Most Medallion Architectures in Microsoft Fabric Are Overbuilt
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Bryan Goode Presents AI in Action: L&G’s AI Customer Service Transformation
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The Complete Guide to Archiving NAV 2016 Data with SQL and BCP
The Call Nobody Wants to Get It was one of those requests that sounds simple on the surface: “We need to archive the old Navision data before we shut it ...
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Microsoft Teams: Changes to Teams Events licensing
Starting early April 2026, advanced Teams events features will be included with Teams Enterprise licenses, supporting up to 3,000 attendees. New capacity packs enable larger events. Teams Shared Space licenses expand device management. Microsoft Places features broaden access. Teams Premium retains exclusive advanced capabilities. No immediate admin action required. Microsoft is introducing licensing updates that simplify access to advanced collaboration, workplace coordination, and events capabilities across Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Places. These updates expand access to capabilities previously available only with Teams Premium, helping organizations scale intelligent collaboration for hybrid work, large meetings, and in‑office coordination. When this will happen General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCCH, and DoD): These changes will go into effect in early April 2026. How this affects your organization Who is affected Organizations with users licensed for Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Places, or Microsoft 365 suites that include Outlook and Teams calendars Admins who manage Teams events, shared devices/spaces, or workplace coordination features in Places What will happen Advanced Teams events features included with Teams Enterprise Advanced event capabilities will be available to all users with a Teams Enterprise license (previously required Teams Premium). Users can organize and run events with up to 3,000 concurrent attendees. Included capabilities: Streaming chat Interactive reactions Real-time insights Theme and email customization eCDN Immersive events Additional organizer and attendee enhancements New attendee capacity pack licenses Capacity packs will allow events larger than 3,000 attendees. Sizes include: 5k, 10k, 25k, 35k, 50k, 75k, and 100k attendees. Teams Shared Space license (formerly Teams Shared Device) One license can now manage up to: Four desks A common area phone A Teams panel A shared meeting room A hot-desking device Adds: Advance desk reservations Space Analytics No admin action is required for the transition; additional spaces require assignment of a no‑cost license. Expanded workplace coordination capabilities in Microsoft Places Users with licenses that include Outlook and Teams calendars will gain access to: Places Finder Places Explorer Applies to licenses such as: Microsoft 365 E3/E5 Business Basic, Standard, and Premium Outlook 365 E1/E3/E5 Exchange Online Various Teams and Microsoft 365/Office 365 licenses Teams Premium continues to offer […]
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Microsoft 365 Copilot: Updates to PowerPoint on‑canvas features with Agent mode
PowerPoint will update Microsoft 365 Copilot with Agent mode for rewrite, translate, and speaker notes features, enabling chat-based interaction directly on slides. Rollout starts mid-March 2026 for web, then Windows and Mac, completing by April end. No admin action required; features enabled by default for Copilot users. As previously announced in MC1219792, PowerPoint will update the Microsoft 365 Copilot experience by enabling Agent mode for several on‑canvas authoring features, including rewrite, translate, and speaker notes. These enhancements will support more intelligent multi‑step reasoning and allow users to interact with Copilot through chat while performing actions directly on their presentations. This update aligns with our goal of delivering a more consistent, flexible, and powerful Copilot experience across Microsoft 365 apps. When this will happen General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin in mid‑March 2026 starting with PowerPoint for the web, followed by PowerPoint for Windows (Win32) and PowerPoint for Mac, and is expected to complete by end of April 2026. How this affects your organization Who is affected Users of PowerPoint for the web, Windows, and Mac in Microsoft 365 tenants with Copilot access What will happen Rewrite View image in new tab Rewrite actions will be processed through Copilot Agent mode chat. Users will see progress and outputs directly in chat. Updated text will automatically appear on the slide. Existing rewrite entry point and options will remain unchanged. Partial text rewrite will not be supported. Rewrite will continue to not support tables, charts, or other non‑text objects. Rewrite will be enabled by default for tenants with Copilot access. Translate View image in new tab Users will be able to initiate translation for a text box, a selected slide, or an entire presentation using Copilot Agent mode chat. Users will be able to prompt chat with: “Translate this presentation to language.” The Copilot slide menu (sparkle icon) for translation will be removed starting in mid‑March for PowerPoint for the web, followed by Windows and Mac in April. Presentation‑level translation will continue to function as before. Translation will not support presentations larger than 1M text characters, with a large number of slide masters, […]
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Retirement of SharePoint One-Time Passcode (SPO OTP) and transition to Microsoft Entra B2B guest accounts
