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Microsoft Entra: The Collected Services
Updated: May 27, 2025
Entra is a family of Microsoft identity services designed to help manage security of identities,… more
How to Choose Which GitHub Copilot Tier to Buy
Updated: May 25, 2025
GitHub Copilot is available in several tiers, and the Business and Enterprise tiers are best… more
Security Copilot: Expanding and Expensive
Updated: May 24, 2025
Security Copilot can help customers with Microsoft 365 infrastructure-related tasks.
Office Security Fixes for Windows 10 Continue into 2028
May 20, 2025
Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise will get some security patches on Windows 10 systems through… more
Purview DSI Assists in Breach Scope Investigations
May 19, 2025
Purview Data Security Investigations is intended to help an organization’s compliance team respond to breaches… more
Fabric Improvements Focus on AI and Security
Updated: May 19, 2025
The latest updates to Fabric focus on AI and Security but also demonstrate Microsoft’s continued… more
Hybrid SharePoint Customers Must Act or Risk Losing Cloud Hybrid Search
May 19, 2025
Hybrid SharePoint customers with Cloud Hybrid Search must prepare to upgrade to SharePoint Server SE… more
Teams App Management Migrates to App-Centric
May 17, 2025
App-centric management for Teams apps, which replaces the permission policy-based model with a more direct… more
Exchange Online Roadmap 2025-2029
Updated: May 15, 2025
Changes to Exchange Online in 2025-2026 improve security, management, and control over capacity, but some… more
M365 Copilot Chat an Alternative to ChatGPT for Businesses
May 15, 2025
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat delivers more security than public generative pre-trained transformer services like the… more
Collaboration Services Roadmap 2025 – Stay with Safe Choices
May 12, 2025
Roadmap and Darwin chart for Microsoft’s collection of collaboration services; highlighting safe destinations and items… more
Microsoft 365 Mobile Apps Add Copilot, Purview Hooks
May 12, 2025
Office apps for phones and iPads will integrate more Copilot natural language processing and Purview… more
Microsoft 365 Government: What’s in the Box?
Updated: May 11, 2025
Microsoft 365 Government offers regulatory compliance, but at the cost of missing features, which are… more
Executive Focus: Introduction to Data Governance in the Age of AI
Updated: May 6, 2025
This Executive Focus provides an overview of data governance including what it is, the key… more
Exchange Online to Block Basic Senders in Sept. 2025
May 6, 2025
Exchange Online will block Basic Authentication for SMTP client submission beginning in Sept. 2025, cutting… more
Deciphering Power Apps Licensing
Updated: May 5, 2025
Power Apps, a low-code platform for building business apps, offers some entitlements with Microsoft 365… more
Microsoft Lists Fills the Gap Between Excel and SharePoint Lists
May 5, 2025
Microsoft Lists tracks tabular data with more sharing capabilities and control than Excel workbooks and… more
Understanding Microsoft Defender for IoT
May 4, 2025
Microsoft Defender for IoT is intended to help organizations gain insight into their embedded devices,… more
Dynamics 365 CRM 2025 Wave 1: AI Focused with Extra Cost
April 28, 2025
The Dynamics 365 CRM 2025 Wave 1 release is focused on AI features that, although… more
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