CIA Brief 20250524

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Computer use in Copilot Studio –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWCbtGHlw9I

Automating Phishing Email Triage with Microsoft Security Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/securitycopilotblog/automating-phishing-email-triage-with-microsoft-security-copilot/4416559

What’s new in Microsoft 365 Copilot | May 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-365-copilot–may-2025/4414313

Disrupting Lumma Stealer: Microsoft leads global action against favored cybercrime tool –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2025/05/21/microsoft-leads-global-action-against-favored-cybercrime-tool/

Lumma Stealer: Breaking down the delivery techniques and capabilities of a prolific infostealer –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/21/lumma-stealer-breaking-down-the-delivery-techniques-and-capabilities-of-a-prolific-infostealer/

Part 2: Build custom email security reports and dashboards with workbooks in Microsoft Sentinel –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderforoffice365blog/part-2-build-custom-email-security-reports-and-dashboards-with-workbooks-in-micr/4411303

Generate status reports in minutes with Project Manager agent in Planner –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/plannerblog/generate-status-reports-in-minutes-with-project-manager-agent-in-planner/4413783

An IT pro’s guide to Windows at Microsoft Build 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/an-it-pro%E2%80%99s-guide-to-windows-at-microsoft-build-2025/4415327

The Microsoft 365 Copilot app: Built for the new way of working –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/the-microsoft-365-copilot-app-built-for-the-new-way-of-working/4414700

Build 2025: Agents in Microsoft 365 announcements –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/build-2025-agents-in-microsoft-365-announcements/4414281

Multi-agent orchestration, maker controls, and more: Microsoft Copilot Studio announcements at Microsoft Build 2025 –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/multi-agent-orchestration-maker-controls-and-more-microsoft-copilot-studio-announcements-at-microsoft-build-2025/

Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot Tuning –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365CopilotBlog/introducing-microsoft-365-copilot-tuning/4414762

Data security for agents and 3rd party AI in Microsoft Purview –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftmechanicsblog/data-security-for-agents-and-3rd-party-ai-in-microsoft-purview/4414788

Microsoft Build Book of News –

https://news.microsoft.com/build-2025-book-of-news/

Microsoft Defender for Office 365’s Language AI for Phish: Enhancing Email Security –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderforoffice365blog/microsoft-defender-for-office-365s-language-ai-for-phish-enhancing-email-securit/4410446

Build 2025: Agents in Microsoft 365 announcements –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/build-2025-agents-in-microsoft-365-announcements/4414281

Sentinel-Threat Intelligence Feeds Integration to strengthen Threat Detection & Proactive Hunting. –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/coreinfrastructureandsecurityblog/sentinel-threat-intelligence-feeds-integration-to-strengthen-threat-detection–p/4415063

Protect AI apps with Microsoft Defender –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftmechanicsblog/protect-ai-apps-with-microsoft-defender/4414381

After hours

Keynote in Under 15 Minutes: Satya Nadella at Microsoft Build 2025 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV0_vYrVvE4

Editorial

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Need to Know podcast–Episode 346

In this episode I have a chat about the E5 security add on for Microsoft 365 Business premium and what additions it provides for security. Microsoft Build is also this week so we expect plenty of news and update there. Stay tuned for that but for now listen along get up to date with the Microsoft Cloud.

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Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Office 365 E1 grant discontinuation

Simple, Smart, and Secure: The next step in sharing files in Microsoft 365

Introducing all-new Surface Copilot+ PCs: The Surface Pro, 12-inch and Surface Laptop, 13-inch

Copilot on Windows: “Hey, Copilot!” begins rolling out to Windows Insiders

Start, Fresh — Redesigning the Windows Start menu for you

SharePoint in the Era of AI: Spring 2025 Updates

Empowering multi-agent apps with the open Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol

Managing and migrating Macs with Microsoft Intune

Getting Started with the New Purview eDiscovery (E3)

Transitioning to Microsoft Planner and retiring Microsoft Project for the web

OneDrive: Personalized Intelligence. Seamless Collaboration. Always On

Microsoft 365 E5 versus Business Premium with E5 Security Add-on: A Comparative Analysis for Small Businesses

CIA Brief 20250517

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Microsoft 365 Copilot: Your time and project management advisor –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/microsoft-365-copilot-your-time-and-project-management-advisor/4413166

