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Microsoft has released built-in authentication support for its Azure Container Apps, a new fully managed serverless container service. The feature enables developers to secure external ingress-enabled container apps without writing code. The Redmond giant launched Azure Container Apps at its Ignite conference in November 2021. It is a serverless hosting solution that builds on Azure…

Microsoft is moving Cortana from AI to Office which likely signals a big shift in the way the company is going to position the digital assistant.

Microsoft has released some useful updates for the Office 365 Planner app, but external access is still not there, which is baffling. On the other hand, you now have an OWA-like schedule view, filters to suppress tasks that you don’t want to see, and better notifications to tell you when you must do some work. And an iCalendar feed is coming soon to allow you to clutter up your Outlook calendar with even more stuff.

Microsoft introduced a new automatic attack disruption feature in its Microsoft 365 Defender solution at Ignite 2022. The company announced yesterday that the feature can now protect enterprise customers against business email compromise (BEC) campaigns. Automatic attack disruption leverages extended detection and response (XDR) technology to contain ongoing ransomware campaigns or other sophisticated attacks across…

The month of Septemeber was filled with SharePoint news from Ignite 2018 and Shane helps you find the signal in all the noise.

MC689933 – Announced at Ignite 2023, Bing Chat Enterprise has been renamed to Microsoft Copilot. Copilot offers the same commercial data protection for Entra ID (work account) users as Bing Chat Enterprise did. Users will also be able to experience Copilot from a new location: copilot.microsoft.com. Entra ID users with Microsoft 365 E3, E5, Business Standard,…

Microsoft unveiled its plans to redesign Office.com and the Office app for Windows at Ignite 2021. Now, the company has announced that the new experiences in Office.com will be rolled out to all business and education consumers by the end of this week. This release brings several enhancements that should make it easier for users…

Microsoft is set to introduce a new service plan called “Microsoft Teams Premium” for commercial customers. The company announced the new Teams Premium add-on at its Ignite 2022 conference this morning, which will bring several new features to make the meeting experience more personalized and secure. The core meeting features in the Microsoft Teams Premium…

We’re doing a twice-monthly interview show on Petri.com that is dedicated to covering topics of interest to our tech-professional audience. We have branded this show “MJFChat.” In my role as Petri’s Community Magnate, I will be interviewing a variety of IT-savvy technology folks. Some of these will be Petri contributors; some will be tech-company employees;…

Microsoft’s premier ERP software is getting several new features including AI, modular apps and deeper integration with PowerApps and Microsoft Flow.