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Hands-On Microsoft 365 Pulse – Weekly Updates (Week 11)
This week’s Pulse looks a little different. Microsoft wrapped up the second SharePoint Hackathon, and instead of just watching from the sidelines, I decided to participate. This time with my wife. She is a former Microsoft employee and now a Copilot Microsoft MVP, so yes, we genuinely live and breathe Microsoft at home.
We joined forces to push the boundaries of what SharePoint can do using mostly out of the box capabilities. If you remember the days when the goal was to make SharePoint not look like SharePoint, this one is for you. If you want to catch up on the latest SharePoint updates and see where the platform is heading, take a look and let us know what you think.
In the video below, we walk you through NOXEN Intranet. You’ll see how custom site branding, flexible sections, SPFx extensions, Viva Connections, Copilot chat APIs, and a SharePoint agent in Microsoft Teams come together to create a design‑led intranet focused on relevance, clarity, and real usage, across both desktop and mobile.
As always, there’s a bunch more to explore — check out the full list below. Let me know in the comments what your favorite update was this week, or what you’re hoping to see next. I’m curious to hear what caught your eye!
Windows
The March 2026 Windows security update is now available
RSAT capabilities arrive on Arm-based Windows 11 PCs
Plan for Change: Windows Autopatch is enabling hotpatch updates by default
Windows Office Hours: March 19, 2026
Windows Deployment Services (WDS): Hands-free deployment hardening (Phase 2)
Out-of-band update released for Windows Enterprise client devices running hotpatch updates
Windows 365
Windows 365: Windows 365 Link – Market Expansion
Microsoft Viva
Microsoft Viva: Feature conversations to all network members
Sensitivity labels available soon for Viva Engage communities
Microsoft Viva Engage | Email sender domain migration from @yammer.com to @engage.mail.microsoft
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365)
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Chose Anthropic models when editing with Copilot in Word
Copilot extensibility: Microsoft 365 Copilot Declarative Agents model upgrade to GPT‑5.2
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft 365 Copilot: Planner agent rename and rollout to premium and basic plans
Microsoft 365 Apps
Microsoft 365 Apps: Cloud Update – Descriptive Errors
Microsoft 365 Apps: Cloud Update – Enhanced Rollout Waves
Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels
Retirement of the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel option in the Office Deployment Service
Retirement of the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel installation option for unmanaged devices
Find your files quickly and easily on Word, Excel and PowerPoint App home pages
Exchange Online
Retirement of -Credential parameter when connecting to Exchange Online PowerShell
Microsoft Purview
Microsoft Purview: Data Security Investigations – analyze files tied to endpoint DLP alerts
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – File Quarantine Action in DLP for SharePoint/OneDrive
Microsoft Purview: Data Security Investigations – analyze files tied to audit log activities
Microsoft Purview: Data Security Investigations – role-based access simplification
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – Enrich Defender alerts Graph API with DLP event data
Prevent/Fix: Microsoft Purview | Activity Explorer – Total count includes duplicate results
Outlook
Outlook Mobile: Follow a meeting option
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams: Live transcription in Teams Rooms on Android
Microsoft Teams: Create workflows with slash commands
Microsoft Teams: Run SMB admin tasks faster with Microsoft 365 Admin Agent in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams: Video recap in Teams
Microsoft Teams: Spoken language detection is now automatic
Microsoft Teams: Enhancements to Interpreter quality and support for Traditional Chinese
Microsoft Teams: Honor Windows Do not disturb setting
Microsoft Teams: Identify external bots joining your Teams meetings
Power Apps
Power Apps – Public preview for Microsoft 365 Copilot chat in model-driven apps
Power Apps – Public preview for Microsoft 365 Copilot chat in canvas apps
Power Platform
Power Platform – New Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) announcement
SharePoint
SharePoint: Plan and Create Pages with AI
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge: Add setting to create or remove profile desktop shortcut for Windows
Microsoft Edge: Copilot new tab page
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Microsoft Secure Score: New recommendations for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Microsoft 365 Profile
Introducing awards and certifications section in M365 profile card
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