Articles from July 8, 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published on July 8, 2026
Australia’s Grid Enlists AI to Handle 47% Renewables — and It’s Working
Australia’s electricity grid operator has quietly rolled out AI-driven systems to manage a historic surge in renewable energy, with solar and wind now supplying nearly half of the country’s...
Microsoft Teams' New Catch Up Feature Turns Your Chat Backlog Into Swipeable Cards
Microsoft this week began rolling out a new Catch up experience for Teams on Android and iOS, transforming the way users process missed conversations on the go. The feature, which reached General...
Microsoft Adds In-Alert File Previews to Purview Insider Risk Management, Speeding Up Investigations
Microsoft has started rolling out a long‑awaited capability to its Purview Insider Risk Management platform: the ability to preview files and content directly from inside an alert. The rollout,...
Microsoft Purview to Show Unscanned Files and Classification History, Helping Admins Prioritize Compliance
Microsoft is updating Purview Content Explorer with new summary metrics that promise to eliminate a longstanding blind spot for compliance administrators: the number of files that haven’t been...
Microsoft Teams to Lock Down Event Presenter Access with One-Time Email Passcodes in April 2026
Microsoft is tightening presenter access for Teams events. Starting April 2026, external presenters who join a webinar or town hall anonymously will need to verify their identity with a one-time...
New Purview Sensitivity Label Controls Let Admins Exclude Microsoft 365 Groups, Target Dynamic Groups
Microsoft is rolling out a significant update to how administrators assign sensitivity labels in Purview, with new controls that let them exclude entire Microsoft 365 groups and include dynamic...
Purview Endpoint DLP’s New JIT Audit Scoping Will Target Specific Users Starting 2026
Microsoft has placed a new data loss prevention capability on its public roadmap: Purview Endpoint DLP will soon support Just-in-Time (JIT) audit scoping with user-level inclusion and exclusion...
Preview: Purview Insider Risk Management Now Catches Data Leaks in Microsoft Fabric and Cloud Apps
Microsoft has quietly rolled out a preview that arms security teams with new weapons against data leaks in two rapidly expanding frontiers: Microsoft Fabric and cloud storage services. The update to...
Teams Recordings Gain Automatic Sensitivity Label Inheritance from Meetings
Microsoft is rolling out a new feature that automatically applies the sensitivity label of a Teams meeting to all its associated recordings, transcripts, and Loop notes. The capability, part of...
Microsoft Teams Will Soon Connect Meetings Directly to Your Existing Planner Plans
Microsoft is finally addressing one of the most persistent pain points for users who juggle meetings and project management. A new entry on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap (ID 561490), last updated on July...
Microsoft Purview’s New Sync Status Ends the Guessing Game for Sensitivity Labels
In April 2026, Microsoft rolled out a long-awaited update to Microsoft Purview: policy sync status for sensitivity label publishing policies. Now, when IT admins configure and publish sensitivity...
Hands-On Data Control: Microsoft Adds Manual Sensitivity Labels to Viva Engage Communities
Microsoft has started rolling out a preview that lets organizations apply Microsoft Purview Information Protection sensitivity labels directly to Viva Engage communities. The feature, available now...