Microsoft Technology Briefing - March 2025

The Fabric Real-Time Intelligence engineering team is delighted to invite you to an exclusive event showcasing the latest advancements in real-time data solutions with Microsoft Fabric. Location: Grand Hôtel, Stockholm Läs mer om Real...

We are excited to invite your team to attend our Microsoft 365 Copilot Prompt-a-thon. This is your exclusive invitation to a day brimming with innovation, learning, and networking. Who should attend? This event is perfect for Copilot power users, adoption champions, and business decision-makers eager to transform their business functions. Location: Microsoft Office, Regeringsgatan 25 Läs mer om Copilot Prompt...

Ready to take your apps to the next level? Join us for Application Modernization Day, where we’ll explore how to transform your applications for speed, scalability, and innovation in the cloud. Whether you're looking to boost performance, cut costs, or future-proof your tech stack, this day is packed with insights to help you modernize with confidence. Location: Microsoft Office, Regeringsgatan 25 Läs mer om App Modernization Day...

Det kan vara svårt att hänga med i alla förändringar som sker inom Microsoft 365 Copilot. Vi har därför nöjet att bjuda in dig till detta webinar som fokuserar på de senaste nyheterna i Microsoft 365 Copilot. Under detta webinar kommer vi att belysa viktiga uppdateringar, både inom produkt, material och insikter. Detta inkluderar nya funktioner, förbättringar av befintliga verktyg och intressanta användarfall som visar hur du kan dra nytta av dessa uppdateringar i din dagliga verksamhet.

Marketing and customer data technology is developing at the speed of artificial intelligence - but how can you make sure your organization keeps up? Elevate your role as a pioneer in marketing by joining us for an exclusive exploration into the future of marketing. We're thrilled to extend this invitation to you for a gathering of marketeers, where we'll dive deep into the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence.

This event is designed for customers who have successfully deployed their first Al use case and are ready to take the next step towards scaling their Al initiatives.

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Discover how Microsoft Sentinel, a cloud-native SIEM and SOAR solution, can modernize your security operations by improving threat detection, prevention, and response. Registrations not open yet...

We are excited to announce the winners of LLMail-Inject, our first Adaptive Prompt Injection Challenge! The challenge ran from December 2024 until February 2025 and was featured as one of the four official competitions of the 3rd IEEE Conference on Secure and Trustworthy Machine Learning (IEEE SaTML). The overall aims of this challenge were to advance the state-of-the-art defenses against indirect prompt injection attacks and to broaden awareness of these new techniques.

Content warning: This blog post contains discussions of sensitive topics. These subjects may be distressing or triggering for some readers. Reader discretion is advised. Today, we are sharing insights on a simple, optimization-free jailbreak method called Context Compliance Attack (CCA), that has proven effective against most leading AI systems. We are disseminating this research to promote awareness and encourage system designers to implement appropriate safeguards.

Learn about the upcoming availability of Microsoft Security Copilot agents and other new offerings for a more secure AI future.

Discover how the US Department of Labor enhanced security and modernized authentication with Microsoft Entra ID and phishing-resistant authentication.

When you’re secure—innovation happens. But, the fast pace of AI often outpaces traditional security measures, leaving gaps that bad actors can take advantage of. As a security professional, you’re the hero in this battle between protecting vast amounts of data while ensuring AI systems remain transp...

Learn about the Microsoft Security Response Center, which investigates vulnerabilities and releases security updates to help protect customers from cyberthreats.

Starting in December 2024, leading up to some of the busiest travel days, Microsoft Threat Intelligence identified a phishing campaign that impersonates online travel agency Booking.com and targets organizations in the hospitality industry. The campaign uses a social engineering technique called Cli...

Microsoft Threat Intelligence has uncovered a new variant of XCSSET, a sophisticated modular macOS malware that infects Xcode projects, in the wild. Its first known variant since 2022, this latest XCSSET malware features enhanced obfuscation methods, updated persistence mechanisms, and new infection...

