Copilot+ PCs are the most performant Windows PCs ever built, now with more AI features that empower you every day –

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2025/04/25/copilot-pcs-are-the-most-performant-windows-pcs-ever-built-now-with-more-ai-features-that-empower-you-every-day/

Explore practical best practices to secure your data with Microsoft Purview –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/04/25/explore-practical-best-practices-to-secure-your-data-with-microsoft-purview/

Introducing ActorInfoString: A New Era of Audit Log Accuracy in Exchange Online –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/introducing-actorinfostring-a-new-era-of-audit-log-accuracy-in-exchange-online/4408093

Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is getting a unified, streamlined experience starting May 26, 2025! –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurepurviewblog/microsoft-purview-ediscovery-is-getting-a-unified-streamlined-experience-startin/4407225

Advanced deployment guide for Conditional Access Policy templates –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/advanced-deployment-guide-for-conditional-access-policy-templates/4406767

2025: The Year the Frontier Firm Is Born –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/2025-the-year-the-frontier-firm-is-born

Expanding reference capabilities with Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/expanding-reference-capabilities-with-microsoft-365-copilot-in-word/4406054

Announcing Agentic Automation with Bidirectional Integration between Microsoft Copilot Studio & UiPath –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/announcing-agentic-automation-with-bidirectional-integration-between-microsoft-copilot-studio-uipath/

More insights from Microsoft 365 Copilot’s document summary –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/more-insights-from-microsoft-365-copilot%E2%80%99s-document-summary/4405814

Service principal required for Microsoft Entra ID –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/service-principal-required-for-microsoft-entra-id/4405796

Researcher agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/researcher-agent-in-microsoft-365-copilot/4397186

Microsoft 365 Copilot: Built for the era of human–agent collaboration –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/04/23/microsoft-365-copilot-built-for-the-era-of-human-agent-collaboration/

The 2025 Annual Work Trend Index: The Frontier Firm is born –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/04/23/the-2025-annual-work-trend-index-the-frontier-firm-is-born/

Microsoft Purview protections for Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftmechanicsblog/microsoft-purview-protections-for-copilot/4406384

Getting started with the new Purview Content Search –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/getting-started-with-the-new-purview-content-search/4405757

End of support for Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7 –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-of-support?r=1

RSAC 2025 new Microsoft Sentinel connectors announcement –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/rsac-2025-new-microsoft-sentinel-connectors-announcement/4404177

Microsoft AutoUpdate: Security Improvements to ManifestServer –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/microsoft-autoupdate-security-improvements-to-manifestserver/4405454

Summarize your emails with Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOefmtSc7jQ

Securing our future: April 2025 progress report on Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/04/21/securing-our-future-april-2025-progress-report-on-microsofts-secure-future-initiative/

Microsoft Security Copilot in Intune deep dive – Part 1: Features available in public preview –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/intunecustomersuccess/microsoft-security-copilot-in-intune-deep-dive-%E2%80%93-part-1-features-available-in-pu/4406244

Microsoft Security Copilot | Copilot with Endpoint Privilege Management (EPM) and Microsoft Intune –

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

Microsoft Security Copilot | Copilot assistance for Troubleshooting with Microsoft –

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

Write Better Prompts with Copilot –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOSPcmnS2VU

Microsoft and LinkedIn release the 2024 Work Trend Index on the state of AI at work –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/05/08/microsoft-and-linkedin-release-the-2024-work-trend-index-on-the-state-of-ai-at-work/

After hours

The World Needs AI, But There’s a Problem – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpMIs6AnUW8

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Student SOCs turn college experience into career readiness –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/blog/2025/04/student-socs-turn-college-experience-into-career-readiness/

Analyze an uploaded document with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75vF2ysGgbo

Identify your readiness for AI-first development with agents and Microsoft Power Platform –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/2025/04/14/identify-your-readiness-for-ai-first-development-with-agents-and-microsoft-power-platform/

Upcoming changes to Microsoft Purview eDiscovery –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/upcoming-changes-to-microsoft-purview-ediscovery/4405084

Turn voice notes into structured documents with Microsoft Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/turn-voice-notes-into-structured-documents-with-microsoft-copilot/4404558

Transforming security with Microsoft Security Exposure Management initiatives –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/04/15/transforming-security-with-microsoft-security-exposure-management-initiatives/

FYAI: How agents will transform business and daily work with Business and Industry Copilot Corporate Vice President Charles Lamanna –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/2025/04/10/fyai-how-agents-will-transform-business-and-daily-work-with-business-and-industry-copilot-corporate-vice-president-charles-lamanna/

