M365 News Roundup for - July 2026

Another new Copilot feature = another new cost

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I was going to lead this edition of the monthly news roundup on Colpilot Cowork moving to general availability, but it felt so familiar; I had to go back and look at the June roundup.

Sure enough, it’s familiar because the same thoughts applied to the announcement of Scout.

I suspect many organizations have no idea how to budget for AI token usage.

Cowork, is also a pay-as-you-go feature.

Once again, we see a situation where organizations will have to make guesses about how much they will depend on a tool and budget accordingly. Yuck. I don’t envy many of you as you approach next year's budget decisions.

Copilot News:

In other Copilot news:

• Speaking of Scout - there are identified risks - Microsoft Scout Exposed: What This AI Security Analyst Is Really Thinking About Your Cloud – And How To Stop It

• It’s not just Scout - Why Microsoft 365 Copilot is a Massive Security Risk

• From gathering to learning: the new Copilot Notebooks features in Frontier

• Where Do Your Uploaded Documents Actually Go in Copilot Notebooks?

• Before You Buy Microsoft 365 Copilot, Clean Up Your Tenant First - rolling out Copilot is a sure way to find all the insecure M365 locations very, very quickly, in potentially embarrassing ways.

Non-Copilot News:

Worth Reading - Record Teams Membership Snapshots Easily with PowerShell

The first question was always a little trickier, and though Tony's method would work, there is still a trick to it; you have to take the snapshots occasionally. You still can't look back over a long period and see who was in a Teams channel at a given time unless you're thinking ahead and taking snapshots.

Related - Identify Inactive Channels in Your Teams Deployment

Also - How to Create and Use Change History Reports in SharePoint

Both of these are valuable for anyone with an interest in eDiscovery or compliance in M365, you need to know where things are stored:

• OneDrive Storage in Microsoft 365: Which Workloads Store Data There and Where It Lives

• What Microsoft 365 workloads actually store data in Exchange Online mailboxes

Some good Purview resources:

• Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management Gets Unified Alert Experience

• Building a Data Protection Framework with Microsoft Purview

• Stop Misunderstanding Purview Sensitive Info Types (SIT’s)

This could be interesting. Working in a law firm, we talk a lot about the confidentiality of information discussed during Teams meetings and whether external note-takers should be allowed. - Introducing smarter bot protection in Microsoft Teams meetings

SharePoint embedded has been a bit of a governance nightmare. This helps a little - Finally, We Can Properly Handle SharePoint Embedded During Offboarding

Finally, because we all love a good log:

Stop Guessing: The Ultimate Guide to Microsoft 365 Logs

What news from the M365 are you watching closely?