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What is Microsoft 365 Frontier, Work IQ, Cowork and Agent 365 with a Copilot Global Black Belt

What is Microsoft 365 Frontier, Work IQ, Cowork and Agent 365 with a Copilot Global Black Belt

Brett Johnson, a Copilot Global Black Belt at Microsoft UK who supports field teams across Microsoft 365 Copilot, agents and Copilot Studio, returns for a second conversation with Tom Arbuthnot.

Understanding Express Install for Microsoft Teams Rooms

Understanding Express Install for Microsoft Teams Rooms

Introduced by Microsoft in 2025, Express Install is a standardised deployment option for Microsoft Teams Rooms that removes the need for custom modifications or specialist AV installation. Install rooms in ~1 hour and achieve 30–45% cost savings.

Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork Explained with Bas Brekelmans, Software Engineer at Microsoft

Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork Explained with Bas Brekelmans, Software Engineer at Microsoft

Bas Brekelmans is the Microsoft software engineer who started the Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork project, having previously worked on Copilot Studio, Power Virtual Agents and Dynamics.

Damian Lewis at BSI on Creating a First Class Microsoft Teams Rooms Experience at Their New London HQ

Damian Lewis at BSI on Creating a First Class Microsoft Teams Rooms Experience at Their New London HQ

Damian Lewis leads everything Teams-related at BSI, from Teams Phone to Teams Rooms. He walks through the design and rollout of the meeting room estate at BSI's new London headquarters, The Acre, covering vendor selection, cable-free room design, booking panels, adoption tactics and the operational…

Microsoft 365 Roadmap and Azure Updates (Roadmap) MCP Explained

Microsoft 365 Roadmap and Azure Updates (Roadmap) MCP Explained

Microsoft's Change Management team has shipped the Microsoft Release Communications MCP Server — public, no-auth access to the Microsoft 365 Roadmap and Azure Updates from any MCP client. Here's what the four tools do, how to connect it to Claude Code, and what every roadmap field means.