Copilot on Windows: “Hey, Copilot!” begins rolling out to Windows Insiders –

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/05/14/copilot-on-windows-hey-copilot-begins-rolling-out-to-windows-insiders/

See your day at a glance with the new Calendar app –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/see-your-day-at-a-glance-with-the-new-calendar-app/4412492

Defender for Endpoint successfully passes the AV-Comparatives 2025 Anti-Tampering Test –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderatpblog/defender-for-endpoint-successfully-passes-the-av-comparatives-2025-anti-tamperin/4414153

Print Documents and Files to OneNote for Smarter Saving, Searching, and Annotating –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/print-documents-and-files-to-onenote-for-smarter-saving-searching-and-annotating/4410959

Improve communication with Microsoft Copilot and other Microsoft 365 tools –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/improve-communication-with-microsoft-copilot-and-other-microsoft-365-tools/4413165

Start, Fresh — Redesigning the Windows Start menu for you –

https://microsoft.design/articles/start-fresh-redesigning-windows-start-menu/

SharePoint in the Era of AI: Spring 2025 Updates –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/sharepoint-in-the-era-of-ai-spring-2025-updates/4411598

Risk-based Recommendation for SOC Optimization –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/MicrosoftSentinelBlog/risk-based-recommendation-for-soc-optimization/4413041

What’s New for Communicators at the Microsoft 365 Conference –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/what%E2%80%99s-new-for-communicators-at-the-microsoft-365-conference/4411247

Fulton County Schools: Empowering Learners with Copilot Chat –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNOVAC605lE

Marbled Dust leverages zero-day in Output Messenger for regional espionage –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/12/marbled-dust-leverages-zero-day-in-output-messenger-for-regional-espionage/

Getting Started with the New Purview eDiscovery (E3) –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/getting-started-with-the-new-purview-ediscovery-e3/4412354

Choosing between Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting and Microsoft Defender Experts for XDR –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsecurityexperts/choosing-between-microsoft-defender-experts-for-hunting-and-microsoft-defender-e/4410208

The Power of a Unified SIEM+XDR IdentityInfo Schema –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/the-power-of-a-unified-siemxdr-identityinfo-schema/4410824

Helping retailers and consumer goods organizations identify the most valuable agentic AI use cases –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/retail/2025/05/08/helping-retailers-and-consumer-goods-organizations-identify-the-most-valuable-agentic-ai-use-cases/

After hours

The AI Revolution Is Underhyped | Eric Schmidt | TED – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id4YRO7G0wE

Editorial

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CIA Brief 20250510

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How Microsoft is taking down AI hackers who create harmful images of celebrities and others –

https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/how-microsoft-is-taking-down-ai-hackers-who-create-harmful-images-of-celebrities-and-others/

Transitioning to Microsoft Planner and retiring Microsoft Project for the web –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/plannerblog/transitioning-to-microsoft-planner-and-retiring-microsoft-project-for-the-web/4410149

Streamline your business documents and agreements with intelligent insights –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/streamline-your-business-documents-and-agreements-with-intelligent-insights/4411649

Copilot Chat helps keep your day moving –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdO-C4uci5o

Empowering multi-agent apps with the open Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/2025/05/07/empowering-multi-agent-apps-with-the-open-agent2agent-a2a-protocol/

Highlighting the importance of securing your business during National Small Business –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/highlighting-the-importance-of-securing-your-business-during-national-small-busi/4410430

Microsoft adopts Google’s standard for linking up AI agents –

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/07/microsoft-adopts-googles-standard-for-linking-up-ai-agents/

Reimagine your business processes with agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hYXeQVxLVU

OneDrive: Personalized Intelligence. Seamless Collaboration. Always On –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/onedriveblog/onedrive-personalized-intelligence-seamless-collaboration-always-on/4411621

Highlighting the importance of securing your business during National Small Business Week –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/highlighting-the-importance-of-securing-your-business-during-national-small-busi/4410430

Simple, Smart, and Secure: The next step in sharing files in Microsoft 365 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/onedriveblog/simple-smart-and-secure-the-next-step-in-sharing-files-in-microsoft-365/4411655

Introducing a new generation of Windows experiences –

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2025/05/06/introducing-a-new-generation-of-windows-experiences/

