Code.Read March 2026

With spring upon us, change is in the air. 

Everyone is shifting from the idea of "add more AI" to managing AI at scale. And Microsoft is reinforcing this change with the announcement of the E7 license suite, where AI agents and governance are the main selling points.

Let's talk about it. 👇

What's this edition about

• New Features
• Microsoft 365 E7: The Frontier Suite
• Microsoft 365 license governance: why it matters more than ever
• Quick Actionable Tip: Export Recordings via Service Bus
• Code Events

New Features

This Sprint brings improvements across reporting, license optimisation, and Voice Recorder usability.

Highlights include better partner visibility of enabled modules, enhanced exports, new license optimisation rules, and a refreshed Voice Recorder experience with new widgets and filtering options.

Read the full release notes to explore everything new.

Microsoft 365 E7: The Frontier Suite

When you strip away all the marketing jargon, the details behind E7 licenses are quite simple:

• The Microsoft 365 E7 suite will be generally available May 1, 2026, at a price point of $99 per user per month.
• E7 bundles up the features from the M365 E5 license, the Entra suite, Copilot and Agents 365.
• Agents 365 is a platform for deploying and governing AI agents in your tenants. (think booking meetings, processing invoices or handling onboarding)
• Who's it for? Enterprises with a mature M365 environment looking to operationalise AI, not just test it.

That's it. No holisticism, leveraging, democratising, or other buzzwords. Just facts.

Read Microsoft's announcement.

Microsoft 365 license governance: why it matters more than ever

Most organisations aren’t struggling with Microsoft audits. They’re struggling with the everyday complexity of Microsoft 365 licensing. Unused licenses, misaligned SKUs, stale accounts, and scattered data create unnecessary overspend and hidden security exposure.

The goal is to shift from a last-minute clean-up to a year-round governance strategy without increasing the workload.

If you’re ready to move from reactive to proactive, our latest guide breaks down the full Microsoft 365 license governance lifecycle, the tools that support it, and the practical steps you can adopt today.

Read the full article. 

Quick Actionable Tip: Export Recordings via Service Bus

Want to automate how your Voice Recorder data flows into downstream systems? Just enable Service Bus Export:

How to do it:

1. Go to Administration → Settings → Voice Recorder → Recording Events.
2. Switch Service Bus Export to On.
3. Add your Service Bus connection string and Events queue name.
4. Hit Save.

This provides instant integration with your analytics or compliance tools by sending key metadata as soon as recordings are saved.

Code Events

Next up on our event calendar, we’ll be attending Comms vNext on the 5th-6th of May, as a silver sponsor for yet another year.

It’s a solid opportunity to connect, learn, and explore what’s next in the space. Hope to see you there!

If you’re planning to go, we’ve got a little something for you:

Use our exclusive link to get $100 off on your conference ticket.

Coffee Break

If you needed a reminder that real-world AI can still get unpredictable, we have just the story for you.

A humanoid robot at a restaurant in Cupertino recently went viral after a dance routine turned chaotic. What started as a customer-facing “celebration mode” quickly escalated, with the robot swinging its arms, knocking over plates, and forcing staff to step in and restrain it. 

It’s a good snapshot of where we are with automation: impressive, entertaining, and occasionally a bit too enthusiastic for its surroundings.

Here's the full story.