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Organisations manage around three hundred SaaS applications on average, and the annual bill is growing by about eight percent while the number of tools barely increases. The cause lies in pricing models, not more software. What that means for your budget and why connecting the tools you already have now pays off more than buying a new one.
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Microsoft has split Copilot billing in two: everyday tasks stay included in the licence, while agents and advanced features now run on usage-based billing with Copilot Credits. That model has been live in SharePoint and OneDrive since 30 September. What an admin needs to set up before users switch on the advanced features.
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Since 15 August 2026, the Dutch Cybersecurity Act, the national implementation of the EU NIS2 directive, has applied without a transition period. Eight thousand organisations fall under it directly, with thousands more suppliers caught through the chain. Yet barely a third of the organisations in scope are actively working on compliance. What the duty of care, the reporting obligation and director liability concretely mean for your organisation.
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In late September, OpenAI showed an AI assistant that wraps up a phone call on its own. At the same time, industry research shows that phone remains the heaviest customer contact channel in Western Europe. What does that combination mean for your own organisation's phone line?
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On 22 and 30 September, Vercel shipped two security updates for Next.js within eight days, the framework behind a large share of modern business websites. What actually happened, and why it shows that a website is never finished once it goes live.
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A zone-redundant architecture on paper is no guarantee that failover actually works. Microsoft's new Azure Infrastructure Resiliency Manager links Availability Zones, Chaos Studio and Monitor together and lets you simulate a zone outage before a real one does.
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Since 1 September 2026, publishing sanctions has become the legal default for the Dutch Data Protection Authority. A fine no longer disappears quietly into a file, it becomes a permanent, searchable public record. What exactly changes, and what does it mean for your organisation?
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A logo used to be one fixed picture. Now it appears as a video intro, an app icon, a favicon and a presentation opener, each with different rules. And it is no longer judged by people alone: AI agents increasingly compare and choose on the customer's behalf. What does that mean for your brand identity?
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The Planner Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot is now generally available. The agent recognises action items in Teams meetings, Outlook emails, and documents, and automatically converts them into draft tasks in Microsoft Planner. How does it work, what are the requirements, and how do you activate it?
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User-Centric Access Reviews (UAR) in Entra ID Governance are now generally available. Reviewers see all of a user's access (groups, apps and access packages) in a single unified view. How to configure it, what it costs, and why NIS2 compliance demands exactly this.
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Every meeting room has a resource account that rarely changes its password. Microsoft now has a fix: Entra Resource Accounts make Teams Rooms, Panels, and Common Area Phones passwordless through hardware-bound credentials. Here is how it works and how to migrate.
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Until recently, external users could remain in a Teams group chat even if your external access policy no longer allowed it. Microsoft closes that gap with two new PowerShell settings. What they do, when they are available, and how to configure them.
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Microsoft retires the MemberOf operator from Entra ID on November 3, 2026. There is no automatic migration. Dynamic groups using the operator freeze at their current state, with direct consequences for Conditional Access, licence assignment, and Teams access.
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