Expanding the Surface for Business Copilot+ PC portfolio –

https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2025/05/06/expanding-the-surface-for-business-copilot-pc-portfolio/

Microsoft 365 Business Premium –

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

Introducing all-new Surface Copilot+ PCs: The Surface Pro, 12-inch and Surface Laptop, 13-inch –

https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2025/05/06/introducing-all-new-surface-copilot-pcs-the-surface-pro-12-inch-and-surface-laptop-13-inch/

Enhance your customer retention strategy with Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PtVRLIfGa4

Empowering everyone with agents in Copilot Chat –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/blog/2025/04/empowering-everyone-with-agents-in-copilot-chat/

After hours

F1 Drivers RACE Life-Size LEGO Cars! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXY40oiNhEA

Editorial

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Need to Know podcast–Episode 345

Join me for the latest news an updates from the Microsoft Cloud just on eve of Microsoft Build. Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 is upon u and I provide some thoughts and information on what to expect as well as some thoughts around why data is the important thing to consider with AI rather than which model might currently be better. Listen along and let me know your thoughts.

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Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 Spring updates

Microsoft 365 Copilot: Built for the era of human–agent collaboration

2025 release wave 1 brings hundreds of updates to Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform

What’s new in Copilot Studio: April 2025

Researcher agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot

Analyst agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot

What’s new in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app – April 2025

Announcing Public Preview of DLP for M365 Copilot in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Explore practical best practices to secure your data with Microsoft Purview​​

Project Manager in Planner Demo

What’s new in Microsoft Intune: April 2025

Introducing ActorInfoString: A New Era of Audit Log Accuracy in Exchange Online

Advanced deployment guide for Conditional Access Policy templates

CIA Brief 20250503

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What’s new in Copilot Studio: April 2025 –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/whats-new-in-copilot-studio-april-2025/

2025 release wave 1 brings hundreds of updates to Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/business-leader/2025/04/30/2025-release-wave-1-brings-hundreds-of-updates-to-microsoft-dynamics-365-and-power-platform/

McGees Property secures its future after ransomware attack –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6RaAuPXrcQ

Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 Spring updates –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-taqarhCao

aster, more personalized service begins at the frontline with Microsoft Intune –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/04/28/faster-more-personalized-service-begins-at-the-frontline-with-microsoft-intune/

Enhancing Cybersecurity for Nonprofits with Microsoft Defender –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/nonprofittechies/enhancing-cybersecurity-for-nonprofits-with-microsoft-defender/4383058

What’s new in Microsoft Intune: April 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/whats-new-in-microsoft-intune-april-2025/4408094

Announcing General Availability: Microsoft Sentinel Solution for Microsoft Business Applications –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/announcing-general-availability-microsoft-sentinel-solution-for-microsoft-busine/4406758

How agentic AI is driving AI-first business transformation for customers to achieve more –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/04/28/how-agentic-ai-is-driving-ai-first-business-transformation-for-customers-to-achieve-more/

Project Manager in Planner Demo –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpQpjey1L3Q

Introducing more control over Direct Send in Exchange Online –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/introducing-more-control-over-direct-send-in-exchange-online/4408790

The Crucial Role of Data Security Posture Management in the AI Era –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/the-crucial-role-of-data-security-posture-management-in-the-ai-era/4408308

After hours

The Rise of AI in Factories – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx1UEdDii5s

Editorial

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CIAOPS Need to Know Microsoft 365 Webinar – May

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Join me for the free monthly CIAOPS Need to Know webinar. Along with all the Microsoft Cloud news we’ll be taking a look at OneDrive for BUsiness in Microsoft 365.

Shortly after registering you should receive an automated email from Microsoft Teams confirming your registration, including all the event details as well as a calendar invite.

You can register for the regular monthly webinar here:

May Webinar Registrations

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The details are:

CIAOPS Need to Know Webinar – May 2025
Tuesday 27th of May 2025
11.00am – 12.00am Sydney Time

All sessions are recorded and posted to the CIAOPS Academy.

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Also feel free at any stage to email me directly via director@ciaops.com with your webinar topic suggestions.

I’d also appreciate you sharing information about this webinar with anyone you feel may benefit from the session and I look forward to seeing you there.