Netrio has introduced NetrioNow, a mobile application designed to provide managed service provider (MSP) customers with improved visibility into IT services and support operations. The app allows users to monitor service performance, track support tickets and access key information about their IT environments from mobile devices. The goal is to give customers more immediate insight into system status and ongoing service activity without relying solely on traditional support channels. Aimed at enhancing productivity without unnecessary complexity, users can submit and track support tickets anywhere with an intuitive design for essential, easy-to-use tools.
Netrio provides managed IT and cybersecurity services to enterprise and midmarket organizations. The mobile app is intended to extend access to support resources and operational data, enabling users to engage with service teams and review issues in real time. MSPs are increasingly adding customer-facing tools that improve transparency and communication. The app is available for both Android and iOS users.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 24, 20260 comments
Xbow announced expanded penetration testing capabilities designed to integrate with the Microsoft security ecosystem, including tools such as Microsoft Security Copilot and Microsoft Sentinel. The platform is designed to automate aspects of penetration testing, allowing organizations to continuously identify vulnerabilities across cloud environments and enterprise applications. By integrating with Microsoft’s security tools, XBOW aims to provide visibility into potential attack paths and security gaps within Microsoft-based deployments. The integration provides a continuous feedback loop, closing the longstanding gap between AppSec and SecOps. Teams can now initiate and manage XBOW assessments into Microsoft Security Copilot, with findings flowing into the Microsoft Sentinel data lake.
XBOW focuses on combining automated testing with security workflows to help organizations detect weaknesses before they can be exploited. The integration is intended to align penetration testing results with existing security monitoring and response systems. Organizations are increasingly adopting continuous security testing as attack surfaces expand across cloud and hybrid environments. Public preview includes a comprehensive set of components including XBOW Pentest Manager Agent, Sentinel Connector and Pentest Analysis Agent.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 24, 20260 comments
Commvault announced an expanded integration with Microsoft aimed at improving threat detection, investigation and recovery using artificial intelligence. The collaboration connects Commvault’s data protection platform with Microsoft security tools, including Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Security Copilot and Commvault Cloud to provide deeper visibility into threats affecting enterprise environments to streamline resilience operations (ResOps). The integration is designed to correlate security alerts with backup data, helping organizations assess the impact of incidents and recover more effectively. Integrated capabilities bridge the gap between threat detection and trusted recovery with a modernized Microsoft Sentinel Connector and Commvault's Investigation Agent in Security Copilot.
Commvault's approach supports trusted recovery by identifying clean data for restoration after a cyberattack. By combining threat intelligence with backup validation, the system is intended to reduce the risk of reintroducing compromised data during recovery efforts. Enterprises are increasingly aligning backup and security operations as ransomware attacks target both production systems and backup environments.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 24, 20260 comments
Accenture has introduced a Microsoft-focused forward-deployed engineering practice designed to help enterprises scale artificial intelligence initiatives across their operations. The practice will embed engineering teams directly within client organizations to support the deployment of AI solutions built on Microsoft technologies, including Azure and Microsoft’s AI and data platforms. The approach is intended to accelerate implementation by aligning technical expertise with business workflows and operational requirements. With Microsoft's platform and technology innovation expertise and Accenture leading the change management, process redesign, industry workflows and global deployment at scale, the collaboration is aimed at serving as a gateway for enterprise AI transformation.
Accenture said the offering focuses on helping organizations move AI projects from pilot stages into production by addressing integration, data management and system design challenges. The practice will support use cases across business functions such as customer service, finance and operations. Enterprises continue to face challenges scaling AI beyond initial experiments, particularly when integrating models with existing systems.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 20, 20260 comments
Microsoft has detailed its 2026 Release Wave 1 plans for Dynamics 365, the Power Platform and Copilot Studio, highlighting expanded use of artificial intelligence across enterprise applications. Agentic innovations across Dynamics 365 workflows for sales, HR, finance and supply chains are part of the updates. The updates also include new Copilot features designed to assist users with tasks such as data analysis, workflow automation and content generation across everyday business processes.
