Mike Rosoft

Engage is retiring live events powered by Teams Live Events effective April 15th, 2026 [MC1227085]

Message ID: MC1227085 [Introduction]Engage will retire live events powered by Teams Live Events effective April 15, 2026. Existing live events already scheduled will continue to be supported through February 28, 2027. We encourage customers to transition to events in Engage powered…

Modern Workspace Pro 5 February 2026Plan for change, Retirement, User impact

Microsoft 365 suite

Microsoft 365 Copilot: Business justification for Copilot license requests [MC1227088]

Message ID: MC1227088 [Introduction] To help organizations streamline approval workflows and improve governance, users who request a Microsoft 365 Copilot license will be able to submit a business justification with their request. Admins will see this justification during review, enabling…

Modern Workspace Pro 5 February 2026Admin impact, New feature, Stay informed, User impact

Microsoft 365 Copilot app: Unified plus (+) menu [MC1227086]

Message ID: MC1227086 [Introduction] Microsoft is introducing a unified plus (+) menu to make it easier for users to add grounding, tools, and sources when prompting in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Grounding refers to the content users connect to Copilot—such as files,…

Modern Workspace Pro 5 February 2026Feature update, Stay informed, User impact

Microsoft 365 apps

Files in Outlook for iOS and Android will open in Word, Excel or Powerpoint app on iPad [MC1227071]

Message ID: MC1227071 Introduction We’re conducting an experiment that changes how Word, Excel, and PowerPoint file attachments open in Outlook for iOS and Android. For iPad users only, these files may open directly in the Word, Excel, or PowerPoint apps…

Modern Workspace Pro 5 February 2026Feature update, Stay informed, User impact

Amazon Web Services

Amazon RDS for MySQL now supports new minor versions 8.0.45 and 8.4.8

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MySQL now supports MySQL minor versions 8.0.45 and 8.4.8, the latest minors released by the MySQL community. We recommend upgrading to the newer minor versions to fix known security vulnerabilities in prior versions…

Modern Workspace Pro 5 February 2026

Amazon Web Services

Structured outputs now available in Amazon Bedrock

Amazon Bedrock now supports structured outputs, a capability that provides consistent, machine-readable responses from foundation models that adhere to your defined JSON schemas. Instead of prompting for valid JSON and adding extra checks in your application, you can specify the…

Modern Workspace Pro 5 February 2026

Microsoft 365 Weekly Change Intelligence | 27 July–2 August 2026

MC1440972: Microsoft Edge Brings Upgraded Copilot New Tab Page with Integrated Chat and Work Content

MC1435782: Microsoft Entra ID Retires Custom CSS Positioning Properties in Sign-In Branding

MC1326502: Teams Events Adds Shared and Delegate Mailbox Scheduling for Event Management

MC1442612: PowerPoint for Windows Gets Direct Access to Organizational Brand Templates via Backstage

MC1317197: Microsoft Teams Redesigns In-Meeting Controls and Share Panel for Easier Navigation and Safer Sharing

MC1308855: Outlook Mobile and Mac Rename Collect Diagnostics to Get Diagnostics and Shift Logs to Microsoft 365 Diagnostics Service

MC1440980: Microsoft Teams Mobile Requires Latest App Version to Keep Calendar Functionality

MC1444064: Dynamics 365 and Power Platform Add Macro Region Geography Selection for Environment Provisioning

MC1443517: Microsoft Teams Lets External Presenters Manage Event Production Controls