Microsoft Security Exposure Management Ninja Training –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/securityexposuremanagement/microsoft-security-exposure-management-ninja-training/4444285

New pen tools and Draw tab customization in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Windows –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/new-pen-tools-and-draw-tab-customization-in-word-excel-and-powerpoint-for-window/4433543

Improved margins in OneNote for Android and iOS –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/improved-margins-in-onenote-for-android-and-ios/4441604

New microphone volume indicator in Teams –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/new-microphone-volume-indicator-in-teams/4442879

Get the most out of OneDrive with these little-known features! –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/get-the-most-out-of-onedrive-with-these-little-known-features/4435197

Dow’s 125-year legacy: Innovating with AI to secure a long future –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/08/12/dows-125-year-legacy-innovating-with-ai-to-secure-a-long-future/

Pull print is now available in Universal Print –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/pull-print-is-now-available-in-universal-print/4441608

Paste text only in OneNote on Windows, for Mac, and for the web –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/paste-text-only-in-onenote-on-windows-for-mac-and-for-the-web/4441132

Microsoft Teams – Manage meeting access with confidence –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGvVREwX33E

New pen tools and Draw tab customization in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Windows –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/new-pen-tools-and-draw-tab-customization-in-word-excel-and-powerpoint-for-window/4433543

How Fulton County Schools use Copilot Chat to empower student innovation –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/blog/2025/08/how-fulton-county-schools-use-copilot-chat-to-empower-student-innovation/

After hours

AI Is About to Get Physical– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WZNxNr7kS8

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Protection against multi-modal attacks with Microsoft Defender –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderforoffice365blog/protection-against-multi-modal-attacks-with-microsoft-defender/4438786

Copilot Search: Acronyms and bookmarks –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nftEC73Cjxo

Modernize your identity defense with Microsoft Identity Threat Detection and Response –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/07/31/modernize-your-identity-defense-with-microsoft-identity-threat-detection-and-response/

Frozen in transit: Secret Blizzard’s AiTM campaign against diplomats –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/07/31/frozen-in-transit-secret-blizzards-aitm-campaign-against-diplomats/

AI agents and the future of identity: What’s on the minds of your peers? –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/ai-agents-and-the-future-of-identity-what%E2%80%99s-on-the-minds-of-your-peers/4436815

Enhance your LMS with the power of Microsoft 365 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educationblog/preview-the-new-microsoft-365-lti%C2%AE-for-your-lms/4434606

Earnings Release FY25 Q4 –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2025-Q4/press-release-webcast

Use Copilot without recording a Teams meeting –

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-copilot-without-recording-a-teams-meeting-a59cb88c-0f6b-4a20-a47a-3a1c9a818bd9

How Microsoft’s customers and partners accelerated AI Transformation in FY25 to innovate with purpose and shape their future success –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/07/28/how-microsofts-customers-and-partners-accelerated-ai-transformation-in-fy25-to-innovate-with-purpose-and-shape-their-future-success/

AI Security Essentials: What Companies Worry About and How Microsoft Helps –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/ai-security-essentials-what-companies-worry-about-and-how-microsoft-helps/4436639

Sploitlight: Analyzing a Spotlight-based macOS TCC vulnerability –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/07/28/sploitlight-analyzing-a-spotlight-based-macos-tcc-vulnerability/

Security for AI Assessment | Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://security-for-ai-assessment.microsoft.com/

After hours

Team Water – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRhofr57Na8

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Bring Auxiliary Logs to the next level –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azureobservabilityblog/bring-auxiliary-logs-to-the-next-level/4433395

Microsoft 365 Backup for Small Businesses –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3C0aEsdQSA

Microsoft AI Security Story: Protection Across the Platform –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefendercloudblog/microsoft-ai-security-story-protection-across-the-platform/4435485

Microsoft Entra Conditional Access: Token protection (Preview) now available with Entra ID P1 –

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/conditional-access/concept-token-protection

Windows 11 is the home for AI on the PC, with even more experiences available today –

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2025/07/22/windows-11-is-the-home-for-ai-on-the-pc-with-even-more-experiences-available-today/

Announcing Microsoft 365 Copilot Search General Availability: A new era of search with Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/announcing-microsoft-365-copilot-search-general-availability-a-new-era-of-search/4435537

Always-On Diagnostics for Endpoint DLP –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/always-on-diagnostics-for-endpoint-dlp/4435551

