Effective March 7, 2024, Microsoft announced the expansion of its data residency capabilities. By adding content of interactions with Microsoft 365 Copilot to its portfolio of data residency commitments and offerings, Microsoft is ensuring that the content of users’ interactions with Microsoft 365 Copilot will be stored
On February 26, 2024, Microsoft and Mistral AI, a recognized leader in generative artificial intelligence announced their multi-year partnership. Both companies are fueled by a steadfast dedication to innovation and practical applications, bridging the gap between pioneering research and real-world solutions. This
Microsoft Azure Chaos Studio helps you measure, understand, and improve your cloud application resilience. Cloud applications are constantly exposed to various disruptions and failures, such as network latency, storage outages, or even datacenter outages. These incidents can affect the performance, availability, and reliability of
Effective February 13, 2024, Microsoft introduced new data and AI solutions in Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability, aimed at helping organizations progress in their sustainability journey. These solutions are designed to provide faster environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data analytics and insights, an AI assistant
Effective January 4, 2024, Microsoft Azure Spring Apps Enterprise plan is eligible for Azure Savings Plan discounts. Customers committing to a 1-year Azure Savings Plan can expect savings of 20%, and 47% for a 3-year Plan, compared to Pay-As-You-Go costs. What is Azure
Starting from December 1, 2023, you can benefit from the new failover rights for Azure SQL Database, which allow you to reduce your licensing costs for disaster recovery scenarios. If you have a secondary database replica that is only used for disaster recovery purposes,
Effective October 1, 2023, Microsoft added a clause to the Product Terms: If a customer has enabled Extended Security Updates (ESU) through Azure Arc they may use the updates on licensed Disaster Recovery servers and in Dev/Test environments. Product Terms clause The Product
In 2024, a list of Microsoft products will retire according to a schedule. Upon retirement, there will be no new security updates, non-security updates, free or paid assisted support options or online technical content updates. The retiring products, governed by the Modern Policy,
In 2024, a list of Microsoft product releases will reach their End of Servicing, meaning their end of support, according to a schedule. There will be no new security updates, non-security updates, free or paid assisted support options or online technical content updates.
Microsoft has announced changes to the management of licenses for Dynamics 365 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications. Starting April 30, 2025, enhanced license reporting will be available in the Power Platform Admin Center, showing license usage across all security roles (find more below). Users who do not meet license requirements
Coming end of May 2025, Microsoft introduces a greatly improved and expanded Microsoft 365 Copilot experience, called Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2. Furthermore, the new Copilot Control System lets you manage, govern, and measure Copilot and agents across your organization. Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2: A New Copilot Experience
Effective April 8, 2025, Copilot in Azure is available. Accessible through the Azure Management Portal, Copilot is designed to assist you in answering questions, completing tasks, and exploring Azure services. What is Microsoft Copilot in Azure? Microsoft Copilot in Azure is an AI-powered assistant integrated into the Azure Management