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Farewell Last Exchange Server, Copilot Memory Rolls Out, and Agentic AI Improvements – Practical 365 Podcast S04E45

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Paul explains how an AWS outage at the Gartner Symposium sparked jokes about Microsoft sabotaging Amazon.
The hosts discuss a major AWS outage caused by a DNS automation race condition, its impact on services like airlines, and lessons for cloud disaster recovery. They also cover Microsoft updates, including removing the last Exchange server, auto-archiving in Exchange Online, and new Copilot features with associated risks.

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A practical look at Exchange cleanup and Entra changes, with AWS outage context.

The episode uses an AWS outage to frame how much Microsoft 365 still depends on shared cloud infrastructure. It then makes a practical case for retiring the last Exchange server, with Entra ID preview changes around source of authority and groups making that cleanup feel more…

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If you manage Exchange or Microsoft 365, this is the Saturday cleanup conversation you needed.

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