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M365 News Roundup for October 2025

Copilot will be everywhere, for everything. Microsoft bet it's future on it, and you will use it.

Oct 7

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September 2025

Using Anthropic Claude in Copilot - Things to Consider

Thanks to Tony Redmond for noticing that you can switch to it, but you lose Enterprise Data Protection from Microsoft.

Sep 30 • 

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MC1134737 as an example of eDiscovery Challenges

The changes to private channels are an improvement for end-users. What will it bring for eDiscovery?

Sep 23 • 

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A Quick Lesson in Testing Purview eDiscovery

Never assume things haven't changed

Sep 16 • 

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M365 News Roundup for September 2025

More news than I can fit

Sep 9

Taking a Look at Holds in the new Purview eDiscovery

Not much has changed but there are some hints at more that may be coming

Sep 2 • 

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August 2025

Upcoming retirement of the Purview Premium eDiscovery tool

Don't let the lost features catch you by surprise. Plus, a little search bug in that new interface.

Aug 26 • 

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Update on Copilot Memory and Retention

I'm not going to have to change a retention policy after all, but it's not so simple.

Aug 19 • 

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M365 News Roundup for August 2025

Two upcoming changes with impacts on eDiscovery and investigations, plus a lot more!

Aug 5

July 2025

Wait, What Happened to my Load File Export?

In the new Purview eDiscovery UI there's no option for a "condensed directory structure" export. Now what?

Jul 29 • 

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More Changes Coming That Impact Loop and Copilot Retention

I wrote about Retention of Copilot and Loop - then I saw new updates that make what I wrote outdated already!

Jul 22 • 

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Data Retention Policies in the Age of Copilot

You may not be a records manager, but these policies have a profound impact on eDiscovery.

Jul 15 • 

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