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Microsoft Agent 365 helps you discover AI agents already running in your Microsoft 365 tenant, approved or not, and most IT admins have no idea how many agents exist. In this episode, we break down Agent 365, from business value, approach to licensing and best practice guidance for how agent request workflows should start. You'll get a plain language walkthrough of what Agent 365 actually is and what it costs, a tour of the parts worth your attention (the agent registry, Microsoft Entra Agent ID, Purview's data controls, and Defender's threat protection), and a practical, step by step plan for cleaning up agent sprawl and closing off risky data leaks before they turn into an incident.

Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork became Generally Available in mid-June, and since then nearly every customer conversation has come back to the same three questions: why is it billed differently, how do you turn it on/off, and when should you use it instead of the Copilot license you're already paying for? In our August episode, we share answers to those questions and dive into the reality of when you do and don't need to use Cowork. 🔗 Show Links https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2026/06/16/copilot-cowork-is-now-generally-available/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/cowork https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/cowork/ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/usage-based-billing-overview-copilot-credits 📬 SUBSCRIBE for monthly episodes on Microsoft 365, Copilot, and Enterprise technology. 📎 Show FeedbackHave a podcast topic or feedback on the channel? Let us know - https://forms.office.com/r/LyZiTSMFCi --------------------------------------------------------------------👋 CONNECT WITH US: Virteva’s mission is to help companies serve and be served in the age of the Digital Enterprise. Our focus is high touch customer experiences for organizations who require always available, secure, and technology dependent employee support. 🔗 Website - https://www.virteva.com ℹ️ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/virteva/ 📩 Email - [email protected] #MicrosoftCopilot #CopilotCowork #Microsoft365 #AIGovernance #ITLeadership

Microsoft just redesigned M365 Copilot, again. And if you logged in this week and couldn't find the Web/Work buttons you relied on, you're not alone. But the redesign isn't really the story. The story is knowing which Copilot to reach for, and when. Two questions sort almost everything. This is the finale of Virteva's Adopting Copilot in 2026 series. In this episode, Scott walks through every surface where Copilot shows up — from in-app experiences in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, to Copilot Chat, Pages, Notebooks, Agents, and the still-in-preview Co-work feature — and maps each one to the right use case. Along the way, he gives an honest look at the new UI redesign, capacity issues that are still real, and what training and enablement teams need to update right now.

Microsoft Copilot isn't just a chatbot anymore. It's a growing fleet of AI agents. But knowing the difference between a Web Agent and a Work Agent is the make-or-break detail for any IT leader rolling out M365 Copilot in 2026.In Episode 40 of our Let's Talk Podcast, we break down the two big categories of Microsoft Copilot Agents and what each actually means for your environment, your licensing, and your data.If your team is sorting out a Copilot rollout, an agent strategy, or just trying to figure out which agents need a license and which don't, this episode is your shortcut.

In this episode of the Let's Talk Podcast, we break down the real cost of Microsoft Copilot for your organization and whether the investment is actually paying off.With major licensing changes arriving in May and July 2026, Microsoft is reshaping how businesses access Copilot through new tier structures, bundled plans like the M365 E7 license, and shifting functionality for organizations above and below 2,000 users. If you're a business leader trying to make sense of it all, this one's for you.

Is Microsoft 365 Copilot exposing your organization's biggest security blind spots? In this Part 2 of of our Navigating Copilot in 2026 series, Scott sits down with Endpoint & Security Leader Taylor Kocon to unpack the uncomfortable truth: Copilot doesn't create risk, it reflects the permissions debt organizations have been ignoring for years. We dive deep into the numbers: 40% of organizations have delayed their Copilot rollout over oversharing concerns, 16% of business-critical data is overshared in typical M365 tenants, and an average of 802,000 files are at risk per organization. Taylor & Scott walk through real dashboards and live demos including Microsoft Entra's agent governance portal (200+ AI agents in a single tenant!), Microsoft Purview's Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), and content management assessments that reveal hundreds of sites with broken permissions. Whether you're planning your Copilot deployment or already in production, this episode is essential for IT leaders, security professionals, and Microsoft 365 administrators.

In this episode of Virteva's Let's Talk podcast, Scott discusses the evolution of Microsoft 365 and the integration of Copilot as a central feature. He highlights the challenges organizations face in deploying Copilot effectively, emphasizing the importance of user training, workflow optimization, and data management. The conversation also touches on security considerations and the need for ongoing support to ensure successful adoption of AI tools within organizations.

