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Need to Know podcast–Episode 361

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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Resources

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Show Notes

Email philme@catalyst345.com to receive the invitation to Phil’s online meetings

Security, AI & Cloud Updates

CIA Brief 20260214

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Multi-Geo In-Region Routing General Availability –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/multi-geo-in-region-routing-general-availability/…

Introducing Security Dashboard for AI (Now in Public Preview) –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/introducing-security-dashboard-for…

Your Data, Your Choices: Understanding Microsoft’s Privacy Commitments –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/your-data-your-choices-understandi…

Manipulating AI memory for profit: The rise of 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-sent…

Microsoft Entra Agent ID explained –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-B-kD28P2I

From signal to strategy: Closing attack paths with identity intelligence –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/from-signal-to-strategy-clos…

After hours

These Al Prompts Exposed My Biggest Blind Spots

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

Editorial

If you found this valuable, the I’d appreciate a ‘like’ or perhaps a donation at https://ko-fi.com/ciaops. This helps me know that people enjoy what I have created and provides resources to allow me to create more content. If you have any feedback or suggestions around this, I’m all ears. You can also find me via email director@ciaops.com and on X (Twitter) at https://www.twitter.com/directorcia.

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Watch out for the next CIA Brief next week

CIA Brief 20260209

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Exchange Online EWS, Your Time is Almost Up –

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%9…

New Clickfix variant ‘CrashFix’ deploying Python Remote Access Trojan –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/02/05/clickfix-variant-crashfix-deploying-python…

From runtime risk to real‑time defense: Securing AI agents –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/01/23/runtime-risk-realtime-defense-securing-ai-…

Detecting backdoored language models at scale –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/02/04/detecting-backdoored-language-models-at-sc…

The Microsoft Copilot Data Connector for Microsoft Sentinel is Now in Public Preview –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/the-microsoft-copilot-data-connector…

Admin tasks in Microsoft Intune: Centralized control today, AI-ready for tomorrow –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/admin-tasks-in-microsoft-intune-centra…

Microsoft Defender | Threat Intelligence Briefing Agent –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86nfFsaBSfk

Microsoft Purview Data Security Investigations is now generally available –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/microsoft-purview-data-security-in…

Secure Boot playbook for certificates expiring in 2026 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/secure-boot-playbook-for-certificates-e…

Case study: Securing AI application supply chains –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/01/30/case-study-securing-ai-application-supply-…

After hours

Why One-Person Companies ar ethe future of work – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGdG-04TkDs

Editorial

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Watch out for the next CIA Brief next week

Need to Know podcast–Episode 360

In this episode I’m joined by Shervin Shaffie from Microsoft to do a deep dive into Copilot Studio. That’s the service from Microsoft that allows you to create agents in a ‘low-code’ manner right inside the M365 environment. Shervin has some great Youtube content I highly recommend and provides some great insights and tips and tricks in this episode when working with agents in Microsoft 365. I’ll also brin you up to date with the latest Microsoft Cloud news. Listen along.

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Resources

Explore the tools, communities, and content mentioned in this episode:

Show Notes

Shervin Shaffie – https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherv/
Principal Copilot Engineer at Microsoft
Collaboration Simplified YouTube: https://youtube.com/@collaborationsimplified
All About AI Podcast: https://cosi.pro/aipodcast

FY26 Q2 – Press Releases – Investor Relations – Microsoft

The Microsoft Copilot Data Connector for Microsoft Sentinel is Now in Public Preview | Microsoft Community Hub

Secure Boot playbook for certificates expiring in 2026

SharePoint Showcase highlights: Copilot and agents governance and security essentials for admins

What’s New in Microsoft 365 Copilot | January 2026 | Microsoft Community Hub

Upcoming Conditional Access change: Improved enforcement for policies with resource exclusions

CIAOPS Need to Know Microsoft 365 Webinar – February

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Now in our tenth year!

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 the new Baseline Security Mode.

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 Registrations

(If you are having issues with the above link copy and paste – https://bit.ly/n2k2602 )

The details are:

CIAOPS Need to Know Webinar – February 2026
Friday 20th of February 2026
11.00am – 12.00am Sydney Time

All sessions are recorded and posted to the CIAOPS Youtube channel.

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.

CIA Brief 20260131

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Splitting single-tenant Microsoft Defender XDR Sentinel logs in multiple company scenarios –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/coreinfrastructureandsecurityblog/splitting-single-tenant-…

SharePoint Showcase highlights: Copilot and agents governance and security essentials for admins –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/sharepoint-showcase-highlights-cop…

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

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

Turning threat reports into detection insights with AI –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/01/29/turning-threat-reports-detection-insights-…

Silicon to Systems: What powers Microsoft’s AI Infrastructure –

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

Microsoft Azure Maia 200: Scott Guthrie EVP –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGecvPR2QWo

Upcoming Conditional Access change: Improved enforcement for policies with resource exclusions –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/upcoming-conditional-access-change-im…

Microsoft Purview | Data Security Triage Agent in DLP –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZQKnvSV3B0

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 | Mail Bombing and Mixed-Mode Attack Protection –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXGsQpqCWD4

The 6 pillars that will define agent readiness in 2026 –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/the-6-pillars-that-will-defin…

UPDATE: New timeline for transitioning Sentinel experience to Defender portal –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/update-new-timeline-for-transitionin…

New Microsoft Data Security Index report explores secure AI adoption to protect sensitive data –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/01/29/new-microsoft-data-security-index-report-e…

General availability of source specific filters in Copilot Search –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/general-availability-of-source-spe…

Trust DigiCert Global Root G2 Certificate Authority to Avoid Exchange Online Email Disruption –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/trust-digicert-global-root-g2-certificate-authori…

Voice in Microsoft 365 Copilot – Hands-Free Productivity –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeFpj-Ea3iY

Conditional Access for Agent Identities in Microsoft Entra –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/coreinfrastructureandsecurityblog/conditional-access-for-a…

More control over proofing language in OneNote on Windows –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/more-control-over-proofing-languag…

Agent Mode is Here: Build & Edit Spreadsheets with Copilot in Excel –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDv8B_N_V1A

Advance Your SOC Skills with the Power of Microsoft Sentinel data lake and graph –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/advance-your-soc-skills-with-the-p…

Updated Exchange Online SMTP AUTH Basic Authentication Deprecation Timeline –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/updated-exchange-online-smtp-auth-basic-authentic…

St. Luke’s saves nearly 200 hours monthly with AI-powered Security Copilot agents –

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

Microsoft 365 Accessibility, a year in review: Building accessible experiences with support from AI –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/microsoft-365-accessibility-a-year…

Accelerating Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption with Automated Readiness Assessment –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/accelerating-microsoft-365-copilot…

From runtime risk to real‑time defense: Securing AI agents –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/01/23/runtime-risk-realtime-defense-securing-ai-…

After hours

Alex Honnold BEST MOMENTS Free Soloing Taipei 101 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkVZm5UuXIs

Editorial

If you found this valuable, the I’d appreciate a ‘like’ or perhaps a donation at https://ko-fi.com/ciaops. This helps me know that people enjoy what I have created and provides resources to allow me to create more content. If you have any feedback or suggestions around this, I’m all ears. You can also find me via email director@ciaops.com and on X (Twitter) at https://www.twitter.com/directorcia.

If you want to be part of a dedicated Microsoft Cloud community with information and interactions daily, then consider becoming a CIAOPS Patron – www.ciaopspatron.com.

Watch out for the next CIA Brief next week