Turn everyday spreadsheets into actionable insights with Microsoft 365 Copilot in Excel –

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

Microsoft OneDrive Mobile App –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba7zone0Xk0

Microsoft 365 admin center in simplified view –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCyaw2Uufzc

AI agents at work: The new frontier in business automation –

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/ai-agents-at-work-the-new-frontier-in-business-automation/

Applying Zero Trust principles to the cloud-native journey –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/applying-zero-trust-principles-to-the-cloud-native-journey/4378578

Copilot learning hub –

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/

Securing DeepSeek and other AI systems with Microsoft Security –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/02/13/securing-deepseek-and-other-ai-systems-with-microsoft-security/

Storm-2372 conducts device code phishing campaign –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/02/13/storm-2372-conducts-device-code-phishing-campaign/

Grow your security skill set with the latest resources on Microsoft Learn –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftlearnblog/grow-your-security-skill-set-with-the-latest-resources-on-microsoft-learn/3644510

Build a stronger security strategy with proactive and reactive incident response: Cyberattack Series –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/02/10/build-a-stronger-security-strategy-with-proactive-and-reactive-incident-response-cyberattack-series/

New Certification for Microsoft information security administrators –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftlearnblog/new-certification-for-microsoft-information-security-administrators/4159976

Increase Your Productivity with Copilot on OneNote Web and OneNote in Teams –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365CopilotBlog/increase-your-productivity-with-copilot-on-onenote-web-and-onenote-in-teams/4374756

What’s new in Microsoft Intune: January 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-intune-january-2025/4373560

Multiple sources, one cohesive document—Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word makes it possible –

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

Access Copilot anywhere on the canvas in Word for the web –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/access-copilot-anywhere-on-the-canvas-in-word-for-the-web/4374199

After hours

Bill Gates: Source Code – https://www.gatesnotes.com/meet-bill/source-code

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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

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Microsoft 365 Copilot l SharePoint agents –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4T7_9t0u0I

AI at Work: What Are AI Agents, and How Do They Help Businesses? –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/ai-at-work-what-are-agents-how-do-they-help-businesses

Announcing Public Preview: New STIX Objects in Microsoft Sentinel –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/announcing-public-preview-new-stix-objects-in-microsoft-sentinel/4369164

Microsoft Copilot Studio 2025 Release Wave 1 Release Highlights –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2KQOxTfCuQ

Get greater visibility with aggregated reporting of endpoint telemetry signals –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderatpblog/get-greater-visibility-with-aggregated-reporting-of-endpoint-telemetry-signals/4366712

Microsoft Teams, a year in review: AI-powered customization and upgraded presentations –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/microsoft-teams-a-year-in-review-ai-powered-customization-and-upgraded-presentat/4366634

Improve SecOps collaboration with case management –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/improve-secops-collaboration-with-case-management/4369044

Announcing mandatory multifactor authentication for the Microsoft 365 admin center –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365businessblog/announcing-mandatory-multifactor-authentication-for-the-microsoft-365-admin-cent/4369645

Overview of Microsoft 365 for business setup –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK2YrZTKYEc

New Identity Secure Score recommendations in General Availability –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/identity/new-identity-secure-score-recommendations-in-general-availability/4369133

Disabling Immersive Reader for protected documents in Word for the web –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/disabling-immersive-reader-for-protected-documents-in-word-for-the-web/4366651

Microsoft and OpenAI evolve partnership to drive the next phase of AI –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/01/21/microsoft-and-openai-evolve-partnership-to-drive-the-next-phase-of-ai/

Windows 11 Security Book –

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/book/

Enhancing Security with Entra PIM and Conditional Access Policy using Authentication Context –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/coreinfrastructureandsecurityblog/enhancing-security-with-entra-pim-and-conditional-access-policy-using-authentica/4368002

Australian Super turns on Security Copilot –

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/australiansuper-turns-on-security-copilot-613914

Hunt for identity-based threats with Security Copilot and Microsoft Sentinel –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/securitycopilotblog/hunt-for-identity-based-threats-with-security-copilot-and-microsoft-sentinel/4366739

