Mike Rosoft

High Volume Email for Microsoft 365 upcoming general availability [MC1243552]

Message ID: MC1243552 [Introduction]Exchange Online includes email‑sending limits based on three factors: recipient rate limit, recipient limit, and message rate limit. To support customers whose internal communication needs exceed these standard limits, we are introducing High Volume Email (HVE) for Microsoft 365.…

Modern Workspace Pro 4 March 2026Admin impact, New feature, Stay informed, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 Copilot: Updates to PowerPoint on‑canvas features with Agent mode [MC1243550]

Message ID: MC1243550 [Introduction]As previously announced in MC1219792, PowerPoint will update the Microsoft 365 Copilot experience by enabling Agent mode for several on‑canvas authoring features, including rewrite, translate, and speaker notes. These enhancements will support more intelligent multi‑step reasoning and…

Modern Workspace Pro 4 March 2026Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for change, User impactNo Comments

SharePoint Online

Retirement of SharePoint One-Time Passcode (SPO OTP) and transition to Microsoft Entra B2B guest accounts [MC1243549]

Message ID: MC1243549 [Introduction]We are retiring SharePoint One‑Time Passcode (SPO OTP) authentication in OneDrive and SharePoint starting July 2026. Beginning in May 2026, new external sharing invitations and authentication will start using Microsoft Entra B2B instead of SPO OTP. This…

Modern Workspace Pro 4 March 2026Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 apps

Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel [MC1243523]

Message ID: MC1243523 We've released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps: Current Channel [When this will happen:] We'll be gradually rolling out this update of Microsoft 365 Apps to users on that update channel starting March…

Modern Workspace Pro 4 March 2026Feature update, Stay informedNo Comments

Amazon Web Services

Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio adds metadata sync with third-party catalogs

Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio now supports metadata and context sync across Atlan, Collibra, and Alation. These integrations synchronize catalog metadata between Amazon SageMaker Catalog and each partner platform, giving teams a consistent view of their data and AI assets regardless…

Modern Workspace Pro 4 March 2026No Comments

Amazon Web Services

Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio now supports AWS Glue 5.1 for data processing jobs

Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio now supports AWS Glue 5.1 for Visual ETL, notebook, and code-based data processing jobs. With AWS Glue 5.1 in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio, data engineers and data scientists can run jobs on Apache Spark 3.5.6 with…

Modern Workspace Pro 4 March 2026No Comments

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…