SharePoint One-Time Passcode (SPO OTP) authentication will retire by August 2026, transitioning external sharing and authentication in OneDrive and SharePoint to Microsoft Entra B2B guest accounts. This change enhances security, governance, and conditional access, requiring guest accounts for external user access after July 2026. We are retiring SharePoint One‑Time Passcode (SPO OTP) authentication in OneDrive and SharePoint starting July 2026. Beginning in May 2026, new external sharing invitations and authentication will start using Microsoft Entra B2B instead of SPO OTP. This transition simplifies external collaboration, aligns authentication with Microsoft identity standards, and enables consistent guest lifecycle management, governance, and Conditional Access coverage across Microsoft 365. When this will happen May 2026: Invitation and authentication for new external sharing begins transitioning to Microsoft Entra B2B. Users who previously authenticated via SPO OTP will continue to have access to specific people links even without a B2B guest account yet. July 2026: Retirement of SPO OTP authentication begins. External users without a guest account get access denied on previously shared specific people links. To restore access, a guest account must be created in Entra B2B, or an allowed user must share/re-share at least one file/folder/site. Retirement is expected to complete by August 31, 2026. How this affects your organization Who is affected All Microsoft 365 tenants (commercial, government, sovereign). All external users who access OneDrive or SharePoint files, folders, or sites. What will happen The EnableAzureB2BIntegration setting will no longer control external sharing behavior beginning May 2026. SPO OTP authentication will retire beginning July 2026. The option to disable Entra B2B integration will be removed. Impact on external users External users who already have an Entra B2B guest account in your directory: No change in behavior. External users without a B2B guest account: Specific people links shared after changes rolled out to your tenant: A guest account will be automatically created via the Entra B2B Invitation Manager. Authentication will use Entra B2B (email OTP available if enabled). Specific people links shared before changes rolled out to your tenant: SPO OTP authentication continues until July 2026. After July 2026, these users will receive access […]
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Microsoft 365 Copilot: Retirement of the Skills agent from Frontier
The Skills agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot will retire by the end of March 2026, with removal from new installations by March 16, 2026. Skills data is now integrated directly in Copilot and available via the Learning and Workforce Insights agents. Users should transition and reconfigure delegation accordingly. We are retiring the Skills agent (currently in Frontier) in Microsoft 365 Copilot as part of an evolution to streamline the Copilot experience. Skills data and capabilities are now available directly in Microsoft 365 Copilot and through two agents available now in Frontier: the Learning agent and the Workforce Insights agent.Frontier agents help us learn what users value most and how they want to experience M365 Copilot. Skills agent feedback provided by Frontier customers has directly shaped our broader approach to improving people experiences in Copilot. Integrating current skills capabilities directly into Copilot, the Learning agent, and the Workforce Insights agent, gives organizations consistent access to skills data while supporting broader scenarios for employees and leaders. When this will happen Skills data is already available for people-based queries in M365 Copilot. The Learning agent and Workforce Insights agent are available now for testing through the Frontier program. The Skills agent will be removed from the agent store for new installations on March 16, 2026. The Skills agent will be fully retired at the end of March 2026, at which point existing users will lose access. How this affects your organization Who is affected Organizations currently using the Skills agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot through the Frontier program. Leaders who previously used the Skills agent for organization-wide skills insights or delegated access. What will happen The Skills agent will no longer be available for installation after March 16, 2026. Existing users will lose access when the retirement is complete at the end of March 2026. Skills-based experiences will continue through: Microsoft 365 Copilot, which now surfaces skills and people discovery through natural, chat-based queries. Learning agent, which provides personalized skill-based learning paths and recommendations. Workforce Insights agent, which provides organizational insights including team structure, skills mix, and talent visibility. Delegation settings previously configured […]
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Microsoft Teams: Channel Agent feature updates
Microsoft Teams is updating Channel Agent with customized welcome messages, user control over agent creation, improved scheduling, member addition via prompts, and direct channel posting. Requires Microsoft 365 Copilot license. Rolling out March 2026 for Teams on all platforms; admins should enable and inform helpdesk staff. Introduction We’re introducing new capabilities for Channel Agent in Microsoft Teams to improve how agents support collaboration within channels. These updates enhance agent welcome messages, give users more control over agent creation, and expand agent actions within channels to help teams work more efficiently. