Friday, October 17, 2025

30 new posts across 16 Microsoft websites since Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Office End Of Support Blog

Office 2016/2019 Support Ends Today — Prepare for Office LTSC 2021 End of Support Next Year

Today marks the end of support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 suites, standalone applications, and servers. Microsoft will no longer provide security fixes, bug fixes, or technical support for these …

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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Microsoft 365 Blog

What’s new in Copilot Studio: September 2025

In the September 2025 edition of our monthly roundup, we’re recapping the most exciting new features recently released in Microsoft Copilot Studio. The post What’s new in Copilot Studio: September 20…

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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Microsoft 365 Blog - Tech Community

Office 2016/2019 have reached end of support – here’s what to do now

Today, October 14, 2025, support ends for all Office 2016 and 2019 suites, standalone apps, and servers. This includes: Office suites Office 2016, Office 2019 Office applications Access 2016, Ac…

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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Teams Blog

Microsoft named a Leader in 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Unified Communications as a Service

We’re excited to share that Microsoft has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) worldwide, marking our seventh consecutive year with …

Thursday, October 16, 2025

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Exchange Team Blog

Support for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 ends today

Today, October 14, 2025, Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 reach end of support. It’s critical to upgrade now to remain supported and secure. Microsoft will no longer provide technical sup…

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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Released: October 2025 Exchange Server Security Updates

Microsoft has released Security Updates (SUs) for vulnerabilities found in: Exchange Server Subscription Edition (SE) Exchange Server 2019 Exchange Server 2016 SUs are available for the following sp…

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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Cloud-Managed Remote Mailboxes: Now Generally Available!

On Aug 20, 2025, we announced the Public Preview of Cloud-Managed Remote Mailboxes, a key step toward retiring the ‘last Exchange Server’ in your organization. The response from the community has been…

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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Microsoft 365 Insider Blog

SharePoint Showcase highlights: Copilot and agents governance and security essentials for admins

Hi, Insiders! I’m Rob Nunez, a Product Marketing Manager on the Microsoft 365 team. This month’s SharePoint Showcase blog – part of a series dedicated to monthly deep dives, tips, resources, and the l…

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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Touch keyboard appears automatically in OneNote on Windows

Hi, Microsoft 365 Insiders! I’m Bola Soneye, and I’m a Product Manager on the OneNote team. I’m excited to share an update that improves the experience for touch-enabled devices running Microsoft OneN…

Thursday, October 16, 2025

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New Microsoft 365 icons for the AI era

Hi, Insiders! We are Jessica Hu and Priya Mehta, Product Managers on the Apple Ecosystem team. We are excited to share new, modern icons of Microsoft 365 apps, now available for Windows, Mac, Android,…

Thursday, October 16, 2025

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Microsoft Azure Blog

Accelerating open-source infrastructure development for frontier AI at scale

Microsoft is contributing new standards across power, cooling, sustainability, security, networking, and fleet resiliency to advance innovation. The post Accelerating open-source infrastructure develo…

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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Oracle Database@Azure offers new features, regions, and programs to unlock data and AI innovation

Oracle Database@Azure adds new AI-ready features, expands to 33 regions, and launches new partner and migration programs The post Oracle Database@Azure offers new features, regions, and programs to un…

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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Sora 2 now available in Azure AI Foundry

Turning imagination into reality has never been more possible—or more powerful—than it is today. With OpenAI’s Sora 2 now in public preview in Azure AI Foundry, organizations of all sizes can harness …

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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From queries to conversations: Unlock insights about your data using Azure Storage Discovery—now generally available

We are excited to announce the general availability of Azure Storage Discovery. The post From queries to conversations: Unlock insights about your data using Azure Storage Discovery—now generally avai…

Thursday, October 16, 2025

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Microsoft 365 Developer Blog

Exciting new capabilities and enhancements for M365 Developer Program – October 2025

We are excited to share updates on the Microsoft 365 Developer Program with new capabilities and upcoming changes. The post Exciting new capabilities and enhancements for M365 Developer Program – Octo…

Thursday, October 16, 2025

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Azure Virtual Desktop Blog

Windows 10 Extended Security Updates for Azure Virtual Desktop

Windows 10 reaches end of support on October 14, 2025. A great place to learn about all the Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) options is in our blog post, When to use Windows 10 Extended Secu…

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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Now in public preview: Ephemeral OS disk support on Azure Virtual Desktop

Azure Virtual Desktop continues to evolve with features that simplify deployment and management of session hosts for our customers. Today, we’re excited to announce the public preview of Ephemeral OS …

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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Microsoft Security Blog

Microsoft raises the bar: A smarter way to measure AI for cybersecurity

ExCyTIn-Bench is Microsoft’s newest open-source benchmarking tool designed to evaluate how well AI systems perform real-world cybersecurity investigations. The post Microsoft raises the bar: A smarte…

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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The importance of hardening customer support tools against cyberattacks

As customer support tools become more connected and data-rich, they’re increasingly targeted by cyberattacks. Hardening these systems is no longer optional—it’s essential to protect customer trust, se…

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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Extortion and ransomware drive over half of cyberattacks

In 80% of the cyber incidents Microsoft’s security teams investigated last year, attackers sought to steal data—a trend driven more by financial gain than intelligence gathering. The post Extortion a…

Thursday, October 16, 2025

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Microsoft named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SIEM

We’re honored to share that Microsoft has again been recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM). The post Microsoft named a Leader…

Thursday, October 16, 2025

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Microsoft Power Platform Blog

Seamlessly Open VS Code Desktop from Power Pages VS Code for the Web with auto-download site code

Professional developers building on Power Pages often rely on the productivity and performance of Power Pages Visual Studio Code for the Web. When they need advanced capabilities such as using GitHub …

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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Power BI Blog

Power BI Report Server September 2025 Feature Summary

PBIRS September 2025 Feature Summary…

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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Power BI October 2025 Feature Summary

This month’s update brings exciting opportunities for learning and community engagement, including the upcoming Fabric Data Days and the return of FabCon in Atlanta next spring. Notably, Power BI is m…

Thursday, October 16, 2025

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Announcing a new Fabric REST API for connection binding of semantic models

We are thrilled to announce the release of a new Fabric REST API for configuring connection bindings for semantic models. A connection binding defines what data connection a semantic model will use to…

Thursday, October 16, 2025

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Education Blog

AI-powered teaching and learning for all Microsoft 365 education customers

Welcome to our monthly update for Microsoft Education and thank you so much for being part of our growing community! In our main Microsoft Education blog this morning, we announced the details of how …

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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What’s New in Microsoft EDU - October 2025 (AI for all edition)

Join us on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025 for our latest “What’s New in Microsoft EDU” webinar! This will be a special one where we go into depth about all of the AI powered tools for educators and stu…

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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Viva Engage Blog

New Viva Engage Capabilities Now Available to All Engage Customers

Many of you told us that creating, organizing, and sharing content in Engage could be easier and we’ve taken that to heart. We’re excited to announce that several highly requested features: draft and …

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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Skype for Business Blog

Support for Skype for Business Server 2015 and Skype for Business Server 2019 ends today

Today, October 14, 2025, Skype for Business Server 2015, Skype for Business Server 2019, Skype for Business 2016 (client), and Skype for Business 2019 (client) reach end of support. It’s therefore cr…

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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Azure AI Foundry Blog

Cost Optimization of Azure AI Services

Why Cost Optimization in Azure AI Services Matters? Cost optimization ensures that AI projects remain scalable, predictable, and sustainable, balancing innovation with financial responsibility. Azure …

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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