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Monthly Update #137 Available for Download
The Microsoft 365 for IT Pros eBook team is delighted to announce that the November 2026 update package is available for current subscribers to download. Refreshed EPUB and PDF files for all books are available from Gumroad.com using the link in the receipt issued on purchase. That link always fetches the latest book files. The following updated book files are included in the November 2026 release:
| Book | Version | Production date |
| Microsoft 365 for IT Pros 2027 edition | #137 | 31 October 2026 |
| Microsoft Purview for IT Pros 2027 edition | #5 | 29 October 2026 |
| Power Platform for IT Pros | #5 | 31 October 2026 |
| Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell 2027 edition | #29.5 | 29 October 2026 |
The books have different production dates because they were generated at different points during the monthly production cycle. In a dynamic situation where many important changes occur during a month, we might release several point updates. This happened in October 2026 for the Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell eBook due to changes in the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK, Azure Automation, and auditing (see below). Please check the front matter of your books to ensure that you have the most recent version.
Details of changes to chapters across the four books can be found in our change log and help for downloading updates is in our FAQ.
Changes Continue Unabated
Everyone knows about the volume of updates that occur inside a tenant every month. It’s also important to track changes that Microsoft makes to previously published notifications and roadmap items because seemingly small details can require administrator intervention.
Changes range from clarification about the text of a message center post to a notice of cancellation when Microsoft decides not to proceed with or delay an update. For example, Microsoft is doing its best to eradicate Exchange Web Services (EWS) from Microsoft 365 and is on course to meet its April 2027 deadline. Then MC1446796 pops up with an October 20 update saying that Microsoft has paused the deprecation process for the government clouds, even though deprecation started October 1 for the commercial cloud.
Updating Audit Jobs
On October 18, Microsoft announced the retirement of the Search-UnifiedAuditLog cmdlet for 15 October 2027. This development has consequences for any tenant which uses the cmdlet to fetch audit events to populate external repositories like Splunk, forensic investigations, or simply to find out what’s happening in the tenant. Moving to the AuditLogQuery Graph API isn’t simply a matter of replacing the old cmdlet with new code (either API requests or SDK cmdlets). Subtle differences exist in property names and parameters, as well as in how the APIs return audit data.
Apart from publishing an article about how to approach the conversion, we’ve started the process of refreshing the Auditing and Reporting chapter in the Microsoft Purview for IT Pros eBook to reflect the new reality. We’ve also added to the coverage of how the AuditLogQuery API and the SDK cmdlets work in chapter 7 of the Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell eBook. Although no one likes Microsoft creating extra work for tenant administrators, the flexibility of ePublishing allows us to respond quickly. This also proves the usefulness of publishing monthly updates for our subscribers.
Off to Amsterdam
We hope that you enjoy the November update. If you’re attending the ESPC Microsoft 365 and AI conference at the RAI center in Amsterdam (Nov 30-Dec 3), I am scheduled to speak about “Ten Critical Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK Skills to Master” in session TH24 at 14:00 on December 3. I’d be happy to chat with you before or after the session, or indeed at any time during the event. Fellow author Paul Robichaux will also be in Amsterdam. Be sure to catch his session about recovering a full Microsoft 365 tenant. At least, that’s what I thinkj he’s talking about!
All feedback is welcome, including suggestions for topics you’d like to see us write about in this blog.