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Satya Nadella says AI agents could displace traditional SaaS. We built a working loan-approval agent in Copilot Studio in about an hour to test the claim. Here is what holds up and what is still hype.
Entra keeps sign-in logs for 30 days at most, 7 on the free tier. Here is how to stream them into a Log Analytics Workspace and keep up to two years of evidence, usually for pocket change.
Copilot Chat arrives free for Entra users, Teams flips transcription on by default for new tenants, and small businesses get live chat. The January 2025 M365 changes, sorted by what to check first.
A 5% increase on annual NCE plans paid monthly, Teams Phone going up, Copilot gaining monthly billing and a free chat tier, plus stackable promos. What to lock in before April 1, 2025.
Microsoft blocks 7,000 password attacks per second, yet only 41% of Entra sign-ins use MFA. The data behind the passwordless push, and an honest look at what the passkey experience is like today.
Users refuse enrollment, admins refuse open access. Intune app protection policies plus one Conditional Access rule protect Microsoft 365 data on personal phones without managing the device.
New Outlook migration turns opt-out for SMBs in January 2025, monthly billing on annual terms gets a 5% markup, Viva Goals gets a retirement date, and Teams ships ten quality-of-life features.
By default, anyone with a Microsoft 365 tenant can open a Teams chat with your users. Here is the attack that exploits it and the four controls that break the kill chain.
CloudCapsule connects to a Microsoft 365 tenant and returns a CIS-mapped security assessment with evidence, remediation steps, and a branded executive summary in minutes, not man-hours.
Starting January 27, 2025, unlicensed OneDrive accounts get archived behind reactivation and storage fees, or deleted outright. Here is the math and the four ways to respond.
Ignite 2024 set the Teams roadmap for 2025: speech-to-speech interpretation in nine languages, email-verified external attendees, bot-blocking CAPTCHA, and a merged chat and channels experience.
Ignite 2024 buried real news under Copilot branding. The 20 announcements that matter, grouped: agents, Copilot+ PCs, Windows 365, Windows resiliency and security, Edge, and Lighthouse.
External collaborators do not need download rights to do their job. Two settings force guests into authenticated, browser-only access and block local downloads in SharePoint and OneDrive.
Entra lets any user register any device by default, and attackers use that to persist after a compromise. Three policies, from MFA on registration to TAP gating, shut the door.
Microsoft 365 lets users sign in from any device in the world by default. Here are the two Conditional Access policies, exact settings included, that restrict access to devices you manage.
When customers demand BYOD access to Microsoft 365, contain it: web-only access, download blocks, session limits, TAP-gated enrollment, and MAM, with a dynamic group to segment personal devices.
Copilot agents reach general availability, Teams adds impersonation warnings for external chat, a new calendar lands in January, and Office 2016/2019 get one year of support left.
Microsoft 365 email is not phishing-resistant by default. SPF/DKIM/DMARC, a tuned anti-phishing policy, Safe Links and Attachments, external sender tags, and keyword mail flow rules close the gap.
