Mike Rosoft

(Updated) Outlook: retiring “Contact Masking” (hide suggested recipients) – March 31, 2026 [MC1234566]

Message ID: MC1234566 (Updated) Updated March 13, 2026: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. [What’s changing] In Outlook, users can hide a suggested recipient while addressing an email. For example, selecting the X next to a name…

Modern Workspace Pro 13 March 2026Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, Updated message, User impact

Copilot extensibility: Microsoft 365 Copilot Declarative Agents model upgrade to GPT‑5.2 [MC1251203]

Message ID: MC1251203 [Introduction]Microsoft 365 Copilot Declarative Agents are being upgraded to the GPT‑5.2 model. This update improves quality and reliability for agent scenarios such as reasoning, multi‑step workflows, tool calling, structured output generation, and document analysis. As with GPT‑5.1,…

Modern Workspace Pro 13 March 2026Admin impact, New feature, Stay informed, User impact

Microsoft Entra

(Update)Microsoft Entra ID: General Availability of passkey profiles and migration for existing Passkeys (FIDO2) tenants [MC1221452]

Message ID: MC1221452 (Updated) Updated March 13, 2026: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.[Introduction]Starting in March 2026, Microsoft Entra ID will introduce passkey profiles and synced passkeys to General Availability (GA). This update allows administrators to…

Modern Workspace Pro 13 March 2026Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, Updated message, User impact

Microsoft Viva

Microsoft Viva Engage | Email sender domain migration from @yammer.com to @engage.mail.microsoft [MC1251200]

Message ID: MC1251200 [Introduction]As part of the final phase of the Viva Engage rebranding, we’re updating the email sender domains used for Viva Engage communications. This change ensures a consistent and secure brand experience across all surfaces and completes the…

Modern Workspace Pro 13 March 2026Admin impact, Feature update, Stay informed, User impact

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams: Identify external bots joining your Teams meetings [MC1251206]

Message ID: MC1251206 [Introduction]AI‑powered meeting assistant bots—such as transcription and summarization services—are increasingly used to enhance productivity in online meetings. While these tools can be valuable, some bots may access meetings without the knowledge or consent of the meeting organizer…

Modern Workspace Pro 13 March 2026Admin impact, New feature, Stay informed, User impact

Amazon Web Services

Amazon EC2 M8azn instances are now available in US East (Ohio) Region

Starting today, Amazon EC2 M8azn instances are now available in US East (Ohio) Region. These general purpose high-frequency high-network instances are powered by fifth generation AMD EPYC (formerly code named Turin) processors and offer the highest maximum CPU frequency, 5GHz…

Modern Workspace Pro 13 March 2026

MC1443517: Microsoft Teams Lets External Presenters Manage Event Production Controls

MC1443520: Microsoft Teams Adds Option to Assign Production Tool Control in Meetings and Webinars

MC1443523: Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Adds Planner Task and Plan Management

MC1443518: Microsoft Teams Adds Expandable Presenter Panel for Better Visibility in Manage What Attendees See

MC1443510: Microsoft 365 Performs One-Time Cleanup of Aged Pending Requests in All Agents

MC1443511: Microsoft Teams Adds Auto Attendant Voicemail Management to Queues App

MC1443514: Microsoft Planner Adds Planner Agent Chat to Basic Plans

MC1413302: Viva Engage Adds Discussion Post Previews for Better Content Validation Before Publishing

MC1431365: Copilot Analytics Adds Agent 365 Dashboard for Managers in Viva Insights

MC1330886: Microsoft 365 Copilot Adds AI-Powered Suggested Edits in Copilot Pages