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Copilot Audit Bypass: Microsoft's Silent Patch Leaves Log Integrity in Question
A routine prompt tweak—adding “do not include a link”—is all it takes to make Microsoft Copilot quietly access and summarize sensitive files without generating the audit record that...
Kansas City Lawyers Are Deploying AI With Caution: Pilots, Policies, and Ethics Training to Avoid Sanctions
Kansas City law firms that wait to adopt artificial intelligence risk being left behind—but rushing in without proper governance could be even more costly, as recent sanctions against lawyers who...
Microsoft 365 Companion Apps for Windows 11: Productivity Promise Meets IT Governance Reality
Microsoft's late October 2025 deadline for automatic installation of three new Microsoft 365 companion apps into the Windows 11 taskbar has sent a clear signal: the company is betting that shaving...
Smarsh Plugs Copilot Compliance Gap with Microsoft API Integration
Regulated firms rushing to adopt Microsoft 365 Copilot face a stark reality: every AI-generated summary, draft, or recommendation could become a regulated record that examiners will want to see....
Microsoft Embeds Microsoft 365 Companions into Windows 11 Taskbar, Balancing Convenience and Control
Microsoft is now pushing three lightweight Microsoft 365 companion apps—People, File Search, and Calendar—directly onto the Windows 11 taskbar for eligible business customers, where they...
iManage Embraces Open AI Protocol MCP, Rolls Out Explainable Search and Copilot for Legal Pros
iManage, the knowledge management platform for legal and professional services, announced on August 11, 2025, that it is adopting the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open interoperability standard...
Smarsh’s 17-Year Inc 5000 Streak Highlights AI-Powered Copilot Compliance for Regulated Windows Shops
Smarsh, the Portland-based digital communications compliance specialist, has secured its 17th consecutive year on the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies—a rare...
Microsoft Begins Silent Rollout of 365 Companion Apps to Windows 11 Taskbars
Starting in late October 2025, Microsoft began automatically installing three new companion apps onto the Windows 11 taskbar for devices that already have Microsoft 365 Apps. Dubbed Calendar, File...
Microsoft Kills Lens Scanner in December, Stranding OneNote and Accessibility Workflows
Microsoft will disable new scans in its popular Lens mobile app on December 15, 2025, a move that severs direct exports to OneNote, Word, and PowerPoint and removes integrated Immersive Reader...
CellTrust SL2 Hits Microsoft AppSource, Closing Mobile Compliance Gap for Regulated Teams Users
CellTrust SL2 for Microsoft Teams is now listed in Microsoft AppSource and available directly through the Teams Store, marking a significant step for enterprises that need to capture and govern...
CellTrust's SL2 Lands in Microsoft Teams Store, Delivering Compliant Mobile Message Capture to Purview
Regulated enterprises can now deploy mobile messaging capture directly inside Microsoft Teams, as CellTrust’s SL2 platform lands in both Microsoft AppSource and the Teams Store. The move...
GPT-5 Lands in Microsoft Copilot with Self-Routing AI and Cross-App Automation
On August 7, 2025, Microsoft silently activated GPT-5 across its entire Copilot ecosystem—from the consumer-facing Copilot app and Microsoft 365 to GitHub Copilot and Azure AI Foundry. The rollout...