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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.
A working checklist for the new Outlook: signatures and Bookings, schedule sends and recalls, sweep rules, the security toggles users should know, and the Microsoft 365 integrations built in.
Microsoft 365 Copilot costs $360 per user upfront. At a $70k salary, the investment breaks even at 54 minutes saved per month, and two hours saved returns over 100 percent ROI.
Copilot for Microsoft 365 hits GA through CSP with seat minimums removed, Lighthouse gains Copilot sales tools, Intune trims audit log retention to one year, and Teams ships nine features.
Microsoft Build 2023 unveils Fabric and Windows Copilot, Teams rebuilds the channels experience, Yammer becomes Viva Engage, and a CSP audio conferencing promo quietly expires.
Teams Premium launches with GPT-3.5 features at $7 intro pricing, the Microsoft Intune Suite and Plan 2 get a March 1 GA date, Exchange tightens quarantine permissions, and GDAP dates firm up.
Azure AD gains IPv6 support that can break location-based Conditional Access, GDAP milestones shift with an update promised by February 15, cross-tenant sync previews, and Teams retires the wiki.
Most MSPs track KPIs well and set goals poorly. Here is why OKRs close that gap, the five things they buy you, and how Viva Goals brings the whole framework inside Microsoft Teams for $6 per user.
Intune connects to Winget for store app deployment with auto-updates, legacy CSP incentives end December 31, Teams gains a free Virtual Appointment template, and Microsoft Feed arrives.
September 2022 for MSPs: Exchange Online basic auth shutoff begins October 1, the GDAP bulk migration tool runs until October 31, and Teams ships eight features from Cameo to 7x7 galleries.
August 2022 for MSPs: Teams Rooms Pro replaces Standard and Premium at $40/month on September 1, DAP creation stops September 30, and Teams ships six features including bulk deployment.
July 2022 for MSPs: Teams shared channels hit GA, Viva Engage replaces the Communities app, the V1 Exchange Online PowerShell module heads for retirement, and the partner program overhaul gets a date.
