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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 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 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
  Product Reference Azure Kubernetes Service Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Microsoft’s flagship Kubernetes (often abbreviated as “K8s”) offering, provides orchestration (deployment,...more   Product Reference Container Services in Azure In addition to the company’s flagship Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Microsoft offers services that exist...more   Product Reference Azure Container Storage Azure Container Storage (ACS) is a volume management and provisioning service for deploying persistent storage...more   Product Reference System Center System Center is a perpetually licensed software product with a Fixed life-cycle policy offering the traditional 10...more   Product Reference Key Vault Key Vault – Service product page.   Product Reference Azure Local Azure Local, formerly known as Azure Stack HCI, is Microsoft’s primary server host OS for...more   Product Reference Kubernetes Fleet Manager Kubernetes Fleet Manager is an Azure-hosted service for managing numerous Kubernetes clusters, including Azure Kubernetes...more   Product Reference Microsoft Graph Microsoft Graph is the connective layer across M365, linking people, devices, security, and compliance signals.   Product Reference Hybrid Connectivity Hybrid Connectivity services enable customers to connect their sites, users, and devices to Azure, and...more   Product Reference Site Recovery Azure Site Recovery is a subscription-based service that helps organizations use Azure infrastructure to establish...more   Product Reference Policy Azure Policy is a free service that’s critical for deployment governance, and it should be...more   Product Reference Monitor Azure Monitor offers a central platform for organizations to gather, analyze, and act on monitoring...more   Product Reference Service Fabric Service Fabric is a microservice orchestration platform that can enable highly scalable, distributed, reliable solutions....more   Product Reference Azure Arc Azure Arc is a set of capabilities enabling Azure to work with deployments hosted outside...more   Product Reference Azure VMware Solution Azure VMware Solution (AVS) offers virtualization, storage, and networking for managed VMs using VMware software...more   Product Reference Backup Azure Backup is a service that uses Azure Storage to back up VMs, databases, files...more
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