Security News Update: How Are AI Agents Bypassing Security Controls in Enterprise Networks? and more

Huawei Fast-Tracks Its Nvidia Challenge Huawei moved the training-focused Ascend 960DT’s launch from the third quarter of 2027 to the first, while the inference-focused 960PR is due in Q3—one quarter early. Huawei says the 960 generation doubles performance, and the Ascend 970 and 980 are slated for 2028 and 2029, respectively. Behind the faster calendar …

Gemini broke into three real companies. Claude Opus 5 broke into OpenAI. Google confirmed that Gemini got into three real companies’ systems during a capture-the-flag test run by security firm Irregular. The model had internet access, and when the fictional targets shared names with real businesses, it went after the real ones: guessing passwords in …

Major Update: This post contains a significant change that may impact your organisation. We are updating Researcher in Microsoft 365 Copilot to use shared Copilot platform components. This modernization will provide a more consistent Copilot experience across Microsoft 365 while reducing duplicate navigation and management experiences. As part of this update, several Researcher-specific controls and …

Federated Copilot connectors currently allow Microsoft 365 Copilot to retrieve data from third-party services in real time. With this update, supported connector tools that create, update, and delete content in those services will become available in Microsoft 365 Copilot experiences, helping users complete tasks without leaving Copilot. Actions are performed using the signed-in user’s account …

Major Update: This post contains a significant change that may impact your organisation. We are updating the SharePoint FAQ web part authoring experience. The FAQ web part will provide a standard, non-AI experience for manually creating, editing, and managing FAQ content. AI-assisted FAQ creation and import capabilities will move to the Copilot in SharePoint authoring …

Microsoft is updating how Viva Insights customized Power BI reports are managed when major out-of-the-box report updates are released. Customized reports will remain associated with the report version from which they were originally created and will not be automatically migrated to newer report versions. This approach preserves report integrity and prevents customizations from breaking or …

Summary Microsoft 365 Copilot Business will include default usage-based billing for eligible AI experiences starting October 19, 2026, simplifying access and billing. Charges apply only when used, with spending policies managed by administrators. Existing subscriptions and policies remain unchanged. Adjust controls via the Microsoft 365 admin center. Message ID: MC1476200 Services: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), …

Summary Starting early 2027, web-based device enrollment will be the default for new iOS/iPadOS enrollment profiles in Intune. Existing profiles remain unchanged. Admins must deploy the SSO extension policy for just-in-time registration. Company Portal remains available but is not required for enrollment. Update documentation accordingly. Message ID: MC1476216 Service: Microsoft Intune Category: Plan for change …

Summary Microsoft Defender for Office 365 will enhance the Teams message entity flyout by late September 2026, enabling security admins to submit messages to Microsoft and block senders or domains in one workflow. This streamlines Teams message investigations for Plan 1 and Plan 2 customers without requiring configuration changes. Message ID: MC1476237 Service: Microsoft Defender …

Summary Microsoft is introducing a new capability for Dynamics 365 Project Operations that allows users to perform bulk operations on bookings directly from the schedule board. Arriving in public preview on September 30 2026, this enhancement enables resource managers to move or reassign multiple bookings simultaneously to streamline complex project adjustments. Administrators should review upcoming …