In our final episode of 2025, I break down the biggest announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2025 and what they mean for IT leaders, security teams, and anyone adopting AI in Microsoft 365. From new agent experiences and Security Copilot changes to Frontier access and SharePoint updates, this is your fast, practical recap of everything that matters.#copilot #agent #agent365 #security #microsoft #microsoft365 🔖 Chapters Intro 0:00:00Ignite 2025 Book of News (All the Ignite News) 0:01:03Manage all your Agents with Microsoft Agent 365 0:01:55Security Copilot extended to M365 E5 and what you need to know 0:08:59Work IQ and New Agents in the Frontier Program 0:21:13Understanding the Frontier and Early Access 0:25:46Agent Modes, Voice, Sora Video Creation & More 0:29:50Copilot SharePoint Updates 0:37:34End of 2025 Channel Update and Thank You 0:43:36🔗 Show Links Microsoft Ignite 2025 Book of News - https://news.microsoft.com/ignite-2025-book-of-news/ Microsoft Agent 365: The control plane for AI agents | Microsoft 365 Blog - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/11/18/microsoft-agent-365-the-control-plane-for-ai-agents/ Agents built into your workflow: Get Security Copilot with Microsoft 365 E5 | Microsoft Security Blog - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/11/18/agents-built-into-your-workflow-get-security-copilot-with-microsoft-365-e5/ Learn about Security Copilot inclusion in Microsoft 365 E5 subscription | Microsoft Learn - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/security/security-copilot-inclusion Microsoft Ignite 2025: Copilot and agents built to power the Frontier Firm | Microsoft 365 Blog - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/11/18/microsoft-ignite-2025-copilot-and-agents-built-to-power-the-frontier-firm/ Introducing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft Community Hub - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/introducing-word-excel-and-powerpoint-agents-in-microsoft-365-copilot/4470604 Voice turns Microsoft 365 Copilot into your thought partner. | Microsoft Community Hub - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/voice-turns-microsoft-365-copilot-into-your-thought-partner-/4469040 Microsoft Copilot Studio: Powering agentic business transformation | Microsoft Copilot Blog - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/why-microsoft-copilot-studio-is-the-foundation-for-agentic-business-transformation/ Introducing Microsoft Agent Factory - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/introducing-microsoft-agent-factory/4470732 SharePoint Showcase: Announcements at Microsoft Ignite 2025 | Microsoft Community Hub - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/sharepoint-showcase-announcements-at-microsoft-ignite-2025/4470378 Show FeedbackHave a podcast topic or feedback on the channel? Let us know - https://forms.office.com/r/LyZiTSMFCi --------------------------------------------------------------------More About VirtevaVirteva’s mission is to help companies serve and be served in the age of the Digital Enterprise. Our focus is high touch customer experiences for organizations who require always available, secure, and technology dependent employee support.🔗 Website - https://www.virteva.com 📩 Email - [email protected]

In our October 2025 podcast, we dive into the latest wave of Microsoft 365 Copilot updates, with a spotlight on iterative Agent improvements, the Frontier program and expanded access for non licensed users. Plus, we’ll touch on the expanding model choices, “vibing” culture of working with Copilot and wrap up with some end-of-year podcast updates. #microsoft #copilot #ai #onedrive #sharepoint #claude #openai #chatgpt #windows 🔖 Chapters Intro 0:00:00 Role Based Frontier Agents 0:00:57 More Copilot Features for Nonlicensed Users 0:03:50 Iterative Agent Improvements 0:10:53 SharePoint Frontier Updates 0:22:26 Claude as a Model Choice in Researcher 0:25:52 Vibing Working with Copilot 0:28:53 End of Year Podcast Updates 0:34:02🔗 Show Links https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/ https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/copilot-chat-comes-to-the-microsoft-365-apps/4453349 https://adoption.microsoft.com/en-us/ai-agents/agents-in-microsoft-365/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/09/10/moving-sales-service-and-finance-to-the-frontier-with-microsoft-365-copilot/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/09/18/microsoft-365-copilot-enabling-human-agent-teams/ https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/introducing-knowledge-agent-in-sharepoint/4454154/replies/4456622 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/09/24/expanding-model-choice-in-microsoft-365-copilot/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/09/29/vibe-working-introducing-agent-mode-and-office-agent-in-microsoft-365-copilot/ 📎 Show Feedback Have a podcast topic or feedback on the channel? Let us know - https://forms.office.com/r/LyZiTSMFCi -------------------------------------------------------------------- More About Virteva Virteva’s mission is to help companies serve and be served in the age of the Digital Enterprise. Our focus is high touch customer experiences for organizations who require always available, secure, and technology dependent employee support. 🔗 Website - https://www.virteva.com 📩 Email - [email protected]

