Episodes

  • Episode 53

    Episode 53
    Jul 14 2025

    Join Heather Cook as she take you through the latest in #AI news, #Microsoft365 product updates, and community news & events.

    SHOW LINKS:
    💡Announcing Microsoft Elevate and the AI Economy Institute — https://aka.ms/PuttingPeopleFirst

    📖 Learn how to build an AI-powered, unified SOC in new Microsoft eBook — https://aka.ms/CoordinatedDefenseEbook

    📞 Announcing transferred call summarization with Microsoft 365 Copilot in Teams — https://aka.ms/SummarizeTransferredCalls

    🎙️Microsoft Research Podcast, new episode: "How AI will accelerate biomedical research and discovery" — https://aka.ms/ResearchPod/biomedical

    🎥 Microsoft-led webinars series | Frontline Fridays: Empowering frontline success — https://aka.ms/FrontlineFridays

    🎓 Explore more Microsoft-led webinars on the Customer Hub | Register for live webinars & watch on demand sessions — https://aka.ms/CustomerHubSessions

    ⚽ Premier League and Microsoft join forces to create fan-friendly digital platforms — https://aka.ms/PremierLeagueCompanion

    🏆 AI chatbot “Sophia” wins the United Nations’ Global AI for Good Impact Award 2025 — https://aka.ms/ChatbotSophia

    ⭐ See what's recently launched in Microsoft Teams on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap — https://aka.ms/M365Roadmap/launched

    ⭐ See what's released launched in Microsoft Purview on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap — https://aka.ms/M365Roadmap/launched

    📅 Upcoming events from Microsoft product teams and Microsoft for non-profits — https://aka.ms/MTC/events

    🌍 Discover the Microsoft Global Community Initiative (MGCI) — https://aka.ms/MGCI

    📞 Register for an upcoming community calls on https://CommunityDays.org/calls

    🔔 Join the Microsoft Community on LinkedIn — https://aka.ms/MSCommunityLIMM

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    30 mins
  • Episode 52

    Episode 52
    Jul 14 2025

    Join Karuana Gatimu and Heather Cook as they take you through the latest in #AI news, #Microsoft365 product updates, and community news & events.

    SHOW LINKS:

    📅 Show reminder — https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft

    📝 Recap blogs on the Microsoft Tech Community — https://aka.ms/CommunityNewsDesk

    🔔 Follow Microsoft Community on Facebook — https://aka.ms/MSCommunityFB

    ⏰ "Infinite Workday" insights — https://aka.ms/InfiniteWorkday

    🏢 AI Co-Innovation Lab in Wisconsin — https://aka.ms/AICo-InnovationLab

    🩺 PadChest-GR: AI & Medical Imaging — https://aka.ms/PadChest-GR

    🎥 Frontline Fridays sessions — https://aka.ms/FrontlineFridays

    🎓 Customer Hub webinars — https://aka.ms/CustomerHubSessions

    🏆 Imagine Cup AI winners — https://aka.ms/ImagineCupAI

    🍽️ Steijn AI assistant in the Netherlands — https://aka.ms/Steijn

    💡 AI Agents Hub — https://aka.ms/AIAgentsHub

    ⭐ What’s new in Microsoft Teams — https://aka.ms/Teams/WhatsNew

    🛡️ Microsoft Security Copilot news — https://aka.ms/Secure2025

    📣 Microsoft Fabric update | June 2025 — https://aka.ms/Fabric/update

    📅 FabCon Atlanta | Save $200 — https://aka.ms/FabConAtlanta

    📅 FabCon Vienna | Save €200 — https://aka.ms/FabConVienna

    🎥 Guy in a Cube YouTube channel — https://aka.ms/GuyInACube

    📅 Upcoming events — https://aka.ms/MTC/events

    🌍 Microsoft Global Community Initiative — https://aka.ms/MGCI

    📞 Join upcoming community calls — https://communitydays.org/calls

    🔔 Microsoft Community on LinkedIn — https://aka.ms/MSCommunityLIMM
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    31 mins
  • Mondays at Microsoft Episode 51

    Mondays at Microsoft Episode 51
    Jun 16 2025

    Get ready for the next two weeks across the Microsoft world with Mondays at Microsoft. Karuana Gatimu and Heather Cook break down the big stories—from Modern Work to AI and Power Platform!

