Mike Rosoft

NEW Microsoft 365 companion apps: a suite designed to enhance productivity [MC1160180]

Message ID: MC1160180 [Introduction] Starting in late October 2025, Microsoft will begin automatically installing the Microsoft 365 companion apps—People, Files, and Calendar—on Windows 11 devices that already have Microsoft 365 desktop client apps. These taskbar-integrated apps are designed to streamline…

Modern Workspace Pro 26 September 2025Admin impact, New feature, Plan for change, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 suite

Microsoft admin center: New licensing experiences [MC1160187]

Message ID: MC1160187 [Introduction]Starting in October 2025, Microsoft is rolling out a refreshed licensing experience in Microsoft admin center. This update improves visibility into license assignments and introduces new tools to help administrators manage licenses more efficiently across their organization.[When…

Modern Workspace Pro 26 September 2025Admin impact, Feature update, Stay informed, User impactNo Comments

Amazon Web Services

AWS Clean Rooms supports incremental ID mapping with AWS Entity Resolution

AWS Clean Rooms now supports incremental processing of rule-based ID mapping workflows with AWS Entity Resolution. This helps you perform real-time data synchronization across collaborators’ datasets with the privacy-enhancing controls of AWS Clean Rooms. With this launch, you can populate…

Modern Workspace Pro 26 September 2025No Comments

Amazon Web Services

Amazon Neptune Analytics is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region

Amazon Neptune Analytics is now available in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region. You can now create and manage Neptune Analytics graphs in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region and run advanced graph analytics. Neptune Analytics is a memory-optimized graph database engine…

Modern Workspace Pro 26 September 2025No Comments

Cloudflare WAF

WAF – WAF Release – 2025-09-26

Managed Ruleset Updated This update introduces 11 new detections in the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset (all currently set to Disabled mode to preserve remediation logic and allow quick activation if needed). The rules cover a broad spectrum of threats - SQL…

Modern Workspace Pro 26 September 2025No Comments

Amazon Web Services

Amazon RDS for Db2 now offers Reserved Instances

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for Db2 now offers Reserved Instances with up to 47% cost savings compared to On-Demand prices. The option to use Reserved Instances is available for all supported instance types. Amazon RDS for Db2 Reserved Instances…

Modern Workspace Pro 26 September 2025No 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…

MC1410524: Microsoft 365 Apps Rolls Out Current Channel Update for June 2026

MC1409304: Microsoft Teams Adds Facilitator to Detect and Resolve Knowledge Gaps in Meetings

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Guest invitation emails will be sent from the inviter’s email address [MC1325416]

Power BI Desktop Bridge (Preview)

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Private chat for organizers and presenters in structured meetings, webinars, and town halls [MC1188222]

Sales in Microsoft 365 Copilot – Engage customers across multiple channels (web, voice, sms & email) [MC1410324]

(Updated) Viva Learning: Academy support on mobile [MC1330883]

(Updated) Automatic recording and transcription for Teams Call Queues [MC1401299]

(Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot: Legal agent available in Frontier worldwide [MC1388706]

Microsoft Copilot Studio – Get Microsoft 365 Copilot agent suggestions based on your work in Copilot Studio [MC1410017]

NEW Microsoft 365 companion apps: a suite designed to enhance productivity [MC1160180]

Microsoft admin center: New licensing experiences [MC1160187]

AWS Clean Rooms supports incremental ID mapping with AWS Entity Resolution

Amazon Neptune Analytics is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region

WAF – WAF Release – 2025-09-26

Amazon RDS for Db2 now offers Reserved Instances

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