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Microsoft Mechanics Podcast

Microsoft Mechanics

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Made for tech enthusiasts and IT professionals. Expanded coverage of your favorite technologies across Microsoft; including Office, Azure, Windows and Data Platforms. We'll even bring you broader topics such as device innovation with Surface, machine learning, and predictive analytics.
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Streamline your day with new, user-focused updates to Microsoft 365 Copilot. Jump into work faster with a redesigned layout that puts Chat, Search, and your agents front and center. New Copilot Search lets you yse natural language to find files, emails, and conversations—even if you don’t remember exact keywords—and get instant summaries and previe…
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Stay in control with Microsoft Defender. You can identify which AI apps and cloud services are in use across your environment, evaluate their risk levels, and allow or block them as needed—all from one place. Whether it's a sanctioned tool or a shadow AI app, you're equipped to set the right policies and respond fast to emerging threats. Defender X…
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Protect your Microsoft 365 data and stay in control with Microsoft 365 Backup —whether managing email, documents, or sites across Exchange, OneDrive, and SharePoint. Define exactly what you want to back up and restore precisely what you need to with speeds reaching 2TB per hour at scale. With flexible policies, dynamic rules, and recovery points up…
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Use Microsoft Purview and Microsoft 365 Copilot together to build a secure, enterprise-ready foundation for generative AI. Apply existing data protection and compliance controls, gain visibility into AI usage, and reduce risk from oversharing or insider threats. Classify, restrict, and monitor sensitive data used in Copilot interactions. Investigat…
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Take control of your workday—summarize long emails instantly, turn meeting transcripts into actionable plans, and build strategic documents in seconds using your own data with Microsoft 365 Copilot. Instead of chasing down context, ask natural prompts and get clear, detailed results complete with tone-matched writing, visual recaps, and real-time c…
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Protect your organization’s data with Microsoft Purview. Gain complete visibility into potential data leaks, from AI applications to unmanaged cloud services, and take immediate action to prevent unwanted data sharing. Microsoft Purview unifies data security controls across Microsoft 365 apps, the Edge browser, Windows and macOS endpoints, and even…
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Set up and access your Cloud PCs from anywhere with a full Windows experience on any device using Windows 365. Whether you're working from a browser, the Windows app, or Windows 365 Link, your desktop, apps, and settings are always available—just like a traditional PC. As an admin, you can quickly provision and manage Cloud PCs for multiple users w…
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Analyze data and research with expertise on demand, and automate workflows with intelligent agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Analyst thinks like a data scientist and Researcher like an expert, so you can uncover insights, validate logic, and generate expert-level reports in minutes. And using Microsoft Copilot Studio, build your own autonomous AI a…
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Stay productive and connected with AI-powered experiences for frontline workers using Android and iOS devices to quickly sign in, manage tasks, find information, and collaborate with team members. Easily access essential resources, check inventory, and get instant answers from Copilot Chat and AI agents that you can build in SharePoint and Microsof…
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Investigate data security, risk and leak cases faster by leveraging AI-driven insights with Microsoft Purview Data Security Investigations. This goes beyond the superficial metadata and activity-only signals found in incident management and SIEM tools, by analyzing the content itself within compromised files, emails, messages, and Microsoft Copilot…
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Streamline daily admin tasks with AI-powered insights, natural language queries, and automation using Microsoft 365 Admin Copilot. Quickly recap key updates, monitor service health, and track important changes—all in one place. No more digging through multiple pages—just ask Copilot for the answers you need, grounded in real-time data from your ten…
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Create agentic solutions quickly and efficiently with Azure AI Foundry. Choose the right models, ground your agents with knowledge, and seamlessly integrate AI into your development workflow—from early experimentation to production. Test, optimize, and deploy with built-in evaluation and management tools. See how to leverage the Azure AI Foundry SD…
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Easily access and unify your data for analytics and AI—no matter where it lives. With OneLake in Microsoft Fabric, you can connect to data across multiple clouds, databases, and formats without duplication. Use the OneLake catalog to quickly find and interact with your data, and let Copilot in Fabric help you transform and analyze it effortlessly. …
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With the Copilot Control System, you can control Copilot experiences spanning IT administrator tools used every day across the Microsoft 365, Microsoft Purview, and Power Platform admin centers. As an IT administrator, you’re in control of Microsoft 365 Copilot and agent experiences, ensuring security and compliance while optimizing productivity. C…
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Protect your organization from account takeover and hiring fraud as deepfake impersonation threats grow. With Microsoft Entra Verified ID, you can use Face Check to verify identities in real time against government-issued IDs like driver’s licenses and passports. Use Face Check with integrated solutions for • new employee, guest or admin onboarding…
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Locate, access, and trust the data you need using Microsoft Purview's Unified Catalog. By leveraging AI-powered search and automated quality checks, you can use data across your organization while staying compliant and meeting privacy standards. With streamlined approval workflows, request and gain access to data quickly, collaborate with stakehold…
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Get AI-powered assistance using Copilot Chat and agents in Microsoft 365 without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. Research faster, analyze files with data protections, and automate repetitive tasks with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. Create and use agents to streamline workflows, with pay-as-you-go billing so you only pay for what you use. See how to …
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Design, customize and manage your own custom applications with Azure AI Foundry right from your code. With Azure AI Foundry, leverage over 1,800 models, seamlessly integrating them into your coding environment to create agents and tailored app experiences. Utilize Retrieval Augmented Generation and vector search to enrich responses with contextual …
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See the latest innovations in silicon design from AMD with new system-on-a-chip high bandwidth memory breakthroughs with up to 7 terabytes of memory bandwidth in a single virtual machine - and how it's possible to get more than 8x speed-ups without sacrificing compatibility from the previous generation to HBv5. These use AMD EPYC™ 9004 Processors w…
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Streamline your workflow and enhance team collaboration with one-click AI agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Automate responses, generate detailed documents, and maintain up-to-date content without moving files outside Microsoft 365. Agents utilize your existing content to provide accurate and efficient outputs, saving you time and ensuring consisten…
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Spin up SQL databases in seconds with Microsoft Fabric, seamlessly integrating your operational and analytical data across multiple clouds. Use AI to scale, tune, and secure databases, so you can focus on building powerful, data-rich applications without the manual management overhead. Create and host API endpoints directly from your SQL database i…
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Increase scalability, optimize performance, and integrate advanced AI features with Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server. Scale up with SSD v2 for up to 4x more transactions per second and significantly lower latency. Scale out effortlessly with elastic clusters using Citus, distributing workloads across multiple servers at no extra cost. …
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Stay ahead of evolving risks and mitigate vulnerabilities with Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management (DSPM). Gain prioritized visibility into data security risks, track unprotected sensitive information, and receive actionable insights. With built-in classifiers, automated risk assessments, and AI-powered capabilities like Security Cop…
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Windows 365 Link is the first Cloud PC device purpose-built for Windows 365. It can connect to your Cloud PC in seconds with a simple sign-in, accessing a familiar Windows Desktop with high-fidelity performance. Windows 365 Link offers seamless setup and streamlined management through Microsoft Intune, ensuring your IT environment is efficiently ma…
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Provide tailored Cloud PC experiences for diverse workforce needs with Windows 365 Frontline. With shared mode, offer cost-effective, on-demand Cloud PCs that reset after each session—ideal for frontline and part-time staff needing intermittent access. Dedicated mode delivers a personalized, consistent desktop experience for employees requiring pro…
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