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New! Protecting Power BI Premium Pricing During the Move to Fabric August 31, 2026 Customers forced from Premium P SKUs can preserve equivalent capacity pricing through negotiated discounts, but… more Microsoft 365 E7 Suite Available: It’s All About AI Updated: August 27, 2026 A new tier of Microsoft 365, E7, arrived May 1 and focuses almost entirely on… more Windows Server Licensing Scenarios Updated: August 23, 2026 Customers should consider whether they are licensing the optimal edition of Windows Server for each… more Should Your Organization Buy Agent 365? August 21, 2026 Several characteristics of an organization and its agent deployments determine whether Agent 365 is a… more Disconnected Operations for Azure Local: More Local, Less Azure Updated: August 20, 2026 Disconnected operations for Azure Local offers an option free of the Azure cloud, but requirements… more Defender for Endpoint on Windows Receives New Deployment Tool August 18, 2026 A new free tool for Defender for Endpoint should help organizations deploy the service to… more Avoid Overspending on GitHub Copilot With Governance and Training August 16, 2026 GitHub Copilot meters usage and can incur significantly higher costs; organizations should govern their spend,… more Fabric IQ: The Long Road to Smarter Data August 10, 2026 Fabric IQ promises to improve AI-driven queries and analytics, but success depends on the hard… more Most Azure Reservation Exchanges End in 2027  August 7, 2026 Beginning in Feb. 2027, many types of Azure Reservations can no longer be exchanged once… more Cut Service Consumption Costs with Pre-Purchase Plans August 7, 2026 Four Pre-Purchase Plans provide savings over PAYG on consumption-based services, such as agents, Foundry, Fabric,… more Copilot Cowork: Delegated Work – with Usage Charges July 28, 2026 Copilot Cowork performs complex multistep tasks on behalf of a user but incurs costs Agent 365 Not Necessarily Required for Agent Governance July 27, 2026 Agent governance features existed before Agent 365 became available, they’re still available outside of Agent… more Intune Suite Features Added to Microsoft 365 E5, E3 Ahead of 2026 Price Increases Updated: July 16, 2026 The features of the Intune Suite have been split across the Microsoft 365 E5 and… more DLP Cut from Defender for Cloud Apps – Customers Must Move to Purview DLP July 16, 2026 Microsoft is removing data loss prevention (DLP) features from Defender for Cloud Apps, as similar… more Agent 365: What’s There, What’s Missing July 16, 2026 Agent 365 provides a unified platform for AI agent governance, identity, and security with a… more Security Copilot: Expanding and Expensive Updated: July 15, 2026 Security Copilot can help customers with Microsoft 365 infrastructure-related tasks. AI Drives Enterprise Integration July 10, 2026 Every AI project is also an integration project, and Microsoft’s integration platform is changing rapidly… more Restricted SharePoint Search Limits Copilot Results Updated: July 1, 2026 Retiring Jan. 2027 – New SharePoint search restrictions can help organizations roll out Copilot. Azure SQL Database DTUs: There’s a Better Way July 1, 2026 The SQL Database DTU purchasing model is simple, but lower costs are available using vCore… more Get Access to over 6,515 Reports Atlas Membership