As promised, here are the links and slide decks for the topics covered during the Adelaide Microsoft IT Pro Community User Group Meetup on the 7th April 2026.
In addition, here is the recording, which includes Andrew Ly‘s presentation: Business Applications 2026 Wave 1: The Good Stuff:
What’s New? – Copilot & Agents
Agent 365 Multi-Tenant Management
Video Recap of meetings in Copilot Chat
Researcher
•New Output Formats
•Multi-Model: Critique and Council
Branded Footer in M365 Copilot App
Copilot Notebooks, new UX
Audio Recaps in 7 more languages
•Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish
Work IQ context with Copilot in Excel
Standardise format with Copilot in PowerPoint
Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for M365 Copilot & Copilot Chat expanding
•Safeguard Web Searches containing Sensitive Data – Public Preivew in March, rolling out in June
•Safeguard Prompts – Rolling Out in March
Manage Authoritative Sources – Rolling Out in April
•Domain Exclusion for Web Grounding – Rolling Out in April
High-usage Users – Rolled Out in March
Tracking Satisfaction, intent and usage with Copilot Dashboard – Rolled Out in March
What’s New? – M365
File-Level Archiving comes to M365 Archive – Public Preview
Sign with personal touch with eSignature for M365 – Generally Available*
•PAYG service, limited trial of up to 5 per month through to June 2026
Sensitivity Labels in OneNote now Generally Available
Windows
Web
macOS
iOS/iPadOS
Android
What’s New? – Collaboration
Microsoft Exchange 30th Anniversary
High Volume Email (HVE) now Generally Available
•$42 USD per one million recipients
•smtp.hve.mx.Microsoft over port 587 (HVE auth or Oauth token)
SharePoint Hackathon Winners Announced – YouTube
Teams getting a bunch of new UI and QoL improvements
•Activity in other accounts & organisations
•Drafts view
•Live meeting indicator
•Simplified Controls for managing External Collaboration in Teams
•Image Viewer
•Control the Enter key
•SHIFT+ESC – Mark ALL as read
•Share files & Loop components in external chats – Finally!
What’s New? – Windows
What’s New? – Entra
External MFA in Entra ID is now Generally Available
•Use a third-party MFA solution to meet regulatory or business requirements
•Need to support specific scenarios, such as mergers and acquisitions
•Want to unify MFA experiences under a modern identity system
Built on the OpenID Connect (OIDC) standard, external MFA allows you to integrate your preferred MFA provider into Microsoft Entra ID without sacrificing security or policy enforcement.
What’s New? – Defender
What’s New? – Intune
What’s New? – Purview
What’s New? – Sentinel
What’s New? – Security Copilot
What’s New? – Timelines/EoL
•Transitioning Sentinel experience to Defender XDR Portal
- 1stJuly 2026 -> 31stMarch 2027
•Project/SharePoint Server 2016/2019
•Infopath/SharePoint Designer 2013
•SQL Server 2016
- End of Support 14thJuly 2026
Security Ninja Training
Microsoft Sentinel & Defender XDR Virtual Ninja Training (YouTube)
Microsoft Copilot for Security Ninja
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Ninja
New Agent Academy Courses and Badges
Microsoft Student Accelerator – Michelle Sandford
https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/anz-microsoft-student-accelerator/
Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors (MLSA)
https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-US/studentambassadors
Adelaide Microsoft Community
What’s Coming? – Events
Digital Workplace Conference Australia 2026 (Melbourne)
Tune in again next month during our Meetup, or catch the notes here!
If you would like to present or have a topic to request, please use this form!
Links!
Azure
Demystifying On-Demand Capacity Reservations
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azureinfrastructureblog/demystifying-on-demand-capacity-reservations/4504806
General Availability of Private Application Gateway on Azure Application Gateway v2
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azureinfrastructureblog/%F0%9F%9A%80-general-availability-of-private-application-gateway-on-azure-application-gate/4508294
Introducing MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2 in Microsoft Foundry
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/introducing-mai-transcribe-1-mai-voice-1-and-mai-image-2-in-microsoft-foundry/4507787
Agent 365
ICYMI: Microsoft Agent 365 AMA
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/agent-365-blog/icymi-microsoft-agent-365-ama/4503596
Exchange
Celebrating 30 Years of Microsoft Exchange
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/celebrating-30-years-of-microsoft-exchange/4503439
High Volume Email reaches General Availability in Exchange Online
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/high-volume-email-reaches-general-availability-in-exchange-online/4507353
M365
File-level archiving comes to Microsoft 365 Archive (public preview)
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/file-level-archiving-comes-to-microsoft-365-archive-public-preview/4506886
What’s next: File-level archiving in Microsoft 365
https://aka.ms/m365archive/webinar/Apr2026
Sign with a personal touch with eSignature for Microsoft 365
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/sign-with-a-personal-touch-with-esignature-for-microsoft-365/4500960
Sensitivity Labels in OneNote Now Generally Available
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/sensitivity-labels-in-onenote-now-generally-available/4499502
Copilot
What’s New in Microsoft 365 Copilot | March 2026
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-365-copilot–march-2026/4506322
Meet the updated Copilot Notebooks experience: Your home for understanding work, projects, and more
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/meet-the-updated-copilot-notebooks-experience-your-home-for-understanding-work-p/4501383
Copilot Notebooks: Enhancements to support creation, collaboration and learning
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/copilot-notebooks-enhancements-to-support-creation-collaboration-and-learning/4505360
Introducing multi-model intelligence in Researcher
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/introducing-multi-model-intelligence-in-researcher/4506011
Defender
RSA 2026: What’s new in Microsoft Defender?
