In this episode I speak with Phil Meyer about the current state and future of the technical community in SMB around the Microsoft products and services. Things are changing, demographics, technology as well as customers are impacting the concept of ‘community’. Phil and I dive deep and share our opinions. Plenty of news and update from the Microsoft Cloud as well to dig into for you.
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Show Notes
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Security, AI & Cloud Updates
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Introducing Security Dashboard for AI (Public Preview)
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/introducing-security-dashboard-for-ai-now-in-public-preview/4494637 -
Your Data, Your Choices: Microsoft’s Privacy Commitments
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/your-data-your-choices-understanding-microsoft%E2%80%99s-privacy-commitments/4489814 -
Manipulating AI Memory for Profit: AI Recommendation Poisoning
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/02/10/ai-recommendation-poisoning/ -
What’s New in Microsoft Sentinel – February 2026
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-sentinel-february-2026/4494218 -
Closing Attack Paths with Identity Intelligence
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/from-signal-to-strategy-closing-attack-paths-with-identity-intelligence/4491856 ] -
Exchange Online EWS – End of Life Reminder
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/exchange-online-ews-your-time-is-almost-up/4492361 -
What’s New in Microsoft Intune — January 2026
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/whats-new-in-microsoft-intune-%E2%80%93-january-2026/4476487 -
Real‑time Defense: Securing AI Agents
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/01/23/runtime-risk-realtime-defense-securing-ai-agents/ -
Detecting Backdoored Language Models at Scale
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/02/04/detecting-backdoored-language-models-at-scale/
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