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Microsoft Researcher: Critique vs Council explained.
Read more: Microsoft Researcher: Critique vs Council explained.Copilot Researcher agent, a deep research agent that is part of M365 Copilot has just received a major update that makes it the first of its kind multi modal researcher…
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What the Microsoft Copilot Leadership Reorg means.
Read more: What the Microsoft Copilot Leadership Reorg means.Microsoft are re shuffling their AI leadership and blending consumer (person home, family) and commercial (Microsoft 365) Copilot into a single business unit with unified strategy. Mustafa Suleyman remains at…
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GPT‑5.4 Thinking rolling out in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Read more: GPT‑5.4 Thinking rolling out in Microsoft 365 CopilotHot on the heels of GPT‑5.3 released this week, which I covered in my last blog – Microsoft is now rolling out support for GPT‑5.4 Thinking to Copilot Studio early…
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Microsoft Rolling Out GPT‑5.3 Instant to Microsoft 365 Copilot Users
Read more: Microsoft Rolling Out GPT‑5.3 Instant to Microsoft 365 Copilot UsersMicrosoft has started rolling out OpenAI’s GPT‑5.3 Instant across Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio, bringing a noticeable upgrade in speed, clarity, and task‑aligned responses. This update is now live…
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What are Microsoft 365’s New AI Watermarks?
Read more: What are Microsoft 365’s New AI Watermarks?Microsoft is soon rolling out a new (optional) AI watermarking policy across Microsoft 365 – and while the headlines make it sound dramatic, the real story is more nuanced. The…
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AI Prompting Guide: Get Better Results with Copilot and ChatGPT
Read more: AI Prompting Guide: Get Better Results with Copilot and ChatGPTGenerative AI is now woven into the way we work both at work and home. Whether you’re drafting content, analysing data, or simply trying to get unstuck, tools like Microsoft…
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What are Copilot connectors?
Read more: What are Copilot connectors?A Copilot connector is the plumbing that brings your organisation’s external content into Microsoft 365 so Copilot can ground answers in real, company-specific data. Practically speaking, a connector extracts or…
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2026 Role‑Based training for Microsoft 365 Copilot users
Read more: 2026 Role‑Based training for Microsoft 365 Copilot usersI’m a huge believer in role‑based learning because it gives people practical, relevant ways to bring AI into the work they already do. Wherever you are on your Copilot journey…
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Satya Nadella’s Call for an “AI Reset” – What Business Leaders Must Prioritise in 2026
Read more: Satya Nadella’s Call for an “AI Reset” – What Business Leaders Must Prioritise in 2026Following Satya Nadella’s looking forward to 2026 post, this blog explores the detail behind it and why 2026 must move beyond AI slop and shift toward trusted, outcome‑driven AI projects…
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What is Copilot Checkout? Microsoft and PayPal’s new AI-Powered Commerce Experience.
Read more: What is Copilot Checkout? Microsoft and PayPal’s new AI-Powered Commerce Experience.Microsoft and PayPal have officially joined forces to launch Copilot Checkout, a groundbreaking integration that redefines the online shopping experience. This collaboration merges Microsoft’s conversational AI capabilities with PayPal’s trusted…
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What is Copilot Real Talk Mode? And how to use it.
Read more: What is Copilot Real Talk Mode? And how to use it.Back at the “Fall update in October”, Microsoft announced that a new talk mode called “Real Talk” was coming to Copilot. This has been available in the US for a…
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Copilot gets free GPT‑5.2 upgrade with “Smart Plus” mode
Read more: Copilot gets free GPT‑5.2 upgrade with “Smart Plus” modeMicrosoft has begun rolling out GPT‑5.2 across Copilot on the web, Windows, and mobile as a free upgrade. It sits alongside GPT‑5.1 rather than replacing it, giving users a clear…
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GPT-5.2 now available in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Read more: GPT-5.2 now available in Microsoft 365 CopilotMicrosoft has just (11th Dec) started rolling out OpenAI’s GPT‑5.2 across Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio, marking another significant leap in AI-powered productivity. The differences between GPT5 and GPT5.2 provide “a…
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With Security Copilot now part of Microsoft 365 E5 – what do you actually get?
