Show Notes
In this episode I speak with Phil Meyer about the current state and future of the technical community in SMB around the Microsoft products and services. Things are changing, demographics, technology as well as customers are impacting the concept of 'community'. Phil and I dive deep and share our opinions. Plenty of news and update from the Microsoft Cloud as well to dig into for you. Resources
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Security, AI & Cloud Updates
Introducing Security Dashboard for AI (Public Preview)https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/introducing-security-dashboard-for-ai-now-in-public-preview/4494637
Your Data, Your Choices: Microsoft’s Privacy Commitmentshttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/your-data-your-choices-understanding-microsoft%E2%80%99s-privacy-commitments/4489814
Manipulating AI Memory for Profit: AI Recommendation Poisoninghttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/02/10/ai-recommendation-poisoning/
What’s New in Microsoft Sentinel – February 2026https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-sentinel-february-2026/4494218
Closing Attack Paths with Identity Intelligencehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/from-signal-to-strategy-closing-attack-paths-with-identity-intelligence/4491856 ]
Exchange Online EWS – End of Life Reminderhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/exchange-online-ews-your-time-is-almost-up/4492361
What’s New in Microsoft Intune — January 2026https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/whats-new-in-microsoft-intune-%E2%80%93-january-2026/4476487
Real‑time Defense: Securing AI Agentshttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/01/23/runtime-risk-realtime-defense-securing-ai-agents/
Detecting Backdoored Language Models at Scalehttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/02/04/detecting-backdoored-language-models-at-scale/
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