02 · Articles

Four shapes, nothing else.

Every article here is one of four kinds. The constraint is the point: it stops this becoming another blog that covers whatever was interesting that week.

The four shapes

A

What changed

One roadmap item or release note, in plain English. What it is, who it lands on, when, and whether it matters. Roadmap ID cited.

B

What it costs

The licence you actually need, traced to the Product Terms or the service descriptions. List price where there is one, and a plain note where there is not.

C

What to do about it

The admin action. Settings, prerequisites, order of operations, and what breaks if you skip a step.

D

What this source is for

One channel from the catalogue, explained. What it publishes, how often it lies to you by omission, and how to read it quickly.

Published

Nothing yet. This build shipped on 20 August 2026 with the catalogue and the sourcing rule in place, because those are what the articles hang off.

The first article lands with the first Friday email. Rather than pad this page with placeholders, it says what it is: empty, with a date attached.

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Subjects

Articles are filed under Microsoft's own product boundaries, so the filing stays true without anyone maintaining it: Copilot and agents · Microsoft 365 apps and services · Security, identity and compliance · Azure and the AI platform · Power Platform · Windows and devices · Licensing.