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Hands-On Microsoft 365 Pulse – Weekly Updates (Week 45)
This week’s highlights are all about Microsoft Copilot—and how it’s becoming smarter, more personal, and more aligned with your organization’s identity. These updates focus on making Copilot easier to adopt and more powerful for everyday work.
Three standout features: the new Explore pane, which offers guided, contextual steps so you can discover Copilot capabilities without guesswork; Q&A in Read Aloud, enabling real‑time voice interactions while listening to content; and the Organization Brand Kit, now applied to visual Copilot creations for consistent branding across images and layouts.
For a deeper dive and practical tips, check out the latest issue of my Hands‑On newsletter. It’s packed with insights on how to enable these features and roll them out effectively.
Dynamics 365
Microsoft 365
Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel
Microsoft 365: People Skills profile editing improvements
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft 365 Copilot: Podcast voice interactions make audio experiences conversational
Microsoft 365 Copilot: Q&A in Read Aloud enables real-time voice interactions
Introducing the Explore Pane in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Chat] Apply your brand kit and style to visual creations
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Engage private content in M365 Copilot
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Chat] Apply your brand kit and style to visual creations
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Knowledge templates support for ServiceNow Knowledge Connector
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge: Securely enable AI generated applications
Microsoft Entra
Microsoft Entra: Soft deletion and restoration for cloud security groups
Microsoft Graph
Retirement of the TeamworkDevice (beta) API in Microsoft Graph
Microsoft Intune
Reminder: Update firewall configurations to include new Intune network endpoints
Microsoft Purview
Microsoft Purview: Purview Information Protection | Classifier Simulation Mode (Health Monitoring)
Microsoft Purview: Compliance Manager – Regulatory Navigator
Microsoft Purview: Compliance Manager – Regulatory Navigator
Microsoft Sentinel
Microsoft Teams
Introducing simplified admin controls to manage external collaboration in Teams admin center
Microsoft Teams: Update to email notifications for team and channel join and accept actions
Microsoft Teams: Join by code requires owner approval for private teams
Consult and merge into a meeting or group call via Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF)
Rate my call feedback experience update in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Viva
Microsoft Viva Engage: Flexible targeting of Storyline Announcements
Viva Amplify: Retirement of high privilege access (HPA) for Teams distribution channel
Microsoft Viva Glint: Updates to data retention policy
Outlook
Updated compose toolbar and actions in Outlook Mobile
New toolbar customization for multi-select in Outlook Mobile
Outlook: Updated Multi-Select Actions in Outlook Mobile
Outlook: Updated Compose Actions in Outlook Mobile
Planner
Planner: Support for Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) content sensitivity labels
Power Apps
Power Apps – Deprecation of Maker Copilot in canvas apps
Power Automate
Power Automate – HTTP and Teams webhook trigger flows are moving to new URLs
Power Pages
Power Pages – Security scan recommendations in Security Hub
Windows
Preparing commercial Windows 10 devices for ESUs
New resource on Known Issue Rollback (KIR) for Windows update management
Action Required to Enable Extended Security Update for local devices accessing Windows 365
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