Rob Quickenden @robquickenden

Microsoft 365 Copilot now powered by GPT-5 Yes... Microsoft are updating Microsoft 365 Copilot with support for GPT-5 across the Microsoft Al stack. This is live now and rolling out across Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio after being made available to "some" testers on Copilot consumer last week. This update release underscores Microsoft’s pledge to integrate OpenAI’s cutting-edge models into the their AI products within 30 days of availability.

Microsoft 365 Copilot now powered by GPT-5

Yes... Microsoft are updating Microsoft 365 Copilot with support for GPT-5 across the Microsoft Al stack. This is live now and rolling out across Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio after being made available to "some" testers on Copilot consumer…

07.08.2025 23:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Microsoft is now a $4 trillion company Last week, Microsoft crossed $4 trillion market valuation, becoming the second company after Nvidia to hit the milestone. This was off the back of their FY25 earning report in which they posted a better-than-expected result that pushed up their market capitalisation past the $4 trillion mark. This was fuelled by Microsoft reporting $76.4 billion in revenue, an 18% year-over-year increase, and $27.2 billion in net income, …

Microsoft is now a $4 trillion company

Last week, Microsoft crossed $4 trillion market valuation, becoming the second company after Nvidia to hit the milestone. This was off the back of their FY25 earning report in which they posted a better-than-expected result that pushed up their market…

04.08.2025 06:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What is Copilot Mode in Edge? After being in preview for a while, Copilot Mode has now officially arrived in Microsoft Edge (just as Google have announced their AI mode). Copilot Mode Toggle This shows the shift away from the traditional ways we use search engines in browsers where we are juggling tabs and search bars to the future of search where instead we interact with a single, context-aware AI assistant...like Copilot.

What is Copilot Mode in Edge?

After being in preview for a while, Copilot Mode has now officially arrived in Microsoft Edge (just as Google have announced their AI mode). Copilot Mode Toggle This shows the shift away from the traditional ways we use search engines in browsers where we are juggling…

03.08.2025 09:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What is Copilot Smart Mode? It snuck in quietly, like all meaningful innovations do. I didn't see a press release, or announcement - and just saw it "pop" up for me today with one small pop-up. Just one single word, Smart. And yet, beneath the understated label lies perhaps the most pivotal shift in the way generative AI models like Copilot and ChatGPT work since manual "model selectors" first became a thing.

Copilot's Smart Mode seems to be in testing - what is and why might this be the last "mode" we ever need?

31.07.2025 15:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Palo Alto to buy CyberArk for $25B: Reinforcing the AI-Era of Identity Security Palo Alto Networks has agreed to acquire Israeli identity-security specialist CyberArk for $25B which marks the largest acquisition yet by Palo Alto with this deal taking their total acquisition spree to $33 billion since 2018. Why are Palo Alto buying CyberArk? With hackers increasingly weaponising AI and machine identities, rapid detection and shutting down privileged-access breaches has never been more mission-critical.

Palo Alto to buy CyberArk for $25B: Reinforcing the AI-Era of Identity Security

Palo Alto Networks has agreed to acquire Israeli identity-security specialist CyberArk for $25B which marks the largest acquisition yet by Palo Alto with this deal taking their total acquisition spree to $33 billion…

30.07.2025 20:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Copilot Memory is Rolling Out What Is Copilot Memory? Copilot Memory is a new capability within Microsoft 365 Copilot (similar to what ChatGPT has) that allows Copilot to remember key facts about your preferences, working style, ongoing projects, and other things you want it to know about you. This enables it (think PA) to be able to tailor its responses over time. You can add and change this as needed so it evolves with you, reducing repetitive prompts, adapting to your style and speeding up your daily tasks.

Copilot Memory is Rolling Out

What Is Copilot Memory? Copilot Memory is a new capability within Microsoft 365 Copilot (similar to what ChatGPT has) that allows Copilot to remember key facts about your preferences, working style, ongoing projects, and other things you want it to know about you.…

15.07.2025 17:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Recap in Teams gets “eyes” to capture screen sharing content Coming soon, Copilot in Teams will improve on its intelligent meeting recap feature by incorporating content shared on screen into the AI-generated summary. This will ensure that slides, dashboards, and other visuals shown by participants become part of the post-meeting recap, capturing unspoken insights and making your summaries more comprehensive. Visual Insight for Deeper Recaps Meeting transcripts are great for meetings but currently miss the context conveyed by visuals in screen sharing.

