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DoD Cloud Tenants Finally Get Microsoft 365 Copilot Connectors—The Security Risks and Setup Steps
Microsoft has quietly made Copilot connectors generally available for its most restricted cloud environment: the U.S. Department of Defense instance of Microsoft 365. The milestone—logged under...
Copilot-Powered Surveys Agent Arrives in Microsoft Forms: Here’s What It Can Do
Microsoft has quietly started enabling a new AI assistant inside Microsoft Forms that can take over the entire lifecycle of a survey project. As of May 2026, users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot...
Microsoft Adds Dedicated Resource Hub and One-Click Setup to SharePoint Home Sites
Microsoft has delivered a set of long-awaited improvements to SharePoint home sites, headlined by a new Resources web part and a simpler way to create home sites directly from the admin center. The...
SharePoint Sites in Government Clouds Can Go Into Cold Storage Starting June 2026
Microsoft will begin offering its SharePoint archiving feature to tenants inside the Government Community Cloud environment beginning in June 2026, giving administrators a long-awaited tool for...
Microsoft CEO Nadella: Enterprise AI Poses a ‘Reverse Information Paradox’ Risk
On July 13, 2026, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella published an essay on X that reframes the biggest risk of enterprise AI. Companies aren’t just paying for AI services—they may be handing over their...
How 100 City Workers Learned to Trust Copilot—And Why That Matters for Your AI Rollout
In July 2026, the city of Raisio, Finland, quietly wrapped up a Microsoft 365 Copilot training program for nearly 100 employees that most organizations would do well to copy. Rather than simply...
Itransition Earns Spot on Elio's Microsoft 365 Partners List — But Here's What Really Matters for Buyers
Itransition, a global software engineering and consulting firm, has been named among the top Microsoft 365 partners and resellers by Elio, a third-party directory service. The recognition, announced...
Microsoft’s Copilot Compliance Engine: What EY’s Peek Inside Reveals
A new EY case study pulls back the curtain on the automated compliance machinery that Microsoft 365 engineering teams use to ship AI features like Copilot while satisfying over 80 regulatory...
Microsoft's SharePoint AI Page Creator Is Coming: How to Stop a Prompt-Fueled Content Flood
Microsoft has firmed up its timeline for letting SharePoint users create and edit pages through an AI chat pane, with a preview targeted for March 2026 and a full rollout starting in August 2026. The...
Stop Paying for Microsoft 365: These 4 Free Tools Handle Your Office Needs Without a Subscription
Microsoft 365 Personal now costs $69.99 a year—and that’s if you pay annually. For users who rely on Word, Excel, and Outlook for everyday tasks, that recurring charge adds up, especially when...
Microsoft 365 Routing Failure Takes Down Outlook Logins and Copilot Access
Thousands of Microsoft 365 users were unable to sign into Outlook or access Copilot on Friday after a routing configuration change triggered a widespread outage. The disruption, which began just...
Microsoft’s Cross-Tenant Message Recall for Exchange Online Arrives in August
Microsoft announced on July 10, 2026, that Exchange Online will gain a cross-tenant message recall feature, rolling out in mid-August. The new capability allows a sender in one Microsoft 365 tenant...