Two Major Admin Control Updates for Copilot and Agent Management

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‑...

Lync 2013 coockbook announced

It is finally here! One of many projects I have participated on this year has been announced: "The Lync 2013 cookbook" https://www.packtpub.com/networking-and-servers/lync-server-2013-cookbook.

I am proud to have contributed with two chapters to this book. The rest is great work by co-authors Alessio Giombini, Antonio Vargas and Fabrizio Volpe (Twitter nick: @AlessioGiombini, @Vargas_76 and @fabriziovlp)

I hope you find it interesting!