Microsoft Weekly Updates 11/2/2025 - 11/8/2025

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

Microsoft 365 Changes & Retirements

• SHU - Microsoft 365 November updates: https://www.shu.edu/technology/news/microsoft-updates-november-2025.html

• MSFTNewsNow - Comprehensive November changes: https://msftnewsnow.com/microsoft-365-november-2025-update-all-the-changes/

• Partner Center - November announcements: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/announcements/2025-november

Microsoft Copilot Australia Apology

• The Register - Microsoft apology: https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/06/microsoft_copilot_m365_apology

Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership Changes

• OpenAI announcement: https://openai.com/index/next-chapter-of-microsoft-openai-partnership/

Sovereign Cloud Announcements

• Azure Blog - Sovereign cloud capabilities: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-strengthens-sovereign-cloud-capabilities-with-new-services/

• Microsoft 365 Blog - In-country processing: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/11/04/microsoft-offers-in-country-data-processing-to-15-countries-to-strengthen-sovereign-controls-for-microsoft-365-copilot/

Azure Outage

• Azure Status History: https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status/history/

Teams Updates

• Tom Talks - Microsoft Teams Show November 2025: https://tomtalks.blog/microsoft-teams-show-teams-rooms-rollouts-multi-model-copilot-special-guest-ally-ward/

Microsoft Ignite

• MSFTNewsNow - Windows at Ignite: https://msftnewsnow.com/windows-microsoft-ignite-2025-celebrate-40-years/