Microsoft Tech Community Release Notes - 25.10 - Oct 8th, 2025
We’re excited to share the latest updates designed to improve your experience on the Microsoft Tech Community! This quarter, we’ve focused on modernising the interface, enhancing event features, and introducing new capabilities for user groups. When you visit a Community Hub on the Microsoft Tech Community you will see the biggest visual change to the community experience, we have modernized the way you navigate each community using an updated tab style that you will find on our other sites such as the Microsoft Adoption site. This is just the beginning of this work, with other changes looking at how we surface other relevant content, better personalization and less clicking 'see more'. Events We have also been listening to feedback on our events pages and we have started making changes here, including: Its now much easier to see who is attending an event Clicking this will show you which community members are attending. When an event is being held on Teams, the event organizer can now display a Link to the meeting using a branded link We have moved the Featured Guests / Speakers over to the right rail. User Group Support Group owners may now create their User Group hub on the Microsoft Tech Community by visiting the User Group Community Hub and clicking the Create User Group button. We have plans to enhance this offering over time and look forward to welcoming new groups to the platform. User Groups can submit feedback, bugs and feature request via our ideas board 🛠️ Bug Fixes & Optimizations In this release we have made numerous accessibility, UI and fixes designed to improve your experience.
WEBINAR: Agentic AI in the Modern Lab: Transforming R&D productivity with Copilot for Researcher
🌟Register here (LinkedIn) and invite your customers for our upcoming webinar: Agentic AI in the Modern Lab: Transforming R&D productivity with Copilot for Researcher 🔬Series Overview The Microsoft Academic Research Exchange is a monthly global webinar series designed to foster open dialogue and knowledge sharing across the academic research community. Each session highlights real-world research applications, interdisciplinary collaboration, and emerging methodologies—creating space for researchers, institutions, and partners to exchange insights, explore challenges, and accelerate discovery together. 🌏Webinar Title: Agentic AI in the Modern Lab: Transforming R&D productivity with Copilot for Researcher 🔬Webinar Overview Discover how agentic AI is reshaping the way researchers work in life sciences. We’ll show how AI agents can connect to trusted databases like PubMed and bioRxiv, act as intelligent copilots to streamline literature search, and even assist with rewriting grants or publications. Don’t miss a live demo of Copilot for Researcher, developed by Witivio - AI Solutions for Microsoft Teams, showcasing how this next-generation research assistant reduces friction, boosts productivity, and empowers scientists to focus on discovery. 👨🔬👩⚕️Speakers: Nadège Poncet, PhD, AI Consultant for Life Science R&D, Witivio Nicolas Humann, Agentic AI Specialist, Witivio Date: Tuesday, October 28th 2025, 8:00 – 9:00 am PT (NOTE: Recording of session will be sent to all who register) Delivery Language: English Agenda: 8:00-8:05 AM PT Introduction of Series and Speakers 8:05-8:50 AM PT Witivio Copilot for Researcher overview and demo 8:50-9:00 AM PT Q&A LinkedIn Post 🌟Join the Microsoft Azure for Academic Research community (LinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedIn) on LinkedIn to follow this exciting series where we will post announcements about monthly webinars on cutting edge research focused topics!✨ Sessão de Onboarding do MSLE — Português
Olá! 👋 Espero que estejam bem! 🚀 Pronto(a) para começar sua jornada no programa Microsoft Learn for Educators? Participe da sessão de onboarding em português, e conheça: ✅ Os benefícios e escopo do programa ✅ Os dois principais portais que você vai utilizar ✅ Como solicitar laboratórios, vouchers e registrar seus cursos ✅ Dicas para aplicar os conteúdos da Microsoft em sala de aula Data e horários: 📅 Quarta-feira, 1.º de outubro de 2025 🕐Das 13h00 às 14h30 (horário de Brasília) 🕔Das 17h00 às 18h30 (horário de Lisboa) 📍 Online via Microsoft Teams (entre pelo hiperlink no horário indicado) 📌 Não perca — sua jornada começa aqui! Atenciosamente, Henoc Soares Freire, Community Manager for the MSLE ProgramMSLE is offering FREE virtual AI Bootcamps! Space is limited.
