Microsoft’s layoffs to top 9,000 people, impacting around 4% of the firm’s entire workforce — total 2025 layoffs now top 15,300 people –

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsofts-layoffs-to-top-9000-people-impacting-around-4-percent-of-the-firms-entire-workforce-we-continue-to-implement-organizational-changes-necessary-to-best-position-the-company

Enhancing Defense Security: The Power of Entra ID Governance –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/publicsectorblog/enhancing-defense-security-the-power-of-entra-id-governance/4428621

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | June 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftteamsblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-teams–june-2025/4428212

Processing status pane coming in July for SharePoint Autofill columns and document translation! –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/processing-status-pane-coming-in-july-for-sharepoint-autofill-columns-and-docume/4422946

What’s new in Microsoft Entra – June 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-entra-%E2%80%93-june-2025/4352579

Planning your move to Microsoft Defender portal for all Microsoft Sentinel customers –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/planning-your-move-to-microsoft-defender-portal-for-all-microsoft-sentinel-custo/4428613

Building security that lasts: Microsoft’s journey towards durability at scale –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/06/26/building-security-that-lasts-microsofts-journey-towards-durability-at-scale/

From the frontlines: Managing warehouse devices with Microsoft Intune –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/intunecustomersuccess/from-the-frontlines-managing-warehouse-devices-with-microsoft-intune/4428928

Open Source AI Editor: First Milestone –

https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/06/30/openSourceAIEditorFirstMilestone

Safeguarding data with Microsoft 365 Copilot security and compliance –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educationblog/safeguarding-data-with-microsoft-365-copilot-security-and-compliance/4427581

After hours

Project Hail Mary – Official Trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m08TxIsFTRI

Editorial

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Protection Against Email Bombs with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderforoffice365blog/protection-against-email-bombs-with-microsoft-defender-for-office-365/4418048

Jasper Sleet: North Korean remote IT workers’ evolving tactics to infiltrate organizations –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/06/30/jasper-sleet-north-korean-remote-it-workers-evolving-tactics-to-infiltrate-organizations/

Act now: Secure Boot certificates expire in June 2026 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/act-now-secure-boot-certificates-expire-in-june-2026/4426856

Modern, unified data security in the AI era: New capabilities in Microsoft Purview –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/modern-unified-data-security-in-the-ai-era-new-capabilities-in-microsoft-purview/4427195

The Windows Resiliency Initiative: Building resilience for a future-ready enterprise –

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2025/06/26/the-windows-resiliency-initiative-building-resilience-for-a-future-ready-enterprise/

What’s new in Microsoft Intune: June 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-intune-june-2025/4426822

Microsoft Intune data-driven management | Device Query & Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftmechanicsblog/microsoft-intune-data-driven-management–device-query–copilot/4424778

Building security that lasts: Microsoft’s journey towards durability at scale –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/06/26/building-security-that-lasts-microsofts-journey-towards-durability-at-scale/

Introducing the New SharePoint Template Gallery –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/introducing-the-new-sharepoint-template-gallery/4422573

Empowering educators with AI innovation and insights –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/blog/2025/06/empowering-educators-with-ai-innovation-and-insights/

Making the Most of Attack Simulation Training: Dynamic Groups, Automation, and User Education –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/coreinfrastructureandsecurityblog/making-the-most-of-attack-simulation-training-dynamic-groups-automation-and-user/4426697

More ways to summarize long Word documents –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/more-ways-to-summarize-long-word-documents/4398979

Sumitomo Corporation becomes the first Japanese company globally deploying Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://www.microsoft.com/en/customers/story/21914-sumitomo-corporation-microsoft-365-copilot#section-block-body

Navigating cyber risks with Microsoft Security Exposure Management eBook –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/06/23/navigating-cyber-risks-with-microsoft-security-exposure-management-ebook/

Data Breach Reporting for regulatory requirements with Microsoft Data Security Investigations –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Bdata-breach-reporting-for-regulatory-requirements-with-microsoft-data-security/4424950

After hours

How to ride the shifting tide of AI correctly – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynzgn4slglg

Editorial

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