Recap in Teams gets “eyes” to capture screen sharing content

Coming soon, Copilot in Teams will improve on its intelligent meeting recap feature by incorporating content shared on screen into the AI-generated summary. This will ensure that slides, dashboards, and other visuals shown by…

15.07.2025 07:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Windows in the Cloud - Is this the future of End User Compute Under the Surface · Episode

My latest podcast is out on @spotify. Thanks so much to @brinkhoffc.bsky.social for being by guest this month as we talk about #Windows in the Cloud.

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14.07.2025 12:04 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you mate...

10.07.2025 18:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Well done mate

10.07.2025 18:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Why Microsoft Is Phasing Out Passwords for good. TL;DR Microsoft is removing password support from its Authenticator app this summer. As of June, you haven't been able to add new passwords; in July autofill stops working; and by August all saved passwords will be deleted. The replacement? FIDO-based passkeys that are stored encrypted on your device and use biometrics / PIN for phishing-proof sign-ins. The Password Problem Passwords have been the backbone of online security for decades and the way we into most our work and online services like shopping sites, email, Snapchat etc..

Why Microsoft Is Phasing Out Passwords for good.

TL;DR Microsoft is removing password support from its Authenticator app this summer. As of June, you haven't been able to add new passwords; in July autofill stops working; and by August all saved passwords will be deleted. The replacement?…

06.07.2025 05:17 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

What actually is Agentic AI? So, I was delivering an AI awareness session earlier this week to 120 eight- to ten-year-olds at my sons' school. In the Q&A bit, one of the children asked me - "What is Agentic AI?". Needless to say, I was quite surprised to be asked that question by a nine-year-old. We actually decided to us AI to explain it to the class....

What actually is Agentic AI?

So, I was delivering an AI awareness session earlier this week to 120 eight- to ten-year-olds at my sons' school. In the Q&A bit, one of the children asked me - "What is Agentic AI?". Needless to say, I was quite surprised to be asked that question by a nine-year-old.…

27.06.2025 10:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Inside Copilot’s Researcher and Analyst Agents TL:DR Microsoft 365 Copilot now includes two advanced AI agents – Researcher and Analyst that became generally available in this month ( June 2025). These agents use powerful reasoning models (based on OpenAI’s o3-mini and deep research models) to handle complex tasks beyond what the standard Copilot could do. Researcher is a specialised agent for multi-step research - it can securely comb through your work data (emails, files, meetings, etc.) and the web to gather information, ask clarifying questions, and produce well-structured summaries and insights.

Inside Copilot’s Researcher and Analyst Agents

TL:DR Microsoft 365 Copilot now includes two advanced AI agents – Researcher and Analyst that became generally available in this month ( June 2025). These agents use powerful reasoning models (based on OpenAI’s o3-mini and deep research models) to…

20.06.2025 16:45 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Inside Copilot’s Researcher and Analyst Agents TL:DR Microsoft 365 Copilot now includes two advanced AI agents – Researcher and Analyst that became generally available in this month ( June 2025). These agents use powerful reasoning models (based on OpenAI’s o3-mini and deep research models) to handle complex tasks beyond what the standard Copilot could do. Researcher is a specialised agent for multi-step research - it can securely comb through your work data (emails, files, meetings, etc.) and the web to gather information, ask clarifying questions, and produce well-structured summaries and insights.

Inside Copilot’s Researcher and Analyst Agents

TL:DR Microsoft 365 Copilot now includes two advanced AI agents – Researcher and Analyst that became generally available in this month ( June 2025). These agents use powerful reasoning models (based on OpenAI’s o3-mini and deep research models) to…

20.06.2025 16:45 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Cisco Shine: Report on The State of Smart Collaboration Devices in 2025 Yesterday I read the "Omdia Universe: Smart Collaboration Devices 2025 report". This was promoted by Cisco who, as you may know are currently the fastest growing Microsoft Teams Room MTR provider whilst also of course having their own Webex Meeting platform and experiences. In this blog, I summarise the key insights that jumped out to me and cover how the report reveal how Cisco are re innovating in this crowded space and differenting themselves through their inter-connected portfolio.