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android and is associated with Roadmap ID 557555. When this will happen: Targeted Release: Rolling out early March 2026 and completing by late March 2026. How this affects your organization: Who is affected: Microsoft Teams users who create or interact with Channel Agents Admins managing Teams preview features A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to use this feature. What will happen: New Channel Agents generate customized welcome messages based on channel context. Users can disable automatic Channel Agent creation during team or channel setup. Improved scheduling suggestions using updated calendar logic. Users can ask the agent to add members to a channel with a simple prompt such as “@agent add John Doe to this channel.” Channel Agents can post messages directly to a channel. What you can do to prepare: Learn more: Compliance considerations: No action is required if your organization is not opted into Targeted Release. Ensure your tenant is opted into Targeted Release if you want to receive this update earlier. Confirm Channel Agent is enabled for your tenant. Notify helpdesk staff of the new behaviors. Get started with Channel Agent for Teams channels | Microsoft Support Set up a Channel Agent for Microsoft Teams – Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn Channel Agent can access channel roster data to support member management actions. No other compliance impacts have been identified. Message ID: MC1243546
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https://m365admin.handsontek.net/microsoft-teams-channel-agent-feature-updates-2/
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Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel
We’ve released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps: Current Channel When this will happen: We’ll be gradually rolling out this update of Microsoft 365 Apps to users on that update channel starting March 3rd, 2026 (PST). How this will affect your organization: If your Microsoft 365 Apps clients are configured to automatically update from the Office Content Delivery Network (CDN), then no action is required. If you manage updates directly you can now download this latest update and begin deployment. What you need to do to prepare: To get more details about this update view the following release notes: Current Channel Message ID: MC1243523
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Microsoft Teams: delete meeting generated content in recap
Meeting organizers can now easily delete meeting generated content including recording, transcript, AI summary, and notes through the new delete button in recap page. Shared files in the meeting won’t be deleted. Product Microsoft Teams Release phase General Availability Release date April CY2026 Platform Desktop Cloud Instance Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Created 2026-03-04 00:00:25Z Roadmap ID 557170 Roadmap Link https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=557170
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OneDrive: Improved max path error experience on desktop
OneDrive desktop sync users now get clearer, more actionable error messages when file paths exceed the supported 520-character limit. The updated experience shows exactly how many characters a path exceeds the limit and points users to the specific folder location where they can shorten names to resolve the issue. When multiple files in the same folder are affected, a single consolidated message guides users to the right location, reducing error noise and making resolution faster. Available on both Windows and Mac. Product OneDrive Release phase General Availability Release date May CY2026 Platform Mac Cloud Instance Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Created 2026-03-04 00:00:25Z Roadmap ID 557563 Roadmap Link https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=557563
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SharePoint: Create SharePoint News Post from Copilot Pages
Once a Copilot Chat user has finished researching, creating, and collecting content in Copilot Pages, they can take it to a SharePoint News Post with the press of ‘SharePoint’ button under ‘Create’. Product SharePoint Release phase General Availability Release date May CY2026 Platform Web Cloud Instance Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC Created 2026-03-04 00:00:25Z Roadmap ID 557566 Roadmap Link https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=557566
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Microsoft Viva: Glint: AI-generated survey insights with Copilot Highlights
Copilot in Viva Glint now generates AI-powered summaries of employee survey results directly within Team Summary and Executive Summary reports, helping leaders quickly understand strengths, opportunities, and trends across their teams. Copilot Highlights surfaces key insights – such as notable score changes, benchmark comparisons, and response rate confidence – so leaders can move from data to action faster. With general availability, Copilot Highlights expands to support multilingual summaries, enabling global organizations to deliver AI-generated survey insights in their preferred language. Product Microsoft Viva Release phase General Availability Release date April CY2026 Platform Web Cloud Instance Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Created 2026-03-04 00:00:25Z Roadmap ID 558111 Roadmap Link https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=558111
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Outlook: Instantly Find Rules, Quick Steps, and More by Name
Managing your email automation in Outlook is now effortless with name search built into your key productivity tools. You can search within Rules, Conditional Formatting, Quick Steps, and Search Folders, filtering the list by name so you jump straight to the item you need. Whether you have dozens of rules or a growing library of quick steps, just type a few characters to narrow down results instantly. No more scrolling through long lists to find the right one, search puts you in control. Stay organized and make changes faster, right where you need them. #newoutlookforwindows Product Outlook Release phase Preview Release date May CY2026Preview date: April CY2026 Platform Web Cloud Instance Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Created 2026-03-04 00:00:25Z Roadmap ID 557678 Roadmap Link https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=557678
