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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.