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Microsoft Scout: Always-On AI Agent for Teams, Email, and M365 Unveiled at Build 2026
Microsoft took the wraps off Scout at its Build developer conference on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. The new offering marks the company’s most aggressive push yet into always-on workplace AI, placing an...
Teams File Access Restored After 6-Hour Microsoft 365 Outage—Admins Urged to Audit Auth Settings
Microsoft confirmed that it restored file access for Microsoft Teams and Office for the web on June 1, 2026, after a service incident (tracked as MO1329446) left users unable to open documents. The...
CoreView Brings Microsoft 365 Governance to HALO Trust’s Global Demining Operations
CoreView has completed deployment of its Microsoft 365 governance and security platform across The HALO Trust, a humanitarian demining organization operating in 36 countries and territories,...
June 1 Entra ID proxy glitch blocks My Sign-Ins MFA setup for 4 hours
Microsoft resolved a service incident on June 1, 2026, that left thousands of users unable to reach the My Sign-Ins portal, blocking multifactor authentication (MFA) setup and management of sign-in...
Copilot in Excel now pulls live LSEG and Moody’s data via MCP
Microsoft is integrating real-time financial data from London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Moody’s directly into Copilot in Excel, marking a significant expansion of the AI assistant’s...
Teams June 2026 Update Adds Centralized Download Panel with 4-Second Auto-Dismiss Banner
Microsoft Teams is introducing a new file download manager that promises a cleaner, less disruptive experience for users on desktop and web platforms. Rolling out in June 2026, the feature adds a...
Outlook Lite Shutdown: Migrate to Outlook Mobile or Web by May 25, 2026
Microsoft has set May 25, 2026, as the definitive deadline for Outlook Lite users to migrate to an alternative email client. After that date, the lightweight app will no longer function, pushing...
Stop CEO Impersonation in Microsoft 365 with Layered Security Beyond Filters
A newly syndicated guide on Security Boulevard, authored by email security provider IRONSCALES and published June 1, 2026, is sounding the alarm on a persistent threat that continues to evade...
Five-hour Copilot outage exposes risks of relying on cloud AI assistants
Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant, deeply woven into Windows, Microsoft 365, and Edge, went down for thousands of users mid-morning on Monday, June 1, 2026, triggering a flood of outage reports and...
Microsoft 365 Outage MO1329446 Blocks File Access in Office for Web and Teams
Some Microsoft 365 users found themselves unexpectedly locked out of their files on June 1, 2026, as a significant service disruption prevented opening documents in Office for the web and Microsoft...
Microsoft Office on Mac and iOS to Lose Editing After July 13, 2026
Microsoft has issued a critical alert for users of its Office and Microsoft 365 applications on macOS and iOS: after July 13, 2026, these apps will enter a reduced functionality mode unless updated...
Copilot to Rename OneDrive Files Automatically by June 2026
Microsoft has added a new entry to the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, revealing a forthcoming Copilot-powered feature for OneDrive designed to tackle one of the oldest nuisances of digital file management:...