Microsoft Week in Review: 12/21/2025 - 12/27-2025
These are the source links (and more) for the week in review for Microsoft from last week:
Teams will auto-enable safer messaging defaults (starts Jan 12, 2026)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-teams-strengthens-messaging-security-by-default-in-january/Sentinel + Defender portal permissions: Azure RBAC vs Entra roles / Unified RBAC
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/managing-microsoft-sentinel-and-microsoft-defender-xdr-permissions-in-microsoft-/4480583Device-code phishing surge leading to M365 account takeovers (news write-up)
https://www.itpro.com/security/phishing/warning-issued-as-surge-in-oauth-device-code-phishing-leads-to-m365-account-takeoversDevice-code phishing coverage (another write-up)
https://www.csoonline.com/article/4110419/hackers-exploit-microsoft-oauth-device-codes-to-hijack-enterprise-accounts.htmlDevice-code phishing research (background source behind the news) (published Dec 18 — outside 12/21–12/27 window, but it’s the “why this is happening”)
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/access-granted-phishing-device-code-authorization-account-takeoverGitHub Copilot coding agent “WRAP” playbook
https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/github-copilot/wrap-up-your-backlog-with-github-copilot-coding-agent/Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK v2.34 release notes (WAM default for interactive auth)
https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-powershell/releasesMicrosoft 365 Apps — Current Channel (Preview) update history (build posted Dec 23)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-current-channel-previewMicrosoft 365 Apps — Beta Channel update history (build posted Dec 22)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-beta-channelAzure Load Testing: AI-assisted load test authoring
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/appsonazureblog/ai-assisted-load-test-authoring-in-azure-load-testing/4480652Azure Functions: “Host ChatGPT apps on Azure Functions” guidance
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/appsonazureblog/host-chatgpt-apps-on-azure-functions/4480696SharePoint Framework (SPFx) roadmap update — December 2025
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/microsoft365dev/sharepoint-framework-spfx-roadmap-update-december-2025/Windows Server 2025 “Native NVMe” announcement (Dec 15 — outside the 12/21–12/27 window; we referenced it then corrected the timing)
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windowsservernewsandbestpractices/native-nvme-support-in-windows-server-2025/4477504BizTalk Server 2020 CU7 announcement (Nov 12 — outside the 12/21–12/27 window; we referenced it then corrected the timing)
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azureintegrationservicesblog/cumulative-update-7-for-biztalk-server-2020-is-available/4342655
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