Microsoft Public Sector

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Newsworthy Highlights Preparing for Security Copilot in US Government Clouds With the announcement of Security Copilot back in March, there has been a growing demand to understand and expand the role of machine learning (ML) in security. There will not be an option to extend SharePoint Add-Ins beyond April 2nd 2026.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The first step involves getting help to secure a portion of the multi-billion-dollar funding available to address PFAS and other emerging contaminants in drinking and wastewater. If the grant is successful and recipient municipalities bid out aspects of the grant implementation, the consultants can participate in the competitive bid response.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JULY 20, 2023

As announced earlier, InfoPath Client 2013 will reach the end of its extended support period on July 14, 2026 ( link ), and to keep an aligned experience across Microsoft products, InfoPath Forms Service will be retired from SharePoint Online. Additional instructions on how to migrate can be found in this blog.

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Microsoft Public Sector

MAY 22, 2023

Starting April 2nd, 2026, Microsoft will remove the ability to run, or create and execute SharePoint 2013 workflows for existing tenants. How this will affect your organization: If your organization still uses SharePoint 2013 workflows, they will no longer function after April 2nd, 2026.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Key topics covered include addressing concerns around data sovereignty, security, lock-in risks and budget control while highlighting AWS capabilities and commitments in these areas. Advancing data governance and stewardship practices to build trust and enable secure data sharing between departments, including safeguarding privacy.

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Enable strong name-based mapping in government scenarios If you work in smartcard federated authentication environments, here’s a much-anticipated security feature for you. Starting with the September 10, 2024 Windows security update, you can use strong name-based mapping on Windows Server 2019 and newer. No admin action is required.

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 10, 2023

What you need to do to prepare: If you do not want users within your tenant to be able to access the SMS text notification feature in the Virtual Appointment Teams Meeting Template, you can implement a user-level policy via PowerShell to restrict access to this feature. Meeting attendees can join the meeting by entering the Meeting ID.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 20, 2025

We also announced the launch of the Saudi Arabia Region in 2026 and plans to invest $5.3 AWS CloudFront Edge Locations , available in Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, UAE, and Oman, can improve security and performance. AWS infrastructure in the Middle East AWS Global Infrastructure comprises of 36 Regions and 114 Availability Zones.

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