WEEKLY BRIEFING · 30 MAR – 5 APR 2026 · UTC
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Microsoft published 2 Windows KB releases (2 out-of-band). No new MSRC release that week. 18 roadmap changes, led by Microsoft 365 Copilot (7) and Outlook (3). 12 lifecycle milestones fall in the next 30 days. 22 Azure updates, including 9 retirements. 11 Windows and security articles from Microsoft blogs.
2Windows KB releases
18Roadmap changes across 5 products
11Windows and security articles
Windows releases2
Windows and security news11
- Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1803 (Canary Channel)3 Apr
- Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build for Canary Channel 29560.10003 Apr
- Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26300.8155 (Dev Channel)3 Apr
- Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.8148 (Beta Channel)3 Apr
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud Customer Newsletter2 Apr
6 more
- Edge 146.0.3856.97: fixes CVE-2026-5281, exploited in the wild1 Apr
- Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build for Canary Channel 29558.100030 Mar
- Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1797 (Canary Channel)30 Mar
- Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26300.8142 (Dev Channel)30 Mar
- Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.8138 (Beta Channel)30 Mar
- WAF - WAF Release - 2026-03-3030 Mar
Lifecycle milestones in the next 30 days12
- 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
- Retirement: Custom Commands 30 Apr
Product news121
Microsoft Entra · 23
- General Availability: Social Identity Providers for Native Authentication via Browser‑Delegated Flows (web-view) in Microsoft Entra External ID1 Apr
- General Availability - As an AP requestor, I can see in My Access who my approver(s) are if the access package owner allows me to1 Apr
- General Availability - Configurable Token Lifetime Policies1 Apr
20 more
- General Availability - Enforce Conditional Access policies like MFA on every PIM activation1 Apr
- General Availability - Entra CBA as third option in system-preferred MFA methods1 Apr
- General Availability - Entra CBA Certificate Authority (CA) scoping1 Apr
- General Availability - GSA Cloud Firewall for Remote Networks1 Apr
- General Availability - GSA iOS client support1 Apr
- General Availability - Issuer Hints for Microsoft Entra CBA1 Apr
- General Availability - License Usage1 Apr
- General Availability - Microsoft Entra Agent ID platform1 Apr
- General Availability - Microsoft Entra Certificate-based authentication (CBA) support on iOS and CBA as second factor1 Apr
- General Availability - Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) 2016 Service Pack 3 (SP3)1 Apr
- General Availability - Network Content Filtering based on File Types1 Apr
- General Availability - Prefetch Workday termination data to customize account disable logic1 Apr
- General Availability – Enabling Social Identity Providers in Entra External ID Native Authentication via browser‑delegated (web‑view) flows using SDKs for applications1 Apr
- Plan for change - Switch from basic auth to workload identity based auth for SAP SuccessFactors provisioning integrations1 Apr
- Plan for change - Update SCIM provisioning applications to use modern authentication1 Apr
- Public Preview - $count filtering in sign-ins API1 Apr
- Public Preview - Account Discovery1 Apr
- Public Preview - App-based branding via Branding themes in Microsoft Entra tenants1 Apr
- Public Preview - Microsoft Entra ID federation with External ID (EEID)1 Apr
- Upcoming Change - Migrate from Microsoft Entra Connect Sync to Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync1 Apr
Purview · 23
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- In preview: Data quality provides on-premises support for Oracle and SQL server.1 Apr
- In preview: Data quality thresholds help stakeholders and data consumers know when data quality scores fall below standards.1 Apr
- In preview: New bulk import, editing, and moving capabilities can help you quickly scale operations in Unified Catalog: Create data products in bulk Create critical data…1 Apr
- In preview: Organizations using Customer Key can now enable customer-managed key (CMK) encryption for direct export packages in eDiscovery.1 Apr
- In preview: Preview content while triaging alerts to quickly identify false positives, confirm the presence of sensitive data, and decide whether the alert warrants esca…1 Apr
- In preview: Proactive AI insights from Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) automatically create and refresh a single investigation for your tenant every 24 hours.1 Apr
