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What is Cisco’s Sovereign Critical Infrastructure?
Read more: What is Cisco’s Sovereign Critical Infrastructure?Cisco yesterday announced what they referred to as a “significant milestone” in Europe’s journey toward digital sovereignty. Their Sovereign Critical Infrastructure portfolio is a comprehensive, air-gapped solution designed to give…
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Microsoft Power Platform Licensing Guide
Read more: Microsoft Power Platform Licensing GuideMicrosoft have made their monthly-updated Power Platform Licensing Deck publicly available. Now, you might think this is not worthy of a blog post, but for many organisations, this information has…
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Teams in Microsoft 365 is back for good (but it’s your choice)
Read more: Teams in Microsoft 365 is back for good (but it’s your choice)It’s back! Starting November 1, 2025, Microsoft Teams is officially “back” in the Microsoft 365 and Office 365 Enterprise suites globally, but the choice to have it not sit with…
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Microsoft Copilot Consumer brings Memory Management and Google Drive Integration
Read more: Microsoft Copilot Consumer brings Memory Management and Google Drive IntegrationMicrosoft Copilot is adding with two new major updates (this time for the consumer experience) that bring it closer to the more personalised AI experience users have been asking and…
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Copilot Chat comes to Enterprise Office Apps for all
Read more: Copilot Chat comes to Enterprise Office Apps for allMicrosoft is in the process of Copilotizing Business / Enterprise versions of your Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote) even for users that don’t have a Microsoft 365…
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Microsoft simplifies Copilot add-ons with reduced pricing
Read more: Microsoft simplifies Copilot add-ons with reduced pricingMicrosoft has confirmed in a blog that they are streamlining its Copilot add-on portfolio by incoprating their specific role-based solutions into the core Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription. Starting mid-October, Copilot…
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Is Microsoft about to kill DocuSign?
Read more: Is Microsoft about to kill DocuSign?Microsoft (after months of testing) is launching native eSignature support in Microsoft Word. How does this compete and compare to wider known tools such as Adobe Sign. Where where does…
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Windows 11 25H2 Release Preview: What you need to know
Read more: Windows 11 25H2 Release Preview: What you need to knowWindows 11’s annual feature update—version 25H2 (Build 26200.5074)—is now available in the Release Preview Channel. This signals that the update is nearly finalised and ready for broader deployment later this…
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Will OpenAI’s “gpt-realtime” set a new benchmark for AI Voice?
Read more: Will OpenAI’s “gpt-realtime” set a new benchmark for AI Voice?OpenAI has introduced gpt-realtime, a new cutting-edge speech-to-speech model, alongside the general availability of its Realtime API. This release marks a significant step forward in the evolution of voice AI, particularly for…
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GPT-5 Chat & Reasoning vs Copilot Researcher Agent
Read more: GPT-5 Chat & Reasoning vs Copilot Researcher AgentWith all the new AI models in Microsoft Copilot along with the first party agents that serve spefici functions, it can be confusing to know which tool to use for…
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Teams Facilitator Agent: A Virtual Chair for Teams Meetings
Read more: Teams Facilitator Agent: A Virtual Chair for Teams MeetingsTeams has a powerful new capability called the Facilitator Agent – a Copilot-driven meeting assistant designed to make collaboration smoother, smarter, and more productive. Think of it as a virtual…
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Governing Agents in a Low‑Code World: From Assistants to Autonomous Colleagues
Read more: Governing Agents in a Low‑Code World: From Assistants to Autonomous ColleaguesWe are in the middle of rapid shift – AI agents are no longer just reactive helpers waiting for a us to give them a prompt. Instead, they are becoming…
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Windows 95 Turns 30 today
Read more: Windows 95 Turns 30 todayOn 24 August 1995, Microsoft launched Windows 95 with a level of hype that rivaled Hollywood blockbusters. Thirty years later, its legacy still echoes through every Start menu click and…
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Unlock Insights with Excel’s COPILOT() Function
Read more: Unlock Insights with Excel’s COPILOT() FunctionMicrosoft has introduced the =COPILOT() function in Excel, embedding AI directly into spreadsheet cells. This formula turns natural-language prompts into structured outputs—no VBA, no complex formulas—so anyone can perform advanced…
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Why buy a Microsoft Surface? Q&A – Summer 2025
Read more: Why buy a Microsoft Surface? Q&A – Summer 20251: What is a “Copilot+ PC” and how does it differ from a regular PC? A Copilot+ PC is Microsoft’s new category of Windows 11 computers designed from the ground…
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Microsoft 365 Copilot now powered by GPT-5
Read more: Microsoft 365 Copilot now powered by GPT-5Yes… Microsoft are updating Microsoft 365 Copilot with support for GPT-5 across the Microsoft Al stack. This is live now and rolling out across Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio…
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Microsoft is now a $4 trillion company
Read more: Microsoft is now a $4 trillion companyLast week, Microsoft crossed $4 trillion market valuation, becoming the second company after Nvidia to hit the milestone. This was off the back of their FY25 earning report in which…
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What is Copilot Mode in Edge?
