ECS BLOG
News, announcements, and opinions.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Memory: The Enterprise Guide for European Organizations
Microsoft 365 Copilot Memory fundamentally changes how AI assistants personalize enterprise productivity. By remembering user preferences, working styles, and project context, Memory transforms Copilot from a stateless assistant into an adaptive productivity partner that learns continuously.
Introducing Microsoft Sentinel MCP and Sentinel Graph
Microsoft announced a transformative evolution of Microsoft Sentinel from a cloud-native SIEM into a comprehensive agentic security platform, introducing the Model Context Protocol server in public preview, enabling autonomous AI agents to defend against sophisticated threats at machine speed.
Microsoft calls it Vibe-Working: M365 Copilot Agent Mode is here
Microsoft introduces Agent Mode and Office Agent capabilities in Microsoft 365 Copilot, fundamentally shifting from simple AI assistance to sophisticated multi-step task orchestration.
Microsoft Marketplace Unification: What European Organizations Need to Know
The consolidation of Azure Marketplace and Microsoft AppSource into a single Microsoft Marketplace marks a fundamental shift in how organizations discover, deploy, and manage cloud solutions. This transformation, announced on September 25, 2025, addresses longstanding complexity while introducing capabilities that reshape enterprise software procurement and deployment strategies.
What is *really* Happening With SharePoint Premium?
Microsoft has fundamentally transformed its approach to intelligent document processing through a strategic evolution from SharePoint Syntex to SharePoint Premium, with the pay-as-you-go services now branded as Document Processing for Microsoft 365.
Microsoft eDiscovery Graph API transforms compliance automation
Microsoft's September 2025 eDiscovery Graph API updates mark the most significant expansion of compliance automation capabilities in the platform's history, democratizing API access to E3 customers for the first time while introducing consumption-based pricing at $10 per GB.
Microsoft Teams private channels undergo an architecture overhaul
Microsoft is implementing the most significant architectural change to Teams private channels since their 2019 debut, with a complete storage model redesign rolling out between late September and December 2025.
Microsoft Strengthens Security Posture for SMBs with New Microsoft 365 Business Premium Add-ons
Microsoft's announcement of three new security and compliance add-ons for Microsoft 365 Business Premium, launching in September 2025, addresses security challenges by bringing enterprise-grade protection within reach of organisations with up to 300 users.
Microsoft integrates Anthropic's Claude into Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft is actively integrating Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 AI technology into Office 365 applications including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint, marking a historic shift from exclusive reliance on OpenAI's models.
