You can now use PowerShell scripts to manage Windows settings backup data and profiles. View and export backup data and device profiles or delete a user’s backup data for governance, retention, and support scenarios. Note: Deleting a user’s backup data is permanent and irreversible. The scripts provide a simpler alternative to working directly with Microsoft …
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We are announcing the Cost controls – Draw from tenant credit pool rule in Power Platform admin center. This feature will reach general availability on August 26, 2026. Microsoft 365 Message Center ID: MC1458282 Last Modified: August 21, 2026 Category: Message Center Tags: New feature Status: Launched Products & Platforms: Power Platform How does this …
Summary Viva Connections multi-home site management is moving from the Microsoft 365 admin center to the SharePoint admin center. SharePoint and Viva Connections administrators will manage Home sites, audience targeting, priority order, and removal from SharePoint admin center. Existing Viva Connections instances will be automatically upgraded to full Home sites, and legacy draft/enabled management states …
Summary OneDrive is adding user self-service controls for file-level exclusions on Windows and macOS by default. Administrators can prevent users from changing file-level exclusions with the DisableChangesToODIgnoreList policy. Administrators can also override OneDrive’s built-in default exclusion list with DisableDefaultODIgnoreList when excluded file types must sync. Existing administrator-configured exclusions remain protected; users cannot remove exclusions managed …
Microsoft Defender Unified RBAC (URBAC) is becoming the single access model for all Defender and Sentinel portal experiences. Your tenant will be auto enabled to URBAC. Microsoft 365 Message Center ID: MC1457836 Last Modified: August 20, 2026 Category: Message Center Tags: New feature, Admin impact Status: Launched Products & Platforms: Microsoft Defender XDR Unified RBAC …
You can use Windows Task Manager for deeper visibility into AI workloads running on a device. Specifically, per-process activity for the neural processing unit (NPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) neural engine now appear on the Processes and Performance tabs, alongside other familiar data. Microsoft 365 Message Center ID: MC1457685 Last Modified: August 20, 2026 …
Starting on September 14, 2026, Wildcard (*) in the Web API field configuration will have reached end of support. Microsoft 365 Message Center ID: MC1457694 Last Modified: August 20, 2026 Category: Message Center Tags: New feature, Admin impact Status: Launched Products & Platforms: Power Platform How does this affect me? After September 14, 2026, support …
Microsoft Viva Glint introduces a new admin control to configure retention or deletion of survey responses and identifiable user data when users are permanently deleted. This consolidates previous settings into one, effective September 2026, helping organizations align data retention with policies and process Microsoft Entra deletion signals accordingly. Microsoft Viva Glint is introducing a new …
Microsoft Message We’ve released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps: Current Channel Microsoft 365 Message Center ID: MC1457335 Last Modified: August 19, 2026 Category: Stay informed Tags: New feature, Feature update Status: Launched Products & Platforms: Microsoft 365 apps When this will happen We’ll be gradually rolling out this update of …
Summary Starting August 18, 2026, administrators can opt in selected Windows and Mac devices to test the updated Microsoft Copilot desktop app with a Chromium-based architecture before its broader rollout in mid-September. The update offers a unified experience for personal and work accounts, with unchanged security and compliance controls. Microsoft 365 Message Center ID: MC1457084 …