Business and Server Applications
AI Comes to SharePoint Server Subscription Edition
November 4, 2025
Document Intelligence, a new feature for summarizing files in SharePoint Server SE, uses Azure OpenAI....more
SharePoint Knowledge Agent: A Boon for Content Management (with Caveats)
October 28, 2025
Knowledge Agent can simplify the challenges of maintaining SharePoint Online document libraries and Web content....more
Dynamics 365 License Compliance Enforcement Delayed to at Least Jan. 2026
October 20, 2025
Microsoft has delayed plans to lock the Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations front door from...more
Understanding Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat in Office Apps
October 20, 2025
M365 Copilot for Office Applications primarily assists individuals but can streamline Office-centric processes for some...more
Is Copilot Search the Next Generation of Enterprise Search?
October 13, 2025
Copilot Search is an AI assistant for Microsoft 365 that allows users to search using...more
Understanding Copilot for SharePoint
October 7, 2025
Copilot for SharePoint can reduce the effort of managing Web pages but does not offer...more
Project Online to Shut Down Sept. 30, 2026
Updated: September 22, 2025
The Project Online service will shut down in Sept. 2026 and remove access to all...more
Planner Is The Future of Project
Updated: September 8, 2025
Planner is now Microsoft’s focus for project management, but Project Desktop and Project Server SE...more
Places Update for Admin, Desk Booking
September 5, 2025
Microsoft Places app administrators now have an editor to update buildings, rooms, desks, and other...more
Improving Data Analysis with Microsoft Analyst Agent
August 26, 2025
Microsoft Analyst can accelerate complex data analysis to deliver insights using a small reasoning model...more
Microsoft Researcher Agent Can Speed Decision-Making, But Check Your Work
August 8, 2025
Microsoft Researcher can accelerate complex decision-making by using deep reasoning and retrieval across business and...more
SharePoint Alerts Retiring: What You Need to Know
August 7, 2025
Microsoft appears to be moving aggressively to retire SharePoint alerts by July 2026, which could...more
Understanding Microsoft’s Licensing for Entra ID Governance for External Users
August 2, 2025
Entra ID Governance can now be licensed for management of external users. The licensing model...more
Places Ready for Evaluation, but Future Unclear
Updated: July 25, 2025
Microsoft Places features can benefit Teams and Exchange Online customers whose employees move frequently between...more
Understanding SharePoint Agents
July 24, 2025
SharePoint agents can empower users with default and custom low-code AI solutions for SharePoint sites....more
Microsoft 365 Education: Differs from Enterprise by Degrees
Updated: July 23, 2025
Microsoft 365 Education offers most of the features included in commercial enterprise Microsoft 365 offerings,...more
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Project Online
Project Online is a cloud service for managing project schedules and resource data, reporting time...more
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Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft 365 Copilot is Microsoft’s AI-based productivity service for organizations featuring chat, search, and image...more
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Places
Microsoft Places is a set of advanced work-scheduling features for Teams and Exchange Online, intended...more
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Skype for Business Server
Skype for Business Server is an on-premises product that provides a unified communications solution for...more
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Exchange Server
Exchange Server provides e-mail communication and manages calendars, contacts, and tasks.
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Communication Services
Azure Communication Services is a set of cloud services and APIs that allow developers to...more
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Azure Communication Services
Service and APIs for voice chat and other communication services that developers can build into...more
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Purview Message Encryption
Microsoft Purview Message Encryption is a Microsoft-hosted service that encrypts e-mail messages, providing end-to-end, persistent...more
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To Do
To Do is a service for managing a user’s task lists across devices that is...more
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Project Server
Project Server is a SharePoint Server application for managing project schedules and resource data, reporting...more
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Project Legacy Clients
The Project client applications provide project and resource management for project managers.
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Planner
Microsoft Planner is a Microsoft-hosted work management tool that includes basic task and project management...more
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Teams Phone
Teams Phone, named Phone System prior to Jan. 2022, is a hosted public exchange (PBX)...more
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Teams Premium
Teams Premium is an add-on User Subscription License (User SL) that provides additional capabilities on...more
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Teams Meetings and Events
Microsoft Teams is commonly used for audio and video meetings and broadcast events, which are...more
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Outlook
Summary of Outlook e-mail, and scheduling apps for Windows, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, Android, and the...more
Get Ready for Microsoft’s Coming Licensing Changes
August 26, 2025
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· Season - 4 · Episode - 13 · Duration - 23m Microsoft: A Look Back from InsideUpdated: May 1, 2025
· Season - 4 · Episode - 7 · Duration - 49m
September 10, 2025
Microsoft Is Fixing its Copilot Branding and Pricing (A Bit)
by Mary Jo Foley
August 14, 2025
Microsoft Is Dropping EA Volume Discounts Starting in November 2025
by Mary Jo Foley
August 1, 2025
What Microsoft’s Blowout Q4 Could Mean to Enterprise Customers
by Mary Jo Foley