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OneDrive Pulls Support for Older Windows 10 Versions on August 15, 2026 — What You Need to Know
Microsoft has set a hard deadline for OneDrive sync on Windows 10: starting August 15, 2026, PCs running versions older than 22H2 will no longer be supported. The sync client won’t instantly stop...
Copilot’s Legal Productivity Claims Are Light on Data—Here’s What IT Admins Need to Know
A July 15 opinion piece by Matthew Stringer, founder and CEO of Microsoft 365 services provider Stridon, is making the rounds in legal tech circles with a bold claim: UK law firms using Microsoft 365...
Microsoft 365 Archive Now Lets You Freeze Individual SharePoint Files to Cut Costs—With Some Strings Attached
Microsoft has quietly rolled out file-level archiving in SharePoint to all worldwide standard multi-tenant tenants. Marked as launched on July 15, 2026, the feature under Roadmap ID 477371 lets...
SharePoint Lists Enter Copilot Agent Builder: One List, 20,000 Items Max
Microsoft has added a long-awaited capability to its Copilot Agent Builder: makers can now ground AI agents in SharePoint list data. The feature, listed as launched on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap under...
How Attackers Are Using Microsoft’s Own Login Page to Hijack Your 365 Account
A new phishing toolkit can break into Microsoft 365 accounts without stealing a single password, and it does so by exploiting a legitimate Microsoft sign-in workflow. The attack, detailed in research...
Why Atom’s Second Microsoft Solutions Partner Badge Matters Beyond the Headlines
Atom, a Newcastle-based managed service provider, quietly added a second Microsoft Solutions Partner designation on July 14, 2026. The company hasn’t named which specific solution areas the badges...
June 2026 Copilot Update: Free Notebooks Arrive, but Cowork Billing Now Demands a Hard Cap
Microsoft has quietly redrawn the price tags around its most advanced AI tools. The company’s June 2026 update to Microsoft 365 Copilot makes the Notebooks workspace—previously locked behind a...
Microsoft Cancels Copilot Feature That Would Have Scheduled Tasks with Plain English
A feature that many Microsoft 365 Copilot users had circled on their calendars has been erased from the roadmap entirely. On July 14, 2026, Microsoft updated its official roadmap to mark item 531913...
Microsoft Purview to Automatically Propose Copilot Data Retention Rules Starting September 2026
Microsoft 365 administrators will soon get a smarter way to govern AI interactions. Scheduled for preview in August 2026 and general availability in September, a new Purview capability will analyze...
Agent 365 Dashboard Brings Unified AI Agent Reporting to Copilot Analytics in July 2026 Preview
Microsoft is building a dedicated Agent 365 Dashboard inside Copilot Analytics, giving organizations a single pane of glass to monitor all AI agents registered through Agent 365. The feature, tagged...
Microsoft 365 Price Hike Hits July 1: The License Audit That Could Save You Thousands
On July 1, 2026, Microsoft raised list prices for commercial Microsoft 365 suites, adding $3 to the monthly per-user cost of E3 and bumping E5 by the same amount. The hike applies to new...
Edgefield Opens Its Microsoft Copilot AI Accounting Training to the Public, Starting at $295
Edgefield Group, an AI-focused accounting consultancy, has thrown open the doors to its previously private Microsoft Copilot training programs. The first public enrollment cohorts begin in August,...