Weekly briefing
Week 28 · 6 Jul – 12 Jul 2026 UTC · assess the changes, then plan the next dates.
Coming up8
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Patch Tuesday, 14 July 2026
The second Tuesday of the month, when Microsoft releases security updates for Windows, Office, and servers.
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End of support: 11 products
Dynamics GP, Project Server, SharePoint Server, SQL Server 2016; Dynamics GP 2016 R2; Infopath 2013; Project Server 2019; SharePoint Designer 2013; SharePoint Server 2019; SQL Server 2014, Extended Security Updates Year 2; Visual Studio 2022 , Version 17.12 (LTSC channel)
Same day: End of support: SharePoint Server 2019 and SharePoint Server 2016
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MC1403409: Required update for organizational authentication in Excel Power Query (Entra ID)Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Same day: Message Center action date: MC1422074: OpenAI models will soon be available as a subprocessor in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Changed3
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Pester · 2 releases
Pester releases
How this list is chosen
Changes from 6 Jul 2026 – 12 Jul 2026 UTC and dates due up to 11 Aug 2026. Dates are the source's own, or labelled as the day ChangeIntel observed a change; never inferred effective dates.
Ranked by kind: exploited vulnerabilities, then up to 7 dates, open known issues, and other notable changes, with at most one entry per feed. Service incidents are on the status board; security baseline downloads, first captures of a document, and metadata-only documentation checks are left out. This is a view of retained evidence, not a reconstruction of everything known at the time.
The briefing is selective. Browse every dated change, review upcoming dates or check the period's coverage.