Session catalog (at least a partial one) for Microsoft Build in mid-May is now live: build.microsoft.com/en-US/sessions Lots of AI, Copilot and a dash of Windows on Arm (thanks .Morten 🪁🗺💻)

ZDI blog: ' This is the largest Patch Tuesday release from Microsoft of all time.'

zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2024/4/9/…

Huuuge Patch Tuesday today. 150 security flaws fixed, including 67 RCE flaws (more than half of which were found in Microsoft SQL drivers): bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft…

New Directions on Microsoft podcast is live. Analyst Wesley Miller talks with Mary Jo Foley about some of the most important lessons learned during his more than 12 years of co-leading Directions' licensing bootcamps: directionsonmicrosoft.com/podcast/micros… #MSLicensing

I’m excited to announce that today I’m joining Microsoft as CEO of Microsoft AI. I’ll be leading all consumer AI products and research, including Copilot, Bing and Edge. My friend and longtime collaborator Karén Simonyan will be Chief Scientist, and several of our amazing…

Office 2024: It's official

Microsoft will make Security Copilot generally available starting April 1 and is pricing it as a capacity-based service. More details here: directionsonmicrosoft.com/blog/microsoft… #MSTech #MSLicensing

It's Patch Tuesday (again).

Microsoft ships patches for at least 60 security vulnerabilities in the Windows ecosystem and warned of remote code execution risks: securityweek.com/patch-tuesday-…

Microsoft's biggest events for 2024:

Build: Seattle (hybrid event) May 21-23

Inspire partner show: (all virtual🤔) sometime in July

Ignite: Chicago (YES!) (hybrid event) Nov. 18-22

blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/02/2… #MSTech

Microsoft Build is May 21-23 this year, according to a 'save the date' post on the web site. It will be a hybrid event, both in-person in Seattle and online: build.microsoft.com/en-US/home

Microsoft February 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 2 zero-days, 74 flaws - Lawrence Abrams
bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft…

bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft…

Directions analyst Wesley Miller just might be the anti-hero we need. He's shaking it up with 87 things (give or take) that enterprise customers should ponder before diving in with Microsoft Copilot: directionsonmicrosoft.com/blog/whats-the… #MSTech

It's one thing to know what software licenses your company owns - but do you know what is actually used?

That data and more can help you negotiate better licensing rates - and save your company money!

Listen to Mary Jo Foley on RunAsRadio at runasradio.com/Shows/Show/917

Ten years ago (as of Feb. 4), Satya Nadella became CEO of Microsoft. Fun to look back on the post I wrote when his appointment was announced in 2014: zdnet.com/article/micros…

Is there a strategy for buying software licenses for a company?

Mary Jo Foley talks on RunAs Radio at runasradio.com/Shows/Show/917 about the extensive process of gathering all the information needed to negotiate the best software licensing agreements you can - and it's worth it!

From a revenue perspective, at least, the Activision acquisition means that Microsoft Gaming is a bigger business than Windows for the first time, according to Microsoft’s 10-Q report filed with the SEC.

Hey, new Microsoft Outlook team: Could you stop changing the way my inbox sorts mail? I intentionally chose by date, not importance (your choice -- which you've forced twice now on me). No love, me

Russian hackers breached Microsoft to steal corporate emails - Lawrence Abrams
bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/…

bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/…

Copilot for M365 isn't the only add-on Microsoft is upselling to M365/O365 users. There are lots more. And the rollout pace of these paid extras is growing: twitter.com/DirectionsMSFT…

(Real) general availability for Copilot for Microsoft 365 (as well as a new 'Copilot Pro' option for consumers) is here: directionsonmicrosoft.com/blog/microsoft… #MSTech #MSLicensing