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Modern External Networks is now generally available to all Engage customers

June 23, 2025

Viva Engage! Modern external networks will promote collaboration between users and teams from different companies, known as external participants.

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A Seamless Shift: New Outlook for Windows Coming to Microsoft 365 Education

June 23, 2025

Now Microsoft 365 Education users get to experience the modern, AI-powered Outlook for Windows.

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Making the Most of Attack Simulation Training: Dynamic Groups, Automation, and User Education

June 24, 2025

Attack Simulation Training is built right into Microsoft Defender for Office 365

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Vulnerability Advisory: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Linux Elevation of Privilege

May 13, 2025

The Stratascale Cyber Research Unit (CRU) team discovered an elevation of privilege vulnerability in a helper script that is used to enumerate versions of software installed on the system.

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Copilot Release Notes: May 2, 2025

May 2, 2025

The latest updates and news for Microsoft Copilot.

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Windows news you can use: April 2025

April 30, 2025

Highlights in this month's "Windows news you can use" will help you get up to speed on news you may have missed.

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Lessons from Microsoft Inspire: 5 digital imperatives for the future of IT:
What comes after digital transformation?

July 27, 2022
Over the next decade, organizations will shift gears from digital transformation to five digital imperatives.

Save money and simplify your Office 365 licensing with Microsoft CSP:
Many businesses move to a new licensing model to gain needed flexibility

June 1, 2022
Many customers are moving Microsoft Enterprise Agreements into the CSP program to gain licensing flexibility.

Microsoft end of support is coming – are you ready?:
Many popular Microsoft products are retiring or reaching the end of support in 2022 and 2023

May 17, 2022
Don’t let Microsoft end of support put your business at risk. Will your organization be affected? Learn about your options now.

Accelerate your return on your Microsoft investment:
Are you taking advantage of Microsoft’s funding programs?

May 3, 2022
Here’s the roadmap you need to take advantage of SHI’s professional services and maximize your ROI.

Microsoft 365: Maximize your investment with SHI’s 365 Insights:
The fastest way to identify cost-savings and optimization opportunities on your Microsoft estate.

October 29, 2021
365 Insights includes granular reporting on M365 usage, spend and adoption and access to SHI’s licensing team.

Selecting your Microsoft partner: Why SHI is the smart choice:
6 reasons to partner with SHI in 60 seconds

October 26, 2021
In 60 seconds, watch why roughly 9,000 organizations choose SHI to help them leverage Microsoft technologies.

Windows 365 is VDI with a twist: Device freedom:
A solution built for the hybrid workforce

October 14, 2021
With Windows 365, the grim reality of a hardware shortage isn’t so problematic. Read on to find out why.