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These are the sources for the updates from last week in Microsoft. 

Here’s what happened in Microsoft last week — plus what changed, the impact, and why it matters. azure outage (oct 29, 2025) — update: an Azure Front Door configuration change triggered a multi-hour global incident. description: customers saw timeouts/5xx errors across services that depend on AFD. impact: access to portals and apps (incl. M365/Xbox-adjacent endpoints) was degraded for several hours before recovery. why it matters: architect for cloud dependency failures and rehearse failover paths. ( azure.status.microsoft ) microsoft 365 copilot — october wave — update: new Agent Mode in Word/Excel, improved Copilot Chat (model + web cards), Teams audio recap, and PowerPoint speaker notes/translation. description: pushes Copilot from simple prompts toward multi-step task execution in core apps. impact: faster document/table workflows and richer meeting outcomes without manual glue work. why it matters: measurable time savings for knowledge workers at scale. ( TECHCOMMUNITY....