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New! 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 VMware Rapid Migration Plan Loses Incentives: Some Benefits for Commitment Remain Updated: February 18, 2026 Note: Following a further extension of the deadline for the VMware Rapid Migration Plan to...more When Is Purview Pay-as-You-Go? February 16, 2026 An increasing set of Purview services, primarily for use with non-Microsoft data, require the use...more The Project Manager Agent Is an Assistant February 9, 2026 The Project Manager agent doesn’t manage projects but can benefit accidental project managers. Using the...more Microsoft 365 Backup Targets Exchange and SharePoint Online Using a PAYG model February 9, 2026 Microsoft 365 Backup provides backup of Exchange Online mailboxes, OneDrive for work accounts, and SharePoint...more Enhancements Could Break Down Agent Adoption Barriers February 8, 2026 Copilot Studio continues to receive frequent significant updates. The latest round arrived in Nov. 2025,...more What to Use When: Copilot for Office, Agent Mode, and Agents in Office February 6, 2026 Agent Mode introduces chat in Office that directly modifies files but doesn’t support all the...more Maia 200 Aims to Lower AI Inference Costs February 5, 2026 The new generation of Microsoft custom AI silicon offers better price/performance for large-scale inference. It’s...more NTLM to Be Disabled in Future Releases February 5, 2026 NTLM will be disabled by default in the next versions of Windows Server and client....more SharePoint Spaces Provide Mixed Reality for Collaboration Updated: January 26, 2026 SharePoint Spaces was removed by Aug. 2025 SharePoint spaces will introduce mixed reality workspaces to...more Access Services for SharePoint Online Discontinued Updated: January 26, 2026 Access Services was removed from SharePoint Online (and SharePoint Server SE) in Apr. 2018 Office...more SharePoint Business Connectivity Services to Be Retired Updated: January 26, 2026 SharePoint Business Connectivity Services is retired as of Sep. 2024 SharePoint Business Connectivity Services (BCS)...more Dynamics 365 Retiring Guides and Remote Assist, Move Before Dec. 2026 January 26, 2026 Dynamics 365 Guides and Remote Assist support ends Dec. 2026, with no Microsoft alternative. Both...more SQL Server 2016/2017 Database Migration: So Many Choices January 26, 2026 Organizations should develop plans to migrate off SQL Server 2016/2017 before the end of Extended support.  Migrating the database is likely the largest task but is manageable and less...more
  Product Reference OneLake OneLake is the core data management component in Microsoft Fabric. It can host and query...more   Product Reference Data Lake Storage Flexible architectural choices enable performance, cost optimization, scalability, and resilience across diverse data lake workloads.   Product Reference Places Microsoft Places is a set of advanced work-scheduling features for Teams and Exchange Online, intended...more   Product Reference Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a service that offers endpoint protection features including antimalware on...more   Product Reference Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Microsoft Defender for Office 365 offers two tiers of service that help prevent and assess...more   Product Reference Microsoft Defender for Identity Microsoft Defender for Identity is a Microsoft-hosted service that captures, parses, and analyzes Active Directory...more   Product Reference Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a Microsoft-hosted service designed to help organizations discover the...more   Product Reference Purview Information Protection and Governance Purview Information Protection & Governance is a collection of Microsoft cloud services intended to help...more   Product Reference Purview eDiscovery & Audit Purview eDiscovery & Audit is a collection of Microsoft cloud services intended to help organizations...more   Product Reference Purview Insider Risk Management Purview Insider Risk Management helps ensure employee activity remains compliant with existing regulations and policies.   Product Reference Entra ID Entra ID is a multitenant identity and access management (IAM) service hosted by Microsoft. The...more   Product Reference Intune Intune is a Microsoft-hosted service that provides mobile device management (MDM) and application management for...more   Product Reference Microsoft Lists Updated for changes to security and deployment of Microsoft Lists.   Product Reference Loop Updated for M365 integrations and changes to the deployment and security of the Loop service.   Product Reference SharePoint Online Updated for M365 Copilot and compliance.   Product Reference SharePoint Server SharePoint Server 2016 and 2019 are retiring in 2026. SPSE has a new deployment model.
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