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Top of the morning! It's St Patricks Day and I've included a couple of limercks to add to the happy day. First we look at Copilot Agents because it's the future. We in IT will be building them and shoulbe be starting to do so now. I also included on article on Copilot use case, because we'll have both autonous agents and copilots working for us. 

Then we look at Managing inventory because it has fallen out of favor but not doing it leaves the network open to vulnerabilities you aren't aware of. I've been a huge proponent of managing apps so we're covering that today. We also look at tracking group membership inventory and automating the blocking of inactive accounts. 
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Copilot Studio deploying agents!

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Unlocking autonomous agent capabilities with Microsoft Copilot Studio

We’re excited to announce a new set of capabilities that enable you to build autonomous agents. These agents understand the nature of your work and act on your behalf—providing support across business roles, teams, and functions.

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Add enterprise data as a knowledge source - Microsoft Copilot Studio

Add enterprise data as a knowledge source - Microsoft Copilot Studio

Use Copilot connectors with knowledge sources for custom agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio.

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Export and import agents using solutions - Microsoft Copilot Studio

Export and import agents using solutions - Microsoft Copilot Studio

Transfer agents between environments by adding them to solutions.

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'Copilot, not autopilot': How Nationwide is boosting award-winning customer service with data and AI - Microsoft UK Stories

'Copilot, not autopilot': How Nationwide is boosting award-winning customer service with data and AI

Nationwide, the world's largest building society serving around 17 million customers and with more than 600 branches in the UK, is expanding its use of generative AI to deliver even better experiences for customers and colleagues.

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Kept M365 running pristine.
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4 things to do: Maintain the network inventory

Application Inventory Management | Use these templates -

Application Inventory Management | Use these templates -

In this article, I provide a few templates for getting started on implementing a governance layer for application inventory management

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Reporting on group membership for Entra ID devices (including licenses)

We explore the methods available to report on group membership for device objects within Entra ID. This is important is for device-based licensing for M365 Enterprise apps.

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Practical Protection: Automating Inactive Account Blocking with PowerShell

Practical Protection: Automating Inactive Account Blocking with PowerShell

Inactive accounts aren't glamorous, but they're a real risk! In this episode of Practical Protection, we dive into the basics of inactive account blocking and share some PowerShell scripts to help automate this process.

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Monitor Your Break Glass Account CA Policy Exclusions: Introducing Invoke-CAIQBreakGlassAssessment; Another ConditionalAccessIQ Tool

Monitor Your Break Glass Account CA Policy Exclusions: Introducing Invoke-CAIQBreakGlassAssessment; Another ConditionalAccessIQ Tool

In Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD), break glass accounts serve as your emergency access path when normal administrative channels are unavailable. These critical accounts need special handling - particularly when it comes to Conditional Access Policies (CAPs).

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