Windows Insider flight certs expire Aug 11, 2026. This year it hits Experimental and Beta, not just Canary. Here is the operator checklist before your lab devices stall.
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Defender Experts MDR Plan 2 now covers non-Microsoft endpoints and cloud logs
Defender Experts MDR Plan 2 extends managed detection beyond Microsoft products through Sentinel, covering non-Microsoft cloud, identity, email, network, and endpoint sources.
Azure resiliency is zone-first now — what to re-check in your BCDR plan
Azure updated its resiliency guidance in July 2026. Zone-first design, flexible region strategies, and a clearer shared responsibility model mean your BCDR plan probably needs a refresh. Here is what to check.
Intune Suite Capabilities Now Included in M365 E3/E5 — What MSPs Should Enable First
As of July 1, Microsoft folded EPM, Cloud PKI, and Advanced Analytics into M365 E5 (select pieces into E3). If you manage E5/E3 clients, they now own tooling they were paying extra for — here’s the enable-first order and a per-tenant checklist.
Plan Now for Purview IRM’s Classic Alert Deprecation (Aug 31 Deadline)
Microsoft retires the classic alert experience and agent/classic toggle in Purview Insider Risk Management on August 31, 2026. Here’s what changes, what ships, and what to do before the deadline.
The Invisible Workforce Is Non-Human — Why MSPs Need NHI Governance Now
Most MSPs can’t answer which service principals are active in a client tenant, let alone which are over-privileged. Microsoft Defender now surfaces NHI inventory and governance—and that is a recurring-service opportunity hiding in plain sight.
Azure AI Agents Now Deployable in 20 Minutes
Microsoft demoed a working AI agent for a lumber company built in 20 minutes using Azure AI Foundry. BHP is running agentic AI at production scale to screen 500,000 chemical reagents for copper extraction. For MSPs and IT operators, the deployment speed has outpaced governance — here’s where to put the guardrails.
Copilot Health and Computer-Using Agents: Two AI Frontiers MSPs Need to Govern Now
Microsoft shipped two things this week that sound unrelated but aren’t: Copilot Health Preview brings regulated medical data into the M365 tenant, and Copilot Studio’s computer-using agents can now drive legacy desktop apps without APIs. Together they point to a future where an AI agent detects a lab result and schedules the follow-up by clicking through an EMR—no human, no API. If you’re managing M365 tenants, the governance questions start now. Who can use Copilot Health on managed devices? What’s your credential vaulting policy for agents that act like authenticated users? How do you audit a workflow that has no API call to log?
Power Platform Monitor Alerts Are Now Generally Available
Power Platform Monitor alerts are now generally available, providing predefined alerts, a redesigned overview, code app … Power Platform Monitor Alerts Are Now Generally AvailableRead more
Generative AI Search and Data Summarization Now Available…
Microsoft added Generative AI Search and Data Summarization to Power Pages in U.S. Government clouds (GCC, … Generative AI Search and Data Summarization Now Available…Read more