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Copilot Crowned Best Free AI for Microsoft 365 in 2026 Guide—Here’s the Reality Check
Microsoft Copilot just earned a crown. On July 17, Cloudwards released its comprehensive guide to the best AI apps in 2026, and in a field of 27 tools, it named Copilot the best free option for...
Microsoft's AI-102 Certification Is Dead. Here's What to Do Now
Microsoft officially retired the Azure AI Engineer Associate certification and exam AI-102 on June 30, 2026. The move closes a popular credentialing path and forces Windows administrators,...
Microsoft sunsets preview VM data delivery to Event Hubs and Storage on July 31, 2026 — here's your migration plan
Microsoft will retire the preview capability “Send virtual machine client data to Event Hubs and Storage” in Azure Monitor on July 31, 2026, the company confirmed through Azure Advisor...
Only 35% of workers always asked before AI meeting transcription — what Teams admins must do immediately
More than a third of U.S. workers say an AI notetaker has joined their meetings, but only about one in three of those workers report always being asked for permission before recording begins,...
Microsoft pulls free Outlook meeting-prep feature, puts it behind Copilot paywall
Microsoft will begin removing the Meeting Insights feature from Outlook in mid-August 2026, completing the retirement by mid-September. The built-in tool that automatically surfaced relevant emails...
Power Platform 2026 Wave 2: How to Use Your Region’s Delay to Save Your Automations
On September 18, 2026, Microsoft flips the switch on Power Platform 2026 Wave 2 for a select group of early adopters—but if your Dataverse environment sits in North America, your production...
Microsoft Ends SQL Server 2016 Support: Your Options from ESUs to SQL Server 2025 Migration
Microsoft is pulling the plug on SQL Server 2016’s extended support today, July 14, 2026, closing a 10-year lifecycle that began with its June 2016 release. The database engine won’t suddenly...
Only 5% of Travelers Can Spot AI-Generated Destination Fakes, Survey Shows — Here's How to Beat the Odds
An elderly Malaysian couple drove 230 miles in June 2025 to ride a cable car they saw in a polished video news segment — complete with an on-camera reporter and cheering tourists. When they...
Microsoft Sets July 2026 Deadline for Manifest 1.25 in New Teams Store Submissions
Microsoft has set a July 2026 deadline that will reshape how developers submit channel-enabled apps to the Teams Store. Starting that month, all new store listings that work within Teams channels...
What Microsoft Teams' new inline search means for your file sharing — and why IT is worried
Next September, typing an @ symbol in a Microsoft Teams chat will do more than mention a colleague — it will let you search for and drop in files, past chats, channels, and meetings without ever...
How a New LTM-Glean Partnership Aims to Plug the Gaps Microsoft Copilot Leaves Behind
LTM, the technology services company formerly known as LTIMindtree, on July 17 announced a strategic partnership with Glean, an enterprise AI platform, to help large organizations finally connect...
SpaceX Wants Satellites to Count as Mobile Coverage in FCC's Next Big Spectrum Auction
A few days before the Federal Communications Commission votes on the framework for auctioning off a prized slice of mid-band airwaves, SpaceX has thrown a curveball that could reshape how—and how...