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New! Microsoft 365 E7 Suite: It’s All About AI March 28, 2026 A new tier of Microsoft 365, E7, arrives May 1 and focuses almost entirely on… more Azure Savings Plan for Databases Now Available March 27, 2026 Organizations with a known low-water mark of many popular Azure database services can save a… more Defender Helps Discover and Remediate OAuth Attacks March 27, 2026 Defender for Cloud Apps can help identify, but not prevent, OAuth-based attacks, which can exfiltrate… more M365 Customers Can Keep Classic Outlook Until at Least 2029 Updated: March 23, 2026 Foundry Local Lags Competition March 23, 2026 Foundry Local allows developers to run open-source AI models locally. It’s less capable than popular… more EA to MCA: Spot Legal Traps Updated: March 18, 2026 In-house counsel should check for traps in the legal terms of the Microsoft Customer Agreement… more Teams Enterprise Gains Events and Places from Premium March 17, 2026 Some features of Teams Premium are moving to Teams Enterprise at no additional cost, including… more Evaluating Digital Sovereignty Options   March 16, 2026 For many enterprises, digital sovereignty is highly valuable, and Microsoft offers several products that claim… more SQL Server 2016/2017 BI Migration: Destinations Point to Power BI March 13, 2026 Power BI is Microsoft’s direction for organizations migrating business intelligence workloads (SSRS and SSAS) off… more Deciphering Power Apps Licensing Updated: March 12, 2026 Power Apps, a low-code platform for building business apps, offers some entitlements with Microsoft 365… more Microsoft 365 Backup Targets Exchange and SharePoint Online Using a PAYG model Updated: March 10, 2026 Microsoft 365 Backup improves policies and management but falls short of comprehensive M365 service backup. SharePoint Embedded: Document Management Without SharePoint Updated: March 9, 2026 SharePoint Embedded provides a PAYG document management infrastructure. Demystifying Microsoft’s Copilots Updated: March 6, 2026 Copilot is an umbrella brand applied to a range of Microsoft technologies, most of which… more Purview Adaptive Scopes Ease Policy Management March 5, 2026 Purview adaptive scopes offer flexibility for administrators responsible for defining retention policies and communication compliance… more Microsoft 365 Education: Differs from Enterprise by Degrees Updated: March 2, 2026 Microsoft 365 Education offers a collection of suites that largely mirror Microsoft 365 Enterprise suites,… more Microsoft 365 Government: What’s in the Box? Updated: March 2, 2026 Microsoft 365 Government offers regulatory compliance, but at the cost of missing features, which are… more Azure: Know Reservations Updated: March 2, 2026 Customers can save money on Azure by committing in advance to pay, but miscalculating can… more Dynamics 365 Commerce Retiring Multiple Features; Moving to Paid AI March 2, 2026 Dynamics 365 Commerce is retiring Ratings and Reviews, and Recommendations features, likely replacing them with… more And Acquisition for All: Microsoft 365 Self-Service Purchase March 2, 2026 End users can directly purchase several Microsoft services, circumventing corporate controls and agreements. Get Access to over 6,484 Reports Atlas Membership