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Microsoft tweaks M365 support, pushes more frequent updates – Computerworld
Instead, the company is extending the ability to roll back features from one to two months in its monthly support plan. Essentially, it is telling companies to just roll out features into mainstream environments and giving them more time to rollback if updates don’t work. “To remain secure and supported, organizations should immediately migrate devices to either Current Channel or…
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LinkedIn CEO to now also oversee Microsoft Office and M365 Copilot – Computerworld
“LinkedIn has been especially successful at building and extending products over time,” said Hyoun Park, CEO and chief analyst at Amalgam Insights. “There is no doubt that Microsoft wants to bring that expertise to Microsoft 365, especially in the adoption of Copilot.” Successful product leader turned CEO Roslansky will now oversee Office M365 productivity software, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint,…
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Microsoft and Google pursue differing AI agent approaches in M365 and Workspace – Computerworld
But most companies that are Microsoft shops have years or decades of digital assets that hold them back from considering Google, he said. For example, Excel macros, pivot tables, and customizations cannot be easily or automatically migrated to Google Sheets, he said. “As early as this market is, I don’t think it’s fair to rank either player — Microsoft or…
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Inside Microsoft’s plans to reshape M365 apps with AI – Computerworld
“Power users can keep their muscle memory while we democratize that power to everyone through Copilot, making those accumulated enterprise features accessible to everybody.” How are you approaching third-party plugins like Adobe Express? And regarding security, how do you manage appropriate data access with AI handling so much information? ”For plugins, we think there will be high-value tools Microsoft builds, but…
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Microsoft adds enterprise search and ‘digital labor’ tools to M365 Copilot – Computerworld
Forrester views some Copilot features that handle simple tasks and tap into specific sources as being more “agent-ish” as opposed to true agentic AI. “Agent-ish solutions can solve point problems, but they aren’t the ‘digital coworkers’ that vendors are talking about, at least not yet,” Gownder said. As Copilot and other AI systems further integrate with enterprise tools, system administrators…
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Go slow on M365, Google Workspace ‘agent-ish’ AI rollouts – Computerworld
As with any new technology, enterprises need to learn how to best use the technology, including asking the right questions in the right sequence so that the agent itself is productive. “It’s also critical that the questions asked are succinct, because agents have a tendency to ‘wander’ if you don’t give them specific criteria,” Gold said. The “user training” process…
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How to enable M365 Copilot for your organisation
CDW is a Microsoft Solutions Partner with extensive experience and expertise in delivering M365 solutions to organizations of all sizes and industries. CDW can help you enable M365 Copilot by providing: A comprehensive assessment of your current IT environment A tailored roadmap and strategy to migrate and optimise your IT environment for M365 Copilot A full range of services and…
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How to enable M365 Copilot for your organisation
Remain competitive with Copilot, the AI-powered assistant designed to streamline workplaces, enhance data security, and help you ensure compliance. Here are ten ways Copilot can enhance and support your business. 1. Data Analysis and Reporting By analysing large datasets, Copilot can generate insightful reports and visualise data trends. For example, it can create detailed sales performance dashboards to help you…
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Microsoft adds ‘pay-as-you-go’ access for AI agents with M365 Copilot Chat – Computerworld
M365 Copilot Chat agent usage is measured in “message” credits. These are charged either with a pay-as-you-go model at 1 cent per message, or with pre-paid message bundles priced at $200 for 25,000 messages, Microsoft said in a blog post. Microsoft sets out four types of agent “answers,” or responses, that each consume a different number of message credits. For…
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Microsoft moves to stop M365 Copilot from ‘oversharing’ data – Computerworld
This includes oversharing assessments for M365 Copilot in Data Security Posture Management (DPSM) for AI, which launched in public preview at Ignite. Accessible in the new Purview portal, the oversharing assessments help highlight data that could present a risk by scanning files for sensitive data and identifying repositories such as SharePoint sites where access permissions are applied too broadly. There are…
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