Friday, November 01, 2024

38 new posts across 22 Microsoft websites since Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Copilot for Microsoft 365

What’s New In Microsoft 365 Copilot | October 2024

Welcome to the October 2024 edition of What’s new in Microsoft 365 Copilot! Every month, we highlight new features and enhancements to keep Microsoft 365 admins up to date with Copilot features that h…

Thursday, October 31, 2024

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New Copilot agents: Supercharge Microsoft 365 Copilot

Are you ready to supercharge Microsoft 365 Copilot? Following the recent Wave 2 announcements and the general availability of Copilot agents, we are excited to introduce a curated set of new Copilot a…

Thursday, October 31, 2024

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Microsoft 365 Blog

Streamline collaboration with the new chat and channels experience in Microsoft Teams

Working together can turn great ideas into reality and bring people together as a team. We’ve been paying attention to our customers’ evolving needs in the AI-powered workplace, which require faster, …

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

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Microsoft Copilot Studio Blog

Transform HR with AI-powered agents

Human Resource (HR) professionals juggle numerous responsibilities as they strive to align organizational goals with human potential. In addition to hiring and retaining talent, they must manage a glo…

Thursday, October 31, 2024

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Teams Blog

Digital signage in Teams Rooms brings your messages to your meeting spaces

Digital signage in Microsoft Teams Rooms expands communications into your meeting spaces, enhancing employee engagement and connection. When your Teams Rooms devices are not used for meetings nor pres…

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

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What’s New in Microsoft Teams | October 2024

I hope that you’ve had the chance to try out some of the time-and-effort-saving new features we launched in September, like one of the favorites for Teams Premium and Copilot users, ‘Copilot in Teams …

Thursday, October 31, 2024

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Microsoft Viva Blog

Smart HR: Leveraging AI for Better People Management

Welcome to our latest blog post in the AI Empowerment series! In a recent webinar, we explored the world of AI in Human Resources. The webinar was packed with insights, practical examples, and a whole…

Thursday, October 31, 2024

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Research Drop: How Flexible Work Arrangement Policies Shape Leaders’ Views of Their Organization

Four years post pandemic, organizations continue to refine their work arrangement policies—balancing employee feedback, industry trends, and leadership preferences across in-person, hybrid, and remote…

Thursday, October 31, 2024

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Exchange Team Blog

IPv6 updates for Exchange Online

Microsoft has recently introduced several key updates to IPv6 traffic for Exchange Online. These updates are designed to enhance security, improve performance, and ensure compliance with modern Intern…

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

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SharePoint Blog

SharePoint roadmap pitstop - October 2024

I and Count Dracula 365 (you’ll hear my alter ego nudge his way into the podcast episode several times), are excited to bring you a roadmap pitstop filled with jump ScarePoint agents, Little Shop of C…

Thursday, October 31, 2024

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Microsoft 365 Developer Blog

Retirement of the SharePoint SendEmail API

Retirement of the SharePoint SendEmail API from SharePoint Online - impacting both REST and CSOM API surfaces. The post Retirement of the SharePoint SendEmail API appeared first on Microsoft 365 Devel…

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

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Microsoft 365 Certification control spotlight: Business continuity and disaster recovery planning

Read how Microsoft 365 Certification verifies business continuity and disaster recovery plans are in place. The post Microsoft 365 Certification control spotlight: Business continuity and disaster rec…

Thursday, October 31, 2024

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What’s new for Microsoft 365 Copilot developer tooling

Learn how declarative agents, now generally available, can quickly and easily integrate your enterprise data securely with Microsoft 365 Copilot. The post What’s new for Microsoft 365 Copilot develope…

Thursday, October 31, 2024

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Azure Communication Services

Azure Communication Services Ideas Board: Share your feedback with the product team

Innovation is not a solitary pursuit, and we recognize that some of the best ideas come from you, our Azure Communication Services community. By using our technology and identifying the limitations or…

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

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Microsoft 365 Blog - Tech Community

Announcing the General Availability of the Microsoft 365 Document Collaboration Partner Program

Empowering Seamless Collaboration for Modern Workforces We are thrilled to announce the general availability of the Microsoft 365 Document Collaboration Partner Program (MDCPP). This new program allo…

Thursday, October 31, 2024

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Microsoft Entra (Azure AD) Blog

Meet Microsoft Entra at Ignite 2024: November 18-22

Microsoft Ignite is just around the corner, taking place from Monday, November 18, 2024 through Friday, November 22, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois and digitally. This event is the ultimate gathering for …

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

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Update to security defaults

As part of the Secure Future Initiative, we’ve evolved our security approach to align with three security principles: secure by design, secure by default, and secure operations. Secure by default mean…

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

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Azure Blog - Identity and Access Management

Accelerate scale with Azure OpenAI Service Provisioned offering

With the new enhancements to Azure OpenAI Service Provisioned offering, we are taking a big step forward in making AI accessible and enterprise-ready. The post Accelerate scale with Azure OpenAI Servi…

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

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Azure at GitHub Universe: New tools to help simplify AI app development

