Azure Arc is becoming the practical replacement many enterprises need after Microsoft signaled the deprecation of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), and for organizations that want to centralize patching across on-premises servers and Azure VMs the recommended route is to Arc‑enable servers...
The rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence is reshaping how people look for work and how employers screen and select candidates, producing a pragmatic — and sometimes uneasy — realignment between efficiency, authenticity, and legal risk that job seekers and HR professionals must manage...
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Satya Nadella’s short public playbook — five repeatable prompts he says he uses inside Microsoft 365 Copilot — has done more than offer productivity tips; it has shown, in blunt practice, how an enterprise copilot can change the mechanics of leadership, reduce busywork and compress decision...
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Microsoft has pushed Microsoft 365 Copilot deeper into the employee experience by making Copilot for Viva Engage generally available to eligible customers, embedding a context-aware generative AI assistant that summarizes conversations, surfaces trends, improves discoverability, and provides...
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Microsoft and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) have struck a governmentwide "OneGov" agreement that offers steep discounts across Microsoft 365, Azure, Dynamics 365 and associated security tools, and — critically — makes Microsoft 365 Copilot available at no cost for an initial...
Microsoft’s new OneGov agreement with the General Services Administration promises to make Microsoft 365 Copilot effectively free for qualifying federal customers while folding deep discounts across Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and security tooling into a government‑wide purchasing vehicle...
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As the calendar races toward October 14, 2025, a striking and inconvenient truth has emerged: a very large portion of the global PC installed base is still running Windows 10, even as Microsoft prepares to stop issuing free security updates and feature patches for that OS. PC makers, market...
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Klinikum Landsberg am Lech has cut the time clinicians spend on paperwork dramatically by using an Azure OpenAI–based transcription and documentation pipeline that captures clinical conversations in real time and pushes structured notes directly into the hospital information system. Background...
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Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (UMG Göttingen) has moved from proof‑of‑concept to production by expanding its deployment of Sectra’s enterprise imaging technology to include the Sectra Amplifier Service, a managed AI‑as‑a‑service hosted in Microsoft Azure that integrates validated third‑party AI...
Generative AI is rapidly moving from experimental pilots into day‑to‑day HR operations, and Microsoft’s Copilot ecosystem — together with specialist vendors and regional HR platforms — is already being used to automate recruiting, personalize onboarding, and surface people analytics, even as...
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The biweekly run of regulatory moves, enforcement actions and market signals between 16–29 August reinforced a clear direction for corporate sustainability: policymakers and consumer regulators are cutting the volume of routine disclosure while sharpening scrutiny on evidence, and technology...
Infobip’s expanded integration with Microsoft Azure Communication Services (ACS) pushes carrier-grade SMS deep into new international markets, enabling Azure customers to send and receive SMS across more than 100 additional countries while preserving the native Azure developer experience and...
Infobip’s expanded integration with Microsoft Azure Communication Services (ACS) pushes global SMS reach into new territory, making carrier-grade messaging available through Azure for well over 100 additional countries and unlocking broader international coverage, two‑way messaging, and...
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...
Life Without Barriers’ recent security refresh shows how human‑services organisations can use integrated Microsoft tooling to both reduce risk and free frontline staff for the work that matters.
Background / Overview
Life Without Barriers (LWB), one of Australia’s largest human‑services...
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Microsoft's Xbox division has quietly begun nudging UK players to prove they are adults — and made clear that failure to do so will blunt the console's social engines beginning in early 2026, a direct consequence of the UK's Online Safety Act and the regulator's demand for "highly effective" age...
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Microsoft Azure Communication Services has opened the door for truly global SMS by adding a partner-led routing layer — Messaging Connect — and Infobip is the first partner to bring carrier-grade, cross-border SMS into that pipeline, instantly extending Azure’s SMS footprint into dozens of new...
Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, told reporters from his office at the Redmond campus that the company will “investigate and get to the truth” after a Guardian-led investigation alleged that Israel’s Unit 8200 had used Microsoft Azure to store and process vast troves of intercepted Palestinian...
The era when meeting prep meant skimming an inbox and scribbling a one-line agenda is ending — generative AI is now offering pre-meeting intelligence that reads past conversations, surfaces likely priorities, and hands executives five concise, context-aware talking points before they walk into a...
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Microsoft’s latest push to fold everyday feedback workflows into its AI assistant stack landed this week with the public preview of Surveys Agent, an AI-powered agent inside Microsoft 365 Copilot that promises to let teams design, launch, monitor, and analyze surveys from a single conversational...
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