Introducing agent flows: Transforming automation with AI-first workflows –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/introducing-agent-flows-transforming-automation-with-ai-first-workflows/

o3 and o4-mini: Unlock enterprise agent workflows with next-level reasoning AI with Azure AI Foundry and GitHub –

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/o3-and-o4-mini-unlock-enterprise-agent-workflows-with-next-level-reasoning-ai-with-azure-ai-foundry-and-github/

Announcing new computer use in Microsoft Copilot Studio for UI automation –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/announcing-computer-use-microsoft-copilot-studio-ui-automation/

Buy Microsoft 365 Copilot for your business –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQgkvJe_7Nk

Feature deep dive: Using PDFs in OneDrive and our journey thus far –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/onedriveblog/feature-deep-dive-using-pdfs-in-onedrive-and-our-journey-thus-far/4403628

Microsoft Purview: New data security controls for the browser & network –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftmechanicsblog/microsoft-purview-new-data-security-controls-for-the-browser–network/4402736

Create your own agents in Copilot Chat –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oeng2JAMuE

Step-by-Step Guide : How to enable QR code authentication for Microsoft Entra ID (Preview) –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/itopstalkblog/step-by-step-guide–how-to-enable-qr-code-authentication-for-microsoft-entra-id-/4393286

Threat actors misuse Node.js to deliver malware and other malicious payloads –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/04/15/threat-actors-misuse-node-js-to-deliver-malware-and-other-malicious-payloads/

How to deploy Microsoft Purview DSPM for AI to secure your AI apps –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/how-to-deploy-microsoft-purview-dspm-for-ai-to-secure-your-ai-apps/4397714

Get Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat for your business –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nJCt_BSdZQ

3 new ways AI agents can help you do even more –

https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/3-new-ways-ai-agents-can-help-you-do-even-more/?ocid=msftnews_x

Five things for IT administrators to know about SharePoint agent management –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/five-things-for-it-administrators-to-know-about-sharepoint-agent-management/4402036

Repurpose existing content with Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/repurpose-existing-content-with-microsoft-365-copilot/4397178

ActiveX disabled by default in Microsoft 365 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/activex-disabled-by-default-in-microsoft-365/4403157

After hours

How Do Hot Air Balloons Actually Steer? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6tlNyr5sl8

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Cloud Exposure Management with Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Security Exposure Management –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY13PZ3GpIY

Differences between Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and Copilot –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKM91qb53qI

News What is the latest news about Microsoft 365 Business premium

Management Made Simple with Administrative Units – Microsoft Entra ID –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/nonprofittechies/management-made-simple-with-administrative-units—microsoft-entra-id/4393548

How cyberattackers exploit domain controllers using ransomware –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/04/09/how-cyberattackers-exploit-domain-controllers-using-ransomware/

SOC can see Microsoft analysis for Third-party add-in user report –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderforoffice365blog/soc-can-see-microsoft-analysis-for-third-party-add-in-user-report/4402601

The Importance of the Microsoft Community at Microsoft 50th Anniversary –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/communitynewsdesk/the-importance-of-the-microsoft-community-at-microsoft-50th-anniversary/4402118

Microsoft Sentinel, a modern cloud-native SIEM –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KCN_W9G6XQ

Achieve greater security with Intune and Microsoft 365 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/achieve-greater-security-with-intune-and-microsoft-365/4402130

Troubleshooting Windows Feature updates in Microsoft Intune –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/intunecustomersuccess/troubleshooting-windows-feature-updates-in-microsoft-intune/4401828

WHAMM! Real-time world modelling of interactive environments –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/articles/whamm-real-time-world-modelling-of-interactive-environments/

Exploitation of CLFS zero-day leads to ransomware activity –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/04/08/exploitation-of-clfs-zero-day-leads-to-ransomware-activity/

Microsoft Copilot in Azure is now generally available –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azureinfrastructureblog/microsoft-copilot-in-azure-is-now-generally-available/4402033

AU Skip navigation Search Create Avatar image Microsoft Copilot reunites Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and Satya Nadella –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncjM7mY4LvE

Upload a phone image to Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/upload-a-phone-image-to-microsoft-365-copilot/4398121

Monthly news – April 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/monthly-news—april-2025/4401552

After hours

Microsoft Copilot reunites Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and Satya Nadella – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncjM7mY4LvE

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Upgrade to Microsoft 365: Unlock the Power of the Cloud –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAVqDZN9BCk

