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Power BI 2024 Holiday recap

Season’s greetings, Power BI Community! As we wrap up an incredible year, the Microsoft Power BI team is taking a break for December. All planned updates will roll out in January including the next Power BI Desktop release. As we…

Mike 10 December 2024No Comments

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams: BYOD mode will activate cameras on meeting room audio devices [MC952881]

Message ID: MC952881 The room audio auto-detect and pre-select feature for Microsoft Teams BYOD rooms (released October 2024) will soon activate the video component of composite audio-video peripherals as the selected camera in Teams. This message applies to Teams for…

Modern Workspace Pro 10 December 2024Feature update, Stay informed, User impact1

Microsoft Viva SharePoint Online

Microsoft Viva Connections on the SharePoint app bar [MC952886]

Message ID: MC952886 We are introducing a new entry point to Viva Connections from the SharePoint app bar, which will enhance the integration between the Intranet and Viva Connections. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 468290. [When…

Modern Workspace Pro 10 December 2024New feature, Stay informed, User impact1

SharePoint Online

New Pay-as-you-go billing model for Agents in SharePoint [MC952883]

Message ID: MC952883 We're introducing a pay-as-you-go (PayG) billing model for Agents in SharePoint allowing organizations to use an Azure subscription to pay for the service based on the number of queries used. [When this will happen:] Pay-as-you-go billing for…

Modern Workspace Pro 10 December 2024Admin impact, New feature, Stay informed, User impact1

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams: Pop out Chat, Copilot, and Notes panes in meetings [MC952888]

Message ID: MC952888 Coming soon: Users will be able to pop out the side panes for Notes, Chat, and Microsoft Copilot panes in Microsoft Teams meetings Note: The Copilot pane is only available in Worldwide environments with a Microsoft 365…

Modern Workspace Pro 10 December 2024New feature, Stay informed, User impact1

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams admin center: Non-disruptive device operations for Microsoft Teams devices [MC952889]

Message ID: MC952889 We are excited to announce a new capability in the Microsoft Teams admin center designed to ensure that device operations are non-disruptive for Android-based Teams devices. This new feature allows software updates, restarts, and configuration updates to…

Modern Workspace Pro 10 December 2024Admin impact, Feature update, Plan for change, User impact1

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…