Mike Rosoft

Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows: Create a presentation with Microsoft Copilot from the PowerPoint Backstage view [MC1070846]

Message ID: MC1070846 (Updated) Updated June 25, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows desktop: Users will be able to create a PowerPoint presentation with Copilot straight from…

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Amazon Web Services

AWS Glue enables enhanced Apache Spark capabilities for AWS Lake Formation tables with full table access

AWS Glue now supports read and write operations from AWS Glue 5.0 Apache Spark jobs on AWS Lake Formation registered tables when the job role has full table access. This capability enables Data Manipulation Language (DML) operations including CREATE, ALTER,…

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Amazon Web Services

Amazon S3 Tables are now available in two additional AWS Regions

Amazon S3 Tables are now available in two additional AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (Thailand) and Mexico (Central). S3 Tables deliver the first cloud object store with built-in Apache Iceberg support, and the easiest way to store tabular data at scale.…

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Amazon Web Services

Amazon EC2 C7g instances are now available in the AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) Region

Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C7g instances are available in the AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) Region. These instances are powered by AWS Graviton3 processors that provide up to 25% better compute performance compared to AWS Graviton2 processors,…

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Microsoft Viva

Microsoft Viva Insights | Copilot Analytics: Unified experience for Copilot Dashboard and Insights analyst workbench [MC1072399]

Message ID: MC1072399 (Updated) Updated June 25, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Viva Insights will soon roll out a unified Copilot Analytics experience for Microsoft Copilot Dashboard users and Viva Insights analysts.…

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Power BI

Microsoft Fabric: Removing default contributor access for Workspace Identity [MC1102778]

Message ID: MC1102778 To strengthen security and align with customer feedback, Microsoft Fabric is updating how Workspace Identity permissions are handled. This change removes default Contributor access from Workspace Identities, reducing the risk of unintended access or misuse. This change…

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Mike on Anthropic Claude Sonnet is now available in Microsoft 365 Copilot [MC1247880]17 April 2026
Really interesting update. It feels like the bigger story here is not just that another model has been added, but…
Mike on Copilot entry point changes in Excel [MC1282571]17 April 2026
This is a helpful breakdown of what looks like a small UX change on the surface but has very real…
AI Logo Generator on GCP Release Notes: February 14, 202617 February 2026
It’s exciting to see Google SecOps SIEM and SOAR updates rolling out globally. I’m curious if there are any significant…
AI Music Generator on GCP Release Notes: February 13, 202615 February 2026
Security bulletins like the one for CVE-2025-13292 are always a bit concerning, but it’s reassuring to know Google is actively…
Nano Banana AI on GCP Release Notes: February 12, 202614 February 2026
This migration tool seems like a great step for those looking to modernize their infrastructure. Being able to move App…