Cisco Shine: Report on The State of Smart Collaboration Devices in 2025

Yesterday I read the "Omdia Universe: Smart Collaboration Devices 2025 report". This was promoted by Cisco who, as you may know are currently the fastest growing Microsoft Teams Room MTR provider whilst also of course having…

17.06.2025 08:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Cisco Shine: Report on The State of Smart Collaboration Devices in 2025 Yesterday I read the "Omdia Universe: Smart Collaboration Devices 2025 report". This was promoted by Cisco who, as you may know are currently the fastest growing Microsoft Teams Room MTR provider whilst also of course having their own Webex Meeting platform and experiences. In this blog, I summarise the key insights that jumped out to me and cover how the report reveal how Cisco are re innovating in this crowded space and differenting themselves through their inter-connected portfolio.

Cisco Shine: Report on The State of Smart Collaboration Devices in 2025

Yesterday I read the "Omdia Universe: Smart Collaboration Devices 2025 report". This was promoted by Cisco who, as you may know are currently the fastest growing Microsoft Teams Room MTR provider whilst also of course having…

17.06.2025 08:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

How much uptake do you think there will be with Microsoft 365 local? And is it just for big players or die hard on premmers?

17.06.2025 05:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Cisco Live 2025: AI Takes Center Stage and Networking Gets a Boost Cisco Live 2025 is happening this week in San Diego (after five years in Vegas) with around 22,000 attendees. As you'd image from any tech event at the moment, the focus was very much AI with the theme being summed up as “All AI, all the time”. Throghout the Day 1 keynotes, Cisco’s message was clear: the “agentic AI era”

Cisco Live 2025: AI Takes Center Stage and Networking Gets a Boost

Cisco Live 2025 is happening this week in San Diego (after five years in Vegas) with around 22,000 attendees. As you'd image from any tech event at the moment, the focus was very much AI with the theme being summed up as “All AI,…

11.06.2025 07:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Multiple personal desktop assignment now generally available - Azure Virtual Desktop Blog Assign a single user multiple personal desktops in one host pool to streamline resource management and enhance experience.  

IT pros, listen up! You can now assign multiple personal desktops to a single user in one host pool. This update simplifies management, enhances user experience, and reduces overhead.

🔗 Check out the full announcement:
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02.06.2025 20:40 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

This underused feature (available in Outlook including mobile apps) is so good for employee mental health, planning, and not pissing off your colleagues..

#ScheduleSend

16.05.2025 06:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Microsoft releases new Calendar app for commercial customers After years of silence around bringing more functionality to the Windows 11, Microsoft have quietly announced a new Calendar app for Windows 11. This doesn't replace the Calendar Fly out but is instead the latest Microsoft 365 "Companion app" and joins the recently launched People and File Search apps. It's only availble for Commercial customers with a Microsoft 365 Business or Enterprise License.

Microsoft releases new Calendar app for Microsoft 365 commercial customers

16.05.2025 06:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Chip to Cloud: Microsoft Surface’s End-to-End Security Microsoft Surface is more than a premium class device. Surface is a manifestation of Microsoft’s holistic, Zero Trust security philosophy. Secure by design and Secure by default. This blog explores how it works.

Chip to Cloud: Microsoft Surface’s End-to-End Security

Microsoft Surface is more than a premium class device. Surface is a manifestation of Microsoft’s holistic, Zero Trust security philosophy. Secure by design and Secure by default. This blog explores how it works.

15.05.2025 07:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Windows 365 now 20% cheaper until October 2025 With support for Windows 10 ending on 14th October 2025, Microsoft has introduced a strategic initiative aimed at easing the transition to modern computing environments and to encourage more oganis…

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15.05.2025 05:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#WindowsInsiders can now invoke #Copilot with the phrase “Hey, Copilot!”.

This is an opt-in feature and provides a new way to easily start a chat with Copilot Voice. Similar to how we work with hey Google, siri and back in the day #Cortana!

Do wish I could just say "Computer"!!

14.05.2025 17:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What is TPM2 and why Windows 11 requires it With Windows 10 support ending in <5 months, I thought I'd talk a little about what Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is, its role in Windows 11, and how it fits into Microsoft's Chip-to-Cloud security strategy, along with an explanation of Microsoft's own Pluton processors. Why. Well, before Microsoft released TPM and made it a mandatory system requirement, few people paid attention to it but now I get asked more and more "what is TPM".

What is TPM2 and why Windows 11 requires it

With Windows 10 support ending in

14.05.2025 05:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0