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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
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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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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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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Key Vault
Key Vault – Service product page.
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Azure Local
Azure Local, formerly known as Azure Stack HCI, is Microsoft’s primary server host OS for...more
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Kubernetes Fleet Manager
Kubernetes Fleet Manager is an Azure-hosted service for managing numerous Kubernetes clusters, including Azure Kubernetes...more
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Microsoft Graph
Microsoft Graph is the connective layer across M365, linking people, devices, security, and compliance signals.
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Hybrid Connectivity
Hybrid Connectivity services enable customers to connect their sites, users, and devices to Azure, and...more
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Site Recovery
Azure Site Recovery is a subscription-based service that helps organizations use Azure infrastructure to establish...more
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Policy
Azure Policy is a free service that’s critical for deployment governance, and it should be...more
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Monitor
Azure Monitor offers a central platform for organizations to gather, analyze, and act on monitoring...more
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Service Fabric
Service Fabric is a microservice orchestration platform that can enable highly scalable, distributed, reliable solutions....more
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Azure Arc
Azure Arc is a set of capabilities enabling Azure to work with deployments hosted outside...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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Backup
Azure Backup is a service that uses Azure Storage to back up VMs, databases, files...more
How the Changing Cyber Landscape Affects Your Org
August 27, 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
All Webinars
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