What’s new in Microsoft Intune: December 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/whats-new-in-microsoft-intune-december…

Breaking down security silos: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Expands into the Defender Portal –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefendercloudblog/breaking-down-security-silos-mi…

Imposter for hire: How fake people can gain very real access –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/12/11/imposter-for-hire-how-fake-people-can-gain…

What’s New in Microsoft Sentinel: December 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-sent…

Available today: GPT-5.2 in Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/12/11/available-today-gpt-5-2-in-microsoft-…

From awareness to action: Building a security-first culture for the agentic AI era –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/2025/12/10/from-awareness-to-action-building-a…

What’s new in Microsoft Entra – November 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-entra…

Native macOS screen sharing in Teams meetings –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/native-macos-screen-sharing-in-tea…

Now generally available: Modernizing Microsoft Entra ID auth flows with WebView2 in Windows 11 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/now-generally-available-modernizing-mic…

Microsoft 365 adds advanced Microsoft Intune solutions at scale –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/microsoft-365-adds-advanced-microsoft-…

New! Centralized Agent Dashboard and Enhanced Reporting –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/new-centralized-agent-dashboard-an…

Transforming mining: How Frontier Firms lead with AI and agentic innovation –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/energy-and-resources/mining/2025/12/08/transforming-m…

Security and governance innovations for Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents from Ignite 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/security-and-governance-innovation…

Secure Boot playbook for certificates expiring in 2026 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/secure-boot-playbook-for-certificates-e…

Multi-agentic AI: Unlocking the next wave of business transformation –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/2025/12/04/multi-agentic-ai-unlocking-the-next…

Microsoft Defender: Smart Containment Stops Exposed Privileged AD Domain Accounts –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/microsoft-defender-smart-containme…

After hours

[HOONIGAN] Gymkhana 2025: Aussie Shred — Travis Pastrana Does the IMPOSSIBLE in a Subaru Brat

– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daYgg2YSA2g

Editorial

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Microsoft Ignite 2025: Top Security Innovations You Need to Know –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/microsoft-ignite-2025-top-security…

Microsoft 365 adds advanced Microsoft Intune solutions at scale –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/microsoft-365-adds-advanced-microsoft-…

Advancing Microsoft 365: New capabilities and pricing update –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/12/04/advancing-microsoft-365-new-capabilit…

Microsoft Sentinel platform — Unified, Graph-enabled, and AI-ready Security –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftmechanicsblog/microsoft-sentinel-platform-%E2%80%…

View or restore previous versions of Microsoft 365 Copilot Pages –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/view-or-restore-previous-versions-…

How to build forward-thinking cybersecurity teams for tomorrow –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/12/02/how-to-build-forward-thinking-cybersecurit…

Microsoft Defender Experts – S.T.A.R. Series –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsecurityexperts/microsoft-defender-experts—s-t-…

Key findings from product telemetry: top storage security alerts across industries –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefendercloudblog/key-findings-from-product-telem…

SharePoint Showcase highlights: Biggest news from Microsoft Ignite 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/sharepoint-showcase-highlights-big…

After hours

Following Max Verstappen’s Race Day Like NEVER BEFORE | Behind The Charge– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjjQI9W5JkY

Editorial

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