Enhancements are also planned for Power Platform including modern app development, intelligent automation and enterprise-grade governance. Further updates announced included changes to Dynamics 365 sales, customer service, contact center, field service, sustainability, finance, supply chain management, project operations, commerce, Business Central and HR. New releases for customer insights in Dynamics 365 across data and journeys were also outlined.
At the core of the release is AI-powered automation and agent innovation aimed at enhanced intelligence and programmability with strengthened governance, security and cost management to help organizations manage solutions with confidence. Copilot Studio will receive updates to help organizations build and customize AI assistants tailored to specific business needs. The goal is to integrate AI more deeply into operational workflows across sales, service, finance and other functions. Enterprises continue to invest in AI-driven business applications to improve productivity and decision-making.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 20, 20260 comments
SpecterOps has expanded its identity attack path management capabilities to include support for Okta, GitHub and macOS environments. The new BloodHound Enterprise adds OpenGraph extensions to help identity and security teams remediate cross-platform attack paths, enabling organizations to access remediation guidance to shut down pathways before they can be exploited. New capabilities expand identity security coverage across Okta, GitHub, Jamf and extend least-privilege enforcement with environment-level access controls and encryption control via Bring Your Own Key (BYOK).
The update extends its platform’s ability to identify and map identity-based attack paths across a wider range of enterprise systems. By incorporating these platforms, organizations can gain visibility into how attackers might exploit identity relationships, misconfigurations or access privileges to move laterally within environments.
SpecterOps focuses on analyzing identity systems to uncover hidden attack paths that traditional security tools may not detect. The expanded coverage is intended to help security teams assess risks across cloud identity providers, developer tools and endpoint systems. Identity-based attacks have become a growing concern as organizations adopt cloud services and distributed development platforms.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 18, 20260 comments
Arctiq announced it has acquired Shadow-Soft, a consulting firm focused on observability and automation, as part of its efforts to expand its cloud and platform engineering services. The acquisition will enhance its ability to support enterprises adopting cloud-native technologies, particularly in areas such as container orchestration, DevOps practices and application observability. Shadow-Soft brings expertise with Dynatrace and Red Hat and automation frameworks used to manage modern application environments. The collaboration aims to bring Shadow-Soft's engineering capabilities to Arctiq's broader customer base while giving customers access to expanded innovation across security, infrastructure and AI-driven operations.
Arctiq provides consulting and managed services across cloud infrastructure, security and DevOps. By adding Shadow-Soft’s capabilities, the company aims to broaden its services for organizations building and operating distributed, cloud-native applications. Enterprises are increasingly investing in observability and automation tools as application environments grow more complex. Commenting on the collaboration, Arctiq said, "as organizations adopt AI-driven applications and operate more complex digital environments, visibility and automation across infrastructure, applications and security become essential."
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 18, 20260 comments
Nscale announced plans to develop an artificial intelligence factory in West Virginia, aimed at expanding infrastructure for AI model training and deployment. The facility will provide high-performance computing resources designed to support large-scale AI workloads, including model training and inference. Nscale’s approach focuses on building dedicated infrastructure environments optimized for AI development, rather than relying solely on general-purpose cloud capacity. The collaboration with Microsoft is aimed at having 1.35GW of AI compute using NVIDIA's Vera Rubin NVL72 GPUs used to develop the Monarch Compute Campus (acquired by Nscale).
The planned site is expected to contribute to regional economic development while supporting enterprise demand for compute-intensive AI applications. Organizations across industries are increasingly seeking access to specialized infrastructure as AI models grow in size and complexity. Microsoft said the collaboration with Nscale and NVIDIA marks an important step in delivering meaningful AI innovation to customers. The announcement reflects a broader industry trend toward building purpose-built AI data centers. Technology providers and infrastructure firms are investing in dedicated facilities to meet rising demand for GPUs, power capacity and cooling systems required for large-scale AI operations.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 17, 20260 comments
Quokka announced it has joined the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), a partner program that connects security vendors with Microsoft’s enterprise security ecosystem. Through the program, Quokka’s security platform will integrate with Microsoft technologies such as Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel to help organizations detect and respond to cyber threats. MISA membership also allows partners to collaborate with Microsoft on security integrations and reach enterprise customers using Microsoft’s cloud and security platforms. Q-scout, Quokka's mobile vetting platform uses Microsoft Sentinel and Intune insights to help organizations identify, assess and manage mobile application risk across enterprise environments.
