February 17, 2026

Episode 361 - Phil Meyer

1 hour

In this episode I speak with Phil Meyer about the current state and future of the technical community in SMB around the Microsoft products and services. Things are changing, demographics, technology as well as customers are impacting the concept of 'community'. Phil and I dive deep and share our opinions. Plenty of news and update from the Microsoft Cloud as well to dig into for you.

Resources

Explore the tools, communities, and content mentioned in this episode:

CIAOPS Need to Know Podcast: https://ciaops.podbean.com/

CIAOPS Blog: https://blog.ciaops.com/

CIAOPS Labs: https://blog.ciaopslabs.com/

CIAOPS Brief: https://blog.ciaops.com/tag/cia-brief/

Join the Teams Shared Channel: https://blog.ciaops.com/2022/07/29/join-my-teams-shared-channel/

CIAOPS Merch Store: https://my-store-c5d877-2.creator-spring.com/

CIAOPS Publications: https://directorcia.gumroad.com

Become a Patron: https://www.ciaopspatron.com/

Direct Support: https://ko-fi.com/ciaops

Get Your M365 Questions Answered: https://blog.ciaops.com/2025/06/11/get-your-m365-questions-answered-via-email-2/

Test Your Microsoft 365 Speed: https://blog.ciaops.com/2025/07/21/test-your-microsoft-365-speed-in-seconds-for-free/

CIAOPS Email list - https://bit.ly/cia-email

Achieving SMB1001 publication - https://directorcia.gumroad.com/l/smb10012006

Show Notes

Email [email protected] to receive the invitation to Phil’s online meetings

Security, AI & Cloud Updates

Introducing Security Dashboard for AI (Public Preview)

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/introducing-security-dashboard-for-ai-now-in-public-preview/4494637

Your Data, Your Choices: Microsoft’s Privacy Commitments

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/your-data-your-choices-understanding-microsoft%E2%80%99s-privacy-commitments/4489814

Manipulating AI Memory for Profit: AI Recommendation Poisoning

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/02/10/ai-recommendation-poisoning/

What’s New in Microsoft Sentinel – February 2026

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-sentinel-february-2026/4494218

Closing Attack Paths with Identity Intelligence

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/from-signal-to-strategy-closing-attack-paths-with-identity-intelligence/4491856 ]

Exchange Online EWS – End of Life Reminder

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/exchange-online-ews-your-time-is-almost-up/4492361

What’s New in Microsoft Intune — January 2026

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/whats-new-in-microsoft-intune-%E2%80%93-january-2026/4476487

Real‑time Defense: Securing AI Agents

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/01/23/runtime-risk-realtime-defense-securing-ai-agents/

Detecting Backdoored Language Models at Scale

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/02/04/detecting-backdoored-language-models-at-scale/

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