This Women’s History Month serves as a crucial moment for us to lead and continue to pave the way for a more inclusive future. I am truly honored to support my amazing women colleagues who continue to excel in their careers. Their diverse perspectives and talents are invaluable, driving innovation...

Microsoft detected a large-scale malvertising campaign in early December 2024 that impacted nearly one million devices globally. The attack originated from illegal streaming websites embedded with malvertising redirectors and ultimately redirected users to GitHub to deliver initial access payloads a...

Silk Typhoon is a Chinese state actor focused on espionage campaigns targeting a wide range of industries in the US and throughout the world. In recent months, Silk Typhoon has shifted to performing IT supply chain attacks to gain access to targets. In this blog, we provide an overview of the threat...

Discover how Microsoft secures AI models on Azure AI Foundry, ensuring robust security and trustworthy deployments for your AI systems.

In this edition of our monthly roundup, we're recapping new features in Microsoft Copilot Studio, released in February 2025.

We are excited to announce the first preview of the upcoming SharePoint Framework 1.21. This release will have updates for SharePoint, Viva Connections and Microsoft Teams experiences.

Transform your business processes with new sales agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Learn more.

Learn how you can pay for agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio, which will be available soon right from within the Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat.

Microsoft Copilot Studio enables organizations to create and publish custom AI-driven assistants, known as agents. Learn more.

Microsoft is excited to announce a new set of capabilities that enable you to build autonomous agents. Learn more.

As part of Microsoft’s feature parity with Teams Phone extensibility, we’re announcing the enforcement of Phone System license checks for Bot-initiated transfers to Teams users. This current gap in our systems will be addressed in June 2025. Microsoft Teams requires that Teams users behind applications such as queue applications require a phone system license and...

Read how Microsoft 365 Certification ensures compliance for data at rest.

We are announcing the phased rollout of an update to remove the grantedTo and grantedToIdentities properties from the Permission resource type in Microsoft Graph.

We’re excited to announce the latest updates for Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code featuring tenant switching, new capabilities for declarative agents, and more.

Microsoft is excited to introduce two, first-of-their-kind reasoning agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot: Researcher and Analyst. Learn more.

Learn how Microsoft 365 Certification validates data retention, back-up, and disposal controls for Microsoft 365 apps.

In today’s fast-evolving customer service landscape, the integration of AI, such as Copilot and autonomous agents, is transforming how businesses interact with their customers. However, this advancement brings about the need for clear and precise terminology to avoid confusion. Renaming the apps To ensure our AI experiences align with Microsoft’s AI-first vision, we will differentiate...

Contact centers play a crucial role in delivering exceptional customer support and driving business growth. With the rise of digitalization and advanced technologies, AI and automation have become essential for streamlining operations, improving efficiency, and nurturing stronger customer relationships. Today during Enterprise Connect, we announced Teams Phone extensibility for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Contact Center. Beginning...

We’re excited to share that as of March 5, 2025, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Contact Center has officially become Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant. This significant achievement highlights our dedication to security, privacy, and regulatory standards, particularly benefiting customers in healthcare. Why HIPAA compliance matters Healthcare providers deal daily with sensitive patient information,

We’re announcing a new program—Microsoft AI Accelerator for Sales—to help more customers rapidly transform their sales organization with Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents, as well as two new agents—Sales Agent and Sales Chat—to help scale the team’s ability to nurture and close deals.

Personalizing customer journeys requires a more proactive approach assisted with AI.

We are thrilled to announce the launch of Power CAT Tools, a comprehensive suite of features designed to enhance your development experience.

The 2025 Powerful Devs Hack Together brought developers together to build secure and scalable AI-powered solutions using Power Platform, Azure, AI Builder, and more. If you missed the event, you can still catch up on all the sessions covering AI, automation, security, extensibility, and more! 🎥 Watch here: aka.ms/powerfuldevs/ondemand Technologies Used in the Hackathon We...

If you would like to start building an agent in Microsoft Copilot Studio, don’t worry we’ve got you covered! In our AI in Action: Building with Copilot Studio series on the Microsoft Power Platform YouTube channel, we have several episodes that guide you through how to get started in building an agent. This blog post...

