Send us a text Welcome to a brand new way of hearing about the latest Copilot extensibility news! In this episode of the Copilot Connection, Kevin swaps out Zoe for Garry Trinder in the first of a spin-off of episodes where we dig deeper into the extensibility side of Copilot. In this first episode, we go into an overview of the options that you have for extending Copilot. We talk cover why you would need to extend Copilot, the different ways you can do that (whether by end user, maker or specia...
Jun 20, 2025•46 min
Send us a text With the post Build lull in Microsoft news, Zoe and Kevin decided to take a look at some of the upcoming conferences and recommend a few sessions that stood out in the Copilot and agents space. Firstly though, we couldn't resist talking a bit about the collapse of Builder.ai and the re-org of some of the Engineering management teams at Microsoft. We also covered our next Copilot Fireside Chat where Daniel Laskewitz will be joining us to answer your questions on Copilot Studio, MCP...
Jun 07, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Send us a text In this episode of Copilot Connection, hosts Zoe and Kevin discuss the latest updates and insights from the Microsoft Copilot ecosystem from Build as well as a slight detour to the Chelsea Flower Show. We cover topics like M365 Copilot tuning, notebooks, researcher and analyst agents, and SRE agents. We also explore the implications of AI Foundry and the natural language web, while wrapping up with a look at upcoming events and the importance of community engagement. Takeaways The...
May 25, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 30
Send us a text News, news, news - we have lots of new news! Zoe and Kevin discuss the latest announcements from Microsoft about Copilot Wave 2 Spring Release. We delve into the significance of the Work Trend Index, the new user interface and search experience, and the introduction of memory and notebooks features. Then we dig into the management and reporting of agents, the concept of the human-agent ratio (including some extreme reactions to some new phrases from Microsoft...) and the importanc...
Apr 26, 2025•52 min
Send us a text In this episode of Copilot Connection, Zoe and Kevin are joined by Gary Raife to discuss the transformative potential of AI and Microsoft Copilot in the healthcare sector. We explore the challenges of interoperability, the role of AI in enhancing patient care, and the exciting developments of Dragon Copilot. The conversation also touches on the integration of personal health data, the importance of trust and transparency in AI applications, and the future of healthcare driven by d...
Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Send us a text How responsible are you with AI? Zoe Wilson and Kevin McDonnell are joined this week by Chris Huntingford (Director of AI at ANS among many other things!), focusing on responsible AI practices, data management, and the socio-economic impacts of technology. We covered the importance of transparency, accountability, and ethical practices in AI implementation. The discussion also touches on the cultural shifts required for successful AI adoption, the challenges of governance in AI sy...
Mar 10, 2025•56 min
Send us a text In this episode of Copilot Connection, Kevin goes solo and dives deep into the world of Microsoft Copilot, exploring the intricacies of prompt engineering and the practical applications of prompts in enhancing productivity. He discusses various techniques for effective prompting, the significance of community contributions, and how to utilize the Copilot prompt gallery to streamline workflows. The conversation emphasizes the evolving nature of AI and the need for users to adapt an...
Feb 21, 2025•41 min
Send us a text In this episode of Copilot Connection, Zoe and Kevin discuss the latest roadmap items for Microsoft 365 Copilot, highlighting Teams, Microsoft 365 apps, Extensibility, SharePoint, Admin and Purview. Hear about the latest batches coming in February and March and what it could mean to you. Takeaways Roadmap updates indicate a significant increase in available tools and capabilities. Teams updates focus on enhancing collaborative productivity. Accessibility features are being priorit...
Feb 07, 2025•57 min
Send us a text In this episode of Copilot Connection, hosts Zoe Wilson and Kevin McDonnell discuss the evolution of Microsoft's Copilot ecosystem, including the recent announcement of Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. They explore the implications of AI agents in business, insights from the Microsoft Research Future of Work report, and the importance of democratizing access to AI technologies. Finally, we talk about our exciting guest for the next Copilot Fireside Chat and her new team. Takeaways Powe...
Jan 18, 2025•46 min
Send us a text In this episode, Zoe and Kevin discuss their thoughts on the biggest topics of the year in Copilot and what that means for next year before Kevin goes solo to talk about the importance of building a comprehensive AI strategy centered around Microsoft Copilot. They explore the evolution of AI tools, the need for alignment with organizational goals, and the significance of understanding agents and their capabilities. The conversation also delves into measuring success and ROI in AI ...
