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Microsoft Quietly Patches Copilot Audit-Log Bypass, Keeps Customers in the Dark
Security researchers have uncovered a critical blind spot in Microsoft’s Purview audit logging for Copilot: certain prompts can retrieve sensitive file contents without leaving any trace in audit...
Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Missing Audit Logs: The Hidden Risk Behind Zero-Click Data Leaks
When Microsoft patched CVE-2025-32711 in June 2025, it closed a critical zero-click vulnerability that allowed attackers to silently siphon sensitive data through Microsoft 365 Copilot. Dubbed...
Microsoft Scraps Volume Discounts for Online Services, Costs Set to Surge for Enterprise Buyers
Microsoft will eliminate the longstanding waterfall discounts on its online services sold through volume licensing, a move that partners call the biggest change to Enterprise Agreements in more than...
Microsoft's COPILOT Function Lets You Write AI Prompts Inside Excel Cells
Microsoft has embedded generative AI into the very fabric of Excel with a new COPILOT function, a move that transforms spreadsheet cells into natural-language prompt boxes. Starting this week,...
Microsoft Launches Native COPILOT Function for Excel, Embedding Generative AI in the Grid
Microsoft has quietly slipped one of its most consequential AI experiments into the very cells of its billion-user spreadsheet program. The new =COPILOT() function, now rolling out to Microsoft 365...
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...
Microsoft's New COPILOT Function Brings AI to Excel's Calculation Engine, Sparking Governance and Licensing Fears
Microsoft has quietly slipped generative AI into Excel’s formula bar. The new COPILOT function, now rolling out to Microsoft 365 Insiders, accepts natural-language prompts and cell ranges, then...
TrustedTech's Bold Microsoft-First Rebrand: Can It Back Up the AI and Cloud Hype?
On August 18, 2025, TrustedTech dropped its old identity as Trusted Tech Team and unveiled a sweeping rebrand that recasts the former reseller as a full-service Microsoft-first cloud and AI systems...
Microsoft Launches COPILOT Function: AI-Powered Prompts Now in Excel Cells
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Microsoft Tests COPILOT Formula in Excel: Native AI That Recalculates Automatically
Microsoft has started testing a highly anticipated feature in Excel: a native AI function called COPILOT that embeds generative AI directly into the spreadsheet's calculation engine. Announced for...
Windows 10’s 2025 Deadline Arrives With Surprise Lifelines for Edge, Office—and a $30 Escape Hatch
Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025. That hard deadline, confirmed by Microsoft, means no more free security patches, quality updates, or technical support for the operating...
TrustedTech Abandons Licensing Roots to Chase Microsoft Copilot and Cloud Gold Rush
TrustedTech, the IT services firm formerly known as Trusted Tech Team, has officially shed its transactional licensing past and reinvented itself as a full-stack Microsoft cloud and AI integrator....