    Show Notes / Resource Links:

    Show reminder — https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft

    Community News Desk recap blogs — https://aka.ms/CommunityNewsDesk

    Follow Microsoft Community on Facebook — https://aka.ms/MSCommunityFB

    Azure AI Foundry innovations with DeepSeek-R1-0528 — https://aka.ms/DeepSeek-R1-0528

    Announcing comprehensive sovereign solutions empowering European organizations — https://aka.ms/SovereignCloudEurope

    Watch Microsoft 365 Community Conference keynotes, interviews and more — https://aka.ms/M365Conf/2025/playlist

    "Meet 4 developers leading the way with AI agents" by Catherine Bolgar — https://aka.ms/AgentDevelopers

    Microsoft Stream and Microsoft Clipchamp brand unification update — https://aka.ms/ClipchampUnification

    Spotlight Story: Met Office transitions to a supercomputer in Azure cloud https://aka.ms/MetOfficeSpotlight

    Meet the first Brand agent at The Microsoft Beach House | June 16-20, 2025 — https://aka.ms/MicrosoftBeachHouse

    Digital Deep Dive: Copilot Control System | June 17th and 18th — https://aka.ms/CopilotControlSystemDDD
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    31 mins
  • Mondays at Microsoft Episode 50

    Mondays at Microsoft Episode 50
    Jun 3 2025

    Join Karuana Gatimu and Heather Cook as they take you through the latest in #AI news, Microsoft 365 product updates, and community news & events.

    Karuana Gatimu – Director of Customer Advocacy for AI & Collaboration
    Heather Cook – Principal Community Evangelist, Microsoft 365 Customer Advocacy Group

    This week’s episode dives into:

    Supporting animal welfare organizations with an Xbox game

    A powerful AI model redefining environmental forecasting

    How Special Olympics is using Copilot to empower athletes and operations

    https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft
    https://aka.ms/CommunityNewsDesk
    https://aka.ms/MSCommunityFB

    Microsoft Build 2025 Highlights
    • Copilot has evolved into a full agentic platform, enabling bug fixes, feature additions, and code maintenance.
    • Introduction of two foundational protocols: Model Context Protocol and NLWeb (Natural Language Web Protocol).
    • Azure AI Foundry now supports over 10,000 models; Windows AI Foundry enables local AI deployment.
      https://news.microsoft.com/build-2025
    Microsoft 365 Announcements
    • Copilot Tuning and Multi-Agent Orchestration
    • Wave 2 of Microsoft 365 Copilot: new app, Copilot Notebooks, and built-in agents
    • Microsoft 365 Agents SDK for custom agent development
      https://aka.ms/Copilot/Tuning
    Stay Connected

    https://aka.ms/MSCommunityLIMM

    https://aka.ms/MGCI

    https://communitydays.org/calls

    Featured Events

    Women in M365 – June 4: https://www.linkedin.com/events/womeninm365-june2025meeting7333678837878177793/about/

    MGCI General Session – June 17

    Community Days events across the globe: Madrid, Hamburg, Toronto, NYC, and more!
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    33 mins
  • Mondays at Microsoft Episode 48—Live from Vegas!

    Mondays at Microsoft Episode 48—Live from Vegas!
    May 9 2025
    LIVE from Las Vegas, NV, during #M365Con, Karuana Gatimu and Heather Cook take you through the latest in #AI news, Microsoft 365 product updates, and community news and events. Episode 48 of "Mondays at Microsoft" originally aired on LinkedIn, Monday, May 5th, 8:00 AM PT! Resource Links: Mondays at Microsoft is now available as a podcast: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your favorite tech podcasts. View the Microsoft 365 Community Conference Event Guide: https://aka.ms/M365ConfEventGuide Opening Keynote: "Microsoft 365 Innovation in the Era of AI" | Jeff Teper (President – Microsoft 365 Collaborative Apps and Platforms) and Nicole Herskowitz (Corporate Vice President, Microsoft 365) | Tuesday, May 6th, 9:00am – 10:00am Day One Keynote: "Security in the Age of AI" | Vasu Jakkal (Corporate Vice President – Microsoft Security) | Tuesday, May 6th, 10:15am – 11:15am Day Three Keynote: "A New Frontier: Building the Future Firm with AI" | Jared Spataro (Chief Marketing Officer - AI at Work) | Thursday, May 8th 9:00am – 10:00am Closing Keynote: "Seize the Day - Closing Community Keynote" | Karuana Gatimu (Director of Customer Experience Product Management) and Heather Cook (Principal Customer Experience Product Manager) | Thursday, May 8th 4:00pm – 4:45pm Neuroscientist Anne-Laure Le Cunff, PhD says we all need to "rethink how we set goals" — https://aka.ms/RethinkGoals. Listen to the WorkLab podcast | Essential conversations on AI and the Future of Work — https://aka.ms/WorkLab/Podcast. Build belonging at The Microsoft 365 Community Conference: https://aka.ms/M365Conf/BuildBelonging by Heather Cook. Follow Microsoft Surface on LinkedIn — https://aka.ms/MicrosoftSurfaceLI. FYI, Adam Harmetz's "Mind the Beet" Substack: https://blog.mindthebeet.com/ A father’s quest for diagnosis inspired a disruptive #AI solution: https://aka.ms/DxGPT Prioritizing mental health for successful school communities: https://aka.ms/PrioritizingMentalHealth. #training on Copilot, Viva Engage, Teams Phone, Power Platform and more — https://adoption.microsoft.com/customer-hub. Subscribe to the weekly Microsoft Power Platform newsletter — https://aka.ms/PowerPlatformWeekly. 2025 release wave 1 plans for Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Power Platform, and Role-based Copilot offerings — https://aka.ms/Dynamics365/2025ReleaseWave1. Power Platform Developer Blog | Insights, how-tos and updates for building low code solutions — https://aka.ms/PowerPlatform/DevBlog. FYI, Microsoft Build: https://build.microsoft.com/home Check out our show page to add upcoming shows to your calendar or catch up on past shows at https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft. Our next show is on Monday, May 19th at 8:00 AM PT.
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    28 mins
  • Mondays at Microsoft Episode 47

