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New! Understanding Microsoft’s Licensing for Entra ID Governance for External Users August 2, 2025 Entra ID Governance is now available for external users, but under a new, confusing licensing… more Azure AI Content Safety: Pricing July 31, 2025 Azure AI Content Safety is a set of services that aim to help developers protect… more Windows Backup for Organizations Is Not Real Backup Updated: July 31, 2025 Deciphering Power Pages Licensing Updated: July 28, 2025 Power Pages licensing is based on the number of authenticated and anonymous users that access… more The Data Factory Showdown: Azure vs. Fabric July 28, 2025 Azure Data Factory and Fabric Data Factory are distinct offerings with unique capabilities that prevent… more Sentinel Integrated into Defender XDR July 27, 2025 Microsoft Sentinel is now integrated into the Defender XDR portal and tool set, allowing security… more Windows 11 Enterprise Hotpatching Available July 27, 2025 Windows 11 Enterprise hotpatching, which enables security update patches with fewer reboots for that edition… more How Azure AI Content Safety Protects AI Systems from Bad Actors Updated: July 26, 2025 Azure AI Content Safety is a set of services that aim to help developers protect… more Places Ready for Evaluation, but Future Unclear Updated: July 25, 2025 Microsoft Places is a set of advanced work-scheduling features for Teams and Exchange Online, intended… more Understanding SharePoint Agents July 24, 2025 SharePoint agents offer a lot of promise, but they may not be ready for the… more Microsoft 365 Education: Differs from Enterprise by Degrees Updated: July 23, 2025 Microsoft 365 Education offers a collection of suites that largely mirror Microsoft 365 Enterprise suites,… more Excel Organization Data Types Retiring: Switch to Excel’s Get Data July 20, 2025 Excel’s Organization Data Types feature is retiring on July 31, 2025; customers should switch to… more Power BI and Fabric Limiting User Levels: Consolidate Now July 20, 2025 Microsoft is limiting Power BI and Fabric workspace role assignments to no more than 1,000… more Understanding Power Pages Updated: July 20, 2025 Power Pages includes components for building, hosting, and securing sites, a Copilot, and administration features. New Generation of Storage Azure VMs Enable Larger Workloads Updated: July 20, 2025 A new generation of storage-optimized Azure VMs offer more storage and a better price-performance ratio…. more Azure AI Content Safety: Anti-Malware for AI Apps Updated: July 20, 2025 Azure AI Content Safety is a set of services that aim to help developers protect… more Power Pages: Benefits and Risks Updated: July 13, 2025 Power Pages is a low- to no-code platform for building simple to moderately complex Web… more What Is Cloud Security Posture Management? July 13, 2025 Azure offers both free and paid cloud security posture management (CSPM) tools to help secure… more How to Assign Microsoft 365 User Licenses July 10, 2025 Licenses can be assigned to users or groups via the M365 admin center or programmatically. Get Access to over 6,409 Reports Atlas Membership