On January 9, 2025, Meta announced the shutdown of Workplace, prompting organizations to seek new communication platforms. Microsoft offers a seamless transition to its suite of tools, ensuring minimal disruption. What is Workplace by Meta? Workplace by Meta is a collaboration tool
Effective December 2024, Microsoft unified Clipchamp and Stream into a single, streamlined video solution within Microsoft 365. This change aims to enhance user experience by integrating the strengths of both platforms. What is Microsoft Clipchamp? Microsoft Clipchamp is a video editing software that
On November 19, 2024, Microsoft announced the general availability of Microsoft Places, an innovative AI-powered solution designed to enhance flexible work environments. This tool aims to streamline in-person coordination and optimize workspace utilization. What is Microsoft Places? Microsoft Places is an AI-driven platform
Effective February 3, 2025, Microsoft will require multifactor authentication (MFA) for all user accounts accessing the Microsoft 365 admin center. This change aims to enhance security and protect user accounts from unauthorized access. The rollout will occur in phases, and administrators will receive notifications
Effective October 14, 2025, support will end for all Office 2016 and 2019 suites, standalone apps, and servers. After that date, no further updates, security fixes, or technical support will be available for these versions. We recommend starting to upgrade any unsupported versions as
Effective October 14, 2025, Support for Microsoft Office 2016 and Office 2019 ends. After that date, no further updates, security fixes, or technical support will be available for these versions of Office. While the applications may continue to function, using unsupported software could lead
In October 2024, the EU Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2) goes into effect, setting new standards for cybersecurity. Microsoft offers several solutions to help organizations meet NIS2 requirements. What is NIS2? Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2) is the new European cybersecurity
Effective September 15, 2024, the Entra Admin Center and the Azure Management Portal will no longer serve for license assignments. From now, administrators will only be able to use the Microsoft 365 Admin Center to assign licenses. Reasons for the Change Microsoft wants
Effective September 16, 2024, the second wave of innovations within Microsoft 365 Copilot is available. These include: naming changes, introduction and new features of BizChat, and advanced AI capabilities within OneDrive, SharePoint, Excel, Teams, Outlook and Word. Naming Changes Rebranding to Microsoft 365
Effective April 16, 2025, Microsoft 365 Copilot customers can measure their real AI adoption using the AI Adoption Score Report in the Microsoft 365 admin center. This new feature provides a simple and effective overview of the Microsoft 365 Copilot usage in your organization. What is the AI Adoption
Coming in May 2025, Microsoft will introduce six new agentic solutions within the Microsoft Security Copilot suite in public preview. These agents are designed to autonomously handle high-volume security and IT tasks, and integrate seamlessly with existing Microsoft Security solutions. What is Microsoft Security Copilot? Microsoft Security Copilot is a
On April 16, 2025, Microsoft released new AI models on Azure AI Foundry with significantly improved capabilities for coding, instruction following, and long-context processing. This article looks at these new models in detail to help you with the decision on what models to use within your organization. Background Microsoft