First Impressions as Microsoft 365 Copilot Reaches GA
In this blog, Steve Goodman gives his first impressions of Microsoft 365 Copilot based on what was shown at Microsoft's Envision Conference in London.
November 1, 2023
Latest Articles
Beware the Shadows of Active Directory – Cyber Security Horror Stories with Sean Metcalf: The Practical 365 Podcast S4 E7
Join us for a thrilling Halloween special of the Practical 365 podcast with special guest Sean Metcalf, CTO of Trimarc. In this Episode, we'll explore the eerie changes in Windows 11 as it seeks to banish NTLM, navigate through common Active Directory misconfigurations, and delve deeper into the practical aspects of managing Active Directory configurations and so much more.
October 31, 2023
Cyber Roundtable with Microsoft’s Alex Weinert on Storm-0558 & Identity Protection. Plus the New Teams & Exchange Security: The Practical 365 Podcast S4 E6
On the show this week, Steve, Paul and Rich are joined by Microsoft's VP Director of Identity Security, Alex Weinert, to discuss almost all things related to securing identities. We hear about what happened behind the scenes during Storm-0558, and we discuss essential steps to protect Microsoft 365. And we discuss the latest news in the world of Microsoft 365 - in particular we discuss the new Teams 2.1 client that recently became GA, and for those still running on-premises or Hybrid Exchange Servers, it is time to get patching.
October 20, 2023
Microsoft 365 Copilot GA, What happened at TEC; Ignite is back & more: The Practical 365 Podcast S4 E5
On this episode of the Practical 365 podcast, Rich and Paul talk about Microsoft 365 Copilot GA, The Experts Conference, Microsoft Ignite being sold out, and Exchange Web Services retiring soon.
October 4, 2023
Cryptojacking Azure, Storm-0558, Microsoft 365 Copilot News & Prerequisites: The Practical 365 Podcast S4 E4
On the show this week, Steve Goodman and Paul Robichaux discuss Storm-0558, TEC 2023, new Azure costs, Copilot news, and more!
September 22, 2023
Microsoft Teams Unbundled in Europe, AD cybersecurity tips from Justin Kohler and the latest news: The Practical 365 Podcast S4 E3
On the show this week, we're talking about Microsoft unbundling Microsoft Teams in response to Slack, new features coming to Teams that are long awaited, plus Justin Kohler from SpecterOps joins us on the show to talk about his TEC session.
September 7, 2023
Things To Think About with Microsoft 365 Copilot & Is On-Prem Dead: The Practical 365 Podcast S4 E2
This week we are joined on the show by Microsoft MVP and Practical 365 Editor, Tony Redmond. On this episode, Steve Picks Tony's brain on Copilot, On-premises, and his upcoming TEC session.
August 17, 2023
Protecting AD against compromise, New Teams Features and Microsoft’s Greg Taylor joins us to talk TEC: The Practical 365 Podcast S4 E1
In our first show in season four, new co-host Rich Dean joins Steve and Paul to discuss preparing your Active Directory against compromises, new Microsoft Teams features, and Greg Taylor joins to talk about his upcoming session at TEC.
August 7, 2023
Is the price right for Microsoft 365 Copilot? Azure AD is now Entra ID, Bing Chat Enterprise unravelled and Syntex Backup explored: The Practical 365 Podcast S3 E32
On the show this week, we discuss Azure AD getting rebranded as Entra ID, Microsoft announces Copilot pricing, new features to the roadmap, plus we are getting a new practical 365 Podcast co-host.
July 21, 2023
Surprisingly Useful New Teams Features, How to Avoid Teams Cybersecurity Issues & What to Expect from Microsoft Inspire: The Practical 365 Podcast S3 E31
Join us on for this week's Practical 365 Podcast, where we discuss Microsoft Inspire, Teams Malware, and more Teams features.
July 6, 2023
Microsoft Outage, Exchange Cybersecurity Issues, and Teams Delivers Big New Features: The Practical 365 Podcast S3 E30
On the show this week, we're delving into the recent Microsoft Cloud outage, new Exchange Security patches, new Teams Feature, plus much more!
June 26, 2023
GPT in Power Platform & Teams, New Azure AD features to secure & collaborate, plus we’re joined by Mary Jo Foley: The Practical 365 Podcast S3 E29
On this week’s show, Paul and I are joined by industry veteran Mary Jo Foley, to talk about her keynote session at this year’s TEC conference this coming September – learn her view on how your priorities and Microsoft’s intersect and what value Microsoft 365 needs to deliver. Plus we’re talking new Power Platform and Teams AI-driven features plus there’s a plethora of new Azure AD & Entra features that help secure your environment and make it easier for complex organizations to work seamlessly together.
June 8, 2023