With seamless integration among VS Code, GitHub, and Azure, we provide an AI-powered, end-to-end development platform to transform your apps with AI. The post Azure at GitHub Universe: New tools to he…

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

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From idea to impact: Real-world success stories of building intelligent apps with Azure

This blog explores the benefits of modernizing and building intelligent apps through real-world examples, demonstrating how organizations have boosted speed and efficiency using Microsoft Azure’s comp…

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

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Microsoft Cost Management updates—September 2024

We’re always looking for ways to learn more about your challenges and how Microsoft Cost Management can help you better understand where you’re accruing costs in the cloud, identify and prevent bad sp…

Thursday, October 31, 2024

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ITOps Talk Blog

Microsoft Copilot in Azure - Securing Storage Accounts

The Woes of Storage Space and How Copilot in Azure Came to the Rescue Anyone here ever had to frantically delete holiday photos to make room for a new app? Or maybe your phone prompted you to upgrade …

Thursday, October 31, 2024

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Microsoft Security Blog

Midnight Blizzard conducts large-scale spear-phishing campaign using RDP files

Since October 22, 2024, Microsoft Threat Intelligence has observed Russian threat actor Midnight Blizzard sending a series of highly targeted spear-phishing emails to individuals in government, academ…

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

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Microsoft Ignite: Sessions and demos to improve your security strategy

Join us at Microsoft Ignite 2024 for sessions, keynotes, and networking aimed at giving you tools and strategies to put security first in your organization. The post Microsoft Ignite: Sessions and dem…

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

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The challenges that small and midsize businesses (SMBs) face when it comes to security continue to increase as it becomes more difficult to keep up with sophisticated cyberthreats with limited resourc…

Thursday, October 31, 2024

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Chinese threat actor Storm-0940 uses credentials from password spray attacks from a covert network

Since August 2023, Microsoft has observed intrusion activity targeting and successfully stealing credentials from multiple Microsoft customers that is enabled by highly evasive password spray attacks….

Thursday, October 31, 2024

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​​Microsoft now a Leader in three major analyst reports for SIEM

Microsoft is positioned in the Leaders Category in the 2024 IDC MarketScape for worldwide SIEM for Enterprise—making it the third major analyst report in SIEM to name Microsoft as a Leader. The post …

Thursday, October 31, 2024

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Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity

Microsoft now a Leader in three major analyst reports for SIEM

We’re excited and honored to be positioned in the Leaders Category in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SIEM (security information and event management) for Enterprise 2024 Vendor Assessment (doc #US5154…

Thursday, October 31, 2024

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Microsoft 365 Defender Blog

New Security Copilot skill: Identity Summary

“Can you summarize Defender insights about this user over the last two days?” Microsoft’s latest innovation for Copilot for Security, simplifies SOC teams’ investigation with the new Identity Summary …

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

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Defender for Identity: the critical role of identities in automatic attack disruption

In today’s digital landscape, cyber-threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated and frequent. Advanced attacks are often multi-workload and cross-domain, requiring organizations to deploy robust s…

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

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Monthly news - August 2024

Microsoft Defender XDRMonthly newsAugust 2024 Edition This is our monthly “What’s new” blog post, summarizing product updates and various new assets we released over the past month across our Def…

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

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Microsoft Power Platform Blog

2024 release wave 2 launches with hundreds of Copilot capabilities

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms were designed to help integrate the fragmented processes that comprise the operation of a large enterprise. But the way we do business keeps fundamentally …

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

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Public Sector Blog

Enhancing Federal AI Safety: Responsible and Secure AI Sandbox

Who Should Read This This document will be beneficial to Federal Executives including Chief Information Officer, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Information Sec…

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

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Education Blog

What’s New in Microsoft EDU webinar – November 2024

Join us on Wednesday, November 13th, 2024 for our latest “What’s New in Microsoft EDU” webinar! These 30 minute webinars are put on by the Microsoft Education Product Management group and happen once …

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

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Small and Medium Business Blog

Supercharge Your Business: Microsoft Teams connects you to customers

Maximizing Customer Engagement with Microsoft Teams Managing customers and reaching out to prospects are crucial aspects of running a small business. For many owners or operators, it’s common to respo…

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

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Use GDAP to set up least privilege access in Microsoft 365 Lighthouse

Use GDAP to set up least privilege access in Microsoft 365 Lighthouse We’ve updated how granular delegated administrative privileges (GDAP) are managed in Lighthouse by adding a new Delegated access…

Thursday, October 31, 2024

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Planner Blog

What’s New for Planner in October 2024

New Planner for the web begins roll out to General Availability We’re bringing the new Planner experience to the web! This month marked the roll out of the new Planner for the web to our Targeted rel…

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

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Azure AI Services Blog

Customize the Phi-3.5 family of models with LoRA fine-tuning in Azure

The Phi model collection represents the latest advancement in Microsoft’s series of Small Language Models (SLMs). Back in August 2024, we welcomed the latest additions, Phi-3.5-mini and Phi-3.5-MoE, a…

Thursday, October 31, 2024

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