Frontier

Microsoft's most advanced features, explained without the sales pitch. Each issue takes one capability — AI models, agentic systems, compliance boundaries — and maps exactly what it does, how it works, and what your organisation needs to decide.

Series 01 · Deep Dive 1 issue published M365 · AI · Enterprise
FRONTIER

Microsoft builds fast and explains slowly. Frontier closes the gap — one feature, one issue, everything a CTO, admin or adoption lead needs to make a real decision. No product announcements dressed up as insight. No "what's new" listicles. Just the architecture, the controls, the data flows, and the questions you should be asking.


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Issue 001 · Published 28 May 2026
Anthropic in M365 — Who Processes What, and Where

Claude is now inside Microsoft 365 Copilot as a subprocessor — not a SaaS add-on. This issue maps the co-processing architecture, the EU Data Boundary exclusion, the Copilot Cowork integration, and the admin controls your team needs to know about.

Audience: CTO · Compliance · M365 Admin · 8 min read

About the series

Why Frontier exists

Microsoft's Frontier programme is a preview cohort for the most advanced Copilot capabilities — agentic execution, third-party model integration, deep enterprise AI. Features ship fast. Documentation lags. Marketing leads. This zine series exists to translate what's actually happening at the infrastructure and policy level into something a senior practitioner can act on.