Announcements – Licensing & Exchange
- Understanding the new 100 GB mailbox entitlement for Microsoft 365 Business suites — Eligible Business Basic/Standard/Premium mailboxes are doubling from 50 GB to 100 GB via a new auto-provisioned service plan; rollout is gradual through September 2026. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Exchange/understanding-the-new-100-gb-mailbox-entitlement-for-microsoft-365-business-suit/4548243
Industry News – Security & Threat Intelligence
- Hunting MacSync Stealer infrastructure through behavioral pivots — Microsoft Defender Experts linked 30+ rotating domains behind a macOS info-stealer by tracking durable behaviours rather than domains. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/08/18/hunting-macsync-stealer-infrastructure-through-behavioral-pivots/
AI & Copilot
- From AI assistant to capable teammate: How Copilot Cowork is changing the way we work at Microsoft — Inside Track piece on Cowork evolving into an autonomous, task-completing teammate in Microsoft 365. https://www.microsoft.com/insidetrack/blog/from-ai-assistant-to-capable-teammate-how-copilot-cowork-is-changing-the-way-we-work-at-microsoft/
After hours
Robots in China gear up for 2nd annual World Humanoid Games – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9z-kLwst90
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