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<div class="scriptor-paragraph">Welcome to Episode 406 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben and Scott discuss their recent experiences and thoughts on Microsoft&#8217;s Copilot features and agents, specifically focusing on the Researcher and Analyst agents. They share practical applications and benefits of these tools, such as using Researcher for meeting preparations and Analyst for exploring data, summarizing data, and even coming up with python script to use with data. Additionally, they cover the upcoming migration of Microsoft Sentinel to the Defender portal, discussing its implications and potential future changes for other security tools. The episode ends with a teaser about an upcoming discussion on MCPs for AI!</div>
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<h2><strong>Show Notes</strong></h2>
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<li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/03/25/introducing-researcher-and-analyst-in-microsoft-365-copilot/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Introducing Researcher and Analyst in Microsoft 365 Copilot</a></li>
<li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/introducing-deep-research-in-azure-ai-foundry-agent-service/?WT.mc_id=5005104" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Introducing Deep Research in Azure AI Foundry Agent Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/topic/get-started-with-researcher-in-microsoft-365-copilot-e63ab760-f3de-4c47-ae87-dad601b0e9c4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Get started with Researcher in Microsoft 365 Copilot</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/researcher-agent-in-microsoft-365-copilot/4397186?WT.mc_id=5005104" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Researcher agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/analyst-agent-in-microsoft-365-copilot/4397191?WT.mc_id=5005104" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Analyst agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/get-started-with-analyst-in-microsoft-365-copilot-ff505b9c-a06c-4be9-b855-69d89b1d25d2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Get started with Analyst in Microsoft 365 Copilot</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZVDNStqUCk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New reasoning agents: Researcher and Analyst in Microsoft 365 Copilot</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/planning-your-move-to-microsoft-defender-portal-for-all-microsoft-sentinel-custo/4428613?WT.mc_id=5005104" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Planning your move to Microsoft Defender portal for all Microsoft Sentinel customers</a></li>
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