Take your presentation skills to the next level with these 7 lesser-known PowerPoint features –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/take-your-presentation-skills-to-the-next-level-with-these-7-lesser-known-powerp/4433700

Microsoft Sentinel data lake pricing (preview) –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/microsoft-sentinel-data-lake-pricing-preview/4433919

Introducing Microsoft Sentinel data lake –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIlQfgiyUz8

MDTI is Converging into Microsoft Sentinel and Defender XDR –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/defenderthreatintelligence/mdti-is-converging-into-microsoft-sentinel-and-defender-xdr/4427991

Take your presentation skills to the next level with these 7 lesser-known PowerPoint features –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/take-your-presentation-skills-to-the-next-level-with-these-7-lesser-known-powerp/4433700

Microsoft Defender: the end-to-end integrated unified SecOps solution –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy7Ah6voC1Y

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) Live Response and Performance Script. –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/coreinfrastructureandsecurityblog/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint-mde-live-response-and-performance-script-/4434879

Introducing the new Power Apps: Generative power meets enterprise-grade trust –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/introducing-the-new-power-apps-generative-power-meets-enterprise-grade-trust/

After hours

Valtteri Bottas and Jack Whitehall team up to road test a Silverstone itinerary – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOlnuH8ZBvc

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Understanding Apple enrollment methods in Microsoft Intune –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/intunecustomersuccess/understanding-apple-enrollment-methods-in-microsoft-intune/4434586

New tools for Security Copilot management and capacity planning –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/securitycopilotblog/new-tools-for-security-copilot-management-and-capacity-planning/4432723

Learning the new Outlook: Managing the Calendar surface –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kA72Vs8Zo0

Web vs work grounding in Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y03QC8PCAfE

Protecting Cloud Storage in the Age of AI –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/MicrosoftDefenderCloudBlog/protecting-cloud-storage-in-the-age-of-ai/4433854

Microsoft 365 Insider Round-Up: July 2025 –

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/microsoft-365-insider-round-up-july-2025-microsoft-365-insider-epw2c/

Microsoft Purview Powering Data Security and Compliance for Security Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/microsoft-purview-powering-data-security-and-compliance-for-security-copilot/4433522

Transparency on Microsoft Defender for Office 365 email security effectiveness –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/07/17/transparency-on-microsoft-defender-for-office-365-email-security-effectiveness/

Now Generally Available: Microsoft Security Copilot in Surface Management Portal –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/surfaceitpro/now-generally-available-microsoft-security-copilot-in-surface-management-portal/4429558

Stay ahead of emerging threats with Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqlxXf6JeQg

Learning the new Outlook: Configuring Notifications and Reminders –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov7x5p4FQGE

Deceived, not hacked: Why keeping people safe online now starts with smarter design –

https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/deceived-not-hacked-why-keeping-people-safe-online-now-starts-with-smarter-design/

Automating Microsoft Sentinel: Playbook Fundamentals –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/automating-microsoft-sentinel-playbook-fundamentals/4424475

Protecting customers from Octo Tempest attacks across multiple industries –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/07/16/protecting-customers-from-octo-tempest-attacks-across-multiple-industries/

Introducing Copilot Memory: A More Productive and Personalized AI for the Way You Work –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/introducing-copilot-memory-a-more-productive-and-personalized-ai-for-the-way-you/4432059

Microsoft Stream and Microsoft Clipchamp: Brand unification update for Microsoft 365 video –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/microsoft-stream-and-microsoft-clipchamp-brand-unification-update-for-microsoft-/4433155

Learning the new Outlook: Adding Shared mailboxes –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7Z37I1ZIKY

Secure and govern AI apps and agents with Microsoft Purview –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/secure-and-govern-ai-apps-and-agents-with-microsoft-purview/4429925

Mastering Agent Governance in Microsoft 365 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/healthcareandlifesciencesblog/mastering-agent-governance-in-microsoft-365/4416620

Get the most out of Microsoft Forms with these little-known features –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/get-the-most-out-of-microsoft-forms-with-these-little-known-features/4432179

Microsoft Security Copilot in Intune deep dive – Part 3: Explore and act on your Intune data with AI –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/intunecustomersuccess/microsoft-security-copilot-in-intune-deep-dive—part-3-explore-and-act-on-your-/4433019

After hours

Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVG8W-0p6vg

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