CIA Brief 20250705

Microsoft’s layoffs to top 9,000 people, impacting around 4% of the firm’s entire workforce — total 2025 layoffs now top 15,300 people –

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsofts-layoffs-to-top-9000-people-impacting-around-4-percent-of-the-firms-entire-workforce-we-continue-to-implement-organizational-changes-necessary-to-best-position-the-company

Enhancing Defense Security: The Power of Entra ID Governance –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/publicsectorblog/enhancing-defense-security-the-power-of-entra-id-governance/4428621

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | June 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftteamsblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-teams–june-2025/4428212

Processing status pane coming in July for SharePoint Autofill columns and document translation! –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/processing-status-pane-coming-in-july-for-sharepoint-autofill-columns-and-docume/4422946

What’s new in Microsoft Entra – June 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-entra-%E2%80%93-june-2025/4352579

Planning your move to Microsoft Defender portal for all Microsoft Sentinel customers –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/planning-your-move-to-microsoft-defender-portal-for-all-microsoft-sentinel-custo/4428613

Building security that lasts: Microsoft’s journey towards durability at scale –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/06/26/building-security-that-lasts-microsofts-journey-towards-durability-at-scale/

From the frontlines: Managing warehouse devices with Microsoft Intune –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/intunecustomersuccess/from-the-frontlines-managing-warehouse-devices-with-microsoft-intune/4428928

Open Source AI Editor: First Milestone –

https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/06/30/openSourceAIEditorFirstMilestone

Safeguarding data with Microsoft 365 Copilot security and compliance –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educationblog/safeguarding-data-with-microsoft-365-copilot-security-and-compliance/4427581

After hours

Project Hail Mary – Official Trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m08TxIsFTRI

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