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Surge Protection Stabilizes Power BI, Fabric Performance, With Limits
June 9, 2025
Surge protection is an admin feature for Power BI and Fabric capacities that can help… more
Project for the Web Transitioning to Planner in August
June 9, 2025
The Project for the Web stand-alone service will be retired starting Aug. 2025, finalizing a… more
Enabling Intune to Force Apple Updates Improves Security
June 7, 2025
Managed software updates enable Intune to consistently force updates on all Apple platforms, which could… more
Protected Actions Help Keep Entra ID Secure
June 7, 2025
Protected Actions offer an added level of conditional access enforcement to help thwart attacks.
Microsoft 365 Archive: Lower-Cost Storage with Compliance
June 5, 2025
Administrators can use Microsoft 365 Archive to quickly archive SharePoint sites while retaining administrative and… more
Does Azure Linux Have a Broader Future?
Updated: June 3, 2025
Azure Linux currently exists solely as a host container OS for Azure Kubernetes Service. But… more
Azure Linux 3.0: What’s New
Updated: June 3, 2025
Azure Linux 3.0 is the latest version of Microsoft’s host container OS for AKS. But… more
Power BI Premium Migration Tool Eases the Required Move to Fabric
June 2, 2025
An automated Power BI Premium migration tool can help customers migrate workloads to Fabric with… more
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
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