Database, Analytics, and AI/ML

Risks Increase Dramatically with Employees Using Shadow AI October 17, 2026 AI tools based on large language models are increasingly used by staff as a quick...more What Is an Agent: Executive Overview October 16, 2026 The word “agent” now refers to a program that uses AI to reason over problems,...more Microsoft 365 AI Governance Features: A Dog’s Breakfast Updated: October 15, 2026 Aspects of AI governance are addressed by many features across Microsoft 365’s compliance, identity, security,...more Azure Savings Plan for Databases Now Available Updated: October 14, 2026 Azure Savings Plan for Databases, introduced in Mar. 2026, may offer significant savings for organizations...more Microsoft Investing Little on AI in Its Own Management Services October 4, 2026 Although Microsoft promotes AI, including upsells in the form of Copilots, Azure AI, and the...more Agent 365 for GCC Is Available, but It Has Security, Compliance, and Other Gaps October 2, 2026 Microsoft 365 G7 mirrors E7 by adding Agent 365, which brings agent governance, observability, and...more Fabric for GCC and GCC High Is Imminent September 28, 2026 Fabric, Microsoft’s data and analytics platform, is finally in public preview for US Government Community...more Microsoft 365 G7 Government Suite: A Release in Progress September 25, 2026 The initial release of Microsoft 365 G7, the equivalent of Microsoft 365 E7 but licensed...more Understanding Copilot Studio Harnesses and Their Costs September 22, 2026 An AI harness is a layer between an agent or an AI application and the...more Microsoft IQ Enables Enterprise Intelligence, But at What Cost? September 21, 2026 Enterprise intelligence is shifting from stored information to metered services consumed by AI. Microsoft IQ...more Agent 365: Microsoft Attempts to Herd Your AI Agents Updated: September 21, 2026 Microsoft’s Agent 365 seeks to help organizations increase the manageability, security, and compliance of their...more Microsoft 365 E7 Suite Available: It’s All About AI Updated: September 21, 2026 Unlike the E3 and E5 tiers of Microsoft 365, E7 is likely of very limited...more GitHub Copilot Brings Another AI Consumption Unit to Track September 14, 2026 Microsoft has revised the metered usage units for GitHub Copilot and added a new “Max”...more The Hidden Costs of M365 Copilot September 10, 2026 Microsoft injected unpredictable consumption costs into user subscription licensing with Copilot Cowork, and there’s more...more Power Platform’s Final Release Wave and How Updates Will Now Be Delivered September 8, 2026 Power Platform is no longer delivering updates in “waves” and is moving to a continuous...more Demystifying Microsoft’s Copilots Updated: September 4, 2026 Microsoft’s range of Copilots, initially broad and confusing, is narrowing, but remains convoluted. Copilots, like...more

Microsoft’s Units for Metered AI Consumption Costs September 14, 2026 Navigating Microsoft’s Copilots Updated: September 1, 2026 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

  Licensing Reference Agent 365 Agent 365 provides a central registry of most types of AI agents; a single control...more   Licensing Reference Copilot Credits Copilot Credits are Microsoft’s usage-based consumption unit for many Microsoft Copilot and agent scenarios.   Licensing Reference GitHub AI Credits GitHub AI Credits are a consumption unit used for GitHub Copilot usage charges.   Licensing Reference GitHub Copilot GitHub Copilot is a natural language-based assistant AI tool that can generate code for developers...more   Product Reference Purview Data Governance Purview Data Governance, a part of the Microsoft Purview family of compliance and governance services,...more   Licensing Reference Purview Data Governance Purview Data Governance, a part of the Microsoft Purview family of compliance and governance services,...more   Product Reference Microsoft Foundry Microsoft Foundry is an Azure platform service, consolidating agents, models, and tools with enterprise capabilities.   Product Reference Managed Redis Azure Managed Redis is an Azure-hosted, Microsoft-managed caching service built on Redis software. Redis is...more   Licensing Reference Managed Redis Azure Managed Redis is an Azure-hosted, Microsoft-managed caching service built on Redis software.   Licensing Reference Managed Instance for Cassandra Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra is a platform service that runs unmodified open-source Apache...more   Licensing Reference Azure Machine Learning Machine Learning charges for Azure resources consumed, including compute, storage, networking, model training, inference, and...more   Product Reference Fabric Data Engineering Provides an environment where data engineers can collect, store, and process large volumes of data,...more   Product Reference Fabric Data Warehouse Provides a SQL-based database solution where developers can create and manage traditional relational data warehouses...more   Product Reference Fabric Data Science Provides an environment where data scientists can explore data, cleanse and prep data, conduct experiments,...more   Product Reference Fabric Data Factory Fabric Data Factory, one of the main Fabric experiences, is used for creating data integration...more   Product Reference Fabric Microsoft Fabric is a data and analytics cloud service that simplifies the deployment and use...more

Database, Analytics, and AI/ML Roadmap

Copilot   Purview   Licensing   Foundry