Two Major Admin Control Updates for Copilot and Agent Management

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At Ignite Microsoft showcased and talked about two new admin controls for Copilot and Agents. These controls drew a significant amount of attention for their potential to simplify management and strengthen governance across Copilot experiences and AI agents. These capabilities are now emerging in preview, offering administrators early access to improved insights, expanded control surfaces, and more secure operational foundations. Copilot Overview Page Refresh in Microsoft 365 Admin Center First off is the redesigned landing page for Copilot in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center (MAC), giving admins an at-a-glance view of the Copilot journey across Chat, Agents, and M365 Copilot. This update  centralizes critical insights and success metrics, helping organizations accelerate adoption and maintain security posture. The refreshed page introduces success metrics such as Chat active users, assisted hours for licensed users, and satisfaction rate. Each Copilot pillar now includes multi‑...

Speaking at TechEd Europe 2014

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Really proud to announce I am going to TechEd 2014 in Barcelona and speak at my first international event. I am really excited about it. The topic of my session is going to be how to manage your backup and restore for Lync 2013. It's going to be about what to have in mind when you plan your disaster recovery plan, and how.

Title: Managing Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Backup and Restore
Track: Office 365
Level: 300
Session: OFC-B331
Link: http://teeu2014.eventpoint.com/topic/details/OFC-B331 (login required at this point)
Time: Wednesday, October 29 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: "Hall 8.0 Room F7" (could be changed, so check above link for updated information9

Abstract: As Lync becomes an important part of the infrastructure, it is equally important to be able to quickly restore its availability in the event of an outage. Even a well-designed High Availability solution may encounter loss of data or server failure. This session addresses which components the administrator will need to pay attention to when designing his disaster recovery plan. Not only do we discuss which components we need a backup of, but also which tools and commands are available to complete the task.