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Updates, perspectives and practical thinking from across Innova Group — helping businesses navigate technology with confidence.

FeaturedCompany NewsJune 2026

Introducing Innova Group: Four Practices, One Shared Purpose

Why we built Innova Group around four specialist practices instead of one general IT company — and what that means for the businesses we work with.

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Microsoft CopilotExternalJuly 2026

Microsoft 365 Copilot: Vision, Agent Publishing and AI Watermarking

Copilot can now use what is on your screen or phone camera as context, organisations can publish approved in-house agents to their own Agent Store, and AI-generated video and audio can be watermarked by policy — three changes that matter if you are planning a governed Copilot rollout.

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AI & AutomationExternalJuly 2026

Model Context Protocol Is Now Generally Available in Copilot Studio

MCP has reached general availability in Copilot Studio, letting agents connect to existing knowledge servers, APIs and tools through a standard interface. Access runs through Power Platform connectors, so the data policies you already enforce apply to MCP tools too.

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PerspectiveJune 2026

How We Work With Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

A lot of the businesses we talk to assume specialist technology support is something for bigger organisations. Here's why we don't see it that way.

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Power PlatformExternalJuly 2026

Dataverse as an MCP Server: Opening Business Data to AI Agents

Dataverse can now act as an MCP server, exposing tables and records to MCP clients including Copilot Studio agents and developer tooling. For organisations already holding business data in Dataverse, this is the shortest route to grounding an agent in real information rather than documents.

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Power PlatformExternalJune 2026

What's New in Power Platform: June 2026 Feature Update

The June update continues the 2026 wave 1 rollout — modern theming as standard, real-time Dataverse access for offline-first canvas apps, improved search in grids and lookups, and wider availability of generative pages.

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SecurityJune 2026

Cyber Security for Smaller Teams: The Basics, Done Properly

You don't need an enterprise security budget to meaningfully reduce your risk. Most of the value comes from getting a handful of fundamentals right — consistently.

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Power PlatformExternalMay 2026

What's New in Power Platform: May 2026 Feature Update

Modern Button, Slider, Icon and Dropdown controls are now GA-quality — including OnSelect support on the Icon control — and User Defined Types have reached general availability for makers building on Power Apps.

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Microsoft IntuneExternalMay 2026

Intune Service Release 2605: Copilot in Intune & Apple ADE Updates

The latest Intune service release brings Security Copilot capabilities directly into Intune RBAC roles, plus userless Apple automated device enrolment for visionOS and tvOS — useful additions for organisations managing mixed device fleets.

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SecurityExternalJune 2026

Defender for Endpoint: EDR Updates Move to Microsoft Update

Microsoft is decoupling Defender for Endpoint EDR improvements from monthly Windows security updates, delivering them via Microsoft Update instead — meaning faster protection against emerging threats without waiting on the patch cycle.

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