Defending the AI Era: New Microsoft Capabilities to Protect AI –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/MicrosoftDefenderCloudBlog/defending-the-ai-era-new-micros…

From Impersonation Calls to Transparent Reporting: Defending the New Front Door of Attacks –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/MicrosoftDefenderforOffice365Blog/from-impersonation-calls…

Secure data as AI scales: New Microsoft Purview innovations at RSA 2026 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/secure-data-as-ai-scales-new-micro…

Secure agentic AI end-to-end –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/03/20/secure-agentic-ai-end-to-end/

Secure access in the age of AI: Key findings from our 2026 Report –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/secure-access-in-the-age-of-ai-key-fi…

When tax season becomes cyberattack season: Phishing and malware campaigns using tax-related lures –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/03/19/when-tax-season-becomes-cyberattack-season…

Copilot can reschedule conflicting events in Outlook –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/copilot-can-reschedule-conflicting…

Observability for AI Systems: Strengthening visibility for proactive risk detection –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/03/18/observability-ai-systems-strengthening-vis…

What’s New in Microsoft Sentinel and XDR: AI Automation, Data Lake Innovation, and Unified SecOps –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/discussions/microsoftthreatprotection/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-mic…

Structured document generation with forms now in preview –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/SPBlog/structured-document-generation-with-forms-now-in-pr…

Act Now: Lock in Current Pricing on Microsoft 365 Copilot Business Bundles –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/act-now-lock-in-current-pricing-on…

AI‑Powered Troubleshooting for Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management now available –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/ai%E2%80%91powered-troubleshooting-for-microsoft-…

Publish to web delivers polished files externally with one click –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/publish-to-web-delivers-polished-f…

After hours

Why All “AI Layoffs” Are Actually a Big Lie  – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JdV2qGCAFk

Editorial

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Introducing the new Microsoft Teams events experience –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jG4cPfjYuQ

RedVDS and the Invisible Infrastructure of Modern Cybercrime –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/topics/cybersecurity/stories/redvds/

Powerful image editing, now in PowerPoint –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/powerful-image-editing-now-in-powe…

AI as tradecraft: How threat actors operationalize AI –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/03/06/ai-as-tradecraft-how-threat-actors-operati…

More choice, more flexibility: xAI Grok 4.1 Fast now available in Microsoft Copilot Studio –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/more-choice-more-flexibility-…

Windows news you can use: February 2026 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/windows-news-you-can-use-february-2026/…

Malicious AI Assistant Extensions Harvest LLM Chat Histories –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/03/05/malicious-ai-assistant-extensions-harvest-…

Simplify cross-tenant user migrations with Microsoft 365 orchestrator –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/simplify-cross-tenant-user-migrati…

Defending the gates: How a global coalition disrupted Tycoon 2FA, a major driver of initial access and large-scale online impersonation –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2026/03/04/how-a-global-coalition-disrupted-tycoon/

Inside Tycoon2FA: How a leading AiTM phishing kit operated at scale –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/03/04/inside-tycoon2fa-how-a-leading-aitm-phishi…

Copilot can reschedule conflicting events in Outlook –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/copilot-can-reschedule-conflicting…

A new Microsoft 365 “E7” tier could cost up to $99 a month for premium AI — but only 3.3% of existing users pay for Copilot –

https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/the-next-microsoft-365-e7-tier-could-cost-up…

Protect browser-based work on agency-managed Windows PCs –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/protect-browser-based-work-on-agency-m…

OAuth redirection abuse enables phishing and malware delivery –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/03/02/oauth-redirection-abuse-enables-phishing-m…

SharePoint at 25: How Microsoft is putting knowledge to work in the AI era –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2026/03/02/sharepoint-at-25-how-microsoft-is-put…

Introducing new agentic building in SharePoint and more updates –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/introducing-new-agentic-building-in-sharepoint-and-…

After hours

Silicon Valley Season 6 Gilfoyle’s AI Chat Bot War  – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWIusSdn1e4

Editorial

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Zero Trust Workshop – Remediations –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IqON_3_ZEU

Threat modeling AI applications –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/02/26/threat-modeling-ai-applications/

What’s New in Microsoft 365 Copilot | February 2026 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-36…

Query your local Excel files with Copilot Chat –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/query-your-local-excel-files-with-…

Celebrating 250 million: Empowering communities to enable the global AI economy –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2026/02/24/empowering-communities-to-enable-the-global-ai…

Scaling security operations with Microsoft Defender autonomous defense and expert-led services –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/02/24/scaling-security-operations-with-microsoft…

Microsoft Sovereign Cloud adds governance, productivity and support for large AI models securely running even when completely disconnected  –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/02/24/microsoft-sovereign-cloud-adds-governance-productivity-…

Agent 365 Blog –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/agent-365-blog/hello-world-/4494728

Notes From the Field: Finding and Remediating EWS App Usage Before Retirement –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/notes-from-the-field-finding-and-remediating-ews-…

After hours

Japan in 8K -Tokyo – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq3VGnWzYg

Editorial

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