In this special Roadmap review, we're bringing back an old format for a look at new features coming to Microsoft Teams. Tune in for message center updates on Collaborative Annotations, New Meeting Controls, Countdown Timers in Teams and more. #microsoft #teams #microsoftteams 🔖 Chapters Intro 0:00:00 New Teams Features 0:00:59 Annotations Controls for All 0:04:59 New Organizer Controls 0:08:03 Countdown Timer for Meetings 0:13:38 Pinning Loop Pages to Channels 0:15:53 Shared File Changes 0:16:54 Noise Suppression for Dial In Users 0:19:01 Taking Advantage of the Message Center and Roadmap 0:19:58 Keeping up with Changes + Ignite 2025 0:21:19 Outro 0:24:51 🔗 Show Links Collaborative Annotations MC1019312 / 89975 https://admin.cloud.microsoft/?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC1019312 https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=89975 New Organizer Controls MC1139490 https://admin.cloud.microsoft/?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC1139490 Countdown Timer MC1102785 / 494842 https://admin.cloud.microsoft/?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC1102785 https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=494842 Popout Core Apps MC1084035 / 495003 https://admin.cloud.microsoft/?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC1084035 https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=495003 Dial-in Noise Suppression MC1135397 / 496150 https://admin.cloud.microsoft/?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC1135397 https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=496150 Links to Message Center and Roadmap https://admin.cloud.microsoft/#/MessageCenter https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap 📎 Show Feedback Have a podcast topic or feedback on the channel? Let us know - https://forms.office.com/r/LyZiTSMFCi -------------------------------------------------------------------- More About Virteva Virteva’s mission is to help companies serve and be served in the age of the Digital Enterprise. Our focus is high touch customer experiences for organizations who require always available, secure, and technology dependent employee support. 🔗 Website - https://www.virteva.com 📩 Email - [email protected]

On this month’s podcast, we dive into the upcoming end-of-life dates for Windows 10, Office, and more and discuss how you can maximize the value of your existing licenses to better manage endpoints and software. From there, we shift back to Copilot, highlighting the latest features rolling out across OneDrive, SharePoint, and beyond. #windows #microsoft #copilot #ai #onedrive #sharepoint #sharepointonline #microsoftintune #intune 🔖 Chapters Intro 0:00:00 October 2025 End of Life Reminders 0:04:21 Device and App Management w/ Msft Intune 0:09:32 Getting the most from your Microsoft Licenses 0:12:16 New AI Features for File Management 0:18:37 Audio Overviews for Files 0:25:34 Extending AI Capabilities and Security 0:28:46 Where's the New Teams Features? 0:32:39 Outro 0:33:08 🔗 Show Links https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/october-14-2025-products-end-of-support https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-support-ends-on-october-14-2025-2ca8b313-1946-43d3-b55c-2b95b107f281 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/windows-10-end-of-support https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/extended-security-updates 📎 Show Feedback Have a podcast topic or feedback on the channel? Let us know - https://forms.office.com/r/LyZiTSMFCi -------------------------------------------------------------------- More About Virteva Virteva’s mission is to help companies serve and be served in the age of the Digital Enterprise. Our focus is high touch customer experiences for organizations who require always available, secure, and technology dependent employee support. 🔗 Website - https://www.virteva.com 📩 Email - [email protected]

On this month's episode we're exploring the new Copilot Mode in Edge which can browse websites for you and take actions autonomously based on your prompts, talking through what to expect out of ChatGPT 5 and exploring Copilot Actions.. erhh "Scheduled Prompts" as it makes its way back into the UI in a new place and we talk use cases. All this and more in our August 2025 episode! 🔖 Chapters Intro 0:00:00 Welcome back Chris Strong! 0:00:31 New Copilot Mode in Edge 0:06:06 Demoing Copilot Mode (ChatGPT Operator/Agent) 0:11:25 Taking Control from Copilot in CPM 0:20:16 Copilot Scheduled Prompts 0:24:48 Outro / Virteva at Ignite 2025 0:30:05 🔗 Show Links Introducing Copilot Mode in Edge: A new way to browse the web https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2025/07/28/introducing-copilot-mode-in-edge-a-new-way-to-browse-the-web/ Copilot Mode in Microsoft Edge https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/ai-powered/copilot-mode?form=MG0AWI&cs=1239265050 Copilot Discord https://discord.com/invite/go-copilot?form=MA140O&OCID=MA140O OpenAI ChatGPT 5 News https://openai.com/news/ 📎 Show Feedback Have a podcast topic or feedback on the channel? Let us know - https://forms.office.com/r/LyZiTSMFCi -------------------------------------------------------------------- More About Virteva Virteva’s mission is to help companies serve and be served in the age of the Digital Enterprise. Our focus is high touch customer experiences for organizations who require always available, secure, and technology dependent employee support. 🔗 Website - https://www.virteva.com 📩 Email - [email protected] #ai⁠ ⁠#chatgpt⁠ ⁠#agent⁠ ⁠#microsoft⁠ ⁠#copilot

