The Hidden Cost of M365 Over-Licensing: A CFO-Friendly Guide
Microsoft 365 licensing is one of the largest line items in most IT budgets. It is also one of the least scrutinised. June 2026 | 6 min read At a Glance 1. Why Microsoft 365 Over-Licensing Costs Are Harder to Control Than They Look Microsoft 365 licensing feels straightforward
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Power Platform Governance in 2026: What IT Teams Need to Know
Microsoft’s low-code platform has become a critical governance surface. If your policies haven’t kept pace, the gap is getting expensive. May 2026 | 7 min read At a Glance 1. The Scale Problem: Power Platform Governance in 2026 Microsoft Power Platform sits at the heart of most Microsoft 365
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AI Agents and the Principle of Least Privilege: Why Agent Identity Is Your Next Security Gap
Microsoft’s agentic AI platform is expanding fast. The security principles that should govern it are older than the technology itself. May 2026 | 7 min read At a Glance 1. Why Agent Identity Is Now a Security Priority Most organizations now have AI agent identity security running somewhere in
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Lifecycle Management in Microsoft 365: Stop Paying for Ghosts
Ghost accounts cost real money. Here’s how to find them, govern them, and reclaim the spend. May 2026 | 6 min read At a Glance 1. Microsoft 365 Lifecycle Management for users: What Ghost Accounts Actually Cost When someone leaves your organisation, what happens to their Microsoft 365 account?
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Microsoft 365 E7 Is Here: What to Do in the First 30 Days
E7 launched in May with four enterprise products bundled into one. Here is what to activate, audit, and govern before the business gets ahead of you. May 2026 | 6 min read At a Glance 1. What Microsoft 365 E7 Actually Contains Microsoft 365 E7, branded the Frontier Suite,
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How TeamsFox Supports Multi-Tenant Microsoft 365 Management
MSPs managing a portfolio of customer tenants face growing complexity as each tenant brings its own licences, storage, permissions, and compliance requirements. TeamsFox provides a single control plane to manage visibility, right-sizing, and governance across every customer tenant.
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The Hidden Cost of Microsoft Agents: Metered Pricing, Consumption Billing, and Budget Surprises
Microsoft's agent platform ships three separate billing lines: Agent 365 per-seat, Copilot Studio credits, and Azure Foundry token costs. Organisations that budget agents as a single per-seat cost will face their first unplanned invoice within one quarter of deployment.
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Microsoft 365 E7: The Frontier Suite
What IT Leaders Need to Consider Before May 2026 Announced March 9, 2026. Generally available May 1, 2026. This guide covers what is in Microsoft 365 E7, how to evaluate the business case, and the questions every organisation should answer before committing. 1. What Is Microsoft 365 E7?
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Your Guide for Microsoft 365 License Management & Governance
Best practices for controlling cost, reducing waste, and building a governance framework that scales For most organisations, Microsoft 365 is the single largest line item in the IT budget. It underpins email, collaboration, security, device management, and increasingly AI through Copilot. Yet a consistent pattern emerges across enterprises of every
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Microsoft 365 Prices Are Going Up in July 2026
How to Protect Your IT Budget – And Strengthen Your Microsoft Strategy. Microsoft doesn’t raise prices often – but when it does, the impact is real, and the window to respond intelligently is shorter than most IT leaders expect. In December 2025, Microsoft announced the Microsoft 365 Price Increase July
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