Microsoft 365 E7 bundles Microsoft 365 E5, Microsoft 365 Copilot, the Entra Suite, and the new Agent 365 into a $99/user/month SKU. The big question is whether investing in Microsoft 365 E7 licenses make sense for tenants? Buying a big batch of licenses will simply throw money away unless those licenses can be used. Paul Robichaux debates the issues and suggests some advice about how to assess the need for E7.
The MCP Server for Enterprise is one of a set of preview servers released by Microsoft to show how MCP servers can help Microsoft 365 tenants get real work done. I’m sure things will improve, but the current state of the preview is that it can do a splendid job to answer simple questions, but once things get more complex, don’t depend on any of the PowerShell code the server generates.
The Office 3675 for IT Pros team is happy to announce that the files for update #126 are available for subscribers to download from Gumroad.com. The paperback edition of the PowerShell book has also been refreshed. Updated PDF and EPUB files are available for the Office 365 for IT Pros and Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell eBooks. Happy reading!
The Ignite 2025 keynote was a marathon 150-minute event, but some interesting Microsoft 365 announcements emerged, mostly centered on AI. Microsoft is obviously focused on making AI and agents a very real part of tenant activities, so there’s new agent management and a repository among other things that will roll out in the year ahead.