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Microsoft 365 and Copilot Bring Hybrid Classrooms to 10,000 Students in Kenya’s Refugee Camps
Microsoft on June 19, 2026, shone a spotlight on a transformative education initiative inside two of the world’s largest refugee settlements. Windle International Kenya & Somalia, a nonprofit...
Office 2021’s Last Patch Arrives October 2026: Is It Time to Jump Ship?
Microsoft has officially confirmed that Office 2021—the final perpetual-license productivity suite it released—will reach end of support on October 13, 2026. After that date, classic desktop...
Barracuda Unveils AI-Powered Email Protection with Post-Delivery Cleanup for Microsoft 365
Barracuda Networks has taken a decisive step into the post-delivery email security arena with the June 2026 launch of Barracuda Integrated Email Protection, a cloud-native service engineered to hunt...
Inforcer Joins Pax8 Marketplace to Help MSPs Stop Microsoft 365 Drift and Accelerate Copilot Readiness
Pax8 will add inforcer to its cloud marketplace this summer, the company said on June 9, 2026, opening a new procurement and management channel for managed service providers who need to harden...
New BrightWork 365 Upgrade Aims to Ease PMO Migration Ahead of Project Online’s 2026 Sunset
Microsoft’s decision to retire Project Online on September 30, 2026, is forcing thousands of project management offices to rethink their tool stacks right now—and BrightWork’s June 17 release...
Microsoft Rolls Out Persistent AI Rules for Copilot in Excel, Bringing Workbook-Level Personalization
Microsoft has begun rolling out a major update to Copilot in Excel that introduces workbook-level personalization and persistent natural-language rules. The feature, first announced in early June...
SURF Launches Nextcloud Pilot to Break Free from Microsoft 365 in 2026
SURF, the Dutch cooperative for education and research, is taking a bold step toward open-source independence by launching a pilot of its Nextcloud-based SURF Works platform in July 2026. The limited...
Microsoft Teams Presence Goes Dark for Hundreds on Wednesday Morning
Microsoft Teams users across the globe found themselves in a state of digital limbo on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, as presence statuses failed to update correctly, leaving contacts stuck on offline or...
Microsoft Shifts Copilot Cowork to Usage-Based Pricing, Charging per Compute-Consuming Task
Microsoft has officially abandoned the per-seat licensing model for its enterprise AI agent, Copilot Cowork, announcing on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, that organizations will now pay only for the compute...
Microsoft Locks Down Copilot in Office Apps, Adds Teams Recapture Governance in June 2026 365 Update
Microsoft has begun rolling out its June 2026 update for Microsoft 365, bringing two headlining changes that will immediately impact how organizations manage AI assistants and meeting data. The...
Air Force Locks in $1.44 Billion Microsoft 365 Deal with Dell Federal Through 2029
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $1.44 billion call order to Dell Federal Systems for Microsoft 365 licenses and subscription services, a deal that will underpin the service’s cloud-based...
Microsoft's Copilot Cowork Goes Metered: Usage-Based Pricing Arrives in 2026, DeepSeek V4 on the Table
Microsoft will shift its enterprise-grade AI assistant, Copilot Cowork, to a usage-based billing model when the agent becomes broadly available for Microsoft 365 in 2026. The move, confirmed by...