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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 365 Government: What’s in the Box?
Updated: September 21, 2026
Microsoft 365 Government offers U.S. governmental organizations more regulatory compliance capabilities than Microsoft 365 commercial...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 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
Microsoft 365 AI Governance Features: A Dog’s Breakfast
September 14, 2026
Aspects of AI governance are addressed by many features across Microsoft 365’s compliance, identity, security,...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
Azure Copilot Agents Simplify Azure Operation, Optimization
Updated: August 31, 2026
The Azure portal has had a Copilot for more than a year, but it has...more
Windows Server Licensing Scenarios
Updated: August 23, 2026
The reasons for choosing one edition of Windows Server over another have fundamentally changed over...more
Should Your Organization Buy Agent 365?
August 21, 2026
Agent 365 brings substantial governance, security, and identity capabilities to agent deployments, but certain organizations...more
Disconnected Operations for Azure Local: More Local, Less Azure
Updated: August 20, 2026
Disconnected operations for Azure Local allows customers to deploy Azure Local clusters without a connection...more
Defender for Endpoint on Windows Receives New Deployment Tool
August 18, 2026
A new deployment tool for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint should help organizations standardize on a...more
Fabric IQ: The Long Road to Smarter Data
August 10, 2026
Fabric IQ enhances OneLake data with additional business context to help AI, agents, and other...more
Copilot Cowork: Delegated Work – with Usage Charges
July 28, 2026
Cowork performs complex multistep work across Microsoft 365 for users, such as scheduling meetings rather...more
Navigating Microsoft’s Copilots
Updated: September 1, 2026
Available Azure Reservations
Updated: April 10, 2026
Reporting and Analytics Tools for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agents
April 7, 2026
Server Application Version Support
March 17, 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
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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SQL Server Reporting Services
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is a role in SQL Server, Microsoft’s long-standing on-premises database...more
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Stream Analytics
Stream Analytics is a high-speed data stream event processing solution available as a cloud service...more
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Data Explorer
Azure Data Explorer is a cloud service that helps query and analyze large-scale data streams,...more
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HDInsight
Azure HDInsight is a cloud database service based on Apache’s Hadoop open-source software framework.
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Synapse Analytics
Azure Synapse Analytics is a multipurpose analytics and data warehouse service designed for organizations with...more
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Databricks
Azure Databricks is an Azure cloud service based on Databricks technology, a third-party offering that...more
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Confidential Ledger
Azure Confidential Ledger is a managed, append-only data store for records whose integrity must be...more
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Azure Analysis Services
Azure Analysis Services (AAS) is a cloud analytics service based on SQL Server Analysis Services...more
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Azure Data Factory
Azure Data Factory (ADF) is a cloud extract, transform, and load (ETL) service that helps...more
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Event Hubs
Azure Event Hubs is a managed service that routes event streams from source to destination...more
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Azure Kubernetes Service
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Microsoft’s flagship Kubernetes (often abbreviated as “K8s”) offering, provides orchestration (deployment,...more
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Container Services in Azure
In addition to the company’s flagship Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Microsoft offers services that exist...more
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Azure Container Storage
Azure Container Storage (ACS) is a volume management and provisioning service for deploying persistent storage...more
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Network Security and Management
Azure network security and management services enable customers to centrally manage large networks.
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System Center
System Center is a perpetually licensed software product with a Fixed life-cycle policy offering the traditional 10...more
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Microsoft Roadmap Update, Dec. 2025
December 10, 2025
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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
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All Webinars
September 25, 2026
Microsoft Shows Off Its New Copilot ‘Super App’Â
by Mary Jo Foley
September 24, 2026
Thoughts on Microsoft’s Humanist AI Code of Conduct
by Barry Briggs
September 23, 2026
Compass Point: Dataverse, Headless Office, and Flex SpendÂ
by Mary Jo Foley