In this episode I speak with Phil Meyer about the current state and future of the technical community in SMB around the Microsoft products and services. Things are changing, demographics, technology as well as customers are impacting the concept of 'community'. Phil and I dive deep and share our opinions. Plenty of news and update from the Microsoft Cloud as well to dig into for you. 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/ 
• CIAOPS Publications: https://directorcia.gumroad.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  
• Achieving SMB1001 publication - https://directorcia.gumroad.com/l/smb10012006 

Show Notes

Email philme@catalyst345.com to receive the invitation to Phil’s online meetings

  Security, AI & Cloud Updates

• Introducing Security Dashboard for AI (Public Preview)
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/introducing-security-dashboard-for-ai-now-in-public-preview/4494637 
• Your Data, Your Choices: Microsoft’s Privacy Commitments
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/your-data-your-choices-understanding-microsoft%E2%80%99s-privacy-commitments/4489814 
• Manipulating AI Memory for Profit: AI Recommendation Poisoning
  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/02/10/ai-recommendation-poisoning/ 
• What’s New in Microsoft Sentinel – February 2026
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-sentinel-february-2026/4494218 
• Closing Attack Paths with Identity Intelligence
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/from-signal-to-strategy-closing-attack-paths-with-identity-intelligence/4491856 ]
• Exchange Online EWS – End of Life Reminder
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/exchange-online-ews-your-time-is-almost-up/4492361 
• What’s New in Microsoft Intune — January 2026
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/whats-new-in-microsoft-intune-%E2%80%93-january-2026/4476487 
• Real‑time Defense: Securing AI Agents
  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/01/23/runtime-risk-realtime-defense-securing-ai-agents/ 
• Detecting Backdoored Language Models at Scale
  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/02/04/detecting-backdoored-language-models-at-scale/