Microsoft's Alex Simons came to the TEC 2025 conference to talk about the future of Entra ID, a lot of which hangs on the use of AI in components like the Entra agents that are now in preview. The idea of using agents to relieve hard-pressed human administrators is great, but only if those agents do more than a skilled human administrator can do, and that's not the case so far.
In this episode of Practical AI, we explore how to run large language models locally using Jan, a privacy-first, open-source desktop client. With support for Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, Jan lets you integrate tools like Microsoft Learn directly into your AI workflow—no cloud required.
In this blog, we dive into Microsoft’s GitHub Spark, and how it redefines how developers and non-developers alike build intelligent web apps. By combining GitHub Copilot with a natural language interface, Spark lets users describe what they want and watch it come to life with no deep coding required.
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is available for use with Microsoft Copilot Studio, enables powerful integrations with external systems—but also introduces new security challenges. This article explores how to securely deploy MCP with Copilot Studio Agents.
In this week's episode, we dive deep into Microsoft's latest announcements and changes that will impact your organization in 2025 and beyond. We examine the reasoning behind the cloud.microsoft domain rollout, what the retirement of Viva Goals means for organizations invested in OKR solutions, and discuss the implications of the forced transition to the new Outlook for Windows by 2026.
In this episode of the Practical 365 Podcast, we are joined by TEC Speaker, Shinesa Cambric, to explore the parallels between AI adoption and the cloud revolution, get into the changing nature of identity in our digital world, and get a sneak peak into Shinesa's Keynote session.
In this week's episode of the Practical 365 Podcast, Steve Goodman and Rich Dean welcome Microsoft CVP, Yonatan Zunger to talk through AI Security & Safety, including how you can get Copilot today.
On the show this week, Rich and Steve are joined by Distinguished Engineer & AI Security Evangelist, Mike Wilson to discuss Microsoft's focus on AI, AI Security, the new Microsoft Planner, and more!
In the show this week, Paul and Steve discuss a cyber attack reported against Azure AD Connect that inflicted a vast amount of damage to a business, Snapchat filters in Teams, two new changes to the Graph API and Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android, and more!
On September 30, 2021, IT pros and developers from South Africa are coming together once again to host the first online Azure Bootcamp event! User Group Leads will bring you the latest information and features about Azure and Cloud Computing. The online event is free and hosted live on Twitch.