- In preview: Use a one-time glossary migration and asset enablement process to curate data assets and columns with glossary terms.1 Apr
- New: A new conceptual article, Learn about just-in-time protection, now covers JIT concepts, terms, supported activities, device compatibility, and includes a detailed J…1 Apr
- New: A new Data Security Investigation Contributor role automatically provides Data Security Investigations access to members of several Microsoft Purview role groups.1 Apr
- New: Microsoft Sentinel with partner solutions now also supports Varonis to provide holistic data insights for Salesforce.1 Apr
- New: Newly created Teams call data records (often abbreviated to CDRs, and sometimes also called call detail records or just call records) are no longer included with Te…1 Apr
- New: Rolling out, users can now apply sensitivity labels configured for user-defined permissions while using Office for the web.1 Apr
- New: The Advanced review set explorer (preview) includes a new left navigation pane to browse the review set schema, insert KQL operators, and run sample queries, and a…1 Apr
- Preview: Collection policies support sensitivity labels as a condition for scoping detection to items with specific sensitivity labels applied.1 Apr
- Preview: Data loss prevention policy tip reference for Outlook for Android, iOS, and macOS.1 Apr
- Preview: DLP policies for unmanaged cloud apps support a new URL contains text condition that detects when the URL of the cloud app contains specified text strings.1 Apr
- Preview: Email notifications for browser and network DLP rules notify end users via email when their activity is blocked.1 Apr
- Updated: Restructured the just-in-time (JIT) protection documentation.1 Apr
- Updated: The Get started with just-in-time protection article now focuses on deployment and configuration steps.1 Apr
- Updated: The maximum number of review sets per case has increased from 20 to 100 for eDiscovery with premium feature support.1 Apr
Defender · 22
- (GA) Built-in alert tuning rules are now generally available.1 Apr
- (Preview) The AIAgentsInfo table in advanced hunting now includes additional columns that provide deeper visibility into AI agents operating in your Microsoft 365 enviro…1 Apr
- (Preview) You can now view the current status of automatic attack disruption and predictive shielding actions related to a specific incident.1 Apr
19 more
- Anti-malware detection and blocking is now generally available1 Apr
- Automatic Windows event auditing configuration for sensors v3.x is now generally available1 Apr
- Custom account correlation rules (Preview)1 Apr
- Defender for Containers runtime protection on EKS Bottlerocket is now generally available1 Apr
- Defender for Endpoint Linux 101.26032.00001 Apr
- Defender for Endpoint macOS 101.26022.00181 Apr
- Defender for Endpoint macOS 101.26022.00201 Apr
- Defender for Endpoint macOS 101.26032.00161 Apr
- Defender for Endpoint macOS 4.18.25040.11 Apr
- DNS Detection for Kubernetes is now generally available1 Apr
- General availability of container security capabilities in Azure Government cloud1 Apr
- General availability of Defender for Storage integration in Azure portal Storage Center1 Apr
- Identity Explorer (Preview)1 Apr
- Microsoft Defender Experts MDR customers can now see Defender Experts as a distinct entry in the Microsoft Defender portal navigation menu.1 Apr
- New RBAC permission for email content associated with alerts1 Apr
- Promotions folder for bulk email (preview)1 Apr
- Remove users from Teams chats is generally available1 Apr
- Security Copilot email summary on the Email entity page1 Apr
- Update to Defender for SQL servers on machines plan for Fairfax customers1 Apr
Copilot Studio · 10
- (General availability) Connect agents to other agents using the agent-to-agent (A2A) protocol.1 Apr
- (Preview) Add a display name suffix to identify agents across environments in Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot using environment variables.1 Apr
- (Preview) Analyze your agent with custom metrics by defining your own analytics categories and visualizing results alongside built-in analytics.1 Apr
7 more
- (Preview) Build and deploy real-time voice agents for Copilot Studio and Dynamics 365 Contact Center, with support for NLU, multilingual conversations, knowledge integra…1 Apr
- (Preview) Run automated agent evaluations from a REST API using the Power Platform API to integrate evaluation into CI/CD and custom automation pipelines.1 Apr
- (Preview) Use GPT-5.5 Reasoning (Deep) as an experimental model for agents requiring deep analytical reasoning.1 Apr
