I am joined once again by Phil Meyer to review the most important and relevant announcements from Microsoft Ignite. Plenty around AI but also a few other gems you may have overlooked, so sit back and listen in as we focus on what you should be paying attention to.

Resources Explore the tools, communities, and content mentioned in this episode:

• CIAOPS Need to Know Podcast: https://ciaops.podbean.com/ 
• CIAOPS Blog: https://blog.ciaops.com/ 
• CIAOPS Labs: https://blog.ciaopslabs.com/ 
• CIAOPS Brief: https://blog.ciaops.com/tag/cia-brief/ 
• Join the Teams Shared Channel: https://blog.ciaops.com/2022/07/29/join-my-teams-shared-channel/ 
• CIAOPS Merch Store: https://my-store-c5d877-2.creator-spring.com/ 
• Become a Patron: https://www.ciaopspatron.com/ 
• Direct Support: https://ko-fi.com/ciaops 
• Get Your M365 Questions Answered: https://blog.ciaops.com/2025/06/11/get-your-m365-questions-answered-via-email-2/ 
• Test Your Microsoft 365 Speed: https://blog.ciaops.com/2025/07/21/test-your-microsoft-365-speed-in-seconds-for-free/ 
• CIAOPS Email list - https://bit.ly/cia-email  

Announcements

Flight School: Mastering Copilot for IT Pros – https://blog.ciaops.com/2025/11/14/flight-school-mastering-copilot-for-it-pros/ 
CIAOPS Academy deprecation notification – https://blog.ciaops.com/2025/11/10/ciaops-academy-deprecation-notification/ 

Show Notes

Microsoft 365 powered by Work IQ: Built to Support How You Work – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve66gLVYaRw Synced Passkeys in Microsoft Entra for Phishing-resistant MFA – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36nIaSBJ7_U Ignite’25 Spotlight: Announcing Microsoft Baseline security mode – https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/ignite%E2%80%9925-spotlight-announcing-m… Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot Business: Empowering Small and Medium Businesses with AI – https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/introducing-microsoft-365-copilot-… Future-Proofing Your Channel Business: Strategies for Asia Partners - Future-Proofing Your Channel Business: Strategies for Asia Partners | PBRK440 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvwZYUbVW08 Question - https://youtu.be/xvwZYUbVW08?t=2604