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Microsoft Purview: Data Security Investigations – Introducing new soft purge mitigation action
A new Data Security Investigations (DSI) mitigation action, soft purge, is now available to help admins quickly and efficiently soft-delete sensitive or overshared content during investigations. Content deleted using soft purge is retained until the deleted item retention period expires, allowing admins to have further control of their data. This addition works alongside DSI’s AI-powered content analysis features, such as categorization, AI search, and examination for risk, which help surface data security risks buried in data. Product Release phase General Availability Release date April CY2026 Platform Web Cloud Instance Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Created 2026-03-04 00:00:25Z Roadmap ID 558109 Roadmap Link https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=558109
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Microsoft Teams: One-time email passcodes for external presenters in Teams events
One-time email passcodes provide an easy way for tenant administrators and event organizers to verify anonymous, external presenters invited to their events. Anonymous external presenters will be shown with a “Verified” tag once completing the process. Based on admin settings, the event organizer will also have a set of options available to them that applies to all external presenters, providing the ability to control who is admitted to the meeting or allowing uninvited users with the link to be admitted from the lobby. Product Microsoft Teams Release phase General Availability Release date April CY2026 Platform Desktop Cloud Instance Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Created 2026-03-04 00:00:25Z Roadmap ID 557975 Roadmap Link https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=557975
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Extend your crm agent with rest api tools – A practical guide
Microsoft Copilot Studio enables organizations to extend conversational agents using REST API tools defined via OpenAPI specifications. While native Dataverse connectors are ideal for internal CRM operations, REST tools become essential when CRM must integrate with external, real-time systems such as financial services, tax engines, or enterprise platforms. This blog demonstrates how a CRM Copilot… Read More »
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https://www.inogic.com/blog/2026/03/extend-your-crm-agent-with-rest-api-tools-a-practical-guide/
Published on: 6 hours ago
Power Platform Pipelines with Power Pages
Power Platform Pipelines have become the recommended ALM approach for Power Apps, Dataverse, and now Power Pages. With the recent enhancements, you can finally move Power Pages websites, site settings, web templates, content snippets, permissions, and configuration data through environments using a fully automated, secure, and repeatable process. This guide walks you through the entire […]
https://inventcrm.wordpress.com/2026/03/04/power-platform-pipelines-with-power-pages/
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Test a File Against DLP Sensitive Information Types
Sensitive Information types (SITs) are definitions of data like credit card numbers used by DLP rules to detect potential external sharing violations. Knowing what SIT to use in a DLP rule is often difficult, which is why the Purview developers have added a test option to allow tenants to test files against individual SITs or all SITs to see what happens.
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Business Central 2026 release wave 1 (BC28): Show avatars for record creators and modifiers in lists (Created / Updated by) – Display data audit fields without customization
Hi, Readers.The public preview for Dynamics 365 Business Central 2026 release wave 1 (BC28) is available. Learn more: Link. I will continue to test and share some new features that I hope will be helpful. In this post, I would like to talk about Show avatars for record creators and modifiers in lists. Show avatars for […]
Published on: 12 hours ago
Power BI DAX - Aggregate Functions - SUM SUMX MIN MAX - Power BI Complete Course 2026 - C6.4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8El4DmD0wuY
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Business Central 2026 release wave 1 (BC28): Create purchase quotes for contacts (without a vendor)
Hi, Readers.The public preview for Dynamics 365 Business Central 2026 release wave 2 (BC28) is available. Learn more: Link. I will continue to test and share some new features that I hope will be helpful. In this post, I would like to talk about Create purchase quotes for contacts. Create purchase quotes for contacts: You can […]
Published on: 16 hours ago
Azure Developer CLI (azd): One command to swap Azure App Service slots
The new azd appservice swap command makes deployment slot swaps fast and intuitive.
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https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sdk/azd-appservice-swap/
Published on: 19 hours ago
Add tools to your agent in Copilot Studio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=940EmjVuj2I
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🔔 M365 Office Hours - March 2026
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Published on: 20 hours ago