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Copilot Orbit: A Managed Service for SMB AI Automation on Microsoft 365
The landscape of enterprise AI is undergoing a fundamental shift, moving from isolated pilot projects to continuous, operational services integrated into daily workflows. For small and mid-sized...
UK Fire Service Cuts Admin from Weeks to Hours with Microsoft Copilot, But Risks Loom
Tasks that once consumed weeks of administrative effort now take just hours or minutes at West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service (WYFRS), following a deliberate rollout of Microsoft Copilot across...
Microsoft 365 September Shake-Up: Copilot Preview-Only on iPhone, Lens Retired, and Emoji Workflows Arrive
The most immediate change hitting Microsoft 365 tenants this month is the transformation of the Copilot mobile app into a preview-and-chat surface on iPhone. Starting September 15, 2025, the...
Inside Windows 11: How Newsrooms Publish Sports Galleries and Obituaries in Record Time
A single image of a Falcons–Cowboys football game and a quiet obituary for Odessa Dillard Foddrell, 84, of Conover, North Carolina, reveal the twin engines of local journalism: speed and...
Power Platform Monitor Alerts: Set Health Thresholds and Catch App Issues Early in Public Preview
Power Platform Monitor Alerts, now in public preview, puts a long-awaited early-warning system into the hands of tenant and environment administrators. Instead of manually refreshing dashboards or...
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...
Microsoft Lens Retires Dec 15: Copilot Scanner Misses OneNote, Immersive Reader
Microsoft Lens will stop accepting new scans on December 15, 2025, and the mobile scanning app that tens of millions of users have relied on for nearly a decade will vanish from app stores a month...
Microsoft Brings AI-Powered Editing and Summarization Right Into Windows 11 File Explorer
Microsoft just flipped the switch on a long-awaited File Explorer upgrade, embedding AI-driven “actions” directly into the right-click menu. Windows Insiders in the Dev and Beta channels can now...
Microsoft Gives Grok 4 a Gated Private Preview After Red-Team Finds 'Very Ugly' Safety Flaws
Microsoft is not launching xAI’s Grok 4 to all Azure AI Foundry customers. Instead, the frontier model will be accessible only through a heavily gated, invite-only private preview, a direct...
Transforming Business Data with Microsoft Dataverse Prompt Columns: Embedded Generative AI for Smarter Workflows
A sweeping transformation is underway within Microsoft Dataverse, ushered in by the introduction of Prompt Columns—an innovation that seamlessly integrates generative AI directly with...
Transforming Nigeria’s Digital Future with Microsoft 365: AI, Collaboration, and Security
Nigeria’s technology landscape is powering through a period of intense transformation, with Microsoft 365 emerging as a catalyst for digital growth, productivity, and enterprise innovation. From...
Power Platform Community Conference 2025 Doubles Down on AI Agents with Live Hackathon
The Power Platform Community Conference returns to Las Vegas this October with a clear message: AI agents are no longer experimental—they are the new building blocks for business applications. For...