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E7 Licence in real life
E7 Licence in real life

Microsoft licensing pages are marketing — until you've actually switched a licence on in your own tenant and used it for real, you don't actually know what it does.

In March 2026 Microsoft a new enterprise license - the E7 license - It reached ‘General Availability’ GA for organisations to buy and use on the 1st May… But what is it? What does it do? Who actually has it and has used it…. Me!

Come with me and learn with me through hands on configuration and experimentation!

Scalable Governance v2
Scalable Governance v2

Not all solutions are the same complexity, criticality, size so we can’t, or more importantly shouldn’t, look to govern them all in a single way. Small solutions should be governed lightly, more critical or sensitive solutions should be governed robustly.

In v2 of this scalable governance model this model gives an improved method of defining a common language and a standard way of assessing and defining action around different scales of ideas, use cases, and solutions, whilst giving flexibility to apply it to any organisation, in any industry, at any scale.

Empower Your World - Blog Index and Plan
Empower Your World - Blog Index and Plan

The thoughts and approach to a holistic enablement strategy for Low-Code in any organisation considering Platform, Process, and People!

This post breaks down the key areas, modules, and the blog posts I’ve written (in black) or plan to write (in orange) and will act as an ongoing index for easy navigation to the topics that interest you.

Enablement Engine, Maker Movement, People Simon Owen Enablement Engine, Maker Movement, People Simon Owen

Maker Movement v2

Do you want to enable people and organisations to change behaviours and embed different ways of thinking and acting to drive culture around AI / Copilot, Low Code / Power Platform?

Are there other outcomes you’re trying to drive, tech or non-tech related, where you’re trying to drive a change in awareness, perception, behaviour, or actions?

Well say “Hello!” to the ‘Enablement Engine’ the v2 of a model we can use to enable people and organisations to change behaviours and embed different ways of thinking and acting to drive culture.

This simplification of the iterative cycle, and the rename, is to show that this isn’t just a ‘Maker Movement’ - This is a way to Enable the world!

Come and read all about it and some examples of how these steps could be used to Enable AI and Microsoft Copilot!

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