This week, Martina and I had the pleasure of speaking at the European Collaboration Summit (ECS) and the European Cloud and AI Summit in Cologne, Germany. With nearly 3,000 attendees, over 200 speakers, and around 300 sessions across multiple parallel tracks, the event once again demonstrated the scale and strength of the Microsoft community. Community at the Core. What makes ECS unique is its community-driven nature. The event is built on openness, collaboration, and real-world experience, offered at a reasonable price compared to many other conferences. ...

On April 29, 2026, the Microsoft AI Tour landed in Zurich, Switzerland, with a big stage and lots of AI. It was a full day at Messe Zürich, with keynotes, breakouts, lightning talks, and a busy expo floor. Basically: AI everywhere, with Microsoft’s latest messaging around it. The Microsoft AI Tour is designed as a one-day deep dive into AI in practice – not just theory. Martina delivered a Lightning Talk about Secure AI Development: Hands-On with Foundry Guardrails during the event with more than 200 attendees. It was packed. ...

YOLO stands for “You Only Live Once.” In Visual Studio Code, YOLO mode is a powerful productivity feature that transforms Copilot from a simple assistant into a more autonomous coding agent. Learn how to enable YOLO mode in Visual Studio Code. Without YOLO mode, developers must explicitly review and confirm every action the agent proposes, such as running terminal commands or invoking tools. While this ensures full control, it can interrupt the workflow and slow down development. ...

The Microsoft MVP Summit is one of those events that is hard to explain to people who have never been there. On paper, it’s a technical summit. In reality, it’s much more personal. Coming to Redmond always feels a bit like coming home: meeting friends and fellow MVPs from all over the world, many of whom we only see once a year, but where conversations pick up instantly as if no time had passed. ...

Introducing Azure Log Analytics and Azure Event Grid Integration To further strengthen security, scalability, and integration capabilities, we are introducing an important update to Delegate365’s audit logging architecture. These changes will take effect starting April 7th and provide customers with a more standardized, future‑proof approach to audit logging and log processing. This article explains what is changing, why it matters, and what actions are required. Upgrade Summary – Audit Logging changes Tasks at a glance: ...

Women’s History Month 2026 Looking back at 2025 - and why visibility still matters Every year in March, I sit down to write this article. And every year, I ask myself the same question: Do we still need this? Looking back at Women’s History Month 2025, the answer is very clear: Yes. We absolutely do. Not because there are not enough brilliant women in tech. But because they are still not visible enough. ...

In Power Platform, personal (developer) environments are an easy, low‑risk way to let people build and experiment without causing chaos. Everyone gets their own space, so makers can learn and try things out. It’s also exactly how Microsoft expects organizations to scale Power Platform without slowing anyone down. From a capacity point of view, they’re pretty lightweight. Personal environments don’t block or reserve Dataverse capacity upfront. They only use capacity when someone actually stores data. That means you can support lots of makers without suddenly running out of space, while still keeping an eye on things at tenant level. ...

We’re proud to share an important milestone: atwork’s SaaS solution, Governance Toolkit 365 (GT365), is now officially certified within the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program (MAICPP). As part of this designation, GT365 successfully completed a formal technical audit and review by Microsoft. This confirms that our solution meets Microsoft’s strict requirements for quality, security, and cloud architecture. GT365 is available via Azure Marketplace and AppSource, and can be subscribed to directly through an Azure subscription. This certification is more than a badge. ...

In Delegate365, you can add any Microsoft 365 user as an external administrator. With this mechanism, users from other Microsoft 365 tenants can sign in to your organization’s Delegate365 as external users, without being connected to your own tenant. This article explains how this works, step by step. Add an external user as an admin First, add the user as an administrator in the Delegate365 administrators list, as shown below. ...

Artificial Intelligence has moved from experimentation into everyday reality. It is embedded in business processes, products, and decision-making at global scale. This phase of AI is no longer about novelty, but about impact on productivity, on business models, and increasingly, on human work and meaning. We are only at the beginning of the AI ​​revolution that is changing our everyday lives and our behavior - at least in the modern and industrialized world. ...