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New! Power BI Report Server: Licensing Changes Offer Potential Cost Savings December 15, 2025 Power BI Report Server has new rules, when licensed with SQL Server 2025, that could… more New! Understanding Purview Data Governance December 15, 2025 Purview Data Governance is intended to help discover, curate, manage, and share data, regardless of… more New! Windows Quick Machine Recovery Could Alleviate Future CrowdStrike-Style Outages December 15, 2025 Windows Quick Machine Recovery, a new feature of Windows 11 intended to help recover otherwise… more Azure Copilot Agents Simplify Azure Operation, Optimization December 14, 2025 Azure Copilot is being revamped with agents that simplify many elements of operation for administrators… more Windows 11 Platform for Local AI December 8, 2025 Windows 11 offers a built-in platform for local AI applications, but customers and application vendors… more Security Copilot: Expanding and Expensive Updated: December 7, 2025 Security Copilot can help customers with Microsoft 365 infrastructure-related tasks. How Microsoft’s New Agent Pricing Option Affects Costs Updated: December 5, 2025 A new upfront purchasing option for agents provides discounts over pay-as-you-go billing, but it is… more Azure Local: Vision Still Ahead of the Product December 5, 2025 Upcoming releases address some long-standing adoption blockers. However, Azure Local is still more complex to… more Understanding Pay as You Go Billing for M365 Copilot “Lite” Agents December 4, 2025 Set up pay as you go billing in the M365 admin center for “lite” agents. Copilot+ PC: Check for Applications Updated: December 1, 2025 Copilot+ PCs are Windows 11 PCs with specialized processors that are required for some new… more Goodbye SQL Server Reporting Services and Hello Power BI Report Server December 1, 2025 SQL Server 2025 is replacing Reporting Services with Power BI Report Server, but there’s no… more The Microsoftification of GitHub Updated: November 30, 2025 Microsoft organizational changes suggest that GitHub will get more direct Microsoft oversight and control, bringing… more EA to MCA Legal Terms and Strategy November 24, 2025 Microsoft is gradually phasing out the traditional Enterprise Agreement (EA) that most customers use for… more Azure DocumentDB Has a Solid Future And a New Name November 24, 2025 DocumentDB (previously called Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore) is now mature, secure, and ready for… more Azure’s MySQL Offering Gets a New Lease on Life November 24, 2025 Azure Database for MySQL has a new lease on life with new versions and key… more Agent 365: Microsoft Attempts to Herd Your AI Agents November 24, 2025 Microsoft Agent 365 offers a new set of capabilities that seeks to help organizations improve… more Understanding Entra ID Privileged Identity Management Updated: November 22, 2025 Entra ID Privileged Identity Management can help organizations manage and audit the risk posed by… more GitHub Agent HQ Brings Agent Governance, Third-Party Support Updated: November 17, 2025 GitHub Agent HQ is a platform included with paid GitHub Copilot subscriptions for hosting, governing,… more Defender for Cloud Apps Helps Protect Copilot Studio Agents November 13, 2025 Advanced real-time protection for Copilot Studio agents, a Defender for Cloud Apps feature, offers an… more Get Access to over 6,459 Reports Atlas Membership