Microsoft Eliminates 300 seat Requirement for Copilot
If you were out marking the occasion for Martin Luther King Day or hunkering down from the cold in the US today, you may not have noticed this announcement from Microsoft.
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Beware Those Claiming Expertise with Copilot for M365
I’ve seen the same thing Loryan has seen, though. Microsoft partners and consulting companies are offering up “expertise” on Copilot that I don’t believe they have. If you’re looking for guidance to help you navigate the Copilot waters, I also recommend vetting the folks who claim to be able to do that.
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Linked – For ‘Unhappy’ Law Firms, There’s Little Recourse From Fast Rising Legal Tech Prices
With all the announcements from Microsoft Ignite about Teams Premium, SharePoint Premium, CoPilot, etc. these subscription costs are about to get even higher if firms want to keep up with technological changes.
And this will remain a massive problem:
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Linked – Expectations Debt
The term Expectation Debt fits a lot of what I was talking about earlier this year. This is a paragraph about Amazon, but you could write the same thing about Microsoft, Google, Zoom, and many other tech companies.
Expectations were so high in 2021 that investors and employees had to achieve extraordinary things just to break even. When results were merely good, they felt terrible.
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The Obligatory Lessons Learned After Four Months Unemployed
So after 12 years, I’m back, but it’s very different. Because 12 years is a long time and things change fast around here. This opportunity only came about because I’ve been changing and now have something different to offer, that matches up with how the firm has been changing. I could have resisted learning all these new things over the years, but that would have also limited what I could do going forward. I’m really happy I didn’t do that. It might be the best career move I’ve ever made.
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Linked – Did Microsoft Just Upend the Enterprise Browser Market?
This is very interesting.
“The new product — called “Microsoft Edge for Business” — natively separates work and personal browsing into dedicated browser windows with their own favorites, separate caches and storage locations.”
