In this episode I have a chat about the E5 security add on for Microsoft 365 Business premium and what additions it provides for security. Microsoft Build is also this week so we expect plenty of news and update there. Stay tuned for that but for now listen along get up to date with the Microsoft Cloud.

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Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Office 365 E1 grant discontinuation

Simple, Smart, and Secure: The next step in sharing files in Microsoft 365

Introducing all-new Surface Copilot+ PCs: The Surface Pro, 12-inch and Surface Laptop, 13-inch

Copilot on Windows: “Hey, Copilot!” begins rolling out to Windows Insiders 

Start, Fresh — Redesigning the Windows Start menu for you 

SharePoint in the Era of AI: Spring 2025 Updates

Empowering multi-agent apps with the open Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol 

Managing and migrating Macs with Microsoft Intune

Getting Started with the New Purview eDiscovery (E3)

Transitioning to Microsoft Planner and retiring Microsoft Project for the web

OneDrive: Personalized Intelligence. Seamless Collaboration. Always On

Microsoft 365 E5 versus Business Premium with E5 Security Add-on: A Comparative Analysis for Small Businesses

Join me for the latest news an updates from the Microsoft Cloud just on eve of Microsoft Build. Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 is upon u and I provide some thoughts and information on what to expect as well as some thoughts around why data is the important thing to consider with AI rather than which model might currently be better. Listen along and let me know your thoughts.

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Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 Spring updates

Microsoft 365 Copilot: Built for the era of human–agent collaboration

2025 release wave 1 brings hundreds of updates to Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform

What’s new in Copilot Studio: April 2025

Researcher agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot

Analyst agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot

What's new in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app - April 2025

Announcing Public Preview of DLP for M365 Copilot in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Explore practical best practices to secure your data with Microsoft Purview​​ 

Project Manager in Planner Demo

What's new in Microsoft Intune: April 2025

Introducing ActorInfoString: A New Era of Audit Log Accuracy in Exchange Online

Advanced deployment guide for Conditional Access Policy templates

Join me to hear about the latest news and update from the Microsoft cloud as well as a deep dive into SharePoint agents. Plenty of AI news is again coming your way in this episode as Copilot spreads its wings and continues to grow across the stack. List in for more details.

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Widespread Microsoft Entra lockouts tied to new security feature rollout

FYAI: How agents will transform business and daily work

Announcing new computer use in Microsoft Copilot Studio for UI automation 

Introducing agent flows: Transforming automation with AI-first workflows

Five things for IT administrators to know about SharePoint agent management

How to deploy Microsoft Purview DSPM for AI to secure your AI apps

Transforming security​ with Microsoft Security Exposure Management initiatives

Microsoft Purview: New data security controls for the browser & network

Step-by-Step Guide : How to enable QR code authentication for Microsoft Entra ID (Preview)

ActiveX disabled by default in Microsoft 365

Achieve greater security with Intune and Microsoft 365

Troubleshooting Windows Feature updates in Microsoft Intune

Azure Files: More performance, more control, more value for your file data

Feature deep dive: Using PDFs in OneDrive and our journey thus far

Celebrate the 50 year anniversary of Microsoft. Like them or not you have to admire what they have been able to achieve and opportunities they have provided my business with their products and services. Unsurprisingly, AI was also part of that celebration with a raft of updates worth noting. Purview is big! If you haven't yet dived in then maybe it's time you did. Lots of things to learn in this episode.

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MS turn 50

50 Years of Microsoft | Our future is you

Satya Nadella recreates Microsoft's first product

Microsoft 50th anniversary + Copilot event

Cheers to 50 years

The origin story of Microsoft

Source code - Bill Gates

AI

Your AI Companion

Introducing Copilot Search in Bing

Create pages with Copilot in SharePoint 

Security

Strengthen data security posture in the era of AI with Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Purview – Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) for AI 

Multi-workspace for Multi-tenant is now in Public Preview in Microsoft's Unified SecOps Platform

Threat actors leverage tax season to deploy tax-themed phishing campaigns

Why Windows Autopatch is the smart update solution

New innovations in Microsoft Purview for protected, AI-ready data

New innovations in Microsoft Entra to strengthen AI security and identity protection

Building layered protection: New Microsoft Purview data security controls for the browser & network

Windows 365

Maximize productivity and ROI with Windows 365: New innovations now generally available

Vibe coding

Introducing GitHub Copilot agent mode (preview)

Join me for this episode with all the latest news and update from Microsoft as well as my take on the importance of logging as a security basic that many overlook. Plenty of security news in this episode especially around the latest exploits of MSHTA.EXE that you should be prepared for. Listen for all the information.

