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Engage is retiring live events powered by Teams Live Events effective April 15th, 2026 [MC1227085]

Message ID: MC1227085 [Introduction]Engage will retire live events powered by Teams Live Events effective April 15, 2026. Existing live events already scheduled will continue to be supported through February 28, 2027. We encourage customers to transition to events in Engage powered…

Modern Workspace Pro 5 February 2026Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 suite

Microsoft 365 Copilot: Business justification for Copilot license requests [MC1227088]

Message ID: MC1227088 [Introduction] To help organizations streamline approval workflows and improve governance, users who request a Microsoft 365 Copilot license will be able to submit a business justification with their request. Admins will see this justification during review, enabling…

Modern Workspace Pro 5 February 2026Admin impact, New feature, Stay informed, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft 365 Copilot app: Unified plus (+) menu [MC1227086]

Message ID: MC1227086 [Introduction] Microsoft is introducing a unified plus (+) menu to make it easier for users to add grounding, tools, and sources when prompting in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Grounding refers to the content users connect to Copilot—such as files,…

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Microsoft 365 apps

Files in Outlook for iOS and Android will open in Word, Excel or Powerpoint app on iPad [MC1227071]

Message ID: MC1227071 Introduction We’re conducting an experiment that changes how Word, Excel, and PowerPoint file attachments open in Outlook for iOS and Android. For iPad users only, these files may open directly in the Word, Excel, or PowerPoint apps…

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Amazon Web Services

Amazon RDS for MySQL now supports new minor versions 8.0.45 and 8.4.8

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MySQL now supports MySQL minor versions 8.0.45 and 8.4.8, the latest minors released by the MySQL community. We recommend upgrading to the newer minor versions to fix known security vulnerabilities in prior versions…

Modern Workspace Pro 5 February 2026No Comments

Amazon Web Services

Structured outputs now available in Amazon Bedrock

Amazon Bedrock now supports structured outputs, a capability that provides consistent, machine-readable responses from foundation models that adhere to your defined JSON schemas. Instead of prompting for valid JSON and adding extra checks in your application, you can specify the…

Modern Workspace Pro 5 February 2026No 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…