Don't miss out on the opportunity to level up your AI skills - for FREE! Microsoft is offering free virtual AI Bootcamps for faculty through the MSLE program! AI is rapidly transforming the workforce, and educators play a vital role in preparing students for this shift. By attending a bootcamp, you'll not only gain hands-on experience with AI tools like Copilot but also learn how to embed essential AI and cybersecurity skills into your teaching—ensuring your students graduate career-ready in the age of AI. These are being offered for a limited time in multiple time zones and languages, from September 15 thru September 30, 2025. Choose from three tailored sessions: Generative AI – Use tools like Copilot in your daily work Technical Foundational AI – Teach core technical AI and machine learning skills Cybersecurity – Embed security principles into your courses Why Attend? Stay current with critical AI and cybersecurity skills Learn how to integrate these technologies into your teaching Help your students become workforce-ready in the AI era Receive a free Microsoft Fundamentals exam voucher upon completion of Technical Foundational or Cybersecurity Bootcamp Bootcamps are virtual, flexible, and offered in global time zones with sessions available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, and Portuguese—choose the one that fits your goals. Go to the Events tab to register or visit https://aka.ms/FreeMSLEAIBootcampsAzure for Students: Policy restricting creation of Static Web App
Hi Azure for Student accounts now has policy that restricts regions in which resources can be created. Now when you are creating an application in Azure Web App (Advanced tab) you have a drop down to choose Region for Azure API and staging environments. In drop down there only few regions. None of those regions are in the list of allowed regions defined in the policy. Not able to create a Static Web App in Azure Web Apps is not a biggie but annoying at the least.Faculty: Ready to Level Up with AI?
Microsoft is offering free virtual AI Bootcamps for faculty through the MSLE program! AI is rapidly transforming the workforce, and educators play a vital role in preparing students for this shift. By attending a bootcamp, you'll not only gain hands-on experience with AI tools like Copilot but also learn how to embed essential AI and cybersecurity skills into your teaching—ensuring your students graduate career-ready in the age of AI. These are being offered for a limited time in multiple time zones and languages, from September 15 thru September 30, 2025. Choose from three tailored sessions: Generative AI – Use tools like Copilot in your daily work Technical Foundational AI – Teach core technical AI and machine learning skills Cybersecurity – Embed security principles into your courses Why Attend? Stay current with critical AI and cybersecurity skills Learn how to integrate these technologies into your teaching Help your students become workforce-ready in the AI era Receive a free Microsoft Fundamentals exam voucher upon completion of Technical Foundational or Cybersecurity Bootcamp Bootcamps are virtual, flexible, and offered in global time zones with sessions available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, and Portuguese—choose the one that fits your goals. Go to the Training Events tab on the MSLE Portal to register! If you are new to the MSLE Portal, please follow these instructions to sign up.Upcoming Webinar
Future-Proofing Academic Research: Scalable Workflows, Secure Enclaves, and AI-Ready Computing with Terawe ManageX Date: Thursday, August 28, 2025, 8:00 – 9:00 am PT REGISTER HERE Webinar Overview: Academic institutions face growing pressure to support agile, secure, and scalable research environments—without increasing overhead or compromising compliance. Terawe ManageX, built on Microsoft Azure, is designed to meet this need. In this webinar, discover how universities are using ManageX to deliver self-provisioned research workspaces for compute-intensive, data-driven, and AI-enabled projects. These support custom compute, data pipelines, HPC, and AI models—without infrastructure overhead. A live demo and case studies will show how institutions are accelerating research timelines, reducing burden, and empowering researchers within policy and budget.Copilot Chat and Microsoft 365 Copilot availability for students aged 13 and older
Available now—empower your students to learn in new ways with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, built with enterprise-grade data protection and IT controls. Learn more about providing access to Copilot Chat: https://msft.it/6047sMsVz #MicrosoftEDUAugust 2025 MSLE Newsletter Available Now!
Head over to the blog section and read the newest edition of the MSLE Newsletter, also available in Arabic, Chinese (Traditional), English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish From the Microsoft Learn for Educators community page, select Blogs from the top navigation menu. There, you’ll find the Microsoft Learn for Educators News blog where you can find the newsletter.
