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Microsoft has confirmed that a logic bug in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat allowed the assistant to read and summarize emails labeled “Confidential” from users’ Sent Items and Drafts folders for several weeks, bypassing Data Loss Prevention (DLP) protections that organizations set up to stop automated processing of sensitive content. Background / Overview Microsoft 365 Copilot is sold and positioned as an AI productivity layer that sits on top of the familiar Office apps (Outlook, Word, Excel...

Microsoft’s latest Release Preview flight for Windows 11 brings a batch of practical, user‑facing refinements — most visibly Emoji 16.0 in the emoji panel and a Taskbar‑accessible network speed test — while quietly adding deeper platform capabilities for IT and security teams, including an in‑box Sysmon and expanded recovery/backup options for managed devices. Background / Overview Microsoft continues to shift Windows 11 from a once‑a‑year cadence to a continuous‑innovation model: smaller...

Microsoft’s latest Release Preview wave quietly folds two practical features into Windows 11 that are likely to be noticed by very different audiences: a quick-access network speed test surfaced in the taskbar and the long-requested arrival of native Sysmon (System Monitor) as an optional, first-class Windows feature. Both additions reflect Microsoft’s pragmatic approach to feature design: make routine diagnostics more discoverable for everyday users, and give security teams a baked-in...

Microsoft has confirmed that a code error in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat allowed the assistant to read and summarise confidential emails from users’ Sent Items and Drafts for weeks — a failure that bypassed sensitivity labels and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) protections organizations rely on to keep sensitive content out of automated processing. Background Microsoft 365 Copilot and the integrated Copilot Chat experience were introduced as a productivity layer across Office applications...

Microsoft’s public denial came fast, but the questions it raises about cloud governance, law‑enforcement use of AI, and corporate responsibility are anything but settled. Background In mid‑February 2026 a batch of leaked documents reported by major investigative outlets showed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) dramatically increased its use of Microsoft’s cloud services in the second half of 2025. The files, as reported, indicate ICE’s stored footprint on Microsoft Azure...

Microsoft's enterprise AI assistant, Microsoft 365 Copilot, briefly processed and summarized emails that organizations had explicitly marked as confidential — a behavior the company has attributed to a server‑side code error — exposing a troubling gap between AI convenience and established enterprise data controls. Background Microsoft 365 Copilot is positioned as an embedded productivity layer across Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other Microsoft 365 surfaces. The assistant’s value...

Microsoft has publicly rejected claims that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is using its cloud and AI tools to conduct mass civilian surveillance, even as investigative reporting and leaked procurement files show a dramatic expansion of ICE’s use of Microsoft-powered cloud services during a period of stepped-up immigration enforcement. Background The story began with a detailed investigative report that drew on leaked internal documents showing ICE’s cloud footprint on Microsoft Azure...

Microsoft’s terse public reply to fresh reporting that U.S. immigration authorities and foreign militaries are increasing their dependence on Azure cloud services has reignited a debate over cloud governance, corporate responsibility, and the limits of platform neutrality in the age of ubiquitous AI and elastic storage. New document disclosures and investigative reporting show Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) significantly expanding the amount of data it hosts on Microsoft Azure...

Marlink’s new managed ExpressRoute offering formally brings private Azure and Microsoft 365 ingress to vessels and remote sites, promising shipowners dedicated, predictable connectivity to Microsoft cloud services delivered over Marlink’s multi‑orbit satellite fabric and global Points of Presence. The announcement closes an important gap between shipboard networks and shore‑side cloud infrastructures by packaging Microsoft ExpressRoute as a fully managed maritime service — but the real value...

Microsoft has split the Windows 11 Canary Channel into two parallel update paths and published an optional Insider build — Build 29531.1000 — that migrates opted‑in devices onto a new 29500-series platform stream while the existing 28000-series continues as a feature‑preview path for 26H1 work. Background Microsoft’s Windows Insider Program has historically used the Canary Channel as the earliest public testbed for experimental platform work — low‑level kernel and driver plumbing, early...

