Weekly briefing

Week 36 · 31 Aug – 6 Sep 2026 UTC · assess the changes, then plan the next dates.

All dated changes in this period

470 source records · 197 groups

Sep 2026

Updates and guidanceDefender16 source records

Product news · 16 entries

(GA) Identity Security dashboard and Coverage & Maturity
Product news · Microsoft Defender XDR what's new
(Preview) Integrated Security Operations Center (ISOC) in Microsoft Defender brings XDR, SIEM, threat intelligence, automation, and AI capabilities together in the Micro…
Product news · Microsoft Defender XDR what's new
AWS GuardDuty coverage status is now shown on the S3 asset page
Product news · Microsoft Defender for Cloud release notes

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Automatic sensor v3.x activation and Windows auditing by default
Product news · Microsoft Defender for Identity what's new
Combined Sensor management tab on the On-premises settings page
Product news · Microsoft Defender for Identity what's new
Defender for Endpoint Linux 101.26072.0005
Product news · Defender for Endpoint Linux releases
Defender for Endpoint Linux 101.26081.0010
Product news · Defender for Endpoint Linux releases
Defender for Endpoint macOS 101.26072.0017
Product news · Defender for Endpoint macOS releases
Enhanced agent for Defender for SQL Servers on Machines is fully available in Azure Government cloud
Product news · Microsoft Defender for Cloud release notes
Expanding user reporting in Teams to include group calls
Product news · Microsoft Defender for Office 365 what's new
General availability of Defender for Cosmos DB in Azure Government cloud
Product news · Microsoft Defender for Cloud release notes
Identity Security dashboard and Coverage & Maturity
Product news · Microsoft Defender for Identity what's new
Sensor v3.x onboarding without Microsoft Defender for Endpoint deployment (Preview)
Product news · Microsoft Defender for Identity what's new
Separating Teams user reporting settings from email settings
Product news · Microsoft Defender for Office 365 what's new
Upcoming billing updates for Defender for Servers
Product news · Microsoft Defender for Cloud release notes
Upcoming deprecation of the Machines should have a vulnerability assessment solution recommendation
Product news · Microsoft Defender for Cloud release notes

1 Sep 2026

Updates and guidanceGoogle Gemini

Agentic video understanding

Product news · Gemini API release notes

1 Sep 2026

Updates and guidanceJamf Pro

When the AI sits inside the perimeter: from cyber capability to AI governance

Product news · Jamf Blog

1 Sep 2026

Updates and guidanceMicrosoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando

Generally Available: Purchase order mapping available in Microsoft Marketplace

Azure update · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando

1 Sep 2026

Updates and guidanceMicrosoft Entra

What’s new in Microsoft Entra: September 2026

Product news · Microsoft Entra Blog

Sep 2026

Updates and guidanceMicrosoft Fabric / Sentinel3 source records

Product news · 3 entries

Mirror the data lake tier to Microsoft Fabric OneLake
Product news · Microsoft Sentinel what's new
Use Microsoft Fabric for custom security analytics
Product news · Microsoft Sentinel what's new
Use Microsoft Fabric for data federation
Product news · Microsoft Sentinel what's new

Sep 2026

Updates and guidanceMicrosoft Fabric50 source records

Product change · 50 entries

Activator Fabric-item actions (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Activator query visibility (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Activator stateful conditions (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states

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ArcGIS Maps for Fabric (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Atlan connector for Fabric (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Branch workspaces and selective branching (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Capacity Metrics app enhancements (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Capacity alert templates (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Celonis Process Intelligence (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Cloud connection Admin APIs (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Compare and commit Git changes (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Connection authentication allowlist (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Connection tenant allowlist (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Copy job CDC (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Copy job SCD Type 2 (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Copy job audit columns (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Copy job workspace monitoring (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Custom Copy job staging (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
DLP restrict access (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Data-agent MCP tasks (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Dataflow diagnostics download (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Event Schema Registry (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Eventhouse customer-managed keys (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Eventhouse entity diagram (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Eventhouse outbound access protection (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Eventhouse workspace Private Link (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Extended mirroring capabilities (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Fabric Core MCP Server (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Fabric IQ MCP Server (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Fabric IQ in Microsoft 365 Copilot (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Fabric data agent visualizations (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Financial Fabric DataHub (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Granular shortcut-database sharing (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
IntuigenceAI for Fabric (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Lakehouse maintenance activity (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Materialized lake views (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Multi-folder Copy job (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
My Queries in Dataflow Gen2 (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
New Dataflow destinations (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
New Eventstream connectors (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
OneLake catalog Govern experience (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Optimized Dataflow copy to lakehouse (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Oracle CDC initial-load improvements (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Pipeline retry backoff (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
PostgreSQL connector for Copy job (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
SQL CDC custom capture names (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
SharePoint folders in Copy job (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Snowflake read-only CDC (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Spectral Core Fabric Migration (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states
Telmai Data Reliability (Generally Available)
Product change · Microsoft Fabric feature states

