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New! Planner Subscription Strategy for Project Online Retirement September 11, 2026 Project Online will be retired effective Oct.1, 2026, leaving Planner as Microsoft’s sole hosted project… more New! The Hidden Costs of M365 Copilot September 10, 2026 M365 Copilot has moved from a predictable per-user subscription to a hybrid model with consumption. Power Platform’s Final Release Wave and How Updates Will Now Be Delivered September 8, 2026 The final release “wave” delivered enhancements to Power Platform offerings, such as new vibe-coding, automation,… more Microsoft 365 Government: What’s in the Box? Updated: September 4, 2026 Microsoft 365 Government offers regulatory compliance, but at the cost of missing features, which are… more Demystifying Microsoft’s Copilots Updated: September 4, 2026 Copilot is an umbrella brand applied to a narrowing range of Microsoft technologies, which increasingly… more 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 Azure Copilot Agents Simplify Azure Operation, Optimization Updated: August 31, 2026 Azure Copilot is being revamped with agents that simplify many elements of operation for administrators… 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 Get Access to over 6,518 Reports Atlas Membership