Anthropic models, data residency, and Azure timeline

MVP Tom Arbuthnot shares all the latest Microsoft Teams and Copilot news and announcements in less than 15 minutes for March 2026.

Many thanks to Ribbon for their continued support.

PowerPoint Deck

Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 3​
Anthropic in M365 Copilot ​
Copilot Cowork​
Agent 365​
Microsoft 365 E7​
AI Workplace Roadmap​
Teams Devices Roadmap​
New Teams Certified Devices​
Events​

Useful Links:

Briefings

• Real AI Use Cases in the Contact Centre with Luware Nimbus - Costs, Risks and Benefits - Marcel Gaufroid, Head of Sales – EU, at Luware
• Microsoft Places in 2026: APIs, Desk Booking, and Copilot Context - Brennan McReynolds, Product Strategy Lead for Microsoft Places
• Pure IP's Platform Strategy that Simplifies Enterprise Communications - Adnon Dow, Chief Strategy Officer at Pure IP
• AI Voice Agents - Sean Keegan, Developer Evangelist for Azure Communication Services at Microsoft
• Tony at NWN Explains How They Deliver Multi-Platform UCaaS at Scale with NUWAVE iPILOT

Teams Insider Podcasts

• CTO of LabourNet on Microsoft Teams Phone and Contact Centre with a Dispersed National Workforce with Mike Love, CTO at LabourNet, Janet Souter-Dantu, Co-founder at ScopServ Integrated Services, and Vanesia Raborethe, Head of Sales at ScopServ
• SharePoint at 25, Past, Present, and AI Future with Microsoft's Jeff Teper
• AI enabling real-time communications with Adam Jacobs, IC3 Principal Program Manager at Microsoft
• Scaling Microsoft Teams Phone and Teams Rooms at BAE Systems with Andrew Wigmore

Other Useful Links
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2026/03/09/copilot-cowork-a-new-way-of-getting-work-done/ 

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/02/27/microsoft-and-openai-joint-statement-on-continuing-partnership/ 

https://portal.changepilot.cloud/mc1247880 

https://portal.changepilot.cloud/MC1247634 

https://portal.changepilot.cloud/mc1248392 

https://portal.changepilot.cloud/mc1245225 

https://portal.changepilot.cloud/mc1243546