Dec 23, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Send us a text With Zoe stuffed full of deep pan pizza and Kevin trying to recover from the remote FOMO, we discuss the key takeaways from Microsoft Ignite 2024 focusing on the latest Copilot updates, the role of agents, integration and alignment at Microsoft, security updates, and more. We explore the significance of the Prompt Gallery and the evolution of Copilot Studio, emphasising the importance of collaboration and automation in modern workplaces. Key Takeaways: Security has become a major ...
Nov 29, 2024•50 min
Send us a text In this episode of Copilot Connection, hosts Zoe and Kevin discuss the latest developments in the Copilot space, share insights from recent events like Scottish Summit and anticipate upcoming announcements from Ignite. They explore the significance of agents in the AI landscape, the challenges of governance, and the evolution of AI models. Hopefully, they managed to dodge any NDA content this close to Ignite... Takeaways Excitement builds ahead of the Ignite conference. Bluesky of...
Nov 18, 2024•40 min
Send us a text In this episode of the Copilot Connection, hosts Zoe Wilson and Kevin McDonnell discuss the latest updates in the Microsoft Copilot ecosystem, including a new feature called Copilot Labs (not Lab...), insights from the upcoming Microsoft Ignite conference, and the importance of AI integration in business. They also touch on the significance of empowering neurodivergent employees and the community's engagement in upcoming events. They also have a new AI generated summary - what do ...
Oct 15, 2024•45 min
Send us a text It's our birthday today! We've managed to pull together some fantastic guests including Loryan Strant, Caroline Kallin and Tom Morgan to help us celebrate by sharing their thoughts on Copilot Wave 2 so hear what we thought and then a few interviews that we have been able to do. Great summary post from Sara Fennah on all the useful links for Copilot Wave 2 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sarafennah_did-the-deluge-of-announcements-in-the-wave-activity-7241481645957029888-gyfa?utm_sou...
Sep 30, 2024•58 min
Send us a text As the days in the UK get shorter, the grass looks brown and tired and the kids looked bored and ready for school, it's time to recap some of the news that has crept out while many were distracted with holidays. There's certainly been a few things coming through as momentum builds towards the second conference season of year. Zoe and Kevin cover some worrying news on hacking Copilot, some positive news on accessing models and some great events coming up. Related links: Nominate yo...
Aug 23, 2024•40 min•Ep. 18
Send us a text After a slightly quieter time on the podcast, Kevin and Zoe are back and we pick some of the Month of Copilot sessions to share some interesting ideas from them that will interest you. Check out the rest of the Month of Copilot sessions in the Copilot Connection - YouTube . Kevin mentioned Commsverse and Experts Live UK so check out the links for more info. Finally, if you want to try out the super hero prompt that Zoe mentioned, copy the prompt below and let us know what it finds...
Jul 08, 2024•38 min
Send us a text In this episode of the Copilot Connection, Kevin McDonnell is joined by Garry Trinder, a developer advocate at Microsoft focused on Microsoft 365 and Copilot. With Microsoft Build taking place this week, they recap the Copilot related news that came out with a special focus on extensions and custom copilots. Plenty of chat about why you should extend, the different ways to extend and when to extend or go custom. Plus find out how many times Copilot was mentioned in the first day k...
May 24, 2024•1 hr
Send us a text With all the announcements made last week at the M365 Conf in Orlando, Zoe and Kevin take a dive into the roadmap to see what is coming up in the short to medium term. With a lot of key updates around Excel, cross application capabilities and graph grounded chat in other applications, take a listen to find out what you can expect in the world of Copilot over the next few months. Key links: Month of Copilot May Copilot be with you Dona teases Project Copilot College M365 Conf annou...
May 07, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Send us a text Is your tenant ready for Copilot? Do you know what needs to be done to be ready? This week, Kevin was joined by Michal Pisarek, CEO and Janitor at Orchestry, who has been involved in governance in Microsoft 365 for many years. We talk about Copilot Readiness and three key areas for governance: - Understand the environment - Review oversharing - Sort out your sensitivity labels Zoe and Kevin also cover a few bits of the latest news, including some Drama Llama action with Whats App,...
