Data-Lifecycle

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Modern Work Weekly - Week of 2026-08-25

Purview gets two meaningful compliance additions this week - retention for Copilot Memory and DSI integration with endpoint DLP alerts - plus expanded Organizational Messages support for hybrid-joined devices.

Security & Compliance
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Modern Work Weekly - Week of 2026-07-28

A lighter week on volume but with two billing and governance changes that warrant immediate attention: Purview DLM moves to a volume-based billing model, and a new admin control lets you permanently purge People Skills data from your tenant.

Security & Compliance
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· 8 min read

Modern Work Weekly - Week of 2026-06-16

Entra Tenant Governance surfaces shadow tenants, Purview DSPM for AI hits GA, and computer-using agents in Copilot Studio are production-ready — a feature-dense week with meaningful capability unlocks across identity, data, and automation.

Collaboration & Productivity AI & Copilot Security & Compliance
5 action items 2 CVEs
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Modern Work Weekly - Week of 2026-06-09

Teams Live Events dies June 30 — migrate now. Exchange Server OWA has an active XSS CVE. Meanwhile, Purview ships posture reporting, Copilot Studio goes fully agentic with computer-use GA, and Entra tackles shadow tenant sprawl.

Endpoint & Device Management AI & Copilot Security & Compliance
5 action items 1 CVE
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· 14 min read

Modern Work Weekly - Week of 2026-06-02

CVE-2026-42897 demands immediate patch action on all on-prem Exchange deployments, while Teams Live Events hits its June 30 retirement deadline — but this week also delivers real capability unlocks across AI agent governance, Purview posture reporting, and Entra multi-tenant visibility.

Identity & Access Endpoint & Device Management Collaboration & Productivity AI & Copilot Security & Compliance
3 action items 1 CVE
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· 13 min read

Modern Work Weekly - Week of 2026-05-26

Global Secure Access hits a GA trifecta this week with iOS client, cloud firewall for remote networks, and file-type content filtering all shipping. Pair that with Purview DLP sync dropping from 2 hours to 30 minutes and the Intune Data Warehouse v1 connector retirement, and there's real work to do.

Identity & Access Endpoint & Device Management Collaboration & Productivity AI & Copilot Security & Compliance
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Modern Work Weekly - Week of 2026-05-19

Dirty Frag is being actively exploited on Linux endpoints. Storm-2949 proves credentials alone are enough to wipe a cloud environment. Know what needs action now.

Identity & Access Endpoint & Device Management AI & Copilot Security & Compliance
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