“Bring your AI to work” is here: Microsoft edition - What Multiple Account Access to Copilot means

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Multiple Account Access to Copilot On October 1. 2025 Microsoft released a blog post explaining how employees now can use Copilot from their personal 365 plans to work on organizational data. This is of course, an extension of the already existing "Multi account" feature that was released for corporate accounts a "couple of months" ago. In other words, “bring your own Copilot” is now a real thing in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote on desktop and mobile, with enterprise protections intact. “Bring your AI to work” is an important topic, and banning AI altogether might not be the answer. Whether sanctioned or shadow, AI has already entered everyday knowledge work. Microsoft’s new multi‑account access offers a safer path where employees can use Copilot from their personal Microsoft 365 subscriptions on work files, while the file’s access, auditing, and compliance still flow through the work identity and tenant. That’s better than users copy‑pasting sensit...

Ignite session trailer

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Here is a trailer for my Microsoft Ignite session: "Managing Backup and Restore in Skype for Business".

We have been asked to create these trailers to clarify and elaborate on what to expect of our sessions, to make it easier for attendees to decide whether or not this session is something for them.


If you're going to Ignite, and worried your Lync or Skype for Business deployment isn't prepared for a disaster. Join me in Chicago for a deep-dive into backup and restore.