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Copilot Chat’s New Source Picker Narrows AI Focus — And Arrives This Month
Starting in July 2026, Microsoft 365 business users can finally define which documents, emails, and chats Copilot Chat considers when generating an answer. The new source selection control appears...
Microsoft’s RMS Connector Kills Off Shared Secrets: Your 2026 Prep Starts Now
Microsoft’s Rights Management (RMS) connector—the critical middleware that links on-premises Exchange, SharePoint, and file servers to cloud-based protection—will stop accepting shared-secret...
U.S. Government Clouds to Get Purview's AI Agent Watchdog in October 2026
Microsoft is planning to arm U.S. government cloud tenants with long-awaited tools to monitor AI agents for risky behavior, according to a roadmap entry published July 13. The company aims to bring...
Microsoft Purview Now Monitors AI Agent Risks, But a Preview Label Confuses Rollout
On July 13, 2026, Microsoft updated its 365 roadmap to declare general availability for a long-awaited security feature: Insider Risk Management in Microsoft Purview now monitors AI agents. The...
Microsoft Purview Now Alerts Investigators When AI Analysis Finishes and New Evidence Drops
Microsoft has flipped the switch on two long-awaited workflow improvements for Purview Data Security Investigations, eliminating a tedious ritual for security teams: manually polling cases to see if...
Copilot-Powered Surveys Agent Arrives in Microsoft Forms: Here’s What It Can Do
Microsoft has quietly started enabling a new AI assistant inside Microsoft Forms that can take over the entire lifecycle of a survey project. As of May 2026, users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot...
DoD Cloud Tenants Finally Get Microsoft 365 Copilot Connectors—The Security Risks and Setup Steps
Microsoft has quietly made Copilot connectors generally available for its most restricted cloud environment: the U.S. Department of Defense instance of Microsoft 365. The milestone—logged under...
Microsoft Adds Dedicated Resource Hub and One-Click Setup to SharePoint Home Sites
Microsoft has delivered a set of long-awaited improvements to SharePoint home sites, headlined by a new Resources web part and a simpler way to create home sites directly from the admin center. The...
SharePoint Sites in Government Clouds Can Go Into Cold Storage Starting June 2026
Microsoft will begin offering its SharePoint archiving feature to tenants inside the Government Community Cloud environment beginning in June 2026, giving administrators a long-awaited tool for...
Exchange Online DLP to Get Granular Failure Handling: Preview Starts This Month
Microsoft is gearing up to release a long-awaited refinement to its Data Loss Prevention (DLP) engine in Exchange Online: the ability to craft distinct policies for different types of content-scan...
Microsoft Purview eDiscovery Gains Full-Text Indexing for Loop and Copilot Pages
Microsoft has quietly rolled out a significant eDiscovery enhancement: full-text indexing of Loop components and Copilot Pages within Purview review sets, along with HTML export support. The update,...
Windows Backup Won't Save Your PC in a Crisis: What It Actually Does in Windows 11
If you think Windows Backup is making a safety net for your PC, think again. Microsoft’s built-in tool is designed to ease the switch to a new computer, not to rescue you from a crash or data...