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November 2025 marked a decisive shift in how enterprises approach automation and AI agent deployment. With a host of new features announced at Microsoft Ignite 2025, Copilot Studio is evolving into a core platform for agent-driven business transformation. In this post, I’ll break down the key technical updates and analyse their strategic implications, particularly for... Continue Reading →
Unpacking the Threat of Synthetic Identities The evolving landscape of cyber threats continues to challenge technology leaders in fundamental ways. Microsoft's recent incident response analysis, detailed in their blog post, brings attention to a sophisticated and troubling vector: attackers using fake identities to gain privileged access within enterprise environments. This tactic, while not new in... Continue Reading →
The cloud landscape is shifting. As I see it, the demands facing organisations with mission-critical workloads—whether in manufacturing, healthcare, or government—have grown well beyond simple scalability. The latest updates from Microsoft Azure underscore a strategic pivot towards adaptive infrastructure, offering new pathways to balance innovation, resilience, and operational autonomy. In this analysis, I’ll break down... Continue Reading →
Last month, I took you on a little journey into “vibe coding”—building apps and tools without writing a single line of code, thanks to the magic of AI assistants. If you missed it, you can catch up here: https://themicrosoftcloudblog.com/2025/11/21/adventures-in-vibe-coding-building-apps-and-tools-without-writing-a-single-line-of-code-introduction/. This week, I want to dig deeper. Not into the “no-code” hype, but into the real,... Continue Reading →
There’s something oddly fascinating about watching two tech keynotes a fortnight apart. AWS and Microsoft both had their big moments this year, and the contrast couldn’t be sharper. AWS opened with an engineering-heavy monologue about silicon, sovereignty, and scale—teraflops and nanometers galore—while Microsoft leaned into business transformation, sprinkling buzzwords like confetti but backing them up... Continue Reading →
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