Getting Started With Microsoft 365 Business Premium Video 01: Before You Begin –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es8lisFPpBk

Comparing Copilot Chat included with Microsoft 365 to a paid Copilot license –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItcvkU528AI

Open shared Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files on iPhone and iPad devices without a Microsoft account –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/open-shared-word-excel-and-powerpoint-files-on-iphone-and-ipad-devices-without-a/4391659

Level up your defense: protect against attacks using stale user accounts –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/level-up-your-defense-protect-against-attacks-using-stale-user-accounts/4386290

Introducing Copilot in the Microsoft 365 admin centers –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMalGm0tBOY

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

New live chat in Microsoft Teams: Connecting customers and businesses effortlessly –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/03/17/new-live-chat-in-microsoft-teams-connecting-customers-and-businesses-effortlessly/

Unlock the future of teamwork with Microsoft 365 Copilot in Teams –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9LX3SnLYpE

Defender XDR – Monthly news – March 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/monthly-news—march-2025/4391479

Peter is here –

https://unlocked.microsoft.com/minecraft-vatican/

How to deploy transformational enterprise-wide agents: Microsoft as Customer Zero –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/how-to-deploy-transformational-enterprise-wide-agents-microsoft-as-customer-zero/

AI innovation requires AI security: Hear what’s new at Microsoft Secure –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/ai-innovation-requires-ai-security-hear-what%E2%80%99s-new-at-microsoft-secure/4394130

Dow is targeting millions in cost savings with Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/dow-is-targeting-millions-in-cost-savings-with-microsoft-365-copilot-and-agents/4393480

Unveiling the Shadows: Extended Critical Asset Protection with MSEM –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/unveiling-the-shadows-extended-critical-asset-protection-with-msem/4394485

StilachiRAT analysis: From system reconnaissance to cryptocurrency theft –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/03/17/stilachirat-analysis-from-system-reconnaissance-to-cryptocurrency-theft/

Strengthening Email Security: Our New Approach to Non-RFC Compliant Emails –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderforoffice365blog/strengthening-email-security-our-new-approach-to-non-rfc-compliant-emails/4338306

After hours

Can You Fool A Self Driving Car? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQJL3htsDyQ

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How-To Sync EntraID Group Memberships Into Any System –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/coreinfrastructureandsecurityblog/how-to-sync-entraid-group-memberships-into-any-system/4383082

Microsoft Security Implementation Proof of Concept by Lighthouse with Microsoft 365 Defender –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxiVirns1D4

Announcing a Limited Preview of GPT-4.5 in Copilot Studio –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/announcing-limited-preview-gpt-4-5-microsoft-copilot-studio/

Phishing campaign impersonates Booking .com, delivers a suite of credential-stealing malware –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/03/13/phishing-campaign-impersonates-booking-com-delivers-a-suite-of-credential-stealing-malware/

Copilot supports communication in every style –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/copilot-supports-communication-in-every-style/4386393

Securing Your Nonprofit Environment (Part 2): Best Practices to Secure Your Admin Accounts –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/nonprofittechies/securing-your-nonprofit-environment-part-2-best-practices-to-secure-your-admin-a/4385305

Jailbreaking is (mostly) simpler than you think –

https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2025/03/jailbreaking-is-mostly-simpler-than-you-think/

Improve your DLP maturity with DLP Analytics –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/improve-your-dlp-maturity-with-dlp-analytics/4392655

Take Flight with Microsoft Security Copilot Flight School –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/securitycopilotblog/take-flight-with-microsoft-security-copilot-flight-school/4391712

Defending Against OAuth-Based Attacks with Automatic Attack Disruption –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/defending-against-oauth-based-attacks-with-automatic-attack-disruption/4384381

Boost customer engagement with live chat in Microsoft Teams –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_fTX0E08BU

Introducing Microsoft Entra Health alerts: An enhancement to tenant health monitoring –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/introducing-microsoft-entra-health-alerts-an-enhancement-to-tenant-health-monito/4352583

New XCSSET malware adds new obfuscation, persistence techniques to infect Xcode projects –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/03/11/new-xcsset-malware-adds-new-obfuscation-persistence-techniques-to-infect-xcode-projects/

Built-in report button is available in Microsoft Outlook across platforms –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderforoffice365blog/built-in-report-button-is-available-in-microsoft-outlook-across-platforms/4388434

Blog Series: Charting Your Path to Cyber Resiliency –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/blog-series-charting-your-path-to-cyber-resiliency/4390355

After hours

Gemini Robotics: Bringing AI to the physical world – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MvGnmmP3c0

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