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/rsa-2026-what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-defender/4503046
Entra
Secure access in the age of AI: Key findings from our 2026 Report
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/secure-access-in-the-age-of-ai-key-findings-from-our-2026-report/4486060
Microsoft Entra innovations announced at RSAC 2026
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/microsoft-entra-innovations-announced-at-rsac-2026/4502146
External MFA in Microsoft Entra ID is now generally available
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/external-mfa-in-microsoft-entra-id-is-now-generally-available/4488926
Strengthen identity resilience: Recover with confidence using Microsoft Entra Backup and Recovery
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/strengthen-identity-resilience-recover-with-confidence-using-microsoft-entra-bac/4462426
Microsoft Entra Tenant Governance: Secure and manage multi-tenant environments at scale
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/microsoft-entra-tenant-governance-secure-and-manage-multi-tenant-environments-at/4462427
Evolving identity security: How the Conditional Access Optimization Agent helps you adapt
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/evolving-identity-security-how-the-conditional-access-optimization-agent-helps-y/4488927
Microsoft Entra expands SCIM support with new SCIM 2.0 APIs for identity lifecycle operations
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/microsoft-entra-expands-scim-support-with-new-scim-2-0-apis-for-identity-lifecyc/4507465
Intune
Announcing three new partners for multi-tenant management with Microsoft Intune
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/announcing-three-new-partners-for-multi-tenant-management-with-microsoft-intune/4501339
Secure apps: Where people, data, and AI intersect
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/secure-apps-where-people-data-and-ai-intersect/4493201
What’s new in Microsoft Intune – March
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-intune-%E2%80%93-march/4493136
Windows 365 + Intune Advanced Endpoint Management Capabilities: Better Together
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/windows-365–intune-advanced-endpoint-management-capabilities-better-together/4503802
Purview
AI‑Powered Troubleshooting for Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-purview-blog/ai%E2%80%91powered-troubleshooting-for-microsoft-purview-data-lifecycle-management/4502660
Priority Cleanup V2: Faster, Simpler Data Purging for Exchange Online
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-purview-blog/priority-cleanup-v2-faster-simpler-data-purging-for-exchange-online/4503363
Security Copilot
Introducing Secret Finder: Finding Real Credentials Where Traditional Tools Fail
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/securitycopilotblog/introducing-secret-finder-finding-real-credentials-where-traditional-tools-fail/4500983
From alert overload to decisive action: How Security Copilot agents are transforming security and IT
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/securitycopilotblog/from-alert-overload-to-decisive-action-how-security-copilot-agents-are-transform/4504213
Accelerate Your Security Copilot Readiness with Our Global Technical Workshop Series
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/accelerate-your-security-copilot-readiness-with-our-global-technical-workshop-se/4483805
Sentinel
Turning historical patterns into actionable detection pipelines with Microsoft Sentinel data lake
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/turning-historical-patterns-into-actionable-detection-pipelines-with-microsoft-s/4503126
Microsoft Sentinel is now supported in Unified RBAC with row-level access
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/microsoft-sentinel-is-now-supported-in-unified-rbac-with-row-level-access/4503121
What’s new in Microsoft Sentinel: RSAC 2026
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-sentinel-rsac-2026/4503971
Extending App Assure’s Sentinel Promise through the Sentinel Advisory Service
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/extending-app-assure%E2%80%99s-sentinel-promise-through-the-sentinel-advisory-service/4503045
RSAC 2026: New Microsoft Sentinel Connectors Announcement
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/rsac-2026-new-microsoft-sentinel-connectors-announcement/4503042
Agentic Use Cases for Developers on the Microsoft Sentinel Platform
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/agentic-use-cases-for-developers-on-the-microsoft-sentinel-platform/4503041
How Granular Delegated Admin Privileges (GDAP) allows Sentinel customers to delegate access
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/how-granular-delegated-admin-privileges-gdap-allows-sentinel-customers-to-delega/4503123
A third-party connector integrating Claude with Microsoft Sentinel is now available
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/a-third-party-connector-integrating-claude-with-microsoft-sentinel-is-now-availa/4507013
Accelerate Agent Development: Hacks for Building with Microsoft Sentinel data lake
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/accelerate-agent-development-hacks-for-building-with-microsoft-sentinel-data-lak/4503039
