CIA Brief 20250419

Student SOCs turn college experience into career readiness –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/blog/2025/04/student-socs-turn-college-experience-into-career-readiness/

Analyze an uploaded document with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75vF2ysGgbo

Identify your readiness for AI-first development with agents and Microsoft Power Platform –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/2025/04/14/identify-your-readiness-for-ai-first-development-with-agents-and-microsoft-power-platform/

Upcoming changes to Microsoft Purview eDiscovery –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/upcoming-changes-to-microsoft-purview-ediscovery/4405084

Turn voice notes into structured documents with Microsoft Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/turn-voice-notes-into-structured-documents-with-microsoft-copilot/4404558

Transforming security with Microsoft Security Exposure Management initiatives –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/04/15/transforming-security-with-microsoft-security-exposure-management-initiatives/

FYAI: How agents will transform business and daily work with Business and Industry Copilot Corporate Vice President Charles Lamanna –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/2025/04/10/fyai-how-agents-will-transform-business-and-daily-work-with-business-and-industry-copilot-corporate-vice-president-charles-lamanna/

Introducing agent flows: Transforming automation with AI-first workflows –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/introducing-agent-flows-transforming-automation-with-ai-first-workflows/

o3 and o4-mini: Unlock enterprise agent workflows with next-level reasoning AI with Azure AI Foundry and GitHub –

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/o3-and-o4-mini-unlock-enterprise-agent-workflows-with-next-level-reasoning-ai-with-azure-ai-foundry-and-github/

Announcing new computer use in Microsoft Copilot Studio for UI automation –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/announcing-computer-use-microsoft-copilot-studio-ui-automation/

Buy Microsoft 365 Copilot for your business –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQgkvJe_7Nk

Feature deep dive: Using PDFs in OneDrive and our journey thus far –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/onedriveblog/feature-deep-dive-using-pdfs-in-onedrive-and-our-journey-thus-far/4403628

Microsoft Purview: New data security controls for the browser & network –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftmechanicsblog/microsoft-purview-new-data-security-controls-for-the-browser–network/4402736

Create your own agents in Copilot Chat –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oeng2JAMuE

Step-by-Step Guide : How to enable QR code authentication for Microsoft Entra ID (Preview) –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/itopstalkblog/step-by-step-guide–how-to-enable-qr-code-authentication-for-microsoft-entra-id-/4393286

Threat actors misuse Node.js to deliver malware and other malicious payloads –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/04/15/threat-actors-misuse-node-js-to-deliver-malware-and-other-malicious-payloads/

How to deploy Microsoft Purview DSPM for AI to secure your AI apps –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/how-to-deploy-microsoft-purview-dspm-for-ai-to-secure-your-ai-apps/4397714

Get Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat for your business –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nJCt_BSdZQ

3 new ways AI agents can help you do even more –

https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/3-new-ways-ai-agents-can-help-you-do-even-more/?ocid=msftnews_x

Five things for IT administrators to know about SharePoint agent management –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/five-things-for-it-administrators-to-know-about-sharepoint-agent-management/4402036

Repurpose existing content with Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/repurpose-existing-content-with-microsoft-365-copilot/4397178

ActiveX disabled by default in Microsoft 365 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/activex-disabled-by-default-in-microsoft-365/4403157

After hours

How Do Hot Air Balloons Actually Steer? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6tlNyr5sl8

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