Apr 21, 2024•1 hr 19 min
Send us a text With Copilot for Security released on 1 April, we thought we should bring some real experience of trying it out from one of the top MVPs in Security. Ru Campbell ( Twitter , LinkedIn ) joined us to talk about: - What is Copilot Security? - What is it used for and by who? - How has his experience with it been compared with the marketing? This was a great chat that cut through into the reality of using Copilot for Security to help with right of bang and left of bang (listen to find ...
Apr 12, 2024•44 min
Send us a text Twelth of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Mark Rackley Mark thinks that copilot is a vague term that can mean different things to different people, and he wants to help people understand what it is. Mark has some great use cases like finding presentations that were shared with him by using natural language queries. Listen to find out how he thinks the equity of availability of Copilot could impact the future and what he wishes f...
Apr 09, 2024•5 min
Send us a text Eleven of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Angeliki Patsiavou Angeliki sees copilot as a way to increase productivity, creativity, and innovation for individuals, teams, and organizations. She uses copilot for M365 to get technical content and learn about power FX queries and functions. Listen to find out about what concerns her around governance in Copilot. Angeliki Patsiavou | LinkedIn Angeliki Patsiavou 🎶 MVP Biz Apps (@a_pat...
Apr 08, 2024•6 min
Send us a text Tenth of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Angel David Carillo Angel uses Copilot a lot in Microsoft Teams, especially for searching for information. He finds it easier and faster than using other tools or navigating to the location of the information. He also uses Copilot as his personal assistant for finding answers to any kind of question. Listen to find out how he tries to focus on the value and confidence that Copilot provide...
Apr 07, 2024•6 min
Send us a text Ninth of Twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Pragati Jain Pragati finds Copilot helpful to start developing something, add comments to her calculations, and learn PySpark coding but worries that Copilot is not always right and she needs to validate results. Listen to find out how she thinks Copilot will soon be able to help with the most painful parts of her delivery. Pragati Jain | LinkedIn Pragati Jain (@pragati1187) / X (twitter....
Apr 06, 2024•8 min
Send us a text Eighth of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Gosia Borzecka Gosia works in the AI space and talks here about the comparisons between Copilot Studio and AI Studio/Azure Search. Listen to find out more about how she thinks that this plays with Copilot. 🐱💻 Gosia (Małgorzata) Borzęcka | LinkedIn Gosia Borzęcka (@GosiaBorzecka) / X (twitter.com)...
Apr 05, 2024•4 min
Send us a text Seventh of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Chris Lloyd-Jones Chris was impressed by how GitHub Copilot could generate code from comments and help him achieve a flow state. Listen to find out how he thinks the Copilots could follow him across applications. Listen to find out which areas of Copilot frustrate him and his hopes for what Copilot will become. Chris Lloyd-Jones | LinkedIn Chris Lloyd-Jones is on Mastodon (@Sealjay_clj)...
Apr 04, 2024•5 min
Send us a text Sixth of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Rishi Sapra Rishi sees Copilot as a tool for creativity and insight, rather than automation. He thinks it can help technologists understand the business questions and the data model better Listen to find out which areas of Copilot frustrate him and his hopes for what Copilot will become Rishi Sapra ACA, MCT, Microsoft MVP | LinkedIn Rishi Sapra MVP (@rsaprano) / X (twitter.com)...
Apr 03, 2024•8 min
Send us a text Fifth of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Vesa Juvonen Vesa is a principal product manager in the Microsoft 365 platform who works remotely from Seattle. He is excited about Copilot's potential to increase productivity and innovation for enterprise customers. Listen to hear his favourite features and also the magic he thinks partners can bring. Vesa Juvonen | LinkedIn Vesa Juvonen (@vesajuvonen) / X (twitter.com)...
Apr 02, 2024•6 min
Send us a text Fourth of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Simon Doy Simon likes the development side of things and breaking down application barriers with Copilot. He is excited about the opportunities to bring business data and take actions with Copilot. Listen to find out how he used Copilot to make his daughter's birthday even more special. Simon Doy | LinkedIn Simon Doy | MVP #Copilot (@simondoy) / X (twitter.com)...
Apr 01, 2024•7 min
Send us a text Third of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Marc D Anderson Marc is a natural skeptic who thinks that Copilot often gives unsatisfying or wrong answers that require extra thinking and verification. Find out what he thinks about the longevity and Return on Investment (ROI) of Copilot as well as any parts he might like! Marc D Anderson | LinkedIn Marc D Anderson (@sympmarc) / X (twitter.com)...
Mar 31, 2024•10 min
