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Teams Enterprise Gains Events and Places from Premium
March 17, 2026
Effective Apr. 1, 2026, some features from Teams Premium will be included in Teams Enterprise...more
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Evaluating Digital Sovereignty Options Â
March 16, 2026
Digital sovereignty is increasingly important as enterprises face shifting legal and geopolitical environments. Microsoft has...more
SQL Server 2016/2017 BI Migration: Destinations Point to Power BI
March 13, 2026
Power BI or Fabric are Microsoft’s direction for reporting and analysis services unless organizations consider...more
Microsoft 365 Backup Targets Exchange and SharePoint Online Using a PAYG model
Updated: March 10, 2026
Microsoft 365 Backup provides backup of Exchange Online mailboxes, OneDrive for work accounts, and SharePoint...more
SharePoint Embedded: Document Management Without SharePoint
Updated: March 9, 2026
SharePoint Embedded provides storage in Microsoft 365 with built-in document management for custom apps but...more
Demystifying Microsoft’s Copilots
Updated: March 6, 2026
Copilot is an umbrella brand applied to a range of Microsoft technologies, most of which...more
Purview Adaptive Scopes Ease Policy Management
March 5, 2026
Purview adaptive scopes offer flexibility for administrators responsible for defining retention policies and communication compliance...more
Microsoft 365 Government: What’s in the Box?
Updated: March 2, 2026
Microsoft 365 Government offers regulatory compliance, but at the cost of missing features, which are...more
Azure: Know Reservations
Updated: March 2, 2026
Azure reservations allow customers to reduce Azure costs in exchange for a one- or three-year...more
Dynamics 365 Commerce Retiring Multiple Features; Moving to Paid AI
March 2, 2026
Soon-to-be-retired Ratings and Reviews, and Recommendations features, will create functional gaps with no announced replacements....more
And Acquisition for All: Microsoft 365 Self-Service Purchase
March 2, 2026
Microsoft makes several services available for direct purchase by end users to promote adoption, circumventing...more
Six Steps from On-Premises to Full Cloud
March 2, 2026
The move from on-premises Active Directory to the Microsoft-hosted Entra ID infrastructure is a gradual...more
M365 Agent Value Could Be Revealed by New Agent Dashboard
March 1, 2026
The new Agent Dashboard in Viva Insights shows metrics of deployed Microsoft 365 Copilot-based agents...more
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
Server Application Version Support
March 17, 2026
Available Azure Reservations
Updated: March 2, 2026
Chart of Microsoft Purview Pay-as-you-go Services
February 16, 2026
Comparing Azure Virtual Desktop Services
Updated: November 10, 2025
Communication Services Overview
July 3, 2025
Navigating Microsoft’s Copilots
Updated: May 11, 2025
Microsoft Defender for Servers Plans
Updated: January 6, 2025
Azure Arc Sample Deployment
Updated: October 11, 2024
Teams Calling Services
October 2, 2023
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Microsoft 365 Backup
Microsoft 365 Backup provides backup for Exchange Online mailboxes, OneDrive for work accounts, and SharePoint...more
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SharePoint Embedded
SharePoint Embedded is document management infrastructure for custom apps.
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Viva Learning
Viva Learning provides custom training content to individuals in support of an organization’s continual learning...more
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Viva Insights
Viva Insights is a Teams-based application that provides employees with information to help improve work...more
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Azure OpenAI Service
Azure OpenAI service enables developers to use large language models (LLMs) developed by OpenAI (a...more
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Dynamics 365 Project Operations
Dynamics 365 Project Operations provides integrated project management and resource management for service projects, project...more
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Microsoft 365 Archive
Microsoft 365 Archive is a consumption service for storing inactive SharePoint and OneDrive sites
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Microsoft Search
Microsoft Search is the enterprise search engine for Microsoft 365
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Dynamics 365 CRM
Dynamics 365 CRM is a Microsoft cloud service and on-premises software that offers sales, marketing,...more
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OneLake
OneLake is the core data management component in Microsoft Fabric. It can host and query...more
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Data Lake Storage
Flexible architectural choices enable performance, cost optimization, scalability, and resilience across diverse data lake workloads.
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Places
Microsoft Places is a set of advanced work-scheduling features for Teams and Exchange Online, intended...more
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a service that offers endpoint protection features including antimalware on...more
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Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 offers two tiers of service that help prevent and assess...more
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Microsoft Defender for Identity
Microsoft Defender for Identity is a Microsoft-hosted service that captures, parses, and analyzes Active Directory...more
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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a Microsoft-hosted service designed to help organizations discover the...more
What We Know (and Don’t) About M365 E7
March 12, 2026
· Season - 5 · Episode - 5 · Duration - 25m Three Smart Guys: It’s All About the DataMarch 4, 2026
· Season - 1 · Episode - 2 · Duration - 33m Microsoft 365 Copilot Licensing: Five Things You Need to KnowFebruary 19, 2026
· Season - 5 · Episode - 4 · Duration - 37m
Microsoft Roadmap Update, Dec. 2025
December 10, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am PT
Microsoft Compliance Update 2025
September 24, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am PT
Power BI and Fabric Roadmap: What did I miss and will it help?
November 12, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am PT
Building and Licensing Copilot Agents
August 27, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am PT
No Autopilot for Copilot
July 31, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am PT
Microsoft’s AI-Native Applications Strategy
June 19, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am PT
All Webinars
March 12, 2026
Your Next EA Renewal: Why the Microsoft Lens Matters Â
Lane Shelton
March 9, 2026
M365 E7 to Launch May 1 for $99 Per User Per Month
by Mary Jo Foley
March 2, 2026
Microsoft 365 E7: A New Agent-Centered Subscription Plan Expected Soon
by Mary Jo Foley