Practical articles on IT, Microsoft 365, AI and digitalisation.
On 1 May 2026, Microsoft Agent 365 became generally available. It is the control platform that lets organisations centrally steer, monitor and secure AI agents. Plus announcements for deeper Intune and Defender integration in June. What does Agent 365 do, who is it for, and how do you start?
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Microsoft rolled out a new Shadow AI dashboard in Defender and Intune in May 2026. It detects AI agents that employees install themselves on their Windows devices and offers direct management control. What is shadow AI, why is it a serious risk, and how do you activate the new controls?
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On 12 May 2026, Microsoft rolls out the next Patch Tuesday. April was an exceptionally busy month with 167 patches and two actively exploited zero-days, including BlueHammer and the SharePoint spoofing bug. What should IT administrators preparing for May focus on?
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Microsoft is rolling out a powerful set of updates for Microsoft 365 in April 2026. From Copilot Chat in Teams to intelligent video meeting summaries — here are the highlights that will make your workday smarter.
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AI agents are everywhere in the news, but what do they actually do for an SME? We break down where they add real value right now - no hype.
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Criminals are using AI to clone voices and create fake videos. CEO fraud is more dangerous than ever. Here's what you need to know to protect your business.
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In March 2026, Microsoft automatically enabled passkeys for millions of Microsoft Entra tenants worldwide. What two years ago appeared to be a niche technology is now the new standard for authentication. Passkeys are faster, more secure and phishing-resistant. But what does this transition mean in practice for your organisation and your employees?
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The ransomware landscape of 2026 is dominated by three groups: Qilin, Akira and Dragonforce are together responsible for forty percent of all reported attacks. Qilin alone claimed 131 victims in March, a monthly record. What makes these groups so effective, how do they bypass security tools and what can you do to protect your organisation?
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On 1 May 2026, Microsoft introduces Microsoft 365 E7, the so-called Frontier Suite. The new subscription bundles everything E5 offers with Copilot, Agent 365, the full Entra Suite and advanced Defender and Purview security. Price: $99 per user per month. But what exactly do you get, who is it for, and when is E7 the right choice?
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On 1 July 2026, the Dutch Cybersecurity Act enters into force, the national implementation of the European NIS2 directive. The law obliges organisations in critical sectors to demonstrate a minimum level of cybersecurity, with registration requirements, incident reporting obligations and a board-level duty of care. But SMEs that are not directly in scope will also be affected. Here is what you need to know.
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If you thought disabling auto-renewal was enough to prevent a Microsoft CSP subscription from rolling over automatically, you are mistaken. From 1 April 2026, the familiar thirty-day grace period is gone. Expired subscriptions now automatically move to Extended Service Time, a more expensive monthly rate with a three percent surcharge. What you need to know and how to avoid it.
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A device marked as compliant in Microsoft Intune gives peace of mind, but offers no guarantee. Compliance status reflects a snapshot in time, not what happens on the device in the minutes, hours or days that follow. In this article we explain what device compliance does and does not measure, which pitfalls organisations encounter, and how to combine Intune with Conditional Access for a genuinely strong security posture.
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The percentage of Dutch businesses using AI has nearly doubled in three years: from 34 percent in 2023 to 67 percent in 2026. Dutch SMEs are even ahead of the European average. But behind those growth figures lies a more complex picture. What do the numbers really say, where are the gaps, and what can you do with this information now?
Read article →AI agents are no longer a distant prospect. In 2026, autonomous AI systems independently execute tasks, plan processes and make decisions within agreed boundaries. Gartner predicts that 40% of all enterprise software will contain AI agents by the end of 2026. What exactly are they, what can they do for your organisation, and how do you get started?
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From April 2026, intelligent meeting recap is generally available in Teams with video-based summaries, and Copilot Chat is expanding to Teams channels and meetings. What changes for your end users and what should you know as an IT administrator?
Read article →A new SharePoint vulnerability has been added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list by CISA in April 2026. Federal agencies must patch by 28 April, but the advice applies more broadly. What is the vulnerability, who is at risk, and what should you do?
