Access and data protection
Limit access and protect information.
Separate who can reach information from how supported policies govern its handling.
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Understand the concepts behind AI, modern work, security, and cloud platforms.
Technology deep dives
Understand how the technology works.
Explore how models, agents, access controls, and security tools work together. These explainers focus on technical distinctions and examples; Perspectives covers strategy and implementation decisions.
AI agents
Bound the task before granting the tools.
Compare agents, assistants, and conventional workflows by the steps and actions they can perform.
Read the deep diveAI evaluation
An earlier result is a starting point, not a verdict.
Understand what task quality, source relevance, and review effort reveal about an AI experience.
Read the deep diveAI Governance
Define who owns the decisions.
Distinguish organizational decision rights from the controls that enforce them.
Read the deep diveAI Security
Protect the information and tools AI can reach.
Understand the threats introduced by connected information, identities, and tools.
Read the deep diveCopilot experiences
Copilot is an AI experience, not a single model.
Understand the difference between models, assistants, and the product experiences that connect them to work.
Read the deep diveGrounded answers
Anchor answers in relevant evidence.
Learn how retrieved sources inform an answer and why citations alone do not prove correctness.
Read the deep diveMITRE ATT&CK and threat intelligence
Turn threat intelligence into tested detection coverage.
Connect Sentinel and Defender XDR signals to adversary behaviors, useful intelligence, and evidence of detection and response.
Read the deep diveModel choice
Multiple models do not mean unrestricted model choice.
Separate model flexibility from product availability, licensing, and administrator controls.
Read the deep diveModel Context Protocol
Connect tools without bypassing controls.
Understand how AI applications discover tools and information without treating connectivity as authorization.
Read the deep diveModern work
Connect productivity with employee experience.
See how productivity tools and employee experience support communication, knowledge, and learning.
Read the deep diveOrchestration
Coordinate the workflow, not just the model.
Explore how frameworks coordinate context, tool calls, and handoffs across a workflow.
Read the deep diveScoping a technology project
Start with the outcome and its boundaries.
Frame a useful first conversation around the outcome, affected people, boundaries, and constraints.
Read the deep diveSecure access
Replace broad network access with deliberate connections.
Distinguish private application access, web protection, identity governance, and networking architecture.
Read the deep diveSecurity operations
Turn security signals into coordinated response.
Connect security signals to investigation and authorized response, rather than collecting alerts without purpose.
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