Database, Analytics, and AI/ML

Microsoft 365 E7 Suite Available: It’s All About AI Updated: August 27, 2026 Unlike the E3 and E5 tiers of Microsoft 365, E7 is likely of very limited...more Should Your Organization Buy Agent 365? August 21, 2026 Agent 365 brings substantial governance, security, and identity capabilities to agent deployments, but certain organizations...more Avoid Overspending on GitHub Copilot With Governance and Training August 16, 2026 GitHub Copilot’s billing scheme employs a Per-User license plus metered usage based on what a...more Fabric IQ: The Long Road to Smarter Data August 10, 2026 Fabric IQ enhances OneLake data with additional business context to help AI, agents, and other...more Most Azure Reservation Exchanges End in 2027  August 7, 2026 Most key Azure reservations purchased after Feb. 2027 can no longer be exchanged once purchased....more Cut Service Consumption Costs with Pre-Purchase Plans August 7, 2026 There are now four Pre-Purchase Plans that provide savings over PAYG on consumption-based services, such...more Copilot Cowork: Delegated Work – with Usage Charges July 28, 2026 Cowork performs complex multistep work across Microsoft 365 for users, such as scheduling meetings rather...more Agent 365 Not Necessarily Required for Agent Governance July 27, 2026 Agent governance features existed before Agent 365 became available, and they’re still available outside of...more Agent 365: What’s There, What’s Missing July 16, 2026 Agent 365 provides a unified platform for AI agent governance, identity management, and security oversight....more AI Drives Enterprise Integration July 10, 2026 To maximize return on AI, organizations need to build new business processes that combine AI...more Restricted SharePoint Search Limits Copilot Results Updated: July 1, 2026 Update: Restricted SharePoint Search (RSS) in SharePoint Online will retire by Jan. 31, 2027, and...more Azure SQL Database DTUs: There’s a Better Way July 1, 2026 The Azure SQL Database DTU model bundles compute, memory, and storage that are easy to...more Enterprise Agents at Scale: Control Improves, Costs Follow June 26, 2026 Enterprise AI agents represent an operating model shift, with implications for governance, costs, and accountability....more Agent 365: Microsoft Attempts to Herd Your AI Agents Updated: June 20, 2026 Microsoft’s Agent 365 seeks to help organizations increase the manageability, security, and compliance of their...more M365 Copilot Adds Choice (and Risk) with Anthropic’s Claude Updated: June 12, 2026 Microsoft has partnered with Anthropic, adding its Claude models to Microsoft 365 (M365) Copilot. Claude’s...more Foundry IQ: Know Your Risks May 21, 2026 Foundry IQ addresses the challenge of harnessing fragmented, inconsistent, and ungoverned enterprise data so that...more

Per Core License Model Flowchart May 1, 2026 SQL Server Edition Packaging May 1, 2026 Reporting and Analytics Tools for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agents April 7, 2026 Server Application Version Support March 17, 2026 GitHub Copilot Tier Comparison June 3, 2025 Navigating Microsoft’s Copilots Updated: May 11, 2025

  Licensing Reference Cosmos DB Azure Cosmos DB is billed for three separate components: Compute (provisioned or pay-as-you-go (PAYG) with...more   Product Reference Data Share Azure Data Share is a managed service for distributing data to customers, partners, and other...more   Product Reference Cosmos DB Azure Cosmos DB is a multimodal database service that supports multiple data formats and open...more   Product Reference SQL Data Sync SQL Data Sync service acts as a cloud hub for synchronizing data across multiple SQL...more   Product Reference Fabric IQ Fabric IQ is a Fabric workload in preview that adds reusable business context to data...more   Product Reference SQL Edge Azure SQL Edge is a small-footprint deployment option for SQL Server that runs in a...more   Product Reference Blob Storage Azure Blob Storage is used as the basis for custom data lakes. Blob Storage is...more   Product Reference Table Storage Table Storage (also known as Azure Tables) is a simple service for storing any amount...more   Product Reference SQL Server Stretch Database Azure SQL Server Stretch Database is a discontinued service that used cloud data storage with...more   Product Reference Copilot Cowork Copilot Cowork is the delegated-work capability that is part of M365 Copilot   Licensing Reference Copilot Cowork Copilot Cowork requires the M365 Copilot license but breaks the per-seat pricing model   Licensing Reference Dataverse The primary database and file and log storage provider for Power Apps, Power Automate, Power...more   Product Reference Dataverse A cloud database service designed to make it easier to create and use data in...more   Licensing Reference Database for PostgreSQL A managed relational database service based on the community edition of PostgreSQL. Purchased primarily based...more   Licensing Reference Database for MySQL A managed relational database service based on the community edition of MySQL, purchased as an...more   Product Reference Power Apps Power Apps is a visual application development environment for makers (also called citizen developers) to...more

Database, Analytics, and AI/ML Roadmap

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