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The Intune service release 2604 brings several interesting updates. Android XR devices can now be managed through Intune, the TeamViewer integration has been fully replaced with a new connector, and compliance reporting has been thoroughly revised. What does this mean for IT administrators?
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Windows 12 is no longer a rumour. Anyone who knows where to look in Windows Insider build 29558 can see that the foundations of the next major Windows release are already present in the system, just not yet activated. What are the concrete clues and what does this mean for businesses?
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Microsoft is raising the prices of all Microsoft 365 subscriptions from 1 July 2026. Business Basic increases by 16 percent, Business Standard by 12 percent and E3 by 8 percent. New features are being added at the same time. What does this mean for your organisation?
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Microsoft will automatically enable Windows Hotpatch in May 2026 for all Intune-managed devices. Security updates will be installed without a restart, applied directly to running processes in memory. IT administrators who are not yet ready must act before 11 May.
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Microsoft is adding an unattended mode to Remote Help in Intune. IT administrators will soon be able to take over a Windows device remotely without the user needing to accept a pop-up or even be logged in. The feature is planned for July 2026 and falls under the Intune Suite licence.
Read article →Microsoft Secure Score gives your Microsoft 365 environment a security rating and shows exactly which steps you can take to improve it. Free and included with M365, but most administrators have never opened it. Here is how to get started today.
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Microsoft Loop is the collaboration tool already included in your Microsoft 365 subscription that most businesses have never opened. It combines the ease of Notion with the integration of Teams and Outlook. What does it do and when is it worth using?
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VoIP fraud is affecting more and more businesses. Attackers exploit poorly secured SIP connections to make international calls at your expense, sometimes for thousands of euros overnight. How does it work, how do you recognise it, and how do you prevent it?
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Enterprise-grade endpoint security was long only affordable for large businesses. Microsoft Defender for Business brings EDR, automatic remediation and threat intelligence to SMBs via Microsoft 365 Business Premium. What is included, what does it cost, and when should you switch?
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Microsoft Places is the new workplace intelligence layer on top of Teams and Outlook. It shows who is in the office when, which rooms are available, and provides AI recommendations for collaboration. What does it do, who is it for, and how do you activate it?
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Many businesses assume Microsoft automatically backs up their M365 data. That is a misconception. Microsoft 365 Backup now provides a built-in solution for item-level recovery. What does it do exactly, what does it cost, and when is it essential?
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A critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability in SharePoint Server is being actively exploited by attackers. The patch has been available since January but many organisations have not yet installed it. CISA has added the vulnerability to its known exploited vulnerabilities list. Check your systems now.
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Microsoft Teams is getting two notable updates this week: a real-time AI interpreter that simultaneously translates meetings into your language, and a new overview panel in the Teams Admin Center for managing external collaboration settings. What does this mean for your organisation?
Read article →Microsoft has rolled out Copilot Memory for Microsoft 365. Copilot now actively retrieves context from your emails, calendar and files, and remembers your preferences between sessions. What does this deliver, and what does it mean for your employees' privacy?
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AI tools are asking for your confirmation less and less, and acting on their own more and more. What is agentic AI, why is this a tipping point, and what questions should your organisation already be answering about responsibility and control?
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Microsoft Teams is already the go-to place for chat, meetings and collaboration in many organisations. But calling external numbers via Teams requires an extra step: a VoIP connection or Microsoft Teams Phone. How do both options work and which fits your organisation best?
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The landline has long been the backbone of business communication. But VoIP telephony offers lower costs, more flexibility and better integrations than traditional ISDN or PSTN connections ever could. Here are the seven most important advantages organisations experience daily after switching.
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Microsoft has abolished the free 30-day grace period for expired Microsoft 365 subscriptions. Failing to renew on time now means immediate loss of access to services and data. What exactly is changing, what risks do you face and how do you prevent unwanted disruptions?
