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Microsoft 365 OS

Microsoft 365: Assign Different Content to Learning Groups in a Single Assignment

Enable educators to assign different content (attachments, resources, instructions) to different Individual Groups within a single Assignment. Today teachers must create separate assignments to differentiate — one for advanced readers, another for struggling students, etc. This feature collapses that into one assignment with group-specific content mapping. Key capabilities: Map different content t…

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Microsoft 365 OS

Microsoft 365: Control access to Learning Activities and Teach

IT administrators can manage access to Learning Activities and Teach from the Microsoft 365 admin center. Configure Learning Activities separately for educators and for students ages 13 and older and enable or disable Teach for educators to align AI experiences with your organization's policies and deployment readiness.GA date: September CY2026

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Announcing new builds for 31 July 2026

Hello Windows Insiders, We have new releases today with builds across Beta and Experimental, including refreshed security certificates across all new builds. Renewed Windows Insider flight certificates All builds this week contain The post Announcing new builds for 31 July 2026 appeared first on Windows Insider Blog.

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Raspberry Pi News OS

ChronoWatch X2040

This smart-looking watch based on RP2040 tells the time without unnecessary distractions. The post ChronoWatch X2040 appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

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Microsoft 365 OS

SharePoint: Viva Connections multi-home site management moving to SharePoint admin center

Viva Connections multi-home site management is moving from the Microsoft 365 admin center (MAC) to the SharePoint Admin Center (SPAC). Administrators will be able to create and manage multiple Home sites, configure audience targeting, manage home site priority order, and remove Home sites directly from SPAC. Existing entry points in the Microsoft 365 admin center will direct administrators to the…

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Microsoft 365 OS

Microsoft Viva: Copilot Dashboard - Targeted Audience Surveys

Targeted Audience Surveys let change leaders launch a Copilot Pulse survey directly from the Copilot Dashboard to all licensed or active users. Audiences update automatically using Insights data and respect existing dashboard filters like organization and job function, with privacy protected through population-level reporting only. Pair adoption metrics with employee sentiment in just a few clicks…

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Microsoft 365 OS

Microsoft Viva: Rolling out Custom branding in Engage

Engage is rolling out Custom Branding, a new admin-led capability that lets organizations define a customized, tenant-wide visual identity across the Engage web and mobile apps. Engage-level admins can configure a brand name, add large and small logos, and a theme color that is applied consistently for all users in the tenant. Branding is managed from the new Brand Center in the Viva Engage admin…

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Microsoft 365 OS

Microsoft Edge: Import Google account data anytime from Settings

Microsoft Edge now lets users import their Google account data - including passwords, bookmarks, history, and autofill data - directly from Edge Settings, at any time after setup. Previously, users had no way to import this data from a Google account outside the first-run experience. With this update, the import flow is unified into a single, streamlined entry point in Settings that combines impor…

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TrueNAS Blog OS

Compression that Pays You Back

“Compression saves space, but it costs performance.” That used to be true. It’s why plenty of admins still leave it off by default, or only turn it on for cold archive data where nobody will notice the tax. That math made sense when CPU was scarce and every cycle mattered. It doesn’t hold anymore. ZFS […] The post Compression that Pays You Back appeared first on TrueNAS - Open Enterprise Storage.

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Microsoft 365 OS

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Workforce Insights Agent

Workforce Insights (WFI) Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot is an agent designed to help leaders, managers, and their delegates quickly understand their organization by turning complex workforce data into clear, actionable insights. With WFI Agent, leaders can quickly explore their organization’s structure, team composition, skills inventories, and flexible work patterns to move from insight to action…

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Microsoft 365 OS

Planner: AI-generated Status Reports in Planner Agent

AI-powered Status Report in Planner Agent turns your plan data into a polished, stakeholder-ready update in minutes. Just ask Planner Agent for a status report and it pulls your task data and transforms it into a clear narrative covering overall status, progress, risks, and what's next. You can easily customize the report to your needs by specifying the audience, tone, length, and sections you wan…

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Microsoft 365 OS

Outlook: Drag and Drop

You can now reschedule events by dragging them to a new time slot in your calendar. This feature is available in day and multi day views.GA date: August CY2026

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Microsoft 365 OS

Outlook: Copilot Chat pop-out for Outlook for Mac and iPad

Copilot Chat remains accessible within an Outlook app window but now can also be popped out to float over the main Outlook app window. Popping out Copilot Chat allows people to switch contexts or have more space for what they are working on in Outlook and control the space and form that Copilot Chat takes on screen. When you open Copilot chat and click the pop-out button, Copilot will open separat…

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Microsoft 365 OS

Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention - Rule-based tagging and auto-resolution of alerts based on business needs of the customer.

Alert auto-resolution & tagging rules let you tell DLP, in advance, how to handle predictable alerts. You define a rule once, and from then on DLP applies it automatically to every new alert: ● Resolve alerts you don't need to see - e.g., Low-severity alerts for mail sent only to your trusted partner domains, so they never reach your triage queue. ● Tag alerts so you can find and route them - e.g.…

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AlmaLinux Blog OS

AlmaLinux Day: LA & SIGGRAPH Recap

AlmaLinux Day: LA happened just over a week ago, on Saturday, July 18, at the E-Central Downtown Los Angeles Hotel, and it was a genuinely great day. We got to hang out with some of our new best friends, and I left with the strong sense that we’re doing something right. The dayDoors opened just before 9, and we had a real rush: a big chunk of attendees showed up to the event in that first hour. Th…

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Qubes OS OS

QSB-116: Multiple Xen issues (XSA-500, XSA-505, XSA-506, XSA-507)

We have published Qubes Security Bulletin (QSB) 116: Multiple Xen issues (XSA-500, XSA-505, XSA-506, XSA-507). The text of this QSB and its accompanying cryptographic signatures are reproduced below, followed by a general explanation of this announcement and authentication instructions. Qubes Security Bulletin 116 ---===[ Qubes Security Bulletin 116 ]===--- 2026-07-28 Multiple Xen issues (XSA-500,…

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Qubes OS OS

XSAs released on 2026-07-28

The Xen Project has released one or more Xen security advisories (XSAs). The security of Qubes OS is affected. XSAs that DO affect the security of Qubes OS The following XSAs do affect the security of Qubes OS: XSA-500: See QSB-116. XSA-505: See QSB-116. XSA-506: See QSB-116. XSA-507: See QSB-116. XSAs that DO NOT affect the security of Qubes OS The following XSAs do not affect the security of Qub…

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Ubuntu Blog OS

Ubuntu’s virtualization hardware enablement (HWE) stack: a new model for confidential computing enablement

Confidential computing is moving quickly. The foundation is already here: AMD SEV-SNP and Intel TDX have made it possible to run confidential virtual machines (VMs) with stronger protection for data in use. Ubuntu 26.04 Long Term Support (LTS) brings integrated host and guest support for both of these technologies, making confidential computing a native part […]