AMITPC – August 2026 Meetup

As promised, here are the links for the topics covered during the Adelaide Microsoft IT Pro Community User Group Meetup on the 4th August 2026.

In addition, here is the recording, which includes Tony Babu’s presentation: Enterprise IT Helpdesk on Power Platform: https://youtu.be/DUnE_tFpRLs

Tony Babu | LinkedIn



What’s New? – AI Workforce

New LLMs in Copilot Chat & Copilot Cowork

Anthropic Claude Opus 5
(Anthropic accepted as sub-processor first)

Anthropic Claude Fable 5
(Anthropic accepted as sub-processor first)

New Cowork UI/UX

Meeting Recaps app in Teams

Generate interactive HTML reports in SPO

Ingest Assistant data into M365


What’s New? – Security

MAI-Cyber-1-Flash (MDASH)

Microsoft Defender for O365 (MDO) P1 features in O365 E3 and M365 E3

AI Security:

Domain Exclusion for web grounding

DLP to restrict external emails from being referenced

Agent 365 Dashboard rolled out




Security Ninja Training


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



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!

Introducing MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside MDASH
https://microsoft.ai/news/introducing-mai-cyber-1-flash-inside-mdash/

Skill or Sub-Agent. Choosing AI Capabilities You Will Actually Reuse
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurearchitectureblog/skill-or-sub-agent-choosing-ai-capabilities-you-will-actually-reuse/4542099?WT.mc_id=MVP_324901

Securing Enterprise AI Agents with Microsoft Sentinel
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/coreinfrastructureandsecurityblog/securing-enterprise-ai-agents-with-microsoft-sentinel/4542583?WT.mc_id=MVP_324901

Reminder: Exchange 2016 and 2019 ESU Program Ends in October 2026
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/reminder-exchange-2016-and-2019-esu-program-ends-in-october-2026/4539033?WT.mc_id=MVP_324901

What’s New in Microsoft 365 Copilot | July 2026
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-365-copilot–july-2026/4538332?WT.mc_id=MVP_324901

Available today: Anthropic Claude Opus 5 in Microsoft 365 Copilot
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/available-today-anthropic-claude-opus-5-in-microsoft-365-copilot/4540524?WT.mc_id=MVP_324901

More control over web grounding with Domain Exclusion for Microsoft 365 Copilot
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/more-control-over-web-grounding-with-domain-exclusion-for-microsoft-365-copilot/4540151?WT.mc_id=MVP_324901

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 is now rolling out to Microsoft 365 E3 and Office 365 E3
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderforoffice365blog/microsoft-defender-for-office-365-plan-1-is-now-rolling-out-to-microsoft-365-e3-/4527287?WT.mc_id=MVP_324901

Defending the Inbox Against Prompt Injection Attacks
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderforoffice365blog/defending-the-inbox-against-prompt-injection-attacks/4534636?WT.mc_id=MVP_324901

What’s New in Microsoft Entra: July 2026
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/whats-new-in-microsoft-entra-july-2026/4534631?WT.mc_id=MVP_324901

What’s new in Microsoft Intune – July
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-intune-%E2%80%93-july/4537392?WT.mc_id=MVP_324901

Microsoft Entra Suite hands-on tour of identity and network access protections
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftmechanicsblog/microsoft-entra-suite-hands-on-tour-of-identity-and-network-access-protections/4537379?WT.mc_id=MVP_324901

Build your first Power App from data in seconds
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftmechanicsblog/build-your-first-power-app-from-data-in-seconds/4537967?WT.mc_id=MVP_324901

Level Up Your Security Skills This August with the Microsoft Defender Challenge and Learn Live
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/level-up-your-security-skills-this-august-with-the-microsoft-defender-challenge-/4541235?WT.mc_id=MVP_324901

Microsoft Defender Challenge
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security/challenge/defender-challenge?WT.mc_id=MVP_324901

What’s new in Microsoft Sentinel: July 2026
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-sentinel-july-2026/4542130?WT.mc_id=MVP_324901

What’s New in Copilot in SharePoint: July 2026
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-copilot-in-sharepoint-july-2026/4535420?WT.mc_id=MVP_324901

Beyond Benchmarks: The Lifecycle of Measuring Agentic Quality in AI Content Management
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/beyond-benchmarks-the-lifecycle-of-measuring-agentic-quality-in-ai-content-manag/4538319?WT.mc_id=MVP_324901

SharePoint Showcase: 10 Custom AI Skills Every SharePoint Site Owner Should Build
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/sharepoint-showcase-10-custom-ai-skills-every-sharepoint-site-owner-should-build/4535414?WT.mc_id=MVP_324901

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | July 2026
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftteamsblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-teams–july-2026/4542510?WT.mc_id=MVP_324901

New Microsoft Certified: Multi-Agent AI Solutions Expert Certification
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/skills-hub-blog/new-microsoft-certified-multi-agent-ai-solutions-expert-certification/4494122?WT.mc_id=MVP_324901

New Microsoft 365 Certified: AI Services Administrator Associate Certification
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/skills-hub-blog/new-microsoft-365-certified-ai-services-administrator-associate-certification/4494123?WT.mc_id=MVP_324901

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