Microsoft 365 business prices jumped on July 1, 2026, and if you manage a company or government subscription your next renewal will cost more. The increase hits Business, Enterprise, Frontline, and Government plans, with rises ranging from 0% to a steep 43%. Home users on Personal, Family, Premium, and Education plans are not affected. Here […]
The AI engine inside your Excel and Outlook may have changed in the last few weeks, and Microsoft never told you. Microsoft has quietly started routing some Copilot prompts to its own MAI models instead of the OpenAI and Anthropic technology that used to do the work. The Copilot button looks identical and sits in […]
Microsoft’s new Surface 8GB RAM models look like a bargain, but they are a trap. In June 2026 Microsoft quietly added 8GB versions of the Surface Pro and Surface Laptop that cost more than last year’s 16GB models while giving you half the memory. 8GB is less than what most Microsoft 365 or Office customers […]
Microsoft now has two different apps both called Copilot, and the naming is genuinely confusing. The Copilot app is a free, standalone AI chatbot built into Windows. The Microsoft 365 Copilot app is something else entirely: the old Microsoft 365 hub for your Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, now with Copilot’s AI features layered on […]
Outlook search has vastly improved with Immersive Search, and if your mailbox has a Copilot plan attached, it is worth trying today. Instead of hunting for exact keywords, you can type a plain English question like and get a real answer, complete with links back to the source emails. It works in new Outlook, classic […]