Is Microsoft overselling Copilot's capabilities, or are we expecting too much? In this month's Let’s Talk Podcast, Holly and Scott demystify the AI capabilities of Copilot, talk about what sets it apart from ChatGPT, Google and others and talk about how you set the right expectations during adoption and how to monitor how it's actually being used in your organization. During the back half of the show, we'll talk about the new Deep Reasoning white paper going around and do our own Deep Thinking Analysis to give you a better idea of what to expect. All this and more in our July episode! #copilot #microsoft #microsoft365 🔖 Chapters Intro 0:00:00 Ignite 2025 Registration and 2025 Recap So Far 0:00:38 Demystifying Copilot, Defining Capabilities 0:03:02 Quality of Data is Important! 0:14:48 Defining Your Adoption Strategy 0:19:14 Explore and Create with Copilot 0:26:12 Our Deep Dive into Researcher 0:27:41 🔗 Show Links Microsoft Ignite 2025 Tickets on Sale Now - https://ignite.microsoft.com/en-US/home Introducing Researcher and Analyst in Microsoft 365 Copilot -https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/03/25/introducing-researcher-and-analyst-in-microsoft-365-copilot/ "The Illusion of Thinking:Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Modelsvia the Lens of Problem Complexity" - https://ml-site.cdn-apple.com/papers/the-illusion-of-thinking.pdf 📎 Show Feedback Have a podcast topic or feedback on the channel? Let us know - https://forms.office.com/r/LyZiTSMFCi -------------------------------------------------------------------- More About Virteva Virteva’s mission is to help companies serve and be served in the age of the Digital Enterprise. Our focus is high touch customer experiences for organizations who require always available, secure, and technology dependent employee support. 🔗 Website - https://www.virteva.com 📩 Email - [email protected]

In this month's Let’s Talk Podcast, Holly and Scott dig deep into the new Copilot app experience and review all the new features and those coming soon. We look at AI Search, the New Chat experience, the improved Agent Store, Notebooks and more! #copilot #microsoft #microsoft365   🔗 Show Links Microsoft 365 Copilot: Your window into the world of agents | Microsoft 365 Blog - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/micro... Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 Spring updates - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-taq... Explore Researcher and Analyst agents and the Agent Store - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xj5B...   📎 Show Feedback Have a podcast topic or feedback on the channel? Let us know - https://forms.office.com/r/LyZiTSMFCi   -------------------------------------------------------------------- More About Virteva Virteva’s mission is to help companies serve and be served in the age of the Digital Enterprise. Our focus is high touch customer experiences for organizations who require always available, secure, and technology dependent employee support. 🔗 Website - https://www.virteva.com 📩 Email - [email protected]

In this month's Let’s Talk Podcast, we'll discuss the latest updates for Microsoft 365 Copilot's Wave 2 Spring 2025 announcements. We'll compare consumer and commercial versions and their costs. Topics include enhancements to Copilot apps, M365 AI Power Search, deeper thinking agents, improved creation tools, and Copilot Notebook's return. We'll also cover Copilot administration updates and introduce the new Copilot memory feature. #copilot #microsoft #microsoft365   🔗 Show Links Microsoft 365 Copilot: Your window into the world of agents | Microsoft 365 Blog - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/04/23/microsoft-365-copilot-built-for-the-era-of-human-agent-collaboration/?msockid=25fb836081cd6aba154697a4807e6b55 Copilot Chat or Microsoft 365 Copilot license? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItcvkU528AI Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 Spring updates - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-taqarhCao Explore Researcher and Analyst agents and the Agent Store - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xj5BQUKQas New reasoning agents: Researcher and Analyst in Microsoft 365 Copilot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZVDNStqUCk   📎 Show Feedback Have a podcast topic or feedback on the channel? Let us know - https://forms.office.com/r/LyZiTSMFCi -------------------------------------------------------------------- More About Virteva Virteva’s mission is to help companies serve and be served in the age of the Digital Enterprise. Our focus is high touch customer experiences for organizations who require always available, secure, and technology dependent employee support.   🔗 Website - https://www.virteva.com 📩 Email - [email protected]