Whether you’re a new student, a thriving startup, or the largest enterprise, you have financial constraints, and you need to know what you’re spending, where it’s being spent, and how to plan for the future. Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to the bill, and this is where Microsoft Cost Management comes in. We’re always looking...

Together, Microsoft and NVIDIA are accelerating some of the most groundbreaking innovations in AI. We are excited to continue innovating with several new announcements from Microsoft and NVIDIA that further enhance our full stack collaboration.

AI agents are transforming industries by automating workflows, enhancing productivity, and enabling intelligent decision-making. Businesses are leveraging AI agents to process insurance claims, manage IT service desks, optimize supply chain logistics, and even assist healthcare professionals in analyzing medical records. The potential is vast, and we’re excited to introduce two powerful innovations in Azure AI Foundry.

I’m excited to share our recent updates to Azure Elastic SAN—our solution for high-scale cost efficiency in the cloud.

At Microsoft, we remain committed to enabling European businesses to thrive by providing the tools and support necessary to drive their success and give our customers throughout the European Union more control over their data. To fulfill these goals, today Microsoft is announcing that it has completed the EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud, an...

I am happy to share a new MIT Technology Review Insights report that delves into how businesses are leveraging AI customization to stay ahead in the competitive market.

In this blog, we’ll dive into how large language models, generative AI, and the Triangle System help us leverage automation and feedback loops for more efficient incident management.

With AI functions, you can harness the power of Fabric’s native large-language model endpoint for seamless summarization, classification, text generation, and much more—all with a single line of code.

Spatial data has become increasingly important in various fields, from urban planning and environmental monitoring to transportation and logistics. Fabric Data Warehouse offers spatial functionalities that enable you to query and analyze spatial data efficiently. In this blog post, we will delve int...

As we celebrate innovation in accessibility at Microsoft’s Ability Summit 2025, we invite you to explore how Azure AI can enhance accessibility in your products and services. The future isn’t just abo...

Microsoft OneLake is the single, unified, logical data lake that allows your entire organization to store, manage, and analyze data in one place. It provides seamless integration with various data sources and engines, making it easier to derive insights and drive innovation. At the most recent Micro...

Copy Job has been a go-to tool for simplified data ingestion in Microsoft Fabric, offering a seamless data movement experience from any source to any destination. Whether you need batch or incremental copying, it provides the flexibility to meet diverse data needs while maintaining a simple and intu...

OneLake Shortcut Microsoft Fabric OneLake shortcuts facilitate the virtualization of data from various cloud object stores and on-premises environments. For on-premises sources like Cloudera/Apache Ozone, the OneLake S3 Compatible Shortcut can be utilized to connect to these data sources. With OneLa...

The process of extracting, transforming, and loading (ETL) data is important for turning raw data into actionable insights. ETL allows data to be collected from various sources, cleansed and formatted into a standard structure, and then loaded into a data warehouse for analysis. This process ensures...

For the past 1.5 years, the Microsoft Fabric Product Group Product Managers have been publishing a YouTube series featuring deep dives into Microsoft Fabric’s features. These episodes cover both technical functionalities and real-world scenarios, providing insights into the product roadmap and the p...

Ensuring data protection with automated backups SQL database in Microsoft Fabric provides automatic backups from the moment a database is created, ensuring seamless data protection and recovery. The system follows a robust backup strategy: This approach lets users restore their database to any point...

With the exciting release of Microsoft Fabric and the Fabric capacity SKUs, we announced last May we are consolidating purchase options and retiring the Microsoft Power BI Premium per capacity SKU (P-SKUs).

Get started with GitHub Copilot and navigate features like Copilot Chat in this installment of the GitHub for Beginners series.

Sometimes it’s the little things in life that matter the most. In the latest version of Visual Studio, we’ve added some features and tweaks that aim to put a smile on your face and make you more productive. Here is a list of some of these, and if you want the full list, make sure to check out the...

Passwords are notoriously difficult to detect with conventional programming approaches. AI can help us find passwords better because it understands context. This blog post will explore the technical challenges we faced with building the feature and the novel and creative ways we solved them.