SharePoint
Structured document generation with forms now in preview
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/structured-document-generation-with-forms-now-in-preview/4503012
Announcing the winners of the SharePoint Hackathon 2026
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/announcing-the-winners-of-the-sharepoint-hackathon-2026/4505690
SharePoint Showcase: How SharePoint uses AI to strengthen Work IQ’s data layer
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/sharepoint-showcase-how-sharepoint-uses-ai-to-strengthen-work-iq%E2%80%99s-data-layer/4507100
Board and executive meeting management – Pervasent – SharePoint Partner Showcase
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/board-and-executive-meeting-management—pervasent—sharepoint-partner-showcase/4507688
Teams
What’s New in Microsoft Teams | March 2026
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftteamsblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-teams–march-2026/4506985
Outlook
Copilot in Outlook: New agentic experiences for email and calendar
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/outlook/copilot-in-outlook-new-agentic-experiences-for-email-and-calendar/4499798
The New People Directory Search Experience in Outlook: Smarter, Faster, and More Connected Than Ever
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/outlook/the-new-people-directory-search-experience-in-outlook-smarter-faster-and-more-co/4504712
From Public Folders to SharePoint: A Modern Approach to Shared Contact Management
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/outlook/from-public-folders-to-sharepoint-a-modern-approach-to-shared-contact-management/4504716
Planner
Changes to Project Web App site creation and unused sites effective April 1, 2026
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/plannerblog/changes-to-project-web-app-site-creation-and-unused-sites-effective-april-1-2026/4501341
Windows
Securing devices faster with hotpatch updates on by default
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/securing-devices-faster-with-hotpatch-updates-on-by-default/4500066
RSAT capabilities arrive on Arm-based Windows 11 PCs
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/rsat-capabilities-arrive-on-arm-based-windows-11-pcs/4500663
Announcing the RDP dynamic virtual channel plugin samples
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/announcing-the-rdp-dynamic-virtual-channel-plugin-samples/4501337
Unlocking Secure Agentic Productivity with Windows 365 for Agents
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/unlocking-secure-agentic-productivity-with-windows-365-for-agents/4499149
Introducing Teams optimizations for Windows App on iOS & Android — Now Generally Available
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/introducing-teams-optimizations-for-windows-app-on-ios–android-%E2%80%94-now-generally-/4501333
Advancing Windows driver security: Removing trust for the cross-signed driver program
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/advancing-windows-driver-security-removing-trust-for-the-cross-signed-driver-pro/4504818
Windows App Updates: Reliability, Productivity, and Security Improvements
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/windows-app-updates-reliability-productivity-and-security-improvements/4494681
Windows news you can use: March 2026
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/windows-news-you-can-use-march-2026/4495553
Announcing Windows 365 connector for Microsoft Power Platform and Azure Logic Apps (Public Preview)
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/announcing-windows-365-connector-for-microsoft-power-platform-and-azure-logic-ap/4506295
Save the date: Windows Server Summit – May 11-13, 2026
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windowsservernewsandbestpractices/save-the-date-windows-server-summit-%E2%80%93-may-11-13-2026/4501057
Learning
The moment AI skilling stopped being optional—and started being personal
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/skills-hub-blog/the-moment-ai-skilling-stopped-being-optional%E2%80%94and-started-being-personal/4502646
The AI job boom continues: Build the skills that move business forward
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/skills-hub-blog/the-ai-job-boom-continues-build-the-skills-that-move-business-forward/4494139
New Certification for machine learning operations (MLOps) engineers
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/skills-hub-blog/new-certification-for-machine-learning-operations-mlops-engineers/4494111
New Microsoft Certified: Azure Databricks Data Engineer Associate Certification
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/skills-hub-blog/new-microsoft-certified-azure-databricks-data-engineer-associate-certification/4494114
New Microsoft Certified: SQL AI Developer Associate Certification
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/skills-hub-blog/new-microsoft-certified-sql-ai-developer-associate-certification/4494113
Agent Academy Spring Drop: Special Ops, Cowork Collective, and a Whole New Look
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powerplatform/agent-academy-update-special-ops-cowork-collective/
M365 Senpai 