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

Message ID: MC1122160 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 set…

Modern Workspace Pro 26 July 2025Admin impact, New feature, Stay informed, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 apps

Microsoft Places Management web portal [MC1122163]

Message ID: MC1122163 We’re introducing the new Microsoft Places Management web portal—a centralized, intuitive interface that simplifies how administrators manage Places directory data. This new experience replaces the need for PowerShell scripts, offering a more visual and user-friendly way to…

Modern Workspace Pro 26 July 2025Admin impact, New feature, Plan for changeNo Comments

Microsoft 365 suite

Microsoft Graph Metered API Update [MC1122144]

Message ID: MC1122144 We are changing how metered APIs in Microsoft Graph incur costs based on usage.Effective from August 25, 2025, the APIs listed on this page will no longer incur the metered charges previously applied. Here are some key…

Modern Workspace Pro 26 July 2025Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for changeNo Comments

Power Apps

Power Apps – Generative Pages feature available for preview [MC1121967]

Message ID: MC1121967 We are announcing the public preview of Generative Pages. This new capability allows admins to simplify the app design process for model-drive apps using AI. This feature began rolling out to North America on July 22, 2025,…

Modern Workspace Pro 25 July 2025New feature, Stay informedNo Comments

Amazon Web Services

Amazon EC2 C7i instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region

Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C7i instances powered by custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids) are available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. C7i instances are supported by custom Intel processors, available only…

Modern Workspace Pro 25 July 2025No Comments

Microsoft Viva

(Updated) Microsoft Viva: A new reactions design in Viva Engage [MC892641]

Message ID: MC892641 (Updated) Updated July 25, 2025: After further review, we are not able to continue rolling this out at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. Customers will see a new design for reactions in conversation cards across…

Modern Workspace Pro 25 July 2025New feature, Stay informed, Updated message, User impactNo 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…