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How the House Reversed Its Copilot Ban: A Blueprint for Secure AI in Government
The U.S. House of Representatives has lifted its year-old prohibition on Microsoft Copilot and will begin deploying the generative AI tool to members and staff under strict data-protection terms,...
Half the Cost, Double the Risk? Inside the UK Cabinet Office’s Troubled Microsoft 365 Migration
The UK Cabinet Office has handed its faltering migration from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 to a shared government service, slashing the project’s projected whole-life cost from £51 million to...
81% of Aussie SMBs Paste Confidential Data Into Free AI Tools, HP Study Warns
A survey commissioned by HP and Microsoft has found that 81% of Australian small and medium businesses using free generative AI tools regularly submit confidential company information through them,...
Why Microsoft, Nvidia and Google Control the Agentic AI Stack—and What That Means for Your Deployment
A new market analysis from ResearchAndMarkets places Microsoft, Nvidia, and Google at the top of the rapidly consolidating agentic AI market, giving the three tech giants an estimated combined share...
Microsoft Sets April 2026 Deadline for Forced Outlook Migration — Here’s How to Opt Out
Microsoft has drawn a line in the sand: beginning April 2026, it will automatically switch Microsoft 365 Enterprise users to the new web-based Outlook for Windows unless IT administrators proactively...
Microsoft 365 Copilot Auto-Installs on Windows 11 Starting October: How to Opt Out or Remove It
Microsoft will automatically install its Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows 11 devices that already run the desktop Office apps, beginning in October 2025. The background installation adds a new...
Microsoft’s AI-Fueled Double-Digit Growth Goal: What It Means for Your PC, Software, and Cloud Bills
In late January 2025, Microsoft told investors it expects the current fiscal year to deliver another round of double-digit revenue and operating-income growth—a more confident stance than the...
How to Learn Microsoft Copilot Faster: 5 Video Resources and a 30-Day Plan That Works
Microsoft’s Copilot assistant is no longer a press-release demo. As of early 2025, it’s sitting right inside your Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams apps, ready to draft emails, summarize meetings,...
Visier’s Vee Wins Top HR Product Award—and It’s Now Inside Word, Excel, and Teams
Human Resource Executive named Visier’s Vee the Top HR Product of the Year on June 12, less than two months after the company stitched its generative AI assistant into the fabric of Microsoft 365....
Office 2016/2019 Support Ends October 14 with No ESU — Here’s What IT Teams Must Do Now
On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will pull the plug on all support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 — and unlike some other aging products, these productivity suites will receive no Extended Security...
Microsoft’s Copilot App Will Auto-Install on Windows PCs Starting October — No Easy Way to Opt Out
Microsoft confirmed this week that Windows machines running desktop versions of Word, Excel, or other Microsoft 365 apps will soon see a new addition to their Start menu — automatically. Beginning...
Microsoft to Automatically Install Copilot App on All Windows 365 PCs in October, EEA Excluded
Microsoft will begin automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices running the M365 desktop apps starting early October 2025, a move that thrusts the company’s AI...