Microsoft’s decision to place three new Microsoft 365 “companion” apps — People, File Search, and Calendar — directly into the Windows 11 taskbar is a clear bet on shaving everyday friction from the workday, but it also raises immediate questions about duplication, manageability, and enterprise...
Microsoft Teams is getting a tighter security posture: Microsoft is rolling out new protections that will block weaponizable file types in chats and channels, scan and warn about malicious URLs at the time of delivery and click, and extend administrative control by integrating Teams with the...
This week’s HR headlines lay bare a widening disconnect between how work gets done and how employers think it should be done: nearly half of employees report using banned AI tools to speed their tasks, the U.S. Department of Labor is offering $30 million in grants to push employer-led training...
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Microsoft is quietly shipping three compact Microsoft 365 “companion” apps — Calendar, File Search, and People — that live in the Windows 11 taskbar to give knowledge workers one‑click access to meetings, documents, and colleagues without opening full Office or Teams windows. et previewed the...
Microsoft has quietly begun embedding three new Microsoft 365 “companion” apps into the Windows 11 taskbar — Calendar, File Search, and People — small, focused helpers designed to pull calendar events, corporate files, and contact details one click away from the desktop and reduce time lost to...
Microsoft has begun deploying a new set of lightweight Microsoft 365 “companion” apps that live in the Windows 11 taskbar — offering instant access to people, files, and calendar items without launching full Office or Teams windows — and the release raises both productivity promises and...
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Dataverse Knowledge in Copilot Studio now searches the long notes and buried attachments that used to hide business-critical answers—thanks to new support for multi-line text columns and file columns, plus behind-the-scenes improvements that make repeated queries return more consistent answers...
Microsoft’s Copilot on Windows has quietly picked up a major capability: an integrated GPT‑5 “Smart” mode that appears to give many users free access to the model’s deeper reasoning (“Thinking”) pathways — and early tests suggest the Copilot implementation is less stingy with those powerful...
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Title: Microsoft 365 Copilot gets GPT‑5 sessions: what it means for your tenant, your budget, and your workflows
Executive summary
Microsoft has begun rolling out the option to run selected Microsoft 365 Copilot chats on GPT‑5, with a “Try GPT‑5” control appearing for licensed users in Copilot...
Title: Microsoft puts Grok 4 behind a gate: What Azure and Windows admins need to know right now
TL;DR
Microsoft is not broadly launching xAI’s Grok 4 on Azure AI Foundry. Instead, the model is entering a limited, invite-only private preview while Microsoft continues safety and red-team...
In the rapidly evolving landscape of enterprise data security, the strategic partnership between Netskope and Microsoft marks a significant leap forward for organizations seeking to safeguard sensitive information across diverse cloud and AI-driven environments. As digital transformation...
In an era where digital communication forms the backbone of professional and personal life, email security has surged in prominence. Cyberattacks leveraging email as a gateway—whether through phishing, malware, or advanced social engineering—have repeatedly made headlines, affecting...
Microsoft’s ongoing transformation of workplace productivity through AI has repeatedly run up against a perennial challenge: how to safeguard organizational data amidst a surge in innovation. With the recent expansion of Data Loss Prevention (DLP) coverage for Copilot within Office apps—as...
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 20H2 Build 19042.1081 (KB5003690)to the Beta and Release Preview Channels for those Insiders who are on 20H2 (Windows 10 October 2020 Update). This update includes the following improvements: This update includes the following improvements:
We fixed...
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 21H1 Build 19043.1081 (KB5003690) to the Beta Channel & Release Preview Channel for those Insiders who are on 21H1. See our blog post here on preparing the Windows 10 May 2021 Update (21H1) for release. This update includes the following...
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active directory
audio
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improvements
performance
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remote desktop
security
taskbar
text display
update
user interface
vpn
windows 10
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We anticipate threats like files being deleted from servers by disgruntled employees.
1. Can someone suggest what preventive measures that can be implemented ? (DLP implementation is in pipeline, but would like to see if there are alternate measures)
2. If somehow files are deleted, we would...
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