I consider myself to be the custodian of the Microsoft technologies my customers implement which keeps me busy. I get asked a lot how it is that I “stay plugged” in with Microsoft’s many different technologies.
MICROSOFT PUBLIC NEWSLETTERS
One way is by subscribing to the very newsletters that everyone else has access to publicly. Here’s a list of some of the newsletters that I subscribe to:
- https://aka.ms/onedrivenewsletter (OneDrive for Business Adoption newsletter)
- https://aka.ms/plannernewsletter (Planner newsletter)
- https://aka.ms/sharepointpremium/join (SharePoint & Content Management newsletter)
- https://aka.ms/worklabnewsletter (WorkLab Newsletter)
- https://aka.ms/m365champions (Microsoft 365 Champions program & newsletter)
- https://aka.ms/surfacenewsletter (Surface Newsletter)
- https://aka.ms/windowsnewsletter (Windows Newsletter)
- https://aka.ms/rewardsnewsletter (Microsoft Rewards newsletter)
- https://aka.ms/AINewsletter (Microsoft AI Newsletter)
- https://aka.ms/mdfcnewssubscribe (Defender for Cloud Newsletter)
- https://aka.ms/securityupdateguide (Security Update Notifications)
- https://aka.ms/M365devprogram (Microsoft 365 Developers program & newsletter)
- https://aka.ms/sourcenewsletter (Microsoft Developer Community newsletter)
- https://aka.ms/reactornewsletter (Microsoft Reactor Developer & Startup newsletter)
- https://aka.ms/msrnewsletter (Microsoft Research Newsletter)
- https://aka.ms/unifiednewsletters (Unified Support Newsletters)
- https://aka.ms/partnernewsletter (Microsoft Partner Newsletter)
- https://aka.ms/mcappsnewsletter (SMT Modern Connected Apps Newsletter)
- https://aka.ms/aiforgovnewsletter (SMT AI for Government Newsletter)
- https://aka.ms/powerplatformcommnewsletter (Power Platform Community Newsletter)
BLOGS ON MICROSOFT TECH COMMUNITIES
More selectively, I also subscribe to email notifications for product/technology blogs on the Microsoft Tech Community portal. This is where the product groups publish articles, updates & “newsletters” that they write monthly. If you are the caretaker of a particular Microsoft technology in your organization, you should be subscribing to email notifications for these as well.
To get email subscriptions for blog content for the 100s of Microsoft Tech Communities:
- Login to your Microsoft Account.
- Visit the blog page of your technology of choice from Blogs – Microsoft Community Hub.
- Click on the “Subscribe” button near the top of the screen.
Here’s just SOME examples of highly active official Microsoft blogs to subscribe to:
- AI – Azure AI services Blog
- Azure Infrastructure Blog
- Azure Arc Blog
- Ask the Directory Services Team
- Azure Compute Blog
- Azure Database Support Blog
- Azure Governance and Management Blog
- Azure Migration and Modernization Blog
- Azure Synapse Analytics Blog
- Azure Tools Blog
- Azure Virtual Desktop Blog
- Copilot for Microsoft 365
- Configuration Manager Blog
- Core Infrastructure and Security Blog
- FastTrack Blog (aka the FastTrack for Microsoft 365 blog)
- FastTrack for Azure
- ITOps Talk Blog
- Microsoft 365 Blog
- Microsoft Bookings Blog
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud Blog
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Blog
- Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Blog
- Microsoft Defender XDR Blog
- Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management Blog
- Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence Blog
- Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management Blog
- Microsoft Entra Blog
- Microsoft Forms Blog
- Microsoft Intune Blog
- Intune Customer Success
- Microsoft Learn Blog
- Microsoft Mechanics Blog
- Microsoft OneDrive Blog
- Microsoft Sentinel Blog
- Microsoft SharePoint Blog
- Microsoft Teams Blog
- Microsoft Teams Support
- Public Sector Blog
- Security, Compliance, and Identity Blog
- Microsoft Security Baselines Blog
- Microsoft Security Copilot Blog
- Microsoft Security Experts Blog
- SQL Server Support Blog
- System Center Blog
- Windows Blog Archive (aka the Mark Russinovich blog)
- Windows IT Pro Blog
- FSLogix Blog
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