Big news: Microsoft is no longer content with leaning only on OpenAI. They’re bringing Anthropic’s Claude models (Sonnet 4, Opus 4.1) into Microsoft 365 Copilot. You’ll soon be able to pick whether your Copilot uses OpenAI or Claude in certain contexts. Welcome to the multi-model era. What’s Actually Changing Copilot’s Researcher agent can now run…
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Run Azure Foundry Local + Open WebUI on Windows Server: Your Private LLM Playground
Microsoft is pushing Foundry Local — a way to run AI models on your own machine or server, not just in the cloud. The blog post shows how to install it on Windows Server (2025) and expose it via a Web UI. Here’s what it means, where it’s useful, where it’s tricky — and whether…
Are Your Cloud Configurations Putting You at Risk? (Spoiler: Probably)
Misconfigurations are the silent killers of cloud security. You can spend millions on shiny security tools, but one sloppy checkbox or default setting can hand attackers the keys to your kingdom. That’s why this webinar agenda hits hard: we’re diving into the most dangerous Azure cloud misconfigurations that keep CISOs awake at night — and…
What Does the IT Department Really Do?
(Spoiler: More Than You Think, and Definitely More Than They’re Paid For) Most people only think of IT when something explodes. Your Teams call drops, your laptop refuses to connect to Wi-Fi, or that mysterious spinning wheel becomes your new screensaver. Suddenly, IT is the most important department in the company. But here’s the catch:…
Windows 365 Cloud Apps Public Preview: Small Sips Instead of Full Cloud VMs
Microsoft is back with a twist on Cloud PC: Windows 365 Cloud Apps — now in public preview. Instead of spinning up a full virtual desktop for everyone, IT can stream just the applications users need. Sounds neat. Sounds efficient. Sounds like Microsoft finally admitted that not everyone wants (or can afford) to rent a…
Microsoft’s $30B UK AI Bet: Champagne Promises, Builders’ Tea Reality
Microsoft has just announced it’ll invest a whopping $30 billion in the UK over the next four years to “power the AI future.” Biggest UK investment they’ve ever made. Impressive headline. But let’s not pop the bubbly just yet — we Brits know full well that headlines are free, execution is where the bill lands….
🔥 Zero Trust Architecture: No More Free Passes 🔥
Hey guys, let’s talk about Zero Trust, isn’t a product you buy, it’s a mindset you adopt. The idea: never trust, always verify. Every identity, device, app, and network packet is guilty until proven innocent. Microsoft has gone all-in, embedding Zero Trust principles into Entra, Intune, Defender, Sentinel, Purview, and the rest of the ever-growing…
Multi-Agent AI with Microsoft: Ambitious, Useful… and Definitely Messy
Microsoft has rolled out a beefed-up architecture for multi-agent AI systems via Azure AI Foundry. Cool move. Here’s what it is, what it tries to solve, what the catches are — and what you should really check before betting your team budget on it. What Microsoft is Offering Connected Agents + Multi-Agent Workflows: The idea…
Planning Cloud-Native Solutions: Microsoft’s Framework vs. Harsh Reality
Ah yes, another day, another framework from Redmond telling us how to “plan cloud-native solutions.” Spoiler: it’s less about unicorns in the cloud and more about avoiding the classic “we migrated, it all caught fire, and now the CFO wants to know why the bill looks like a phone number.” Step One: Define “Success” (Good…
WireGuard in AKS: Microsoft Finally Gets Serious About In-Transit Encryption
Alright folks, let’s cut through the PR fluff. Microsoft just dropped WireGuard in-transit encryption for AKS (yep, still Public Preview), and it’s actually worth paying attention to. What’s the Deal? AKS now supports WireGuard-based encryption between pods that live on different nodes. This is baked into Azure CNI with Cilium, so you don’t need to…