- Configure hold and resume for voice-enabled agents to pause mid-conversation and resume where you left off, giving users a more natural calling experience.1 Apr
- Share analytics access with colleagues using the new Analytics Viewer role, without granting broader maker permissions.1 Apr
- Trigger agent evaluations automatically using the Copilot Studio connector with Power Automate, reducing manual effort in your testing workflow.1 Apr
- Use the agent usage estimator to forecast Copilot credit consumption across Copilot Studio and Dynamics 365 agents before deploying at scale.1 Apr
Microsoft Graph · 10
- Identity and access (beta): 4 API change passages3 Apr
- Teamwork and communications (beta): 6 API change passages3 Apr
- Teamwork and communications (beta): 7 API change passages1 Apr
7 more
- Teamwork and communications (v1.0): 7 API change passages1 Apr
- Identity and access (beta): 10 API change passages1 Apr
- Teamwork and communications (v1.0): 5 API change passages1 Apr
- Teamwork and communications (v1.0): 2 API change passages1 Apr
- Identity and access (v1.0): 2 API change passages31 Mar
- Identity and access (beta): 3 API change passages30 Mar
- Security (beta): 4 API change passages30 Mar
Sentinel · 9
- Accelerate Microsoft Sentinel connector development with Visual Studio Code connector builder agent (Preview)1 Apr
- AI-powered SIEM migration tool is now generally available1 Apr
- Build custom graphs (Preview)1 Apr
6 more
- Configure row-level access using Microsoft Sentinel scoping (Preview)1 Apr
- Cost estimation tool for customers and partners (Preview)1 Apr
- Entity analyzer is now generally available1 Apr
- Microsoft Sentinel data federation (Preview)1 Apr
- Transform data with filter and split features (Preview)1 Apr
- [Updated] Call to action: update automation by July 1, 2026 - Account Name is now consistently the UPN prefix for analytics rule alerts1 Apr
Google Gemini · 4
- Released gemma-4-26b-a4b-it and gemma-4-31b-it, available on AI Studio and through the Gemini API, as part of the Gemma 4 launch.2 Apr
- Introduced the new Flex and Priority inference tiers, offering more options for optimizing cost or latency.1 Apr
- Launched Veo 3.1 Lite Preview, veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview, our most cost-efficient video generation model, designed for rapid iteration and building high-volume appli…31 Mar
Outlook · 4
- [FIXED] Auto Translate stopped working in classic Outlook1 Apr
- [FIXED] Classic Outlook error when sending from Outlook.com "You do not have permission to send on behalf of the specified user 0x80070005-0x0004dc-0x000524."1 Apr
- [FIXED] My Templates are missing from Outlook1 Apr
1 more
Windows 365 · 4
- Additional client support for external identities30 Mar
- Additional regions for Windows 365 Flex (shared)30 Mar
- Azure Network Connections now show available IP capacity30 Mar
Azure Virtual Desktop · 3
- Additional client support for external identities in Microsoft Azure for US Government1 Apr
- App Attach support for Windows Server 2025 and 2022 in Azure Virtual Desktop is now available1 Apr
- Enhanced session resilience with RDP Multipath (Public Preview)1 Apr
Azure · 1
Azure Arc · 1
Azure PowerShell · 1
PowerShell · 1
SQL Server · 1
Teams · 1
Teams PowerShell · 1
- MicrosoftTeams 7.7.01 Apr
Ubiquiti UniFi · 1
Windows · 1
Azure updates22
- Retirement: Python support for Azure App Service and Azure Functions on Windows will be retired on March 31, 20272 Apr
- Retirement: AzureDnsEndpoints for Azure storage accounts will be retired March 20272 Apr
- Retirement: Service Fabric support for Windows Server 2022 ends on March 31, 2027 - upgrade to Windows Server 20251 Apr
- Retirement: Service Fabric support for Windows Server 2019 ends on March 31, 2027 - upgrade to Windows Server 20251 Apr
- Public Preview: Unlock Client-Side Configuration at Scale with Azure App Configuration and Azure Front Door1 Apr
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- Generally Available: Azure Data Box enhances compliance with automatic Secure Erasure Certificates1 Apr
- Generally Available: Azure Data Box now supports Azure Files Provisioned v21 Apr
- Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files storage with cool access enhancement1 Apr
- Retirement: Select Azure AI Language Features1 Apr
- Retirement: External Data Import & Data Connections in Azure Machine Learning will be retired on September 30, 202631 Mar
- Generally Available: Azure DevOps March 2026 updates31 Mar
- Public Preview: Azure Event Grid provides new capabilities for smarter, more secure event-driven architectures31 Mar