Quokka focuses on cybersecurity solutions designed to help organizations identify vulnerabilities and manage risk across enterprise environments. By joining the association, the company aims to expand its presence within Microsoft-centric security deployments. Microsoft created MISA to bring together independent security vendors that integrate with its security stack. As organizations adopt more cloud-based security tools, partnerships between platform providers and specialized vendors are becoming increasingly important for building coordinated threat detection and response capabilities. The association fosters collaboration across the cybersecurity ecosystem to strengthen prevention, detection and response capabilities across cloud, identity, mobile and endpoint environments.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 16, 20260 comments
M-Files announced a native integration with Microsoft Copilot that allows users to deliver accurate and trusted results using AI. The integration enables Copilot to retrieve and surface information from M-Files repositories while maintaining existing access controls and permissions. Users can locate documents, review information and reference enterprise content through Copilot within Microsoft 365 applications. Direct access to Copilot and Copilot Agent Builder offers trusted, permission-aware answers, context-enriched AI agents and increased ROI on Microsoft investments.
M-Files provides a document management and information governance platform used by organizations to manage business content and workflows. By connecting its system to Copilot search, the company aims to help employees access documents stored outside Microsoft 365 repositories without leaving their productivity tools. Enterprises are increasingly looking to connect AI assistants to multiple enterprise data sources as adoption of generative AI tools grows. The launch strengthens M-Files context-first document management system with Microsoft's AI-driven capabilities towards the next generation of agent-driven productivity.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 16, 20260 comments
DataBahn announced an expanded partnership with Microsoft aimed at helping enterprises deploy data and artificial intelligence solutions at cloud scale, through Microsoft Sentinel. The collaboration focuses on accelerating the adoption of Microsoft technologies across enterprise environments, including data analytics and AI platforms. DataBahn provides consulting and implementation services designed to help organizations integrate data systems, modernize analytics environments and deploy AI-driven applications using Microsoft’s cloud ecosystem. Integrating DataBahn's AI-powered data pipeline directly into Microsoft Sentinel offers customers an accelerated data security onboarding, streamlined Microsoft Sentinel ingestion, eliminates custom data engineering overheads and uses existing Microsoft Azure commitments.
As part of the partnership, DataBahn will work with enterprises to implement cloud-based data architectures and operational workflows intended to support large-scale analytics and machine learning initiatives. The effort is intended to help organizations move from pilot projects to production deployments more quickly. Enterprises are increasingly investing in cloud-based data platforms as they expand AI initiatives. The expanded integration offers CISOs, security architects and IT leaders a partnership with measurable impact, reducing time to value, overall costs and offers operational simplicity.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 12, 20260 comments
Huntress announced an expansion of its global partner program aimed at increasing access to cybersecurity services for managed service providers (MSPs) and their customers. The updated program introduces new resources, incentives and support structures designed to help partners deliver threat detection and response capabilities to small and midsize organizations. Huntress focuses on providing security tools that MSPs can deploy across client environments to identify and respond to cyber threats. The expanded partner ecosystem, purpose-built cybersecurity platform and agentic-AI powered SOC make enterprise-grade security accessible to all businesses regardless of size.
MSPs have become a critical channel for delivering cybersecurity services to smaller organizations that often lack dedicated security teams. By expanding its partner program, Huntress aims to make its platform more accessible to service providers operating in different regions and serving businesses of varying sizes. Demand for managed security services has grown as cyberattacks increasingly target smaller organizations with fewer resources to defend against threats. The expanded partner program equips resellers to drive revenue, reap profitable partner margins, sell a win-win solution that can work across Microsoft, MacOS and Linux and rest assured knowing that all Huntress products are managed by agentic-AI SOC.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 11, 20260 comments