Read more: What is Copilot Mode in Edge?After being in preview for a while, Copilot Mode has now officially arrived in Microsoft Edge (just as Google have announced their AI mode). This shows the shift away from…
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What is Copilot Smart Mode?
Read more: What is Copilot Smart Mode?It snuck in quietly, like all meaningful innovations do. I didn’t see a press release, or announcement – and just saw it “pop” up for me today with one small…
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Palo Alto to buy CyberArk for $25B: Reinforcing the AI-Era of Identity Security
Read more: Palo Alto to buy CyberArk for $25B: Reinforcing the AI-Era of Identity SecurityPalo Alto Networks has agreed to acquire Israeli identity-security specialist CyberArk for $25B which marks the largest acquisition yet by Palo Alto with this deal taking their total acquisition spree…
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Copilot Memory is Rolling Out
Read more: Copilot Memory is Rolling OutWhat Is Copilot Memory? Copilot Memory is a new capability within Microsoft 365 Copilot (similar to what ChatGPT has) that allows Copilot to remember key facts about your preferences, working…
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Recap in Teams gets “eyes” to capture screen sharing content
Read more: Recap in Teams gets “eyes” to capture screen sharing contentComing soon, Copilot in Teams will improve on its intelligent meeting recap feature by incorporating content shared on screen into the AI-generated summary. This will ensure that slides, dashboards, and…
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Why Microsoft Is Phasing Out Passwords for good.
Read more: Why Microsoft Is Phasing Out Passwords for good.TL;DR Microsoft is removing password support from its Authenticator app this summer. As of June, you haven’t been able to add new passwords; in July autofill stops working; and by…
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What actually is Agentic AI?
Read more: What actually is Agentic AI?So, I was delivering an AI awareness session earlier this week to 120 eight- to ten-year-olds at my sons’ school. In the Q&A bit, one of the children asked me…
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Inside Copilot’s Researcher and Analyst Agents
Read more: Inside Copilot’s Researcher and Analyst AgentsTL:DR Microsoft 365 Copilot now includes two advanced AI agents – Researcher and Analyst that became generally available in this month ( June 2025). These agents use powerful reasoning models…
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Cisco Shine: Report on The State of Smart Collaboration Devices in 2025
Read more: Cisco Shine: Report on The State of Smart Collaboration Devices in 2025Yesterday I read the “Omdia Universe: Smart Collaboration Devices 2025 report“. This was promoted by Cisco who, as you may know are currently the fastest growing Microsoft Teams Room MTR…
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Cisco Live 2025: AI Takes Center Stage and Networking Gets a Boost
Read more: Cisco Live 2025: AI Takes Center Stage and Networking Gets a BoostCisco Live 2025 is happening this week in San Diego (after five years in Vegas) with around 22,000 attendees. As you’d image from any tech event at the moment, the…
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Copilot & Teams will finally understand your business jargon!
Read more: Copilot & Teams will finally understand your business jargon!One of the most frustrating thing about Teams intelligent Recap and Copilot in meetings is in its ability to not understand company acroymns and internal “language” or terms. Scheduled to…
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Microsoft confirm Cisco are fastest growing Teams Room partner.
Read more: Microsoft confirm Cisco are fastest growing Teams Room partner.Cisco has been named as the fastest-growing partner for Microsoft Teams Rooms. This was announced by Ilya Bukshteyn, VP for Teams calling, devices, and premium experiences at Microsoft at an…
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Microsoft releases new Calendar app for commercial customers
Read more: Microsoft releases new Calendar app for commercial customersAfter years of silence around bringing more functionality to the Windows 11, Microsoft have quietly announced a new Calendar app for Windows 11. This doesn’t replace the Calendar Fly out…