CIA Brief 20250809

Listen to an audio overview of a document with Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/listen-to-an-audio-overview-of-a-document-with-microsoft-365-copilot-in-word/4439362

Microsoft recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/microsoft-recognized-as-a-leader-in-the-2025-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-enterprise-low-code-application-platforms/

Uncover shadow AI, block threats, and protect data with Microsoft Entra Internet Access –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/uncover-shadow-ai-block-threats-and-protect-data-with-microsoft-entra-internet-a/4440787

OpenAI GPT-5 is now in public preview for GitHub Copilot –

https://github.blog/changelog/2025-08-07-openai-gpt-5-is-now-in-public-preview-for-github-copilot/

Multi-tenant endpoint security policies distribution is now in Public Preview –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderatpblog/multi-tenant-endpoint-security-policies-distribution-is-now-in-public-preview/4439929

Microsoft incorporates OpenAI’s GPT-5 into consumer, developer and enterprise offerings –

https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/openai-gpt-5

Available today: GPT-5 in Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/08/07/available-today-gpt-5-in-microsoft-365-copilot/

Empowering teen students to achieve more with Copilot Chat and Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/blog/2025/05/empowering-teen-students-to-achieve-more-with-copilot-chat-and-microsoft-365-copilot/

Breaking down silos: A unified approach to identity and network access security –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/breaking-down-silos-a-unified-approach-to-identity-and-network-access-security/4400196

Announcing Public Preview: Phishing Triage Agent in Microsoft Defender –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/announcing-public-preview-phishing-triage-agent-in-microsoft-defender/4438301

Request more access in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for the web –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/request-more-access-in-word-excel-and-powerpoint-for-the-web/4429019

Elevate your protection with expanded Microsoft Defender Experts coverage –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsecurityexperts/elevate-your-protection-with-expanded-microsoft-defender-experts-coverage/4439134

Self-adaptive reasoning for science –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/self-adaptive-reasoning-for-science/

Table Talk: Sentinel’s New ThreatIntel Tables Explained –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/table-talk-sentinel%E2%80%99s-new-threatintel-tables-explained/4440273

Hacking Made Easy, Patching Made Optional: A Modern Cyber Tragedy –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/hacking-made-easy-patching-made-optional-a-modern-cyber-tragedy/4440267

Security leadership in the age of constant disruption –

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2025/08/05/security-leadership-in-the-age-of-constant-disruption/

Project Ire autonomously identifies malware at scale –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/project-ire-autonomously-identifies-malware-at-scale/

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | July 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftteamsblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-teams–july-2025/4438302

Microsoft Entra Suite delivers 131% ROI by unifying identity and network access –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/08/04/microsoft-entra-suite-delivers-131-roi-by-unifying-identity-and-network-access/

New governance tools for hybrid access and identity verification –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/new-governance-tools-for-hybrid-access-and-identity-verification/4422534

After hours

GPT-5: Our best model for work – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jqS7JD0hrY

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