Need to Know podcast–Episode 339

In this episode I try and explain Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and where it fits into the Microsoft 365 environment, which is challenging without visual but hopefully it gives you a better idea. In essence Microsoft 365 Copilot chat is free to all Microsoft 365 users and provides the same AI across just the web but with commercial data protection. You can extend those capabilities by adding metered billing if desired before stepping up to the full paid version of Microsoft 365 Copilot.

I also have Microsoft Cloud news and updates for you as well as part of this episode so tune in.

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Resources

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Access Copilot anywhere on the canvas in Word for the web

Microsoft Lists forms: What’s New

Diagnose Safe/Blocked Senders Issues in Microsoft 365

Do more with Copilot and agents

Microsoft Copilot help & learning

Securing Identities: 10 recommendations for building a stronger identity security posture

Accelerating the Anomalous Sign-Ins detection with Microsoft Entra ID and Security Copilot

Get visibility into your DeepSeek use with Defender for Cloud Apps

Microsoft Loop, a year in review: greater integration and richer collaboration

Introducing new Surface Copilot+ PCs for Business

Copilot for all: Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

CIA Brief 20250208

Supercharge Your Business. Getting Small Businesses Ready for 2025 with Microsoft 365 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365businessblog/supercharge-your-business-getting-small-businesses-ready-for-2025-with-microsoft/4374723

The Enhanced “Edit in Grid” Experience for Document Libraries –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/onedriveblog/the-enhanced-edit-in-grid-experience-for-document-libraries/4373895

Next-Gen Device Incident Investigation & Threat Hunting with Custom Plugins –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/securitycopilotblog/next-gen-device-incident-investigation–threat-hunting-with-custom-plugins/4374397

Code injection attacks using publicly disclosed ASP.NET machine keys –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/02/06/code-injection-attacks-using-publicly-disclosed-asp-net-machine-keys/

Understanding application types in Microsoft Intune for macOS –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/intunecustomersuccess/understanding-application-types-in-microsoft-intune-for-macos/4373987

How to Use Tenant Allow/Block Lists in Microsoft Defender for Business –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/nonprofittechies/how-to-use-tenant-allowblock-lists-in-microsoft-defender-for-business/4374182

Facilitator in Teams meetings –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hZMcVupn4E

Recall emails in Outlook for Mac –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/recall-emails-in-outlook-for-mac/4372702

Microsoft Lists forms: What’s New –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/microsoft-lists-forms-whats-new/4374037

Diagnose Safe/Blocked Senders Issues in Microsoft 365 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/diagnose-safeblocked-senders-issues-in-microsoft-365/4373924

Do more with Copilot and agents –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/appsonazureblog/do-more-with-copilot-and-agents/4373519

Stay focused in an action-packed meeting with Microsoft 365 Copilot in Teams –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJn7CdTHgT8

Diagramming in Microsoft Whiteboard –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bR-a-FUfcE

Leveraging Custom Security Attributes in Conditional Access Policies –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/coreinfrastructureandsecurityblog/leveraging-custom-security-attributes-in-conditional-access-policies/4373293

Introducing the Unified Device Timeline Experience in Microsoft SIEM + XDR –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/introducing-the-unified-device-timeline-experience-in-microsoft-siem–xdr/4372047

Microsoft Copilot help & learning –

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot-skilling

Securing Identities: 10 recommendations for building a stronger identity security posture –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/securing-identities-10-recommendations-for-building-a-stronger-identity-security/4371879

Accelerate employee AI skilling: Insights from Microsoft –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/2025/01/30/accelerate-employee-ai-skilling-insights-from-microsoft/

Log Analytics Simple Mode is Now Generally Available –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azureobservabilityblog/log-analytics-simple-mode-is-now-generally-available/4370749

Get visibility into your DeepSeek use with Defender for Cloud Apps –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/get-visibility-into-your-deepseek-use-with-defender-for-cloud-apps/4372520

After hours

Large Language Models explained briefly – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPZh9BOjkQs

Editorial

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CIAOPS Need to Know Microsoft 365 Webinar – February

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Join me for the free monthly CIAOPS Need to Know webinar. Along with all the Microsoft Cloud news we’ll be taking a look at Loop in Microsoft 365 once again.

Shortly after registering you should receive an automated email from Microsoft Teams confirming your registration, including all the event details as well as a calendar invite.

You can register for the regular monthly webinar here:

February Webinar Registrations

(If you are having issues with the above link copy and paste – https://bit.ly/n2k2502)

The details are:

CIAOPS Need to Know Webinar – February 2025
Friday 21st of February 2025
11.00am – 12.00am Sydney Time

All sessions are recorded and posted to the CIAOPS Academy.

The CIAOPS Need to Know Webinars are free to attend but if you want to receive the recording of the session you need to sign up as a CIAOPS patron which you can do here:

http://www.ciaopspatron.com

or purchase them individually at:

http://www.ciaopsacademy.com/

Also feel free at any stage to email me directly via director@ciaops.com with your webinar topic suggestions.

I’d also appreciate you sharing information about this webinar with anyone you feel may benefit from the session and I look forward to seeing you there.

Why I can NOW delete a Power Platform PAYG billing plan

About a month ago I discovered that I couldn’t delete a Power Platform PAYG billing plan. It turns out that now I can.

As you can see in the above screen shot the Delete billing plan button isnow available. Seems that because the paint was still wet on the features for this the team at Microsoft was making adjustments. However, I am now told this has been all sorted so you can delete your billing plans as you wish.

Configuring Microsoft 365 PAYG SharePoint Agents

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8ctmJXILxk

Enabling PAYG Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat doesn’t currently provide you with SharePoint Agents. However, like PAYG Copilot Chat, you can configure a PAYG option for just SharePoint Agents. The tutorial to enable this is in my video above.

CIA Brief 20250203

Understanding the Microsoft Pluton security processor –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/understanding-the-microsoft-pluton-security-processor/4370413

Microsoft Loop, a year in review: greater integration and richer collaboration –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/microsoft-loop-a-year-in-review-greater-integration-and-richer-collaboration/4372094

Running Distilled DeepSeek R1 models locally on Copilot+ PCs, powered by Windows Copilot Runtime –

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2025/01/29/running-distilled-deepseek-r1-models-locally-on-copilot-pcs-powered-by-windows-copilot-runtime/

Introducing new Surface Copilot+ PCs for Business –

https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2025/01/30/introducing-new-surface-copilot-pcs-for-business/

Preparing for a meeting with Microsoft Whiteboard –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRF5RgbEFmw

Unlock the full potential of your business with Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbvNPsosanI

Kickstart your creativity with new content and creative tools in Clipchamp –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/kickstart-your-creativity-with-new-content-and-creative-tools-in-clipchamp/4370139

Announcing the Microsoft 365 SMB Customer Advisory Board –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365businessblog/announcing-the-microsoft-365-smb-customer-advisory-board/4371006

Microsoft 365 Insider Round-Up – January 2025 –

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/january-2025-microsoft-365-insider-g7wmc/

Boost SOC automation with AI: Speed up incident triage with Security Copilot and Microsoft Sentinel –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/securitycopilotblog/boost-soc-automation-with-ai-speed-up-incident-triage-with-security-copilot-and-/4368798

Copilot Studio Agent Builder –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R4U5FJlXJw

After hours

Deepseek R1 Explained by a Retired Microsoft Engineer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3TpcHebtxM

Editorial

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Watch out for the next CIA Brief next week