Microsoft Teams, a year in review: AI-powered customization and upgraded presentations –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/microsoft-teams-a-year-in-review-ai-powered-customization-and-upgraded-presentat/4366634

After hours

The Coming Wave animation – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ReMavRec7U

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Passkeys Authentication Across Platforms and Devices using Entra ID –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/coreinfrastructureandsecurityblog/passkeys-authentication-across-platforms-and-devices-using-entra-id/4361075

Understanding the Evolving Threat of DDoS Attacks in 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurenetworksecurityblog/understanding-the-evolving-threat-of-ddos-attacks-in-2024/4362031

The Golden Opportunity for American AI –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2025/01/03/the-golden-opportunity-for-american-ai/

Share files and folders in Microsoft 365 –

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

Get ready for the new year with Microsoft 365 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/get-ready-for-the-new-year-with-microsoft-365/4358415

Hyperscale ML threat intelligence for early detection & disruption –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/hyperscale-ml-threat-intelligence-for-early-detection–disruption/4359763

After hours

Hunted From Above | Trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ug0YGouHmY

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8 Components of SharePoint Information Architecture –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/8-components-of-sharepoint-information-architecture/4356712

Seizing the AI opportunity: How to transform Canada’s economy by 2030 –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/2024/12/16/seizing-the-ai-opportunity-how-to-transform-canadas-economy-by-2030/

After hours

Festivus Dinner At The Costanzas – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vSLryYdrX4

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Get in Sync with OneDrive’s biggest moments of 2024! –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/onedriveblog/get-in-sync-with-onedrives-biggest-moments-of-2024/4359394

Add images to your Copilot prompts in Word and PowerPoint –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/add-images-to-your-copilot-prompts-in-word-and-powerpoint/4359423

2024 – The Year of Collaborative AI –

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/2024-year-collaborative-ai-jeff-teper-kin9c/

Cloud-native Windows endpoints: Begin by beginning –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/intunecustomersuccess/cloud-native-windows-endpoints-begin-by-beginning/4358804

Introducing SOC Optimization Recommendations Based on Similar Organizations –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/introducing-soc-optimization-recommendations-based-on-similar-organizations/4358766

What’s new in Microsoft Intune: December 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftendpointmanagerblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-intune-december-2024/4358456

Microsoft 365 Insider Round-up –

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/december-2024-microsoft-365-insider-3nlyc/

Announcing a free GitHub Copilot for VS Code –

https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/12/18/free-github-copilot

Satya Nadella 2024: Stories of AI Impac –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yildncr3VEg

Ushering in the new era of financial services AI with partner-built agents –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/financial-services/2024/12/12/ushering-in-the-new-era-of-financial-services-ai-with-partner-built-agents/

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Named a Leader in Frost Radar™ for CNAPP for the Second Year in a Row! –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefendercloudblog/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-named-a-leader-in-frost-radar%E2%84%A2-for-cnapp-for-the-se/4358036

“What’s New” in Microsoft Entra is Generally Available –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/identity/%E2%80%9Cwhat%E2%80%99s-new%E2%80%9D-in-microsoft-entra-is-generally-available/4352585

Cybersecurity for the smart city: How AI helps level the playing field –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/government/2024/12/12/cybersecurity-for-the-smart-city-how-ai-helps-level-the-playing-field/

Ushering in the new era of financial services AI with partner-built agents –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/financial-services/2024/12/12/ushering-in-the-new-era-of-financial-services-ai-with-partner-built-agents/

The latest on AI at work: December 2024 –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2024/12/12/the-latest-on-ai-at-work-december-2024/

After hours

Googles New AI Glasses Are The Future Of AI (Android XR Explained) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Z12O5abgU

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Your Workday Reimagined: Using Microsoft 365 Copilot in IT –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jV67ObIiS4

Strategy to Execution: Operationalizing Microsoft Defender CSPM –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefendercloudblog/strategy-to-execution-operationalizing-microsoft-defender-cspm/4357354

Unplug this holiday season with these Microsoft 365 features –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/unplug-this-holiday-season-with-these-microsoft-365-features/4355248?