This post covers the latest features and enhancements in Microsoft Dev Box. These updates introduce advanced customization capabilities, improved security, performance optimizations, and better developer experience to make Dev Box even more efficient. Last update: 03/21/2025 In this post: Config-as-workflow improvements Enhanced user provided customizations Developer onboarding & experience Streamlined and flexible onboarding for enterprises...

Strategies to quickly get up to speed, whether you’re a seasoned engineer or a newcomer to the field.

For years, you’ve worked with Visual Studio’s solution file (*.SLN) format, and while it’s a core part of your project organization, we know the experience hasn’t always been smooth. Whether you’ve been modifying, maintaining, or trying to resolve merge conflicts, it’s often felt more like a hass...

The Visual Studio Hub is here! Keeping up with the latest Visual Studio updates, features, and resources can feel like a full-time job. We’ve heard it time and time again—you want a simpler way to stay informed without digging through scattered blog posts, release notes, and social media updates.

Discover the differences between agent mode and Copilot Edits with GitHub Copilot—and when to use them in your workflows.

Are you tired of wrestling with complex LINQ queries during debugging? Visual Studio 2022 has introduced powerful new improvement, powered by AI, to simplify your workflow with its editable expression feature in the IEnumerable Visualizer. These added functionalities aim to make debugging more in...

We are excited to announce preview of enhancements in Azure DevTest Labs designed to accommodate two upcoming retirements in Azure: Retirement Date Details Azure Basic Load Balancer September 30, 2025 The Azure Basic Load Balancer will be retired. You can continue using your existing Basic Load Balancers until this date, but you will not be...

With these actions, you can keep your open source projects organized, minimize repetitive and manual tasks, and focus more on writing code.

We’re thrilled to announce that Azure DevTest Labs has joined the Visual Studio Developer Community to collect valuable feedback and suggestions from our customers. 🌟 This fantastic feedback portal is here to make your experience smoother and more engaging. It’s your go-to place to connect with the Azure DevTest Labs product and engineering teams to...

Dragon Copilot is bolstered by our collaboration with healthcare industry experts across our extensive global ecosystem of trusted partners.

We are pleased to announce the launch of Microsoft Dragon Copilot, a new groundbreaking solution that transforms the way clinicians work.

We’re excited to introduce new features in our AI healthcare portfolio that will further drive industry efficiencies, and better patient outcomes.

This blog series is designed to help you skill up on Microsoft 365 Copilot.. We hope you will make this your go-to source for the latest updates, resources, and opportunities in technical skill building for Microsoft 365 Copilot. New Microsoft 365 Copilot training for business users : On-demand training introducing business users to Copilot. Great for users new to Copilot! Work smarter with AI - Training | Microsoft Learn Get more done and unleash your creativity with Microsoft Copilot.

The era of AI and digital threads has arrived, and it’s delivering real value for the world’s leading manufacturers today.

In a recent playbook, Accelerating sustainability with AI: Innovations for a better future, we outlined our five plays to advance sustainability, providing insight into our work at Microsoft and how business leaders around the world are creating a new path forward.

Microsoft is partnering with sports organizations worldwide to integrate technology and gain a competitive edge.

We're announcing the release of Hyperlight Wasm: a Hyperlight virtual machine “micro-guest” that can run wasm component workloads written in many programming languages.

With AI adoption on the rise, companies around the world are saving time, streamlining tasks, and analyzing information faster.

To compete in today’s retail and consumer goods industries, supply chain leaders need respond to consumer demand volatility, to adapt, and make decisions faster.

Editor’s note: This story was created with the help of artificial intelligence. To learn more about how Inside Track is using the power of generative AI to augment our human staff, see our story, Reimagining content creation with our Azure AI-powered Inside Track story bot. When a customer asked us if they should use Microsoft...

For countless organizations around the world, Microsoft SharePoint is the go-to solution for managing authoritative business content and collaborating on projects. With the launch of Microsoft 365 Copilot and the ability to extend its impact through agents, we saw an opportunity to roll the value of AI-powered assistants into the information-rich ecosystem of SharePoint. By...