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Outlook | Save an Event as a Draft [MC1125489]

Message ID: MC1125489 You can now save a meeting as a draft on your calendar when you're not ready to send invites. This update gives users more flexibility when planning events, especially when details are still being finalized. When this…

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Microsoft 365 apps

External workbook links to blocked file types will be disabled by default [MC1125497]

Message ID: MC1125497 Introduction To enhance workbook security, a new group policy is being introduced to expand File Block Settings to external workbook links. This policy allows administrators to control whether links to blocked file types can be refreshed. If…

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Microsoft 365 suite

New Tools feature coming to the Microsoft Copilot Chat prompt box [MC1122153]

Message ID: MC1122153 (Updated) Beginning mid-August 2025, we're introducing a new Tools feature in the Copilot Chat prompt box. Tools acts as a lightweight entry point into high-value, task-specific Copilot features and capabilities directly from the prompt box. By selecting…

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Microsoft 365 suite

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat: Set budget limits for “Pay-as-you-go billing” in Microsoft 365 admin center [MC1122160]

Message ID: MC1122160 (Updated) What and Why To help organizations better manage and monitor their Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat pay-as-you-go spending, we’re introducing budget controls in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. This new capability allows global and billing admins to…

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(Updated) 3rd party citation add-in in Word reference tab [MC1108849]

Message ID: MC1108849 (Updated) Updated July 30, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.We’re introducing a new contextual entry point under the References tab in Word that helps users discover third-party citation tools alongside the default…

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Microsoft Entra

Microsoft Entra: Cross-cloud synchronization now available [MC1124558]

Message ID: MC1124558 IntroductionWe’re introducing cross-cloud synchronization in Microsoft Entra to help organizations streamline user lifecycle management across Microsoft’s commercial, US Government, and China cloud environments. This feature automates creating, updating, and deleting users across supported cloud pairs and is…

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AI Music Generator on GCP Release Notes: August 04, 20256 August 2025
The ability to apply secure tags organization-wide is a huge win for consistent firewall policy enforcement. Glad to see this…
Audio to Text on GCP Release Notes: August 02, 20256 August 2025
Great to see the continued rollout of Google SecOps SOAR updates—version 6.3.55 landing across all regions is a solid step…
kawaii coloring on GCP Release Notes: July 28, 20254 August 2025
The cross-region BigQuery materialized views are a game-changer—cut our nightly pipeline costs by 40%. Critical catch: Schema auto-detection still fails…
kawaii coloring on Important Update: Teams Meeting Join URL Validation [MC1120871]4 August 2025
This validation change is overdue—we’ve seen a 300% spike in phishing via fake ‘rescheduled meeting’ links. For hybrid teams, ensure…
AI Music Generator on Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports R6in and M6in instances1 August 2025
The increased network bandwidth in R6in and M6in instances is a great move, especially for businesses that rely on write-heavy…