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New! What Data Does Azure Arc Share with Microsoft? April 29, 2026 Azure Arc provides an increasingly critical Azure-based management framework for customers to use with Azure-external… more New! M365 Apps, Copilot To Ship More Often April 28, 2026 Microsoft 365 desktop apps and cloud services will begin to roll out AI improvements and… more Dual‑Model Researcher: OpenAI Meets Anthropic April 27, 2026 OpenAI and Anthropic work together while Computer Use works on behalf of the user. Azure Storage Gets Minimum Billing Size April 22, 2026 Microsoft is rolling out minimum billable object sizes for some tiers of Blob Storage. Customers… more SQL Server 2016/2017 Integration Services Migration April 20, 2026 Staying with SSIS is possible on-premises or in the cloud, but switching to a competitor… more Windows Quick Machine Recovery Could Alleviate Future CrowdStrike-Style Outages Updated: April 16, 2026 Unmanaged Windows 11 PCs now automatically enable Quick Machine Recovery, a  feature that can recover… more SharePoint’s New UI Is All About AI April 15, 2026 SharePoint’s new interface (May 2026) embeds AI, amplifying M365 Copilot’s value and risk of content. Azure Lockbox Helps Customers Control Data Access by Microsoft April 13, 2026 Azure Lockbox is a free feature that’s intended to help customers manage any access to… more Microsoft 365 Government: What’s in the Box? Updated: April 12, 2026 Microsoft 365 Government offers regulatory compliance, but at the cost of missing features, which are… more Microsoft 365 Education: Differs from Enterprise by Degrees Updated: April 12, 2026 Microsoft 365 Education offers a collection of suites that largely mirror Microsoft 365 Enterprise suites,… more Azure: Know Reservations Updated: April 10, 2026 Customers can save money on Azure by committing in advance to pay, but miscalculating can… more How to Apply Azure Reservations and Savings Plans Effectively to Compute Workloads Updated: April 10, 2026 Azure reservations and savings plans offer meaningful discounts if organizations commit to long-term resource consumption… more Choosing Among Microsoft’s Many Copilot and Agent Reporting Tools April 7, 2026 Several tools provide reporting, analytics, and insights into Microsoft 365 Copilot and agent usage within… more Teams Premium Goes Beyond Meetings and Webinars  Updated: April 2, 2026 Teams Premium features focus mainly on Teams events and AI features that overlap with Microsoft… more Azure Leaves Real-Time OS Market April 2, 2026 Customers who built or bought IoT devices with the Azure Sphere or Azure RTOS OSes… more M365 Agent Value Could Be Revealed by New Agent Dashboard Updated: March 30, 2026 The Agent Dashboard in Viva Insights shows metrics of deployed Microsoft 365-based agents across an… more 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 Get Access to over 6,493 Reports Atlas Membership