- Generally Available: Azure Event Grid provides new capabilities for smarter, more secure event-driven architectures31 Mar
- Generally Available: User delegation SAS for Azure Tables, Azure Files, and Azure Queues31 Mar
- Generally Available: Microsoft Azure now available from new cloud region in Denmark31 Mar
- Retirement: Manually registered Azure VPN Clients for Azure Government and Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet clouds will be retired on March 31, 202931 Mar
- Generally Available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk is now available in US Gov Arizona31 Mar
- Public Preview: Ephemeral OS Disk with full caching for VM/VMSS30 Mar
- Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift in Indonesia Central30 Mar
- Retirement: Deprecation of sidecar for remote-write for Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus30 Mar
- Retirement: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL will retire on March 31, 202930 Mar
- Generally Available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk is now available in South India30 Mar
From the community8
- Join Jay Gundotra and me at the M365 Community Conference5 Apr
- Introduction to Microsoft Tenant Governance part 2: tenant discovery and creation5 Apr
- Introduction to Microsoft Tenant Governance part 1: basics and establishing relationships5 Apr
- Multi-Tenant Reports are here!5 Apr
- Entra.Chat: Backup, Governance, Conditional Access, and Risk4 Apr
Microsoft 365 roadmap18
Microsoft 365 Copilot · 7
- Microsoft 365 app: Overview Page in Copilot Notebooks3 Apr
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Files found via Chat search can be now analyzed by code interpreter3 Apr
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Admins can create and deploy custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) connectors across Microsoft 365.2 Apr
4 more
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Discover graph connector prompts in the Prompt Gallery when using Copilot Chat2 Apr
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Voice chat in Microsoft 365 Copilot2 Apr
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot can edit your document in PowerPoint31 Mar
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Access audio overviews from the top of your Word document30 Mar
Outlook · 3
- Outlook: Prepare for your meeting with Copilot chat in Outlook mobile3 Apr
- Outlook: Import emails from PST file to mailbox in new Outlook for Windows30 Mar
- Outlook: Multiple Intune Accounts for Outlook on iOS30 Mar
Purview · 3
- Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Bulk replacement or removal of a retention label3 Apr
- Microsoft Purview: Role Group changes in Purview2 Apr
- Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention– Enhanced content extraction and file type coverage for DLP on Mac devices31 Mar
SharePoint · 3
- SharePoint: Lists as a knowledge source for agents in SharePoint and OneDrive1 Apr
- SharePoint: OneNote usage inclusion in SharePoint site analytics1 Apr
- SharePoint: Updates to News page in SharePoint sites31 Mar
1 more product · 2 changes
Teams · 2
Other public updates70
- Update to Copilot navigation pane chat history filtering3 Apr
- Microsoft Teams: New chat sections for muted and meeting chats3 Apr
- OneDrive and SharePoint: Undo and Redo for PDF annotations on OneDrive for web3 Apr
- OneDrive: Files deleted from the cloud will no longer appear in the local Recycle Bin or Trash3 Apr
- Replacement of the Microsoft SaRA command-line utility in Windows3 Apr
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- Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint DLP expands protection to Copilot PC Recall snapshots3 Apr
- Outlook for Android and iOS: Support for shareable links beautification and permissions in meeting description3 Apr
- Microsoft Teams: Honor Windows “Do not disturb” setting3 Apr
- Viva Engage: At-Mentions & Replies notifications improvements3 Apr
- New meeting response option: decline and propose a new time in Outlook Mobile3 Apr
- New option to keep or delete meeting invitations after responding3 Apr
- Clearer RSVP selection in Outlook Mobile3 Apr
- Classic Outlook: Retirement of people card expanded view3 Apr
- Extending AI in SharePoint using custom skills3 Apr
- Viva Engage digest updates: Improvements to weekly3 Apr
- Viva Engage: Pinned resources and related communities in Teams for iOS2 Apr
- Microsoft Viva: Manage data sharing exclusions for Viva Glint and Viva Insights2 Apr
- Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) CDN Endpoint Update for Mac2 Apr
