Two new updates to Microsoft 365 Copilot for Word: Smarter Creation and Researcher agent

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What’s New in Microsoft 365 Copilot for Word Microsoft continues to evolve its Copilot capabilities in Word, bringing powerful new features that enhance productivity and streamline workflows. Two newly announced updates are rolling out this fall: First out of the gate is the integration of the Researcher Agent, allowing great content generation within Word itself. The second update is bringing more of the search and creation capabilities we have in Chat directly into Word. These updates represent a meaningful step toward closing the functionality gap between Copilot in Word and Copilot Chat. For me, this is a most welcomed improvement, making it easier for end users to get the results they want even faster, with less friction and more flexibility. Deep Research with the New Researcher Agent in Word Not too long ago, Microsoft introduced the Researcher agent in Copilot Chat, but moving and editing that content required copy/paste and jumping between applications. With this coming update...

Why you need to check those HCL's

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We ordered a server to be installed as a vmware server for lab purposes this fall. As we did this, and told the vendor what we wanted to do with the server, we were confident we'ld get a functioning server. 
Well, imagine our surprise when it turned out we could not install the VMWare softare. We ran into the problem and solution described in this post: http://www.bramschoenmakers.nl/en/node/500. It is up and running, but I'm sad to say it is true what the post say about disk preformance. So I guess I'm all ready looking for a new server.....