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The Data Factory Showdown: Azure vs. Fabric
July 28, 2025
Azure Data Factory and Fabric Data Factory are distinct offerings with unique capabilities and purposes....more
Sentinel Integrated into Defender XDR
July 27, 2025
Microsoft’s Sentinel Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) has been integrated into Microsoft Defender XDR....more
How Azure AI Content Safety Protects AI Systems from Bad Actors
Updated: July 26, 2025
Azure AI Content Safety provides several capabilities intended to safeguard generative AI applications from malicious...more
Places Ready for Evaluation, but Future Unclear
Updated: July 25, 2025
Microsoft Places features can benefit Teams and Exchange Online customers whose employees move frequently between...more
Understanding SharePoint Agents
July 24, 2025
SharePoint agents can empower users with default and custom low-code AI solutions for SharePoint sites....more
Excel Organization Data Types Retiring: Switch to Excel’s Get Data
July 20, 2025
Excel Organization Data Types retire on July 31, 2025; does not impact other Data Types....more
Power BI and Fabric Limiting User Levels: Consolidate Now
July 20, 2025
Microsoft is limiting the number of individual assignments in Power BI and Fabric workspaces. Administrators...more
Understanding Power Pages
Updated: July 20, 2025
Power Pages is a low- to no-code platform for building and hosting simple to moderately...more
New Generation of Storage Azure VMs Enable Larger Workloads
Updated: July 20, 2025
A new generation of storage-optimized Azure VMs offers higher performance at a lower storage cost....more
Azure AI Content Safety: Anti-Malware for AI Apps
Updated: July 20, 2025
Generative AI applications can be a legal or PR crisis waiting to happen unless organizations...more
Power Pages: Benefits and Risks
Updated: July 13, 2025
Power Pages is a low- to no-code platform for building simple to moderately complex Web...more
What Is Cloud Security Posture Management?
July 13, 2025
Azure Defender Cloud Security Posture Management tools can help secure cloud resources. Unlike the initial...more
How to Assign Microsoft 365 User Licenses
July 10, 2025
Microsoft 365 licenses must be assigned to users before they can use the services. The...more
AAD B2C: Here Today, Gone Eventually
Updated: July 9, 2025
Azure Active Directory B2C was designed to help organizations offer their end users easy sign-in...more
Copilot Now Available to Power BI Pro and Desktop Users
July 8, 2025
Copilot for Power BI and Copilot for Fabric features are now available for most Power...more
Windows Server 2025 Hotpatching Available as a Subscription
July 8, 2025
Windows Server 2025 hotpatching, enabling security update patches without reboots, is generally available as of...more






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