Mike Rosoft

GCP Release Notes: January 23, 2026

Access Approval Feature Automotive AI Agent is generally available (GA). Access Transparency Feature Automotive AI Agent is generally available (GA). BigQuery Change You can now optionally specify which model to use by passing an endpoint argument to the AI.IF, AI.SCORE,…

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Dynamics 365 Apps

Dynamics 365 Contact Center – Customize transfers and consults for queues, representatives [MC1221931]

Message ID: MC1221931 We are announcing the ability to customize transfers and consults for queues and customer service representatives in Dynamics 365 Contact Center. This feature will reach general availability on January 26, 2026.How does this affect me?This feature allows…

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Microsoft Teams

(Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Admins can block external users in Microsoft Teams from Defender Portal [MC1200058]

Message ID: MC1200058 (Updated) Updated January 23, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] We’re introducing an integration between Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Defender for Office 365 that allows security admins to manage blocked external users…

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Microsoft Viva

(Updated) Microsoft Viva Engage: Smarter delivery of Community Announcement notifications [MC1143276]

Message ID: MC1143276 (Updated) Updated January 23, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.IntroductionWe hear your feedback about ways we can improve the notifications experience in Viva Engage. It's always a fine balance between ensuring your…

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Microsoft 365 apps

(Updated) Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint agents: A new Copilot experience for content creation [MC1187799]

Message ID: MC1187799 (Updated) Updated January 22, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] We’re introducing new Word, Excel, and PowerPoint agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot to help users create documents, workbooks, and presentations more efficiently…

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Exchange Online Microsoft 365 suite

Message Trace support on Graph API is now in Public Preview [MC1221939]

Message ID: MC1221939 [Introduction]We’re introducing Message Trace support on Microsoft Graph to provide a modern, REST‑based API experience for tracing email across your Exchange Online organization. This update aligns with our ongoing effort to move message trace support from the legacy Reporting…

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Nieuwsradar EdTech – 2 jul 2026 - De Leertechnoloog on (Updated) Learning Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot to become generally available [MC1319212]2 July 2026
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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…

MC1418254: Copilot Studio Adds Environment-Level Agent Telemetry Export to Azure Application Insights (Preview)

MC1227623: Exchange Online Adds PowerShell Cmdlet to Change Meeting Organizer

MC1269864: Microsoft Teams Adds Muted and Meeting Chat Sections, Replacing Meeting Chats Filter

MC1218713: Microsoft Teams Adds Centralized Evaluation Score for Apps and Agents in Admin Center

Deep dive into tooltip options in Power BI visuals (Generally Available)

MC1417563: Power Platform Adds Latency Evaluation Checks to Governance and Administration

MC1417483: Dynamics 365 Customer Service Adds Option to Edit and Override Completed Evaluations

MC1417474: Dynamics 365 Sales Adds Copy Opportunity Feature for Repeat Deals

MC1417473: Dynamics 365 Contact Center Adds Bullseye Routing with User Groups for Tiered Assignment

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