Read more: With Security Copilot now part of Microsoft 365 E5 – what do you actually get?At Ignite this week, Microsoft announced that Security Copilot will now be included in Microsoft 365 E5 (and E5 Security) at no additional cost. Security Copilot delivers “AI-powered, integrated, cost-effective,…
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Sora-2 now in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Read more: Sora-2 now in Microsoft 365 CopilotAt Ignite 2025 this month, amongst a long list of AI and Security updates, Microsoft announced that OpenAI’s Sora 2 text-to-video model is now integrated into Microsoft 365 Copilot in…
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Microsoft 365 Copilot for small and medium businesses
Read more: Microsoft 365 Copilot for small and medium businessesMicrosoft has just announced a much more affordable aka cheaper (but fully featured license) for small and medium businesses. From December 1st, Microsoft 365 Copilot Business becomes available to organisations…
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Copilot Researcher Agent gets “Computer Use”
Read more: Copilot Researcher Agent gets “Computer Use”Yes, the Copilot Researcher Agent, once focused purely on gathering and summarising information, can now take action on your device through a capability called Computer Use. This provides secure interaction…
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Windows 11 bringing new “Ask Copilot” to the taskbar
Read more: Windows 11 bringing new “Ask Copilot” to the taskbarWindows Insiders in the Dev and Beta channels can start testing a new Copilot search experience which is available through the Windows Search bar. To get started go to Settings…
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No Agenda? No Excuse. Copilot can now help with agenda creation.
Read more: No Agenda? No Excuse. Copilot can now help with agenda creation.Let’s talk about one of my biggest pet peeves: the agenda-less meeting invite. You know the type. A calendar ping lands in your inbox with a vague title like “Catch-up”…
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Microsoft “App Builder” & “Workflow” Agents
Read more: Microsoft “App Builder” & “Workflow” AgentsMicrosoft is expanding its Copilot Frontier Programme with two powerful new agents. These are the App Builder and Workflows Agents. These put “app creation” and automation directly into the hands…
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Microsoft introduces Mico – Copilot’s new face and voice
Read more: Microsoft introduces Mico – Copilot’s new face and voiceIn a live YouTube stream on 24th October, Microsoft unveiled a wave of new consumer features for Copilot (dubbed fall update) – headlined by the official debut of Mico, a…
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Excel’s new “Agent Mode”
Read more: Excel’s new “Agent Mode”Agent Mode in Excel is a new “preview” feature Excel (online) for Microsoft Copilot Subscribers (Microsoft 365 Commercial, Personal, Family and Premium) that enables users to build and edit workbooks along side…
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What’s new in OneDrive + Copilot?…. Lots.
Read more: What’s new in OneDrive + Copilot?…. Lots.This week was Microsoft’s third annual OneDrive digital event (October 8th, 2025), where their key message was that OneDrive is much much more than “just” file storage. Whether you are…
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What is ‘Bring Your Own Copilot’ to Work (BYO-Copilot) ?
Read more: What is ‘Bring Your Own Copilot’ to Work (BYO-Copilot) ?AI tools being used in the workplace is no longer a question of if but how and what. The question is what if you could allow this in a safe…
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It’s Agent Mode the new way to do human-agent collaboration?
Read more: It’s Agent Mode the new way to do human-agent collaboration?Microsoft Copilot development just doesn’t sleep… This time they have just announced “agent mode” which they claim could be game changer in the way we (humans) work with AI agents…
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What is the SharePoint Knowledge and what does it do?
Read more: What is the SharePoint Knowledge and what does it do?The responses and workflows you get back from AI is only as good as the content it can reason over or leverage. If your content (data) is not in good…
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Beyond OpenAI: Microsoft Copilot add Claude support
Read more: Beyond OpenAI: Microsoft Copilot add Claude supportMicrosoft has started to broaden their AI horizons by adding their first (not Open AI) model into Copilot. Microsoft are integrating Anthropic’s Claude models into Microsoft 365 Copilot which marks…
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Microsoft Copilot Consumer brings Memory Management and Google Drive Integration
Read more: Microsoft Copilot Consumer brings Memory Management and Google Drive IntegrationMicrosoft Copilot is adding with two new major updates (this time for the consumer experience) that bring it closer to the more personalised AI experience users have been asking and…
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GPT-5 Chat & Reasoning vs Copilot Researcher Agent
Read more: GPT-5 Chat & Reasoning vs Copilot Researcher AgentWith all the new AI models in Microsoft Copilot along with the first party agents that serve spefici functions, it can be confusing to know which tool to use for…
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Teams Facilitator Agent: A Virtual Chair for Teams Meetings
Read more: Teams Facilitator Agent: A Virtual Chair for Teams MeetingsTeams has a powerful new capability called the Facilitator Agent – a Copilot-driven meeting assistant designed to make collaboration smoother, smarter, and more productive. Think of it as a virtual…