Microsoft is rolling out a major update to Microsoft Planner in early 2026 that both adds new capabilities and removes several longstanding features — most notably the ability to publish Planner tasks as an iCalendar (iCal/.ics) feed. The change is part of a broader Planner overhaul Microsoft...
Microsoft’s recent Windows-era headlines form a clear pattern: Microsoft is pushing deeper into automation and cloud-first defaults while enterprise and consumer reactions expose a widening gap between convenience, control, and trust. New moves — from making Power Automate Desktop free on...
ESW’s new Copilot Orbit™ aims to turn Microsoft Copilot pilot projects into predictable, production-grade automation for small and mid-sized businesses by packaging governance, tenant grounding, Power Platform orchestration, and a month-by-month agent delivery cadence into a single managed...
West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service (WYFRS) has quietly pushed one of the clearest practical tests of enterprise AI into the public sector: by embedding Microsoft Copilot across day‑to‑day workflows the service says it has accelerated routine admin, improved accessibility for neurodiverse...
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Beginning in September Microsoft wrapped a clear, deliberate push to make Copilot the connective tissue of Microsoft 365: Teams’ calendar and task surfaces are moving to the new integrated Microsoft 365 calendar, the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app becomes a preview‑and‑chat surface for Office...
A single sports image page and a quietly written obituary tell a bigger story about how local journalism actually gets made—and for many newsrooms, the glue holding that story together is a Windows PC on a deadline desk, a sideline laptop on battery power, and a carefully tuned workflow that...
Power Platform Monitor Alerts promises to move Power Platform operations from reactive scramble to proactive control by letting admins define health thresholds and receive notifications when apps or flows begin to degrade—so teams can act before users notice a problem. rview
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Microsoft’s decision to retire the standalone Microsoft Lens mobile scanner marks a decisive step in its product consolidation around Copilot — a move that preserves core capture and OCR capabilities but abandons several of Lens’s most convenient and accessibility-driven workflows, forcing...
Microsoft is retiring the standalone Microsoft Lens mobile app and folding its scanning and capture capabilities into the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app in a phased shutdown that begins on September 15, 2025 and culminates with the ability to create new scans being disabled on December 15...
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Windows 11 just picked up a file‑automation superpower: AI‑driven “actions” built directly into File Explorer that let you right‑click any supported file and instantly summarize documents, remove image backgrounds, erase objects, or launch a Bing Visual Search—no manual app juggling required...
Title: Microsoft puts Grok 4 behind a gate: What Azure and Windows admins need to know right now
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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...
A new era has dawned for Microsoft Dataverse users as the platform introduces Prompt Columns—an innovative feature that infuses generative AI directly into the heart of business data. Announced in public preview, this capability allows organizations to transform how they process, enrich, and act...
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Nigeria’s technology landscape is in the midst of a quiet revolution, and at its core lies a shift in how businesses adopt and use digital workplace tools. Many professionals in Lagos, Abuja, and beyond still think of Microsoft 365 as just ‘the place we get Outlook’. But a growing number of...
The return of the Power Platform Community Conference (PPCC) to Las Vegas this year signals not just the growth but the central importance of Microsoft's low-code ecosystem in the landscape of enterprise software and business innovation. Scheduled for October 28–30, 2025, and with pre- and...
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Navigating Windows efficiently is a skill that transforms the user experience from a sluggish, point-and-click routine into a seamless, almost instinctive flow. Power users and IT professionals have long sung the praises of keyboard shortcuts, and for good reason: with the right combinations...
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Hitachi Energy’s MicroSCADA X SYS600, a pivotal software platform in power automation and control systems, has become the focus of critical cybersecurity scrutiny following the public disclosure of multiple vulnerabilities impacting a wide swath of its global deployment. This article closely...
Preservica, a leader in Active Digital Preservation™, has expanded the availability of its Preserve365® solution to Canada, hosted on Microsoft Azure. This expansion allows Canadian organizations to integrate long-term data archiving and governance seamlessly within their Microsoft 365...
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The promise of business automation has always been more than eliminating manual work—it lies in unleashing productivity, innovation, and resilience in the face of relentless digital change. Microsoft Power Automate stands at the epicenter of this transformation, offering businesses of all sizes...
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Microsoft Power Apps has entered a bold new era with the public preview of Agent APIs and the Agent response component, equipping developers and citizen makers alike to weave Copilot Studio content directly into their model-driven apps. This integration, first unveiled at Microsoft Build during...
Microsoft has officially partnered with Upwork to launch the "Power Platform Experts" hub, a dedicated space where certified professionals can showcase their credentials and connect with potential clients. This collaboration aims to streamline the hiring process for businesses seeking expertise...
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