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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
Agent 365 Not Necessarily Required for Agent Governance
July 27, 2026
Agent governance features existed before Agent 365 became available, and they’re still available outside of...more
Agent 365: What’s There, What’s Missing
July 16, 2026
Agent 365 provides a unified platform for AI agent governance, identity management, and security oversight....more
DLP Cut from Defender for Cloud Apps – Customers Must Move to Purview DLP
July 16, 2026
Microsoft is retiring a range of data loss prevention features available in Microsoft Defender for...more
Security Copilot: Expanding and Expensive
Updated: July 15, 2026
Security Copilot can help admins using Microsoft 365 management tools to perform security-related tasks faster....more
AI Drives Enterprise Integration
July 10, 2026
To maximize return on AI, organizations need to build new business processes that combine AI...more
Disconnected Operations for Azure Local: More Local, Less Azure
July 4, 2026
Disconnected operations for Azure Local allows customers to deploy Azure Local clusters without a connection...more
Restricted SharePoint Search Limits Copilot Results
Updated: July 1, 2026
Update: Restricted SharePoint Search (RSS) in SharePoint Online will retire by Jan. 31, 2027, and...more
Azure SQL Database DTUs: There’s a Better Way
July 1, 2026
The Azure SQL Database DTU model bundles compute, memory, and storage that are easy to...more
Entra ID Tenancy Strategies for Complex Organizations
Updated: June 29, 2026
Entra ID is a core component of Microsoft 365 services, but it has limitations that...more
Find and Secure Local AI Tools with Defender for Endpoint
Updated: June 28, 2026
Local AI tools like GitHub Copilot and Claude Code on Windows offer powerful capabilities but...more
Entra Cloud Sync Replacing Connect Sync: What to Expect
June 27, 2026
Customers should begin transitioning now from Connect Sync to Cloud Sync, but larger customers won’t...more
Windows Point-in-Time Restore Is Windows, Yesterday
Updated: June 26, 2026
Windows Point-in-Time Restore is a new feature of Windows 11 that should help customers recover more...more
Enterprise Agents at Scale: Control Improves, Costs Follow
June 26, 2026
Enterprise AI agents represent an operating model shift, with implications for governance, costs, and accountability....more
Identity Manager: SP3 Arrives, But Support Still Ends in 2029
Updated: June 22, 2026
Microsoft Identity Manager is set for retirement in 2029, and no direct replacement is expected....more
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
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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Azure Government
Azure Government delivers Azure cloud services with isolation, security, and standards certification that aren’t offered...more
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Azure Resource Manager
Azure Resource Manager is a software framework (also known as a control plane) that drives...more
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Azure Stack Hub
Azure Stack Hub offers functionality of Microsoft-hosted Azure for customer on-premises and third-party hosted deployments.
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Azure NetApp Files
Azure NetApp Files is a cloud-based network-attached storage (NAS) service that runs on specialized hardware...more
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Data Box
Azure Data Box is a family of physical devices and services that help customers transfer...more
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Advisor
Azure Advisor is a free service that offers recommendations to help administrators improve the operational...more
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Automation
Azure Automation helps automate deployment, management, and other repetitive IT processes using runbooks, which are...more
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Automanage
Azure Automanage, which is being discontinued on Sept. 30, 2027, simplifies the setup of management...more
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Azure VMware Solution
Azure VMware Solution (AVS) offers virtualization, storage, and networking for managed VMs using VMware software...more
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Azure Dedicated Host
Azure Dedicated Host enables customers to rent Azure VM host servers that are dedicated to their...more
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Azure Elastic SAN
Azure Elastic SAN is an Azure-hosted storage area network (SAN) service that provides managed storage...more
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Load Balancing and Content Delivery
Load balancing services in Azure distribute incoming network requests for customer applications or resources among...more
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Copilot Cowork
Copilot Cowork is the delegated-work capability that is part of M365 Copilot
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Cloud Services
Azure Cloud Services provides customers with Windows Server VM instances using a PaaS model.
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Dataverse
A cloud database service designed to make it easier to create and use data in...more
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Static Web Apps
Static Web Apps provides a managed hosting option for static front ends and lightweight Web...more
Three Smart Guys: Too Big to Flail?
June 11, 2026
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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
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July 30, 2026
Microsoft: Expect Capacity Constraints, CapEx Acceleration to Continue
by Mary Jo Foley
July 27, 2026
Microsoft’s Latest Security Play: Project Perception
by Mary Jo Foley
July 2, 2026
Microsoft Launches Its Own Forward Deployed Engineering Unit, the ‘Frontier Company’
by Mary Jo Foley