Entra 🆔 News #169 → This week in Microsoft Entra
Community post · Entra.News - Merill Fernando
Weekly briefing
Week 40 · 28 Sep – 4 Oct 2026 UTC · assess the changes, then plan the next dates.
All dated changes in this period
770 source records · 263 groupsCommunityOut of Office Hours (Michael Niehaus)
A journey with Windows Server 2025 storage
Community post · Out of Office Hours (Michael Niehaus)
CommunityChristoffer Andersson
Inside Active Directory: Misconceptions, Myths and Bugs (Part 3) – RID Masters, InfrastructureUpdate Objects and the 3rd undocumented case
Community post · Christoffer Andersson
CommunityJan Bakker
From WordPress to Hugo on Cloudflare
Community post · Jan Bakker
CommunityPatch My PC Blog
Intune Can Now Bypass Windows Update Group Policy
Community post · Patch My PC Blog
Known issuesCloudflare
Cloudflare: Issues with Workers Build failing to start
Service incident
Workers Builds · lasted 2973 min
Known issuesCloudflare2 source records
Service incident · 2 entries
- Cloudflare: Cloudflare CDN experiencing increase in errors.
Service incident
CDN/Cache, CDN Cache Purge · lasted 11 min
Assessment context
The provider called it an outage
- Cloudflare: Network Performance Issues - Seoul (ICN)
Service incident
Known issuesExchange5 source records
Product known issue · 5 entries
- Availability (free/busy) fails for delegated mailboxes in Exchange hybrid deployments that use Graph API only
Product known issue · Exchange Server update known issues
Assessment context
Known issue published by Microsoft
- A ContentEngine deadlock occurs because of missing Korean WordBreaker rule files
Product known issue · Exchange Server update known issues
- A published calendar (.ics) returns "HTTP 500" for calendar applications
Product known issue · Exchange Server update known issues
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- A published calendar (.ics) returns "HTTP 500" for calendar applications
Product known issue · Exchange Server update known issues
- A published calendar (.ics) returns "HTTP 500" for calendar applications
Product known issue · Exchange Server update known issues
Known issuesOutlook
[FIXED] Voicemail audio attachments might not be visible in classic Outlook
Status: INVESTIGATING → FIXED · Classic Outlook known issues
Assessment context
Changed after ChangeIntel first saw it
Message CenterDefender2 source records
Message Center · Plan for change · 2 entries
- MC1279093: (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Enhancing how we handle promotional mail
Message Center · Plan for change
Microsoft Defender XDR
Assessment context
Microsoft marks it a major change
- MC1486293: Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Changes to Unified RBAC permission mapping for Microsoft Entra Security Operator role
Message Center · Plan for change
Microsoft Defender XDR
Assessment context
Microsoft marks it a major change
Message CenterViva
MC1166852: (Updated) Microsoft Viva Copilot Analytics launches new agent dashboard
Message Center · Plan for change
Microsoft Viva
Assessment context
Microsoft marks it a major change
RoadmapMicrosoft 365 Copilot3 source records
Now rolling out · 3 entries
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Chat can now better match search results from Scanned PDFs
Now rolling out
Status: InDevelopment → RollingOut
Assessment context
The feature started reaching tenants
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Chat: Access to UBB models via the model selector
Roadmap entry · Microsoft 365 Roadmap
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Use Dataverse Business Skills in Sales Agent
Roadmap entry · Microsoft 365 Roadmap
RoadmapMicrosoft Edge3 source records
Date moved later · 3 entries
- Microsoft Edge: Improvements to site permissions user interfaces
Date moved later
General availability: August CY2026 → October CY2026
Assessment context
Target moved from August CY2026 to October CY2026
- Microsoft Edge: Updated performance information in tab hover cards
Date moved later
General availability: October CY2026 → November CY2026
Assessment context
Target moved from October CY2026 to November CY2026
- Microsoft Edge: Improvements to site permissions user interfaces
Roadmap entry · Microsoft 365 Roadmap
RoadmapOneDrive
Microsoft 365: The Next Generation of File & Folder Sharing
Date moved later
General availability: September CY2026 → October CY2026
Assessment context
Target moved from September CY2026 to October CY2026
RoadmapPurview4 source records
Date moved later · 4 entries
- Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Cloud Attachments preservation for users on hold
Date moved later
General availability: June CY2026 → December CY2026
Assessment context
Target moved from June CY2026 to December CY2026
- Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Cloud Attachments preservation for users on hold
Preview · Date moved later
Preview: May CY2026 → November CY2026
Assessment context
Target moved from May CY2026 to November CY2026
- Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Admin assignment time limit
Launched
Status: InDevelopment → Launched
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RoadmapTeams5 source records
Now rolling out · 5 entries
- Microsoft Teams: Badges in Profile Card in Teams
Now rolling out
Status: InDevelopment → RollingOut
Assessment context
The feature started reaching tenants
- Microsoft Teams: Malicious URL Protection for Teams Chat and Channels for Gov clouds
Now rolling out
Status: InDevelopment → RollingOut
Assessment context
The feature started reaching tenants
- Microsoft Teams: Adaptive card-based app & copilot agent link unfurling in Teams
Launched
Status: InDevelopment → Launched
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- Microsoft Teams: Onboarding workflow for new team members
Roadmap entry · Microsoft 365 Roadmap
- Microsoft Teams: Start side conversations during meetings
Roadmap entry · Microsoft 365 Roadmap
RoadmapViva2 source records
Date moved later · 2 entries
- Microsoft Viva: Engage Community feed improvements
Date moved later
General availability: September CY2026 → October CY2026
Assessment context
Target moved from September CY2026 to October CY2026
- Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Configure user and survey data retention for deleted users in Viva Glint
Launched
Status: RollingOut → Launched
SecurityExchange
Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Published vulnerability
CVE-2026-96940
Assessment context
Microsoft states that customer action is required
SecurityGitLab
GitLab AI Gateway Critical Patch Release: 19.2.4, 19.3.2, and 19.4.1
Security advisory · GitLab patch releases
Assessment context
The vendor rates it critical
CommunityAndrew Taylor
Intune Newsletter – 2nd October 2026
Community post · Andrew Taylor
CommunityAskWoody
Amy Babinchak and I talk patching!
Community post · AskWoody
CommunityEntra.News - Merill Fernando
Your AI Coding Agent Is Creating Secrets You Don’t Know About
Community post · Entra.News - Merill Fernando
CommunityOffice 365 for IT Pros (Tony Redmond)
Teams Enables Easier File Sharing in Federated Chat
Community post · Office 365 for IT Pros (Tony Redmond)
CommunityPetri IT Knowledgebase
Google Says AI is Accelerating Vulnerability Discovery
Community post · Petri IT Knowledgebase
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