Microsoft has quietly added a practical — if modest — troubleshooting shortcut to the Windows 11 taskbar: a one‑click internet speed test accessible from the network icon that opens a browser‑hosted measurement tool, bringing a common diagnostic flow one step closer for everyday users and helpdesk technicians alike. Background / Overview Windows 11’s evolution since launch has favored discoverable, lightweight utilities surfaced where users already look: from quick settings to the taskbar...

Microsoft has quietly added a built‑in network speed test to Windows 11 in the Release Preview Channel, delivering a simple, taskbar-accessible way to check Ethernet, Wi‑Fi, and cellular throughput without opening a third‑party site or a dedicated app. Background Microsoft released Windows 11 Builds 26100.7918 and 26200.7918 as part of update KB5077241 to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel. The update targets machines on Windows 11 version 24H2 (Build 26100) and the rolling 25H2 (Build...

Microsoft has confirmed a software defect in Microsoft 365 Copilot that, for a window of weeks, allowed the assistant to ingest and summarize emails that organizations had explicitly labeled as confidential, bypassing sensitivity labels and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) protections — a failure Microsoft is tracking internally as CW1226324. Background Microsoft 365 Copilot is designed as an embedded productivity assistant across Outlook, Word, OneDrive and other Microsoft 365 surfaces. In...

Microsoft’s own service advisory confirms that a logic error in Microsoft 365 Copilot allowed the assistant to process and summarize email messages labeled “Confidential” in users’ Sent Items and Drafts folders — and that the company began rolling a server-side fix in early February 2026. Background / Overview In late January 2026, enterprise administrators and threat-hunting teams began reporting anomalous behavior in the Microsoft 365 Copilot “Work” chat: Copilot Chat returned summaries...

Microsoft’s latest Start menu rethink is no longer a tease: Windows 11 is getting a noticeably larger, single‑surface Start that folds the long-hidden All apps list into one vertically scrollable canvas, gives you new views for browsing apps, and tucks Phone Link access into the launcher — changes Microsoft began testing in preview and started enabling broadly as part of its late‑2025 servicing wave. ] Background Microsoft first shipped the modern Windows 11 Start experience in 2021, but...

On February 18, 2026 a fresh wave of user reports and forum threads asked the blunt, familiar question: Is Microsoft Copilot down? The short, evidence‑based answer for most users is: not globally — but yes, intermittent and regionally scoped problems were reported on that date, and the incident exposed a predictable pattern of failure modes that follow from Copilot’s architecture, autoscaling behaviours, and the tangled operational dependencies of a hyperscale AI product...

Microsoft has confirmed that a code defect in Microsoft 365 Copilot allowed the assistant to read and summarize sensitivity‑labeled emails stored in users’ Sent Items and Drafts — effectively bypassing the label and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) protections many enterprises rely on — and began rolling a server‑side fix in early February while reaching out to affected tenants to validate remediation...

A newly disclosed flaw in Windows Admin Center (WAC) — tracked as CVE‑2026‑26119 and carrying a CVSS score reported as 8.8 — creates a real and immediate risk: an authenticated but low‑privileged user could escalate their privileges across an enterprise management plane and inherit the authority of the account under which WAC runs. That outcome turns a central operations dashboard into an attack pivot, and it demands urgent, practical action from Windows administrators, security teams, and...

Fortude’s announcement that it has earned the Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions designation marks a clear inflection point in the company’s Microsoft partnership story — one that broadens its enterprise-cloud credentials beyond data and application innovation and places the firm squarely into the foundational layer of Azure adoption: resilient, secure, and scalable infrastructure design and operations. Background Fortude, a global digital solutions provider with offices across North...

Microsoft has split the Windows 11 Canary Channel into two parallel update paths with the release of optional Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 29531.1000, creating a one-way, opt‑in 29500-series stream focused on early platform development while retaining the existing 28000-series stream for feature previews and ongoing 26Hx work. Background The Windows Insider Program has long served as Microsoft’s laboratory for testing features, plumbing, and compatibility prior to broad rollout. Over the...