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Comparing Copilot Chat included with Microsoft 365 to a paid Copilot license

Adobe and Microsoft Empower Marketers with AI Agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot

Introducing Copilot in the Microsoft 365 admin centers

Jailbreaking is (mostly) simpler than you think 

Level up your defense: protect against attacks using stale user accounts 

Defender XDR - Monthly news - March 2025

AI innovation requires AI security: Hear what’s new at Microsoft Secure

Microsoft Technical Takeoff: Windows + Intune

Continuing with Microsoft Entra: Advanced Identity Management

Phishing campaign impersonates Booking .com, delivers a suite of credential-stealing malware 

Take Flight with Microsoft Security Copilot Flight School 

Securing Your Nonprofit Environment (Part 1) - Enabling Security Defaults

Securing Your Nonprofit Environment (Part 2): Best Practices to Secure Your Admin Accounts

How to infect your PC in three easy steps

In this episode I provide the benefits that become available once you add and Azure subscription to your Microsoft environment. From pay as you go options with Copilot and SharePoint all the way through adding more security to your environment, Azure contain a range of features that you should consider. I'll also bring you up to date with all the latest news from the Microsoft Cloud, so listen along and enjoy.

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Microsoft 365 E5 Security is now available as an add-on to Microsoft 365 Business Premium

Microsoft Technical Takeoff: Windows + Intune

Azure Lighthouse support for MSSP use of Security Copilot Sentinel scenarios in Public Preview

Get the most out of OneNote with these little-known features

Edit your name in Teams meetings

Rethinking remote assistance security in a Zero Trust world 

Introducing Exchange Online Tenant Outbound Email Limits 

I take a look at something many overlook when it comes to security in their Microsoft 365 environment - Exposure score. In essence it is like a targeted Secure Score for a particular threat like Business Email Compromise. There is also news and updates from the Microsoft Cloud so listen along and review the show notes for more information.

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The way to control EWS usage in Exchange Online is changing

New Microsoft-managed policies to raise your identity security posture

Storm-2372 conducts device code phishing campaign

Block malicious command lines with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Clipchamp: Elevating work communication with seamless video creation in Copilot 

Sharing with Microsoft Whiteboard

AI agents at work: The new frontier in business automation

Copilot learning hub

New Certification for Microsoft information security administrators

What is Security Exposure Managenet?

In this episode I try and explain Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and where it fits into the Microsoft 365 environment, which is challenging without visual but hopefully it gives you a better idea. In essence Microsoft 365 Copilot chat is free to all Microsoft 365 users and provides the same AI across just the web but with commercial data protection. You can extend those capabilities by adding metered billing if desired before stepping up to the full paid version of Microsoft 365 Copilot.

I also have Microsoft Cloud news and updates for you as well as part of this episode so tune in.

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Access Copilot anywhere on the canvas in Word for the web

Microsoft Lists forms: What's New

Diagnose Safe/Blocked Senders Issues in Microsoft 365

Do more with Copilot and agents

Microsoft Copilot help & learning 

Securing Identities: 10 recommendations for building a stronger identity security posture

Accelerating the Anomalous Sign-Ins detection with Microsoft Entra ID and Security Copilot 

Get visibility into your DeepSeek use with Defender for Cloud Apps

Microsoft Loop, a year in review: greater integration and richer collaboration

Introducing new Surface Copilot+ PCs for Business

Copilot for all: Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

A change of format for this episode. I recorded an interview with Andrew Bremner and Tim Stephinson around insurance for MSPs which I think provides a lot of value. Been a while since I have done an interview episode, so let me know what you think and whether you want to see more interviews like this? In the meantime, the news in the Microsoft Cloud never stops and I'll bring you up to date with the latest as well.

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Announcing mandatory multifactor authentication for the Microsoft 365 admin center 

New Identity Secure Score recommendations in General Availability 

Enhancing Security with Entra PIM and Conditional Access Policy using Authentication Context

Windows 11 Security Book

Microsoft Teams, a year in review: AI-powered customization and upgraded presentations 

Enabling agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

SherpaTech

Insurance Health Check

MSP/ IT Professional Insurance Quote and Policy portal 

Insurance Checklists

Welcome to 2025. Thanks so much for listening. A couple of 'summary' or 'annual' blog posts that are worth taking a look at. I also do some annual posts on my blog around what I used over the previous year if you wanted to know. I also share how I capture and work with information on a daily and the tools I use to achieve this. Let me know what works for you.

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The transition to the new Outlook will begin on January 1, 2025

Action Pack goes away 

Microsoft OneNote, a year in review: AI innovation and enhanced creativity

Build custom email security reports and dashboards with workbooks in Microsoft Sentinel 

6 AI trends you’ll see more of in 2025

CES 2025: The year of the Windows 11 PC refresh

SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop December 2024 

Microsoft Entra: Top 50 features of 2024

Get ready for the new year with Microsoft 365

Pocket

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