What's going on this week
Five sessions on the site this week and only two I’d clear the diary for, so this is a short one. Both are about Microsoft 365 tenants you’ve already paid for. Most organisations on E5 are using a fraction of what’s in it, and the conversations staff are now having with AI tools sit outside anything your retention policy can see. Neither is a buying decision. Both are a “did we know this” decision.
The third pick is a recording, because the best thing in the library this week beats the rest of what’s live. It’s on security awareness, and specifically the part most training skips.
Tuesday 14:00
ANS and Microsoft on what E5 and the newer E7 security bundle actually give you, and how much of it is typically switched off. If you’re being asked to justify the licence cost, or you’ve got E5 and a separate tool doing the same job, this is the hour that answers it. Expect a licensing pitch at the end; the first forty minutes are worth it regardless.
PickLiveTue 3 Nov, 14:001 hour
Stronger Security Starts Here: How Microsoft E7 Helps You Stay Ahead of Modern Threats
ANSCybersecurityFree
Wednesday 13:00
Two weeks ago Druva made the point that Copilot conversations are business records. Proofpoint covers the other half: capturing Teams, email and AI-tool conversations together, with the context around them, so they mean something when a subject access request or a tribunal asks for them. Relevant if you’re regulated, and quietly relevant if you’re not.
PickLiveWed 4 Nov, 13:001 hour
Capture Business Communications with Context for the AI Era
ProofpointGovernance, Risk & ComplianceFree
Recording
SNO on building a security-conscious workforce without a culture of blame. The useful part is what most awareness sessions leave out: what you want someone to do in the thirty seconds after they realise they’ve clicked something, and how to make sure they tell you rather than hide it. An hour, no sign-up, and the one to put in front of whoever owns staff training.
Picked by FrontRow. Nobody pays to be in the brief.
If you've only got 30 minutes
Nothing short this week that I’d send you to, so a quick one from the library instead. BCN build a customer service agent live in Copilot Studio in 37 minutes. No sign-up, and a good follow-on if Proofpoint’s session leaves you wondering what those AI conversations will actually look like.
Watch
AI That Works, Episode 5: Building AI for Your Business – AI Assistants That Take Action
BCN37 minNo sign-up
From the library
BCN again, this time on the Danzell changes to Cyber Essentials and CE+. No sign-up, and the one to watch before a renewal conversation rather than after.
Read next
The new Getting ready for the cyber attack you’ll actually get programme puts six sessions in the order you’d want them, and the SNO recording sits naturally alongside it. If Copilot’s on the list after Proofpoint, Getting your organisation Copilot-ready is the companion.
That’s it for this week.
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