    Mondays at Microsoft Episode 47
    Apr 28 2025

    Expect a few Easter Eggs of the technical kind as Karuana and Heather take you through the latest in AI news, product updates, and community news and events.

    Resource Links:
    •"Microsoft’s Secure by Design journey: One year of success" by Bret Arsenault — aka.ms/SecureByDesignJourney

    • Join the Women in M365 community on LinkedIn — aka.ms/WomenInM365Community • Share your Community story, be featured at upcoming events — aka.ms/ShareYourCommunityStory

    • "A Colombian judge leads judicial transformation with Copilot" by Juan Montes — https://aka.ms/JudicialTransformation

    • Saving the Paramount Theatre and protecting the performing arts ecosystem with Microsoft's support — https://aka.ms/ParamountTheatre

    • Free online training on Copilot, Viva Engage, Teams Phone, Power Platform and more — https://adoption.microsoft.com/customer-hub

    • AI Agents Hackathon 2025, submission deadline April 30th — https://aka.ms/AIAgentsHackathon

    • Register for the Biz Apps launch event: "Transform the way you do business with Copilot and agents" on April 30, 2025 — https://aka.ms/BizApps/LaunchEvent

    • Watch the Power Platform Community AMA on Copilot Studio — https://aka.ms/PowerPlatform/Apr2025AMA

    • Register for the next Power Platform Community AMA on May 14, 2025 — https://aka.ms/Power_Platform_AMA_Calls-Invite

    • MGCI General Session on Tuesday, April 15th | How to use Microsoft Loop for content creation and event production — aka.ms/MGCI/April2025

    • Register for an upcoming community calls on CommunityDays.org/calls
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    31 mins
  • Mondays at Microsoft Episode 44

    Mondays at Microsoft Episode 44
    Apr 3 2025
    It's been a busy last few weeks, with the SharePoint Hackathon and planning for the Microsoft 365 Community Conference. Karuana Gatimu and Heather Cook keep you grounded with the latest in #AI, broader Microsoft 365 product awareness, community activities and events, and more. Aired Monday, March 10th, 8 AM PT Resource links mentioned during the episode: Up your SharePoint IQ! Watch the SharePoint event "From Concept, to Creation, to Impact" + live AMA with Jeff Teper, CJ Tan, and Melissa Torres and the SharePoint team members: https://aka.ms/SharePointEvent Submit your creations to SharePoint Hackathon | Hack submissions open from March 3-17, 2025: https://aka.ms/SharePoint/Hackathon. #HackHackHack #ShareHack Visit our Copilot Hub at https://adoption.microsoft.com/copilot to get your hands on all the latest information about preparing for and implementing this new tech.D-ID partners with Microsoft to deliver Al-powered avatars, transforming communication, customer interaction, and accessibility - https://aka.ms/FoundersHub/D-ID Women’s History Month: Why different perspectives in cybersecurity and AI matter more than ever before: https://aka.ms/WomensHistoryMonth25 By Vasu Jakkal, Corporate Vice President, Security, Compliance, Identity, and Management. Celebrating Women in Gaming: Pioneers & Innovators: https://aka.ms/Xbox/WomenInGaming. The next chapter: Moving from Skype to Microsoft Teams: https://aka.ms/Skype/NextChapter by Jeff Teper. Conversations in space: How Hera is using AI to share its mission to defend Earth from asteroids by Chris Welsch Microsoft's Cybersecurity for Rural Hospitals Program: https://aka.ms/CybersecurityRuralHospitals by Kate Behncken. Code.org is fueling a movement of computer science and #AI education - https://aka.ms/Code.org. Apply for the Women at Microsoft Scholarship, deadline March 13, 2025: https://aka.ms/WomenAtMicrosoftScholarship. Lots of product news to follow: Microsoft 365 Blog: https://aka.ms/M365BlogMMAzure Blog: https://aka.ms/AzureBlogMMDev Blog: https://aka.ms/DevBlogsMM New sales agents accessible in Microsoft 365 Copilot | Help teams close more deals, faster: https://aka.ms/Copilot/NewSalesAgent. "What’s new in Copilot Studio: February 2025 " by Omar Aftab, VP of Conversational AI: https://aka.ms/CopilotStudio/WhatsNew by Omar Aftab The Microsoft Fabric Community Conference returns to Las Vegas from March 31–April 2, 2025. Sign up using code MCUST to save $150 - https://aka.ms/FabConf25 So many great events coming up and all available to check out: https://www.communitydays.org.
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    38 mins
  • Mondays at Microsoft Episode 43

