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(Updated) Self-nomination as a community expert in Viva Engage communities [MC1111779]

Message ID: MC1111779 (Updated) Updated July 18, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.We’re enhancing the Community Expert experience in Viva Engage by introducing a self-nomination feature. This empowers community members to express interest in becoming…

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(Updated) Agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat in Outlook [MC1020219]

Message ID: MC1020219 (Updated) Updated July 18, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.Updated April 29, 2025: We are making additional fixes which will delay this release. Our updated plan is to make this feature available…

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Microsoft Teams

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Meeting participants can request collaborative annotation sessions [MC1019312]

Message ID: MC1019312 (Updated) Updated July 18, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: Meeting participants will be able to request an annotation session while someone else is sharing their screen.This…

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Amazon Web Services

Amazon CloudWatch SDK supports optimized JSON, CBOR protocols (in preview)

Amazon CloudWatch announces support for both the JSON and Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) protocols in the CloudWatch SDK, enabling lower latency and improved performance for CloudWatch customers. The SDK will automatically use JSON or CBOR as its new default…

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Google Cloud Platform

GCP Release Note: July 18, 2025

AI Hypercomputer Feature Generally available: You can troubleshoot workloads with slow performance by using straggler detection metrics and logs. Stragglers are single-point, non-crashing failures that eventuallyslow down your entire workload. Large-scale ML workloads are very susceptible to stragglers, and VMs…

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SharePoint Online

Updates to custom scripting in sites and Classic Publishing site creation [MC1117115]

Message ID: MC1117115 We are implementing the following changes to custom scripting and classic publishing in SharePoint Online.1. Disablement of custom scriptingCustom scripting will be disabled by default (setting DenyAddAndCustomizePages to 1 or $true) for sites created with the following…

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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…
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…