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Microsoft Teams: Location-Based Routing update blocks OS default location for Operator Connect in India [MC1401300]

Message ID: MC1401300 [What and Why:] We’ve updated Location-Based Routing (LBR) behavior for Operator Connect in India to ensure compliance with India toll bypass regulations. Microsoft Teams now blocks the use of a manually set Windows location (“OS default location”)…

Modern Workspace Pro 23 June 2026Admin impact, Feature update, Prevent or fix issues, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft Teams

Retirement of Turnitin Similarity integration in Microsoft Teams Assignments [MC1401298]

Message ID: MC1401298 [What and Why:]Microsoft is retiring the Turnitin Similarity integration in Microsoft Teams Assignments and encouraging institutions to transition to Turnitin Feedback Studio for Microsoft Teams. Turnitin Feedback Studio provides similarity checking, grading, feedback, and assignment management within…

Modern Workspace Pro 23 June 2026Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams: New Events templates with “Optimize for large audience” and policy-based behavior [MC1401303]

Message ID: MC1401303 [What and Why:] Microsoft Teams is updating the new Events scheduling experience to ensure that Events continue to respect the existing CsTeamsEventsPolicy. With new Events templates, organizers will see a new option called Optimize for large audience.…

Modern Workspace Pro 23 June 2026Admin impact, Stay informed, User impactNo Comments

Microsoft Teams

Calendar widget in Student Hub retiring in July 2026 [MC1401297]

Message ID: MC1401297 [What and Why:]We are retiring the Calendar widget in Student Hub as part of ongoing work to simplify and modernize the Student Hub experience. After the end-of-support date, the widget can no longer be added, and any…

Modern Workspace Pro 23 June 2026Admin impact, Plan for change, Retirement, User impactNo Comments

Amazon Web Services

AWS Batch now supports customer-ordered instance allocation strategies

AWS Batch now offers the Best Fit Progressive Ordered (BFPO) and Spot Capacity Optimized Prioritized (SCOP) allocation strategies, giving you more control over instance type prioritization in your compute environments. BFPO and SCOP enable you to manually define instance type…

Modern Workspace Pro 22 June 2026No Comments

Amazon Web Services

AWS Network Firewall updates default drop action for improved connection reliability

AWS Network Firewall now uses "Application drop established (server-directed only)" as the default stateful action for all newly created firewall policies, replacing the previous default of "Application drop established (bidirectional)" (formerly named "Application layer drop established"). No action is required…

Modern Workspace Pro 22 June 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…