Microsoft is bringing more model choices to the Microsoft 365 & Copilot. One of the most recent additions is the integration of Claude (Anthropic) models as part of the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. While this opens up new creative and analytical possibilities, it also raises important questions about data residency, compliance, and how you, as admin, can keep a grip on where your data is being processed. In this post, I’ll dive into what this means for your organization, why EU-b

As a Microsoft 365 engineer myself working in the Netherlands, I regularly get the question: "Is our data actually safe with Copilot?"  The good news is that Microsoft has been very clear about this. With the Enterprise Data Protection (EDP), the boundaries for Copilot are aligned with the same standards we’ve trusted for years in Exchange and SharePoint. In this post, I’ll break down what these boundaries mean for EU organizations and how Copilot handles your data just like

If you’ve been using Copilot Chat within Word, Excel, or PowerPoint without a paid license, this might be a surprise for you. Microsoft announced a upcoming change in how Copilot Chat is integrated into the Office suite for free usage. Starting April 15, 2026 , Microsoft is changing how users can use Copilot inside the Microsoft 365 apps. Depending on the size of your organization, the experience for your users might change in the upcoming weeks and how Copilot is available

Data doesn’t live in just one place. While many of us work in Microsoft 365, business information is often scattered across other platforms like Google Drive, Dropbox, or stored in Amazon S3 buckets. Until recently, this was a bit of a challenge for Microsoft 365 Copilot. If the data wasn't in the Microsoft Graph (SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams), Copilot simply didn't know it existed. But things are changing fast. Microsoft has officially released Copilot Connectors for these th

If you’ve been following my blog, you know I’m a big fan of Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI in particular. But as an IT professional, you also know that with all this possibilities, comes a whole new set of security headaches. How do you keep track of all those used AI in your company? Where are possible data leaks? And are your users using unmanaged "shadow" AI tools (okay, I just mean ChatGPT)? Microsoft just dropped a solution to these questions: the Security Dashboard for AI

If you're a fan of Excel and always looking for smart ways to save time, this one’s for you. Microsoft is testing a powerful new function that might just change the way we use Copilot in Excel. Start using =COPILOT function directly in Excel! Copilot is now more than a analyst of your Excel, it can directly fill Excel fields just with a simple prompt. It’s still in beta and only available for those who activated the Frontier Program, but what it promises is exciting: context-

Have you heard of the Microsoft Copilot Frontier Program and wondered how to join or what benefits it brings to your organization? You're not alone. Many IT professionals and Microsoft 365 admins are looking for ways to explore new functionalities of Microsoft Copilot. In this blog, I’ll walk you through how to activate the Copilot Frontier Program. If you're planning to roll out Copilot in your organization or if you're already experimenting with AI in Microsoft 365, this is