Changes Microsoft announces – page 63

New and changed items from the Microsoft 365 roadmap and Azure Updates.

ChangeListStatusKey dateMicrosoft updatedVersions
Generally Available: Planned Failover for Azure StorageAzure UpdatesLaunchedNovember 20251
Generally Available: ExpressRoute resiliency insightsAzure UpdatesLaunchedNovember 20251
Generally Available: Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server now supports high availability with dedicated Azure Standard Load BalancerAzure UpdatesLaunchedNovember 20251
Generally Available: Query Advisor in Azure Cosmos DBAzure UpdatesLaunchedNovember 20251
Generally Available: ORDER BY ST_DISTANCE in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL Geospatial QueriesAzure UpdatesLaunchedNovember 20251
Generally Available: ExpressRoute resiliency validationAzure UpdatesLaunchedNovember 20251
Open Source: Announcing the DocumentDB Kubernetes OperatorAzure UpdatesLaunchedNovember 20251
Generally Available: Azure HBv5-series VMsAzure UpdatesLaunchedNovember 20251
Microsoft Viva: Engage Frequent Contributor AnalyticsMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentApril 20261
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Chat] Apply your brand kit and style to visual creationsMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentJanuary 20261
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Chat] Apply your brand kit and style to visual creationsMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentJanuary 20261
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] Customers can connect M365 Copilot with Adobe Experience Manager Assets to retrieve marketing and creative assets with Copilot ConnectorMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentDecember 20251
Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Object REST APIAzure UpdatesIn previewOctober 20251
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot edits on a Page are highlighted by defaultMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentNovember 20251
Microsoft Edge: AI theme generatorMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentFebruary 20261
Public Preview: Azure Functions zero-downtime deployments with rolling updates in Flex ConsumptionAzure UpdatesIn previewOctober 20251
Generally Available: High Scale Private EndpointsAzure UpdatesLaunchedOctober 20251
Public Preview: Instant Access Snapshots for Azure Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disks StorageAzure UpdatesIn previewOctober 20251
Retirement: Support for Node.js 20 ends on April 30, 2026 – upgrade your apps to Node.js 22Azure Updates–
Retirement
30 April 20261
Retirement: Remove dependency on these preview features before March 31, 2026Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20261
Windows 11 media creation tool might not work as expected on Windows 10Windows known issuesResolved–1
Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Remove users from closed surveyMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentDecember 20251
Microsoft Teams: Private channels increased limits and transition to group complianceMicrosoft 365 roadmapRolling outOctober 20251
Outlook: Rule to display desktop alertMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentJanuary 20261
Problems playing protected content in some BluRay/DVD/Digital TV applicationsWindows known issuesResolved KB5067036–1
Generally Available: Azure WAF CAPTCHA Challenge for Azure Front DoorAzure UpdatesLaunchedOctober 20251
Generally Available: Azure Sphere OS version 25.10 is now available for evaluationAzure UpdatesLaunchedOctober 20251
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] [DevX] Compliance sensitivity labels for custom connectorsMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentDecember 20251
Outlook: New Scheduling and Event Creation ExperienceMicrosoft 365 roadmapRolling outOctober 20251
Outlook: Offline Support for Calendar - Create, Edit and Delete Event support for GCC-MMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentJanuary 20261
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Microsoft 365 Groups scoping in Teams DLP policy extend protection to 1:1/n chatsMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentNovember 20261
Generally Available: Azure Storage Mover support for NFS source to Azure File Share (NFS 4.1) targetAzure UpdatesLaunchedOctober 20251
Generally Available: PgBouncer 1.23.1 support in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible ServerAzure UpdatesLaunchedOctober 20251
Generally Available: RHEL Software Reservations Now Available on Azure with Updated PricingAzure UpdatesLaunchedOctober 20251
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Connector for DataStax Now AvailableMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentJanuary 20261
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Query Structured Data via Copilot Connectors for PostgreSQLMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentJanuary 20261
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft 365 Copilot Integrates with Adobe Experience ManagerMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentJanuary 20261
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Enable Microsoft 365 Copilot Integration with SharePoint ServerMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentDecember 20251
Microsoft Viva: Updated Regional Benchmarks for employee feedbackMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentNovember 20251
Microsoft Intune: Windows Backup for organizations in IntuneMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentDecember 20251
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] Customers can connect M365 Copilot with Trello to organize boards and cards with Copilot ConnectorMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentDecember 20251
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] Customers can connect M365 Copilot with PagerDuty to access escalation policies and on-call schedules with Copilot ConnectorMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentDecember 20251
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] Customers can connect M365 Copilot with Zendesk Tickets to triage and resolve customer issues with Copilot ConnectorMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentDecember 20251
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Updates to OneDrive file browsing experience in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on iPad and iPhoneMicrosoft 365 roadmapRolling outOctober 20251
Retirement: Azure Computer Vision – Image Analysis will be retired on September 25, 2028Azure Updates–
Retirement
25 September 20281
Smartcard authentication issues might occur with the October 2025 Windows updateWindows known issuesResolved–1
Microsoft Teams: App Deployment in Teams Admin CenterMicrosoft 365 roadmapRolling outOctober 20251
Public Preview: VM vCore customization features disabling simultaneous multi-threading (SMT/HT) and constrained coresAzure UpdatesIn previewOctober 20251
Generally Available: Azure SQL updates for mid-October 2025Azure UpdatesLaunchedOctober 20251
Generally Available: Near-zero downtime scaling for HA-enabled Azure Database for PostgreSQL serversAzure UpdatesLaunchedOctober 20251

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