New Microsoft Purview features help protect and govern your data in the era of AI –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/12/10/new-microsoft-purview-features-help-protect-and-govern-your-data-in-the-era-of-ai/

Convincing a billion users to love passkeys: UX design insights from Microsoft to boost adoption and security –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/12/12/convincing-a-billion-users-to-love-passkeys-ux-design-insights-from-microsoft-to-boost-adoption-and-security/

Frequent freeloader part II: Russian actor Secret Blizzard using tools of other groups to attack Ukraine –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/12/11/frequent-freeloader-part-ii-russian-actor-secret-blizzard-using-tools-of-other-groups-to-attack-ukraine/

Microsoft Defender XDR demonstrates 100% detection coverage across all cyberattack stages in the 2024 MITRE ATT&CK® Evaluations: Enterprise –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/12/11/microsoft-defender-xdr-demonstrates-100-detection-coverage-across-all-cyberattack-stages-in-the-2024-mitre-attck-evaluations-enterprise/

Take control during screen sharing in Teams for the web –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/take-control-during-screen-sharing-in-teams-for-the-web/4354595

What’s new in Microsoft Entra – November 2024 –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NESTW0B1nAQ

Explore our latest Microsoft Security training on Microsoft Learn –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsecurityandcompliance/explore-our-latest-microsoft-security-training-on-microsoft-learn/4351939

Boost productivity with Copilot in OneDrive –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7wEqbKDQMg

Explore new Microsoft Entra capabilities at Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit 2024 –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/12/04/explore-new-microsoft-entra-capabilities-at-gartner-identity-access-management-summit-2024/

Frequent freeloader part I: Secret Blizzard compromising Storm-0156 infrastructure for espionage –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/12/04/frequent-freeloader-part-i-secret-blizzard-compromising-storm-0156-infrastructure-for-espionage/

Three new ways small and medium-sized businesses can purchase Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2024/12/02/three-new-ways-small-and-medium-sized-businesses-can-purchase-microsoft-365-copilot/

Safeguarding AI against ‘jailbreaks’ and other prompt attacks –

https://news.microsoft.com/source/?post_type=features&p=8732

Update on nested app authentication and deprecation of Exchange Online legacy tokens –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/update-on-nested-app-authentication-and-deprecation-of-exchange-online-legacy-to/4351951

Gather and create notes with Copilot in your personal OneNote notebooks directly on the page –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/gather-and-create-notes-with-copilot-in-your-personal-onenote-notebooks-directly/4294053

After hours

The World According To Kaleb On Tour | Official Trailer | Prime Video

– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqAXVQZ6jww

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What’s new in Microsoft Entra – November 2024 –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NESTW0B1nAQ

Explore our latest Microsoft Security training on Microsoft Learn –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsecurityandcompliance/explore-our-latest-microsoft-security-training-on-microsoft-learn/4351939

Boost productivity with Copilot in OneDrive –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7wEqbKDQMg

Explore new Microsoft Entra capabilities at Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit 2024 –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/12/04/explore-new-microsoft-entra-capabilities-at-gartner-identity-access-management-summit-2024/

Frequent freeloader part I: Secret Blizzard compromising Storm-0156 infrastructure for espionage –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/12/04/frequent-freeloader-part-i-secret-blizzard-compromising-storm-0156-infrastructure-for-espionage/

Three new ways small and medium-sized businesses can purchase Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2024/12/02/three-new-ways-small-and-medium-sized-businesses-can-purchase-microsoft-365-copilot/

Safeguarding AI against ‘jailbreaks’ and other prompt attacks –

https://news.microsoft.com/source/?post_type=features&p=8732

Update on nested app authentication and deprecation of Exchange Online legacy tokens –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/update-on-nested-app-authentication-and-deprecation-of-exchange-online-legacy-to/4351951

Gather and create notes with Copilot in your personal OneNote notebooks directly on the page –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/gather-and-create-notes-with-copilot-in-your-personal-onenote-notebooks-directly/4294053

After hours

Can A Crow Solve 9 Impossible Puzzles? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpg3VvoIVfA

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