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In seven days, on 31 March 2026, Microsoft is removing default outbound internet access for new Azure Virtual Networks. New VMs, Azure Virtual Desktop environments and Windows 365 ANC connections created after that date will be unable to reach the internet unless you explicitly configure outbound connectivity. What do you need to do now?
Read article →From April 2026, Microsoft will automatically enable passkey profiles for Entra ID tenants that have not yet done so manually. Organisations that do not review their FIDO2 policy in time may be caught off guard. What exactly is changing and what do you need to do now?
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The traditional corporate VPN is reaching the end of its life. With Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access, Microsoft offers a fully integrated Security Service Edge solution that replaces VPN with Entra Private Access and secures internet traffic with Entra Internet Access. What does this mean and how do you migrate?
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Microsoft has rolled out Autopilot Device Preparation (APDP) as the new standard for zero-touch device enrolment. Faster, simpler and fully Intune-native: a new device is fully configured in under 10 minutes. What changes and how do you prepare your organisation?
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NIST has published its first post-quantum cryptography standards and major cloud providers are already implementing them. Quantum computers will render current asymmetric encryption unsafe before 2030. Harvest-now-decrypt-later attacks are already underway. These are the steps every enterprise must take now.
Read article →2026 is becoming the year agentic AI grows into the biggest cybersecurity risk for enterprises. Non-human identities — the API keys, service accounts and digital certificates of AI agents — outnumber human identities at a ratio of 50:1. Attackers know this. Does your security strategy?
Read article →Microsoft is rolling out its biggest M365 platform refresh in years throughout Q1 2026. From a forced migration to New Outlook to larger Teams channels and Defender security in lower licence tiers — here is everything every IT administrator needs to know.
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On 17 March 2026, Microsoft announced a major reorganisation of its Copilot team. Mustafa Suleyman steps back from day-to-day product leadership to focus entirely on building proprietary frontier AI models. What does this mean for Microsoft's AI strategy and your organisation?
Read article →Microsoft deploys the first large-scale production clusters of NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 Blackwell Ultra GPUs and launches Azure AI Foundry as the central platform for enterprise AI. What does this mean for organisations serious about AI?
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More and more businesses are moving away from on-premise IT infrastructure in favour of cloud-first strategies. Lower costs, greater flexibility and improved security are driving this shift. Here is what it means for your organisation.
Read article →From April 2026, Microsoft Entra ID will automatically enable passkey profiles for all tenants. A major step towards passwordless sign-in. What does this mean for your organisation and what should you prepare right now?
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With Wave 3, Microsoft 365 Copilot makes the leap from smart assistant to autonomous AI agent. Agent Mode now works iteratively inside Word, Excel and PowerPoint, while Agent 365 delivers enterprise-scale governance.
Read article →Microsoft is replacing classic Windows Autopilot with the new Autopilot Device Preparation — faster, cloud-native and now available for Windows 365 Cloud PCs. Windows also now installs security updates automatically during the initial device setup.
Read article →AI Agents are no longer reserved for large corporations. Businesses of all sizes are adopting AI-driven automation to handle customer enquiries, streamline workflows and free up valuable staff time for higher-value work.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot brings AI directly into Word, Excel, Teams and Outlook. But what does that mean in practice for your organisation? We break down the key features, costs and implementation considerations.
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The traditional VPN has become a security liability in a world of remote work and cloud applications. Microsoft Entra Private Access offers a modern Zero Trust alternative that is both more secure and more user-friendly.
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Conditional Access is the most powerful security feature in Microsoft Entra ID. With the right policies, you can block attacks automatically without disrupting employee productivity. These are the best practices for 2026.
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Cyber attacks do not only target large enterprises. Microsoft Defender for Business brings enterprise-grade endpoint security to SMB organisations at an accessible price. We explain what it does and when it is worth it.
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Microsoft resolved over 160 security vulnerabilities in January 2026, including 8 critical flaws in Windows and Microsoft Office. Do you know whether your systems are already up to date?
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