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New! Choosing Among Microsoft’s Many Copilot and Agent Reporting Tools April 7, 2026 Several tools provide reporting, analytics, and insights into Microsoft 365 Copilot and agent usage within...more Azure Leaves Real-Time OS Market April 2, 2026 Customers who built or bought IoT devices with the Azure Sphere or Azure RTOS OSes...more M365 Agent Value Could Be Revealed by New Agent Dashboard Updated: March 30, 2026 The new Agent Dashboard in Viva Insights shows metrics of deployed Microsoft 365 Copilot-based agents...more Azure Savings Plan for Databases Now Available March 27, 2026 Azure Savings Plan for Databases, introduced in Mar. 2026, may offer significant savings for organizations...more Defender Helps Discover and Remediate OAuth Attacks March 27, 2026 Defender for Cloud Apps can help identify but not outright prevent problematic OAuth behavior from...more M365 Customers Can Keep Classic Outlook Until at Least 2029 Updated: March 23, 2026 Mar. 23, 2026: Opt-Out delayed to Mar. 2027 per a Microsoft Message Center announcement atat https://admin.microsoft.com/MessageCenter/messages/MC949965...more Foundry Local Lags Competition March 23, 2026 Foundry Local is a free command-line tool that lets developers run selected open-source AI models...more 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 Evaluating Digital Sovereignty Options   March 16, 2026 Enterprises are increasingly using the public cloud for mission-critical and data-sensitive workloads. But as customers...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-branded technologies from Microsoft assist users in completing tasks, but Microsoft overstates ROI. Almost all...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
  Product Reference Places Microsoft Places is a set of advanced work-scheduling features for Teams and Exchange Online, intended...more   Product Reference Foundry Tools Foundry Tools are a collection of cloud services enabling developers to add specific artificial intelligence...more   Product Reference Teams Meetings and Events Microsoft Teams is commonly used for audio and video meetings, and offers features for hosting...more   Product Reference Teams  Microsoft Teams is a cloud service that offers group-based collaboration spaces with persistent chat, voice...more   Product Reference Teams Phone Teams Phone is a hosted PBX service that works in conjunction with Team, providing many...more   Product Reference Teams Premium Teams Premium is an add-on User Subscription License (User SL) that provides additional features on...more   Product Reference Microsoft 365 Enterprise Microsoft 365 Enterprise is Microsoft’s premium productivity suite   Product Reference Planner Microsoft Planner is a Microsoft-hosted work management tool that includes basic task and project management...more   Product Reference Project Online The Project Online service will shut down in Sept. 2026 and remove access to all...more   Product Reference Microsoft 365 Backup Microsoft 365 Backup provides backup for Exchange Online mailboxes, OneDrive for work accounts, and SharePoint...more   Product Reference Skype for Business Server Skype for Business Server is an on-premises product that provides a unified communications solution for...more   Product Reference SharePoint Embedded SharePoint Embedded is document management infrastructure for custom apps.   Product Reference Viva Learning Viva Learning provides custom training content to individuals in support of an organization’s continual learning...more   Product Reference Viva Insights Viva Insights is a Teams-based application that provides employees with information to help improve work...more   Product Reference Azure OpenAI Service Azure OpenAI service enables developers to use large language models (LLMs) developed by OpenAI (a...more   Product Reference Dynamics 365 Field Service Dynamics 365 Field Service provides features for field service teams to track service issues, create...more
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