    Mondays at Microsoft Episode 43
    Apr 3 2025
    Closing out February 2025 strong! Join Karuana Gatimu and Heather Cook for the next Mondays at Microsoft as they dig into recent product updates, AI innovation, and activities around the globe. Aired Monday, February 24th, 8:00 AM PT. Links to all resources shared during the live broadcast: Community resources: Download the show reminder on your calendar: https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoftMark it! Microsoft Community page on LinkedIn: https://aka.ms/MicrosoftCommunityLinkedIn .Read it! Community News Desk: https://aka.ms/CommunityNewsDesk NOW ON DEMAND | Watch the SharePoint event "From Concept, to Creation, to Impact" + live AMA: https://aka.ms/SharePointEvent with Jeff Teper + the new 5-part learning series + 3 new customer case studies. Majorana 1 - A new quantum chip that is powered by a Topological Core architecture | Listen to Microsoft's recent quantum computing advancements on the Ideas podcast: https://aka.ms/Ideas/QuantumComputing | Qubits FTW! Plus, a great related news: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/podcast/ideas-quantum-computing-redefined-with-chetan-nayak/ "Introducing Muse: Our first generative AI model designed for gameplay ideation" by Katja Hofmann: https://aka.ms/IntroducingMuse. Monthly "byte-sized" updates on Microsoft innovations and global tech advancements: https://aka.ms/MicrosoftMonthlyTech-In "Inclusive Innovation: The role of AI in accessibility and neurodiversity": https://news.microsoft.com/source/asia/features/inclusive-innovation-the-role-of-ai-in-accessibility-and-neurodiversity/ by Anthony Moufarrege "Microsoft at Legalweek: Help safeguard your AI future with Microsoft Purview" by Katerina Athanasiou: https://aka.ms/LegalWeek. "3 ways to improve access to justice through court modernization " by David Williams: https://aka.ms/AccessToJustice. Announcing the 2025 Imagine Cup Semifinalists: https://aka.ms/2025ImagineCup/Semifinalists. Follow Beatris A. Mendez Gandica on LinkedIn — https://linkedin.com/in/beagandica. Beatris started a nonprofit organization, Nuevo Foundation, where she works to prepare underrepresented students to become tomorrow’s leaders. Apply for the Women at Microsoft Scholarship, deadline March 13, 2025: https://aka.ms/WomenAtMicrosoftScholarship. Make a plan to celebrate International Women's Day #IWD2025 #Accelerate Action: https://internationalwomensday.com. FYI... Microsoft 365 Blog: https://aka.ms/M365BlogMM Azure Blog: https://aka.ms/AzureBlogMM Dev Blog: https://aka.ms/DevBlogsMM Power Platform Blog: https://aka.ms/PowerPlatformBlogMM Power Apps Blog: https://aka.ms/powerappsblogMM Microsoft Fabric Blog: https://aka.ms/fabricblogMM Dynamics 365 Blog: https://aka.ms/Dynamics365blogMM SharePoint Hackathon | Design, create, share! We are excited to invite you to a hackathon dedicated to crafting exceptional employee experiences using AI and the latest SharePoint features! Join in: https://aka.ms/SharePoint/Hackathon | Hack submissions open from March 3-17, 2025 "Introducing Azure AI Foundry Labs: A hub for the latest AI research and experiments at Microsoft" by Asha Sharma and Ashley Llorens: https://aka.ms/AIFoundryLabs. "Introducing the SharePoint Pages Authoring Accessibility Assistant " by Tina Chen: https://aka.ms/SharePoint/AccessibilityAssistant. Register now for Power Platform and AI workshops in a city near you: https://aka.ms/KickstarterWorkshops. New training course for digital accessibility skills: https://aka.ms/AccessibilitySkills. Ref. Jenny Lay-FlurrieAnnouncing the GitHub Copilot Chat, now available for free on GitHub mobile: https://aka.ms/GitHub/Mobile. Follow Microsoft Community LinkedIn: https://aka.ms/MSCommunityLIMM. Community News Desk: https://aka.ms/CommunityNewsDesk. To learn more about the Microsoft Global Community Initiative - a meeting place for all who are part of the Microