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(Updated) Use Microsoft Copilot in Word to create, edit, and transform content directly from chat [MC1129126]

(Updated) Microsoft Teams Rooms: Front-of-room view control for Town Halls on Android [MC1182706]

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: In channels, the “Shared” tab (formerly the “Files” tab) will have new capabilities [MC1025217]

AWS Wickr launches admin APIs for programmatic network management at scale

GCP Release Notes: December 19, 2025

GCP Release Notes: December 18, 2025

Chat history landing page: Filtering UI refresh [MC1200572]

Teams admin center: Auto‑updates for Teams Android device firmware and apps will be paused during year‑end holidays [MC1200581]

OpenAI’s GPT-Image-1.5 model is now available in Microsoft 365 Copilot [MC1200577]

Teams admin center: Messaging safety defaults changing to “On” by default [MC1200576]

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Private channels increased limits and transition to group compliance [MC1134737]

Amazon Aurora now supports PostgreSQL 17.7, 16.11, 15.15, 14.20 and 13.23

Amazon ECR now supports creating repositories on push

Zero-ETL for self-managed Database Sources now available in 7 new regions

AWS IoT now offers event-based logging to help optimize observability costs

Amazon Redshift ODBC 2.x Driver now supports Apple macOS

Timestream for InfluxDB Now Supports Restart API Calls

Announcing Cost Allocation Tags support for Account Tags

Amazon Application Recovery Controller region switch now supports three new capabilities

Amazon SageMaker Studio now supports SOCI indexing for faster container startup times

AWS Private CA OCSP now available in China and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions

Amazon Bedrock Data Automation launches instruction optimization for your document blueprints

(Updated) Microsoft Exchange Online: New Message Trace will be GA; legacy Message Trace will retire [MC1092458]

(Updated) Retirement of several Microsoft Planner features in early 2026 as part of a Planner update [MC1193421]

Amazon WorkSpaces Applications now supports Microsoft Windows Server 2025

(Updated) Use Microsoft Copilot in Word to create, edit, and transform content directly from chat [MC1129126]

Message ID: MC1129126 (Updated) Updated December 22, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.Introduction We’re introducing Agent Mode in Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word that enhance how users interact with Copilot to create and refine content.…

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Microsoft Teams

(Updated) Microsoft Teams Rooms: Front-of-room view control for Town Halls on Android [MC1182706]

Message ID: MC1182706 (Updated) Updated December 22, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] We’re introducing the Adaptive Front-of-Room Experience for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android in Town Hall scenarios. This update helps create a distraction-free…

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Microsoft Teams

(Updated) Microsoft Teams: In channels, the “Shared” tab (formerly the “Files” tab) will have new capabilities [MC1025217]

Message ID: MC1025217 (Updated) Updated December 22, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: In channels, we will rename the Files tab as the Shared tab to enable users to view content…

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Amazon Web Services

AWS Wickr launches admin APIs for programmatic network management at scale

AWS Wickr now provides a suite of admin APIs that empower administrators to programmatically manage secure communication networks at scale. These APIs enable you to automate critical administrative workflows including user lifecycle management, network configuration, and security group administration. With…

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Google Cloud Platform

GCP Release Notes: December 19, 2025

Apigee Monetization Announcement On December 19, 2025, we released an updated version of Apigee Monetization. Note: Rollouts of this release to production instances have begun. Rollout may take four or more business days to complete across all Google Cloud zones.…

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Google Cloud Platform

GCP Release Notes: December 18, 2025

AlloyDB for PostgreSQL Feature Managed connection pooling is now generally available (GA). This feature optimizes resource usage to improve workload scalability and reliability. It is compatible with the AlloyDB Auth Proxy and Language Connectors. For more information, see Configure managed…

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Power BI

Happy Haunting! Find the Best Places to Trick or Treat Using Power Map.

This Halloween, we decided to visualize the best places in the U.S. to go trick or treating. What city do you think will win? Watch to find out, and then try the upcoming 3D visualization and storytelling capability for self-service…

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Snow Rider 3D on Amazon Cognito now supports resource indicators to simplify enhancing protection of OAuth 2.0 resources28 October 2025
Wow, this change in Cognito sounds like a game-changer for security! It's kinda wild how little things like specifying resource…
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Mike on GCP Release Notes: October 01, 20252 October 2025
Haha, “magical shrinking sauce” is such a perfect way to describe it! The new InPlaceOrRecreate mode really does feel like…
Mike on GCP Release Notes: October 01, 20252 October 2025
Haha, love the imagery — “tiny floating islands” vs “resource-guzzling behemoths” is exactly how VPA feels sometimes! Kubernetes definitely keeps…
Mike on Upcoming Secure by Default Settings Changes for Exchange and Teams APIs [MC1163922]2 October 2025
Absolutely nailed it — this update does feel like Microsoft handing the keys back to IT admins, but with a…