
M365 Roundup, May 2023: Build Delivers Fabric and Windows Copilot
Microsoft Build 2023 unveils Fabric and Windows Copilot, Teams rebuilds the channels experience, Yammer becomes Viva Engage, and a CSP audio conferencing promo quietly expires.
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Microsoft Build 2023 unveils Fabric and Windows Copilot, Teams rebuilds the channels experience, Yammer becomes Viva Engage, and a CSP audio conferencing promo quietly expires.

GDAP removes the pre-consent that made partner app registrations just work. Here is the full repair path: service account, app registration, GDAP roles, and the consent API, with scripts.

Intelligent Meeting Recap reaches Teams Premium, Teams DLP becomes E5-only on May 30, Intune's Endpoint Privilege Management and Apple SSO plug-in hit GA, and Defender changes DMARC handling.

Microsoft announces Microsoft 365 Copilot, DAP-to-GDAP transitions start May 22 with eight limited roles, Authenticator Lite auto-enables May 26, and the faster Teams client enters preview.

CISA's SCuBA project gives you a checklist. A real hardening program needs CIS mapping, licensing notes, setup steps, user-impact warnings, and scripts for every control across all six M365 workloads.

Teams Premium launches with GPT-3.5 features at $7 intro pricing, the Microsoft Intune Suite and Plan 2 get a March 1 GA date, Exchange tightens quarantine permissions, and GDAP dates firm up.

Azure AD gains IPv6 support that can break location-based Conditional Access, GDAP milestones shift with an update promised by February 15, cross-tenant sync previews, and Teams retires the wiki.

September 2022 for MSPs: Exchange Online basic auth shutoff begins October 1, the GDAP bulk migration tool runs until October 31, and Teams ships eight features from Cameo to 7x7 galleries.

July 2022 for MSPs: Teams shared channels hit GA, Viva Engage replaces the Communities app, the V1 Exchange Online PowerShell module heads for retirement, and the partner program overhaul gets a date.

June 2022 for MSPs: Temporary Access Pass reaches GA for passwordless onboarding, Microsoft walks back the July 11 legacy CSP renewal block, and Teams ships seven features.

May 2022 for MSPs: personal Bookings pages land in Outlook, quarantine notifications get custom branding, Teams ships four features, and Defender for Business standalone gets an upgrade path.

March 2022 for MSPs: combined MFA and SSPR registration becomes the default, NCE cancellations stretch to 7 days, nonprofit SKUs get a price bump, and dynamic distribution groups go modern.