Dealing with OneDrive for Business Is Challenging, Disabling it isn’t the Answer
Turning off OneDrive would eliminate this risk and all opportunities to collaborate in Teams and OneDrive. Is it really worth it?
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One Huge Challenge with M365 for Admins – An Example
It’s a huge challenge. We have no control over updates, and Microsoft is increasingly releasing new features before they build out the compliance tools that would allow us to manage them. As Tony pointed out above, agents may have critical impacts on current security and data privacy work. No matter, it’s coming. Figure it out.
As I mentioned during the ILTA session last month, I don’t see how organizations will function without a dedicated staff to monitor and communicate changes. Consider just how much work is involved in understanding Copilot and all of the compliance issues surrounding the use of AI, then consider how fast Microsoft is rolling out new Copilot features. It’s been a moving target since day one.
It’s only a small part of the M365 environment.
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Linked – Microsoft is reportedly working to merge Teams text chat and channels with a new UI
I’ve got my eyes on this: Microsoft is reportedly working on a major UI improvement for its Teams services. The change is supposed to finally merge its text chats and channels into one location in the future. In all the years of being waist-deep in the Teams universe, one common thread for getting users to…
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It’s been a year of M365 Newsletters
The M365 newsletter is a year old, and while it’s not been a huge commercial success, it’s been fun to do, and it’s brought some value to folks, whether they are paid or free subscribers. The big thing I wanted to mention is how being a subscriber and referring your peers could help get you a limited paid subscription for free:
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Microsoft’s Previous Commitments On Emissions Took a Back Seat to AI
In 2020, Microsoft promised to be at negative carbon emissions as a company in ten years. Instead, they have increased emissions by almost 30% since then. They promise they’ll be there in 2030, but that seems like wishful thinking.
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Linked – M365 Conference 2024 Session Schedule Disappoints Me
Microsoft executives will be judged based on those products and their success. Entra ID and Exchange aren’t going to impact that judgment one way or the other. They are core to the success of IT departments, but they’re boring, old, “keep the lights on” kind of tech. They aren’t getting Microsoft the growth that stockholders demand in 2024. They need new products to do that, which they will focus on. I can’t blame them for that. It’s the world technology companies live in now, for better or worse.
