preview: Ingest OTLP data into Azure Monitor with the OpenTelemetry Collector24 Mar
From the community2
Microsoft 365 roadmap24
Microsoft 365 Copilot · 8
- Microsoft Edge: v.144 - Contextual nudges on address bar offering help summarizing webpages.27 Mar
- PowerPoint: Create and Edit images with the model of your choice27 Mar
- Microsoft 365 admin center: Copilot settings – Optimize view25 Mar
5 more
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Quickly edit an image in PowerPoint25 Mar
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] Customers can connect M365 Copilot with Egnyte to collaborate on secure file storage with Copilot Connector24 Mar
- Microsoft 365 Admin Center: Usage reports - Message consumption for Pay-as-you-go experiences in Copilot Chat.23 Mar
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Create interactive visuals in Copilot Pages23 Mar
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Quickly edit an image in PowerPoint23 Mar
Purview · 4
- Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Restrict access action support for sematic models and lakehouses in Fabric26 Mar
- Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal: Information Protection - Admin unit scoping in Content Explorer and Data Explorer25 Mar
- Microsoft Purview: DSPM data risk assessments: item-level investigation & remediation25 Mar
Outlook · 3
- Outlook: View, edit & share Copilot Pages with Outlook for Android26 Mar
- Outlook: Copilot Pages – View, edit & share in Outlook Mobile24 Mar
- Outlook: Multi-select capability for calendar categories23 Mar
SharePoint · 3
- SharePoint: Entra B2B integration for external sharing in OneDrive & SharePoint25 Mar
- SharePoint: Pages - Heading levels for web parts24 Mar
- SharePoint: Content Security Policy Control in Tenant Administration23 Mar
4 more products · 6 changes
Teams · 3
- Microsoft Teams: share file in chat with external users27 Mar
- Microsoft Teams: Channel Agent Updates25 Mar
- Microsoft Teams: Copilot Chat for Teams Chats, Channels, Calling and Meetings24 Mar
Excel · 1
Microsoft 365 · 1
Viva · 1
Other public updates35
- Microsoft Entra: Security hardening to prevent user account takeover in Microsoft Entra Connect Sync27 Mar
- Microsoft Purview | DLP to safeguard sensitive data from external web search in Microsoft 356 Copilot and Copilot Chat27 Mar
- Microsoft 365 Copilot: Admins will be able to enable third‑party model providers for specific users and groups27 Mar
- Planner tab support for Shared and Private Channels in Microsoft Teams26 Mar
- New M365 group creation and editing in My Groups26 Mar
30 more
- Microsoft Teams: Retirement of CAPTCHA for meeting join26 Mar
- Viva Engage: Community membership and experts management in iOS and Android for Engage and Engage app in Teams26 Mar
- Updated UX in Viva Connections on Teams mobile26 Mar
- Microsoft Purview: Information Protection – Extended scoping capabilities for sensitivity label policies26 Mar
- Microsoft Purview: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention - Device Health Reporting Dashboard26 Mar
- Microsoft 365 Copilot: Updates to license request custom flow26 Mar
- Create Excel spreadsheets from Copilot Notebook content26 Mar
- New resources to help organizations prepare for Secure Boot certificate expirations26 Mar
- Notice: Security Copilot will be included as part of your Microsoft 365 E5 plan soon25 Mar
- Microsoft Teams town halls now support backup Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) streams25 Mar
- Outlook: Improved handling of disallowed and failed email reactions25 Mar
- View and edit Markdown files in OneDrive and SharePoint25 Mar
- Microsoft Purview: Endpoint DLP - Add support of hyperlinks in warn and block toast messages for Edge browser25 Mar
- Introducing video recap for Microsoft Teams meetings25 Mar
- Microsoft Purview | Data Lifecycle Management - Hard delete OneDrive and SharePoint files with priority cleanup workflow25 Mar
- Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management - Retention support Microsoft Teams call logs25 Mar
- Microsoft Teams: Copilot PSTN audio announcements24 Mar
- Microsoft Entra ID: Improved readability for Authentication Methods Policy Update audit logs24 Mar
- Microsoft Teams: Catch up in Teams mobile24 Mar
- Microsoft Purview: Information Protection - Policy sync status for M365 Label publishing policies24 Mar
- Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel24 Mar
- Outlook Mobile: New external image handling option for safe senders24 Mar
- Changes to OneLake operation reporting in Microsoft Fabric23 Mar
- Microsoft Purview: Credential scanning in Data Security Posture Agent23 Mar
- Microsoft Purview: Data Security Investigations – analyze files tied to audit log activities23 Mar
- Microsoft Purview: Data Security Investigations – role-based access simplification23 Mar
- SharePoint Advanced Management: Site admin control for restricted content discovery23 Mar
- Offline attachments policy for the new Outlook for Windows23 Mar
- Power Apps - Use Microsoft 365 Copilot in model-driven apps23 Mar
- Power Automate - Share Process license capacity across workflows23 Mar
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