Microsoft Copilot coming to Teams and Outlook for users with Entra accounts

Microsoft is expanding the Microsoft Copilot for users with Entra licenses, and the distinctions between the different versions are becoming increasingly blurred. Initially, when Copilot was released, there was the "Bing/Chat" version for commercial use. This version did not necessarily protect company data from being harvested or used for training purposes. Microsoft also released the enterprise-protected Copilot version for all users with an M365 E5 license about the same time. Although this version did not integrate searches or features with company data, it at least promised to keep data and queries private to the organization when used. Subsequently, Microsoft revised the requirements for accessing the enterprise-protected version of Copilot, making it available to everyone with an Entra User License, effectively including virtually anyone within an M365 tenant. Now, further changes are on the horizon for this group of users. Starting mid-January, Microsoft will enhance ...

MVP 2017-2018

Microsoft moved their renewal cycle from having re rewards every quarter to renew all existing MVPs at the same time (July 1st). Mine used to be April 1, and many of my friends were wondering if my MVP status was just another April fools joke. At least the very first time.

Well, It's not April fools day today, and seeing my renewal email arrive the inbox today was just as exciting as when I reicived my first award.

I am honoured to reicive this award for the third time. There is a lot of work behind this, and being recognized for all the time and energy spent on my passion for technology is really appreciated.

Thank you to the MVP team at Microsoft, and congratualtions to all new and renewed MVP's