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Jaro Education Ranks AI Presentation Tools: Gamma Wins, but PowerPoint Export Fidelity Could Cost You
Business pros and educators hunting for a faster way to build slide decks just got an updated buyer’s guide. On July 17, Jaro Education released its 2026 evaluation of AI presentation tools, and...
ValorC3 Launches Managed Veeam Backup Service for Microsoft 365 and Entra ID with Immutable Storage
ValorC3 Data Centers has taken the wraps off a fully managed backup service that promises to lock down Microsoft 365 and Entra ID data with immutable copies, giving organizations a separate safety...
Microsoft Cancels Teams Copilot Feature That Would Have Analyzed Shared Screens in Recorded Meetings
Microsoft has quietly abandoned a planned expansion of Copilot in Teams that would have let the AI assistant parse the content of desktop screen shares during recorded meetings, according to a...
Cleaner Town Halls Ahead: Microsoft Splits Attendee and Crew Invites in Teams
Microsoft plans to give Teams Town Hall organizers the ability to keep attendee invitations completely separate from those sent to the event crew, according to a new entry on the Microsoft 365...
You'll Soon Share Copilot Chat Sessions with a Link — No More Copy-Paste
Microsoft will add link-based sharing to Microsoft 365 Copilot chats in August 2026, according to a newly published entry on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap. The feature, identified as Roadmap ID 562353,...
Microsoft Gives IT Admins Extra Six Months to Replace Exchange Online PowerShell Password Scripts
The cutoff for using stored credentials in Exchange Online automation is moving from July 2026 to December 2026, Microsoft confirmed in an updated Message Center advisory on July 16. The change...
Delivery Giant Evri Puts Microsoft’s New AI Agent Bundle to the Test with 6,000 Users
UK parcel delivery firm Evri will deploy 6,000 Microsoft 365 E7 licenses across its business, making it one of the first large-scale adopters of Microsoft’s recently launched premium suite. The...
OneDrive Pulls Support for Older Windows 10 Versions on August 15, 2026 — What You Need to Know
Microsoft has set a hard deadline for OneDrive sync on Windows 10: starting August 15, 2026, PCs running versions older than 22H2 will no longer be supported. The sync client won’t instantly stop...
Copilot’s Legal Productivity Claims Are Light on Data—Here’s What IT Admins Need to Know
A July 15 opinion piece by Matthew Stringer, founder and CEO of Microsoft 365 services provider Stridon, is making the rounds in legal tech circles with a bold claim: UK law firms using Microsoft 365...
Microsoft 365 Archive Now Lets You Freeze Individual SharePoint Files to Cut Costs—With Some Strings Attached
Microsoft has quietly rolled out file-level archiving in SharePoint to all worldwide standard multi-tenant tenants. Marked as launched on July 15, 2026, the feature under Roadmap ID 477371 lets...
SharePoint Lists Enter Copilot Agent Builder: One List, 20,000 Items Max
Microsoft has added a long-awaited capability to its Copilot Agent Builder: makers can now ground AI agents in SharePoint list data. The feature, listed as launched on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap under...
How Attackers Are Using Microsoft’s Own Login Page to Hijack Your 365 Account
A new phishing toolkit can break into Microsoft 365 accounts without stealing a single password, and it does so by exploiting a legitimate Microsoft sign-in workflow. The attack, detailed in research...