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Governance and Administration October 29, 2026 · 9 min read

Copilot Cost Management API: What It Does and What to Use It For The Copilot Cost Management API reads and controls credits through Microsoft Graph. What it returns, what it doesn't, and what I saw in 62 calls. Read article

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Copilot Agents October 15, 2026 · 13 min read

Copilot Studio Autopilot (Persistent Agents): Hands-On Test Copilot Studio agents with their own account, mailbox, and memory: what they can do, how to set one up, and what to watch for during the preview. Read article

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Copilot Agents October 15, 2026 · 7 min read

Which Harness Runs Inside Copilot, and Do You Need the Best One? Four harnesses around Copilot Studio: what the Microsoft Copilot harness does, what a benchmark against Claude Code shows, and why the best isn't everything. Read article

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Copilot Agents October 9, 2026 · 5 min read

The Agent Hackathon: From Idea to Feasibility Check in Two Days An agent hackathon tests ideas before anyone spends four hours building something that can't work. Structure, roles, and agenda for a format that delivers. Read article

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Governance and Administration Copilot Cost Management API: What It Does and What to Use It For The Copilot Cost Management API reads and controls credits through Microsoft Graph. What it returns, what it doesn't, and what I saw in 62 calls.

October 29, 2026 · 9 min read Read: Copilot Cost Management API: What It Does and What to Use It For
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Copilot Agents Copilot Studio Autopilot (Persistent Agents): Hands-On Test Copilot Studio agents with their own account, mailbox, and memory: what they can do, how to set one up, and what to watch for during the preview.

October 15, 2026 · 13 min read Read: Copilot Studio Autopilot (Persistent Agents): Hands-On Test
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Copilot Agents Which Harness Runs Inside Copilot, and Do You Need the Best One? Four harnesses around Copilot Studio: what the Microsoft Copilot harness does, what a benchmark against Claude Code shows, and why the best isn't everything.

October 15, 2026 · 7 min read Read: Which Harness Runs Inside Copilot, and Do You Need the Best One?
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Copilot Agents The Agent Hackathon: From Idea to Feasibility Check in Two Days An agent hackathon tests ideas before anyone spends four hours building something that can't work. Structure, roles, and agenda for a format that delivers.

October 9, 2026 · 5 min read Read: The Agent Hackathon: From Idea to Feasibility Check in Two Days
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Copilot Cowork and Autopilot Create Impressive Videos with Copilot Cowork Tell Copilot Cowork to install the brag-slim skill, hand it a URL or a PowerPoint, and get a short video with music and editing. Steps, prompts, costs.

September 30, 2026 · 9 min read Read: Create Impressive Videos with Copilot Cowork
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Copilot Cowork and Autopilot Copilot Pricing 2026: License Cost and $0.01 Credits What Copilot costs in Microsoft's 2026 model: $30 per user per month for the license, $0.01 per credit for Cowork, Code and Autopilot. With an admin checklist.

September 25, 2026 · 20 min read Read: Copilot Pricing 2026: License Cost and $0.01 Credits
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Governance and Administration Copilot Studio Credits: $200 for 25,000, Packs and Budget Copilot Studio credits cost $200 for 25,000 a month, with no rollover. Capacity packs, pre-purchase plan and pay-as-you-go at $0.01, per Microsoft's docs.

September 24, 2026 · 9 min read Read: Copilot Studio Credits: $200 for 25,000, Packs and Budget
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Microsoft 365 Copilot — The Basics Hybrid Meetings: How Copilot Knows Who Is in the Room Copilot knows remote attendees by name but sees the meeting room only as the room. What the room, each person, and the invite need so every voice gets a name.

September 24, 2026 · 13 min read Read: Hybrid Meetings: How Copilot Knows Who Is in the Room
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Microsoft 365 Copilot — The Basics Copilot in PowerPoint: 5 Tricks for Better, On-Brand Slides Copilot in PowerPoint does more than suggest slides: pick the model, use your Brand Kit, build skills, and control images. Five tricks, with Microsoft sources.

September 10, 2026 · 7 min read Read: Copilot in PowerPoint: 5 Tricks for Better, On-Brand Slides
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Governance and Administration Why Your Agent Should Never Answer Emails on Its Own EchoLeak proved it in 2025: one crafted email was enough to make Copilot quietly leak data. Here's why agents should never send emails on their own.

July 15, 2026 · 8 min read Read: Why Your Agent Should Never Answer Emails on Its Own
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Prompting Custom Instructions in Outlook: Copilot Writes Like You How to analyze your own writing style and turn it into custom instructions for Copilot in Outlook, so your emails sound direct and personal, not generated.

May 27, 2026 · 3 min read Read: Custom Instructions in Outlook: Copilot Writes Like You
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Governance and Administration Anthropic in Microsoft 365: Panic or Pragmatic Governance? Anthropic is now a Microsoft subprocessor, and that changes Copilot governance: what applies to EU tenants, which admin toggles matter, and when you need a TIA.

May 4, 2026 · 10 min read Read: Anthropic in Microsoft 365: Panic or Pragmatic Governance?
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Copilot Agents Planner Agent: What Microsoft's Project Assistant Can Do Today The Planner Agent replaces the Project Manager Agent: what it does, basic vs. premium plans, how it works in Teams, and what Microsoft has planned next.

March 12, 2026 · 3 min read Read: Planner Agent: What Microsoft's Project Assistant Can Do Today
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Prompting No-Bullshit Mode for Microsoft Copilot Clear custom instructions make Microsoft Copilot more direct, more reliable, and free of AI filler phrases. Here's a complete prompt template.

March 6, 2026 · 1 min read Read: No-Bullshit Mode for Microsoft Copilot
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Microsoft 365 Copilot — The Basics Install Microsoft Foundry Local on macOS and Run It Offline Set up Microsoft Foundry Local with Phi models and Open WebUI on macOS: every Terminal command, how to find the service port, and running it all offline.

January 4, 2026 · 4 min read Read: Install Microsoft Foundry Local on macOS and Run It Offline
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Prompting Researcher Agent: A Prompt Template for Reliable Research This Researcher prompt separates objective from assignment, spells out context and sources, and works step by step toward a brief you can decide on.

January 1, 2026 · 5 min read Read: Researcher Agent: A Prompt Template for Reliable Research

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