Licensing updates for Microsoft Cloud products – October 2025
Microsoft retired three licenses, introduced new Microsoft 365 Copilot promotions, and announced the renaming of the E5 mini-suites for Security and Compliance.
1. October 2025
Tagged: Microsoft Purview
Priority Cleanup in Microsoft Purview is now available for SharePoint and OneDrive
Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management introduces Priority Cleanup for SharePoint and OneDrive. This feature allows admins to bypass retention policies and delete content early, such as Teams recordings, transcripts, and Preservation Hold items.
21. September 2025
Why SharePoint admins should not ignore Content Security Policy violations
Microsoft is introducing Content Security Policy (CSP) in SharePoint. While it’s currently in Report-only mode, enforcement will block untrusted scripts. SharePoint administrators should review violation reports now and prepare trusted sources before enabling CSP.
13. September 2025
How to identify who disabled offline sync in a SharePoint Site Collection?
If users suddenly can’t sync a SharePoint library or OneDrive shortcut, offline sync settings may have been changed at the site or library level. Purview Audit Logs can help you find who made the change.
11. September 2025
Licensing updates for Microsoft Cloud products – September 2025
Microsoft has released new Defender Security and Purview Compliance add-ons for organizations with Microsoft 365 Business Premium licenses. At the same time, the Viva license with Glint has been removed.
1. September 2025
How to use Purview Audit Logs to monitor SharePoint Embedded containers
The insight of SharePoint Embedded containers is largely invisible to admins, no quotas, no controls, no alerts. But with Purview Audit Logs, admins can see what’s happening inside all the containers. In this post, I walk through how to monitor activities for files, quota changes, and the folder/file structure using Graph API and PowerShell.
29. July 2025
Labeling Loop components and Collaborative Meeting Notes in Teams clients and mobile apps
Microsoft Loop in Teams and mobile apps allows users to apply file-level sensitivity labels to Loop files, enhancing data protection in the Teams apps.
5. May 2025
Encrypting unencrypted documents in a SharePoint document library (Preview)
Microsoft is introducing a new feature in SharePoint to automatically encrypt unencrypted documents in a document library.
30. December 2024
Purview Audit Logs include Cloud Policy changes
Cloud policies are now included in Purview Audit Logs, allowing for the evaluation of policy changes using familiar options.
27. December 2024
Simulation Mode in Purview Data Loss Prevention
Purview Data Loss Prevention now supports a simulation mode to evaluate the impact of a DLP policy before activation.
29. March 2024