Sep 2026

Updates and guidanceMicrosoft Graph / Windows 3652 source records

Device and app management | Cloud PC (beta): 2 API change passages

Graph announcement · 2 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes

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Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes

1 Sep 2026

Updates and guidanceMicrosoft Graph7 source records

Graph announcement · 2 passages · 3 entries

Applications (v1.0): 2 API change passages
Graph announcement · 2 passages · Microsoft Graph changelog
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Device and app management (beta): 3 API change passages
Graph announcement · 3 passages · Microsoft Graph changelog
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Mail (v1.0): 2 API change passages
Graph announcement · 2 passages · Microsoft Graph changelog
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes

Sep 2026

Updates and guidanceMicrosoft Graph52 source records

Graph announcement · 1 passages · 29 entries

Agents (beta): 1 API change passage
Graph announcement · 1 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Applications (beta): 2 API change passages
Graph announcement · 2 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Applications (v1.0): 1 API change passage
Graph announcement · 1 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes

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Backup and recovery | Microsoft 365 backup and storage (beta): 2 API change passages
Graph announcement · 2 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Backup storage (beta): 1 API change passage
Graph announcement · 1 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Calendar | Places (beta): 3 API change passages
Graph announcement · 3 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Calendars | Work hours and locations (beta): 1 API change passage
Graph announcement · 1 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Calendars | Work hours and locations (v1.0): 1 API change passage
Graph announcement · 1 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Change notifications (beta): 1 API change passage
Graph announcement · 1 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Change notifications (v1.0): 1 API change passage
Graph announcement · 1 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Files (beta): 2 API change passages
Graph announcement · 2 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Files (v1.0): 3 API change passages
Graph announcement · 3 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Groups (beta): 1 API change passage
Graph announcement · 1 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Groups (v1.0): 1 API change passage
Graph announcement · 1 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Identity and access | Directory management (beta): 3 API change passages
Graph announcement · 3 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Identity and access | Directory management (v1.0): 2 API change passages
Graph announcement · 2 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Identity and access | Governance (beta): 4 API change passages
Graph announcement · 4 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Identity and access | Governance (v1.0): 3 API change passages
Graph announcement · 3 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Identity and access | Identity and sign-in (beta): 1 API change passage
Graph announcement · 1 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Identity and access | Identity and sign-in (v1.0): 2 API change passages
Graph announcement · 2 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Identity and access | Monitoring & health (beta): 5 API change passages
Graph announcement · 5 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
People and workplace intelligence | Analytics (beta): 1 API change passage
Graph announcement · 1 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Reports | Partner billing reports (beta): 1 API change passage
Graph announcement · 1 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Security | Audit log query (beta): 1 API change passage
Graph announcement · 1 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Security | Audit log query (v1.0): 1 API change passage
Graph announcement · 1 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Security | Data security and compliance (beta): 4 API change passages
Graph announcement · 4 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Tasks and plans (beta): 1 API change passage
Graph announcement · 1 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Teamwork and communications | Messaging (beta): 1 API change passage
Graph announcement · 1 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes
Teamwork and communications | Messaging (v1.0): 1 API change passage
Graph announcement · 1 passages · Microsoft Graph monthly changes
Assessment context
Publisher announcement group; its passages may describe different API changes

1 Sep 2026

Updates and guidanceOpenAI

Connections to api.openai.com can now use IPv6.

Product news · OpenAI API changelog

1 Sep 2026

Updates and guidancePowerShell

MDATP Linux agent latest release reporting

Windows news · Core Infrastructure and Security Blog

Sep 2026

Updates and guidancePurview2 source records

Product news · 2 entries

General availability: Integrate Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access with Purview to protect text, files, and AI interactions at the network layer, enforce restrictive a…
Product news · Microsoft Purview what's new
New: Create an Information Barriers policy compliance report to identify SharePoint sites, OneDrive accounts, and user-owned SharePoint Embedded containers that no longe…
Product news · Microsoft Purview what's new

Sep 2026

Updates and guidanceSentinel3 source records

Product news · 3 entries

Enable the data lake tier using Table management
Product news · Microsoft Sentinel what's new
Integrated Microsoft Sentinel SIEM and data lake onboarding
Product news · Microsoft Sentinel what's new
Run interactive KQL queries in advanced hunting
Product news · Microsoft Sentinel what's new

1 Sep 2026

Updates and guidanceSharePoint

SharePoint Flexible Sections just got more predictable and easier to use

Product news · SharePoint Blog

1 Sep 2026

Updates and guidanceWindows / Windows Autopatch

More control for Windows Autopatch updates: quality updates, .NET Framework, and quick machine recovery

Windows news · Windows message center

1 Sep 2026

Updates and guidanceWindows

Expanding memory integrity protection across Windows devices

Windows news · Windows IT Pro Blog

1 Sep 2026

Message CenterDefender

MC1411577: Microsoft Defender: Automated investigation and response (AIR) integrated into antivirus with manual triggering removed

Message Center action date · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando

1 Sep 2026

Message CenterDynamics 36512 source records

Message Center · Stay informed · 12 entries

MC1465262: Dynamics 365 Contact Center - Secondary device for notifications in Digital Messaging conversations
Message Center · Stay informed · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Dynamics 365 Apps
MC1465279: Dynamics 365 Human Resources - Streamline benefits enrollment process
Message Center · Stay informed · Reference tenants · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Dynamics 365 Apps
MC1465307: Dynamics 365 Contact Center - Teams Presence Sync
Message Center · Stay informed · Reference tenants · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Dynamics 365 Apps

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MC1465309: Dynamics 365 Project Operations - Update key project fields using Copy project
Message Center · Stay informed · Reference tenants · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Dynamics 365 Apps
MC1465314: Dynamics 365 Project Operations - Use what-if analysis on estimates
Message Center · Stay informed · Reference tenants · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Dynamics 365 Apps
MC1465316: Dynamics 365 Project Operations - Use time zone-agnostic fields in resource planning
Message Center · Stay informed · Reference tenants · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Dynamics 365 Apps
MC1465319: Dynamics 365 Contact Center - Use redesigned embedded CSR widget for Contact Center
Message Center · Stay informed · Reference tenants · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Dynamics 365 Apps
MC1465398: Dynamics 365 Sales - Use historical deal patterns to get better insights in Sales Opportunity Agent
Message Center · Stay informed · Reference tenants · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Dynamics 365 Apps
MC1465492: Dynamics 365 Customer Service - Create capacity plans for planning groups
Message Center · Stay informed · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Dynamics 365 Apps
MC1465523: Dynamics 365 Customer Service -Resolve customer emails autonomously with AI
Message Center · Stay informed · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Dynamics 365 Apps
MC1465563: Dynamics 365 Project Operations - Reconcile project accrued revenue
Message Center · Stay informed · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Dynamics 365 Apps
MC1465655: Dynamics 365 Project Operations - Update correction journal usability
Message Center · Stay informed · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Dynamics 365 Apps

1 Sep 2026

Message CenterExchange

MC1245222: (Updated) Outlook: Share Word, Excel and PowerPoint local files via the new Outlook for Windows

Notice updated · Reference tenants · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando

Exchange Online

1 Sep 2026

Message CenterMicrosoft 365 Apps / Teams

MC1465777: Enhanced Slide Navigation with Up and Down Arrow Keys in PPT Live

Message Center · Stay informed · Reference tenants · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando

Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 apps

1 Sep 2026

Message CenterMicrosoft 365 Apps

MC1450130: (Updated) OneNote: Multimodal capture in Copilot Notebooks (Android)

Notice updated · Reference tenants · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando

Microsoft 365 apps

1 Sep 2026

Message CenterMicrosoft 365 Copilot2 source records

Notice updated · 2 entries

MC1158329: (Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot: Updates to memory and personalization
Notice updated · Reference tenants · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
MC1311978: (Updated) Classic Outlook for Windows: User-initiated insights with Copilot
Notice updated · Reference tenants · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

1 Sep 2026

Message CenterMicrosoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando2 source records

Message Center action date · 2 entries

MC1448373: Teams device management begins transitioning from Teams admin center to Teams Rooms Pro management portal
Message Center action date · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
MC1465653: Microsoft Power Automate - View unattended run video logs in portal
Message Center · Stay informed · Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
Microsoft Power Automate

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