Business Applications

New! Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit Doesn’t Have Copilot Studio Limitations February 24, 2026 The Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit is for pro developers building AI agents that work with...more Best Practices for Preserving Data While Removing Microsoft 365 Users Updated: February 23, 2026 Offboarding employees is not an IT task; it’s a governance and risk event affecting organizational...more Microsoft Loop Delivers Real-Time Collaboration, But Isn’t for Everyone February 19, 2026 Microsoft Loop enables real-time collaboration across Microsoft 365, keeping shared content synchronized across messages, meetings,...more The Project Manager Agent Is an Assistant February 9, 2026 The Project Manager agent doesn’t manage projects but can benefit accidental project managers. Using the...more Microsoft 365 Backup Targets Exchange and SharePoint Online Using a PAYG model February 9, 2026 Microsoft 365 Backup provides backup of Exchange Online mailboxes, OneDrive for work accounts, and SharePoint...more Enhancements Could Break Down Agent Adoption Barriers February 8, 2026 Copilot Studio continues to receive frequent significant updates. The latest round arrived in Nov. 2025,...more What to Use When: Copilot for Office, Agent Mode, and Agents in Office February 6, 2026 Agent Mode introduces chat in Office that directly modifies files but doesn’t support all the...more Dynamics 365 Retiring Guides and Remote Assist, Move Before Dec. 2026 January 26, 2026 Dynamics 365 Guides and Remote Assist support ends Dec. 2026, with no Microsoft alternative. Both...more Work IQ Models Work for Microsoft 365 Copilot January 22, 2026 Work IQ is the latest service to analyze Microsoft 365 tenant data for work patterns...more M365 Copilot Adds Choice (and Risk) with Anthropic’s Claude January 20, 2026 Microsoft has partnered with Anthropic, adding its Claude models to Microsoft 365 Copilot (M365 Copilot)....more Migrate Off SharePoint Server 2016 and 2019 by July 2026 January 12, 2026 Support for SharePoint Server 2019 (SP 2019) and 2016 (SP 2016) ends in July 2026,...more Viva Packaging for Microsoft 365 Users Updated: January 6, 2026 The most commonly used end-user features of Viva are built into Microsoft 365 licenses. Customers...more Executive Focus: Valuing M365 Copilot   January 6, 2026 Assessing the ROI of M365 Copilot is difficult; but AI could soon be like e-mail—a...more Understanding Pay as You Go Billing for M365 Copilot “Lite” Agents December 4, 2025 Pay as you go (PAYG) billing for M365 Copilot services, which include M365 Copilot Chat...more SharePoint 2013 Workflows: Admins Should Act Now November 11, 2025 SharePoint 2013 workflows are legacy technology and should be replaced. Microsoft is removing SharePoint 2013...more Teams Premium Goes Beyond Meetings and Webinars  November 10, 2025 Teams Premium is an add-on User Subscription License (User SL) that adds capabilities to users...more

Dynamics 365 Services Packaging December 17, 2025 Communication Services Overview July 3, 2025 Viva Packaging for Microsoft 365 Users June 30, 2025 Navigating Microsoft’s Copilots Updated: May 11, 2025

  Product Reference Microsoft Lists Updated for changes to security and deployment of Microsoft Lists.   Product Reference Loop Updated for M365 integrations and changes to the deployment and security of the Loop service.   Product Reference SharePoint Online Updated for M365 Copilot and compliance.   Product Reference SharePoint Server SharePoint Server 2016 and 2019 are retiring in 2026. SPSE has a new deployment model.   Licensing Reference SQL Server Technology A limited use copy of SQL Server distributed with System Center, Azure DevOps Server, and...more   Product Reference Microsoft 365 Groups  Updated with new services supported by M365 groups   Product Reference OneDrive Updated for Copilot in OneDrive and hybrid OneDrive   Product Reference Microsoft 365 Copilot New M365 Copilot features and Anthropic. Copilot Chat is moved to its own Product entry.   Product Reference Viva Goals Viva Goals retired Dec. 31, 2025.   Product Reference Viva Topics Viva Topics retired in Feb. 2025.   Product Reference Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat M365 Copilot Chat (unlicensed) is separated from M365 Copilot (licensed)   Licensing Reference Power Apps Power Apps allows the creation of line-of-business apps by citizen developers (also referred to as...more   Licensing Reference Power Automate Power Automate is a low-code platform for developing, publishing, and running simple to moderately complex...more   Licensing Reference Power Pages Power Pages allows the creation of certain types of (typically external) Web sites without relying...more   Product Reference Dynamics 365 CRM Dynamics 365 CRM is a Microsoft cloud service and on-premises software that offers sales, marketing,...more   Product Reference Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, a label given to a collection of enterprise resource planning...more

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