- Microsoft Teams: Enhanced media quality for Direct Guest Join2 Apr
- Microsoft Defender XDR: Email summary powered by Security Copilot on the email entity page2 Apr
- Microsoft Teams: Badging updates to help users find messages that count2 Apr
- Improved secure file preview experience in OneDrive for iOS and iPadOS2 Apr
- Dynamics 365 Sales - Get integrated inbound and outbound calling with Sales Hub dialer2 Apr
- Enable Secure Boot certificate update status in the Windows Security app2 Apr
- Power Automate - Analyze processes using object-centric process mining2 Apr
- Power Apps – Build generative pages using external code generations tools2 Apr
- Microsoft Teams: AI Interpreter (simultaneous) quality improvements and new Traditional Chinese support2 Apr
- Microsoft Loop: Retirement of Copilot‑generated Recaps2 Apr
- Dynamics 365 Contact Center - Get queue availability data from customer service representative availability APIs2 Apr
- Outlook for Android: Unified user interface in text, image and zip previewers1 Apr
- Outlook for iOS: New attachment actions and updates to previewer experience1 Apr
- Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Enforce DLP protection on new content before it’s saved1 Apr
- Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium): Choose your AI model when editing presentations in PowerPoint1 Apr
- Microsoft 365 Copilot: Intelligent Summaries in Copilot Dashboard31 Mar
- Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention31 Mar
- Microsoft Secure Score: New recommendation for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint31 Mar
- Microsoft Teams: Retirement of legacy third‑party meeting and call control APIs31 Mar
- What’s new in the Microsoft Intune service update for March 202631 Mar
- Take Action: Out-of-band update to address an issue affecting installation of the March 2026 non-security preview update31 Mar
- The March 2026 Windows non-security preview update is now available31 Mar
- Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel31 Mar
- Dynamics 365 Sales - Engage leads with deeper knowledge by connecting any data source to Sales Development agent31 Mar
- Dynamics 365 Sales - Connect Fabric Lakehouse data to AI‑powered sales research31 Mar
- Microsoft Teams: New experience when users minimize the meeting window30 Mar
- One-time email passcodes for external presenters in Teams events30 Mar
- Update on custom domain guidance for Teams Event emails30 Mar
- Microsoft 365 Copilot: Comprehensive Copilot metrics in Copilot Analytics30 Mar
- Microsoft Teams: Auto-detect spoken language in multilingual meetings30 Mar
- Microsoft 365 Copilot: New chat-first design for the Copilot mobile app30 Mar
- Microsoft Purview: eDiscovery (Premium) – Review set per case limit increase30 Mar
- Microsoft Purview | Data Security Investigations – Introducing new personal data examination30 Mar
- Dynamics 365 Contact Center - Identify your customers with enhanced authentication30 Mar
- Dynamics 365 Contact Center – Evaluate multiple conversations using Quality Evaluation Agent30 Mar
- Copilot Cowork now available in Frontier30 Mar
- Auto Critique and Model Council features in Researcher (Frontier program)30 Mar
- Dynamics 365 Customer Insights - Journeys - Boost engagement with Copilot-powered conversational text messages30 Mar
- Dynamics 365 Customer Service – Case sentiment insights30 Mar
- Dynamics 365 Customer Service - Simulate case‑resolution flows before production30 Mar
- Dynamics 365 Contact Center - Consent-Based Recording for Voice Interactions30 Mar
- Dynamics 365 Customer Service - Unify next‑step suggestions across Microsoft AI and custom agents30 Mar
- Dynamics 365 Customer Service - Enhance timeline with AI-driven filtering and attribution30 Mar
- Dynamics 365 Contact Center - Cancel voice consult with external number30 Mar
- Dynamics 365 Contact Center - Use SMS channel to engage with customers proactively30 Mar
- Dynamics 365 Sales - Find, filter, and sort using natural language with smart grid30 Mar
- Dynamics 365 Project Operations - Record task progress from the tasks grid30 Mar
- Dynamics 365 Contact Center - Use callback insights to optimize contact center operations30 Mar
- Dynamics 365 Project Operations - Enable configurable timescale settings on assignments view30 Mar
- Dynamics 365 Project Operations - Add support for Lookup and Currency on custom columns30 Mar
- Dynamics 365 Sales - Boost decision making by using Visualize with Copilot30 Mar
- Dynamics 365 Contact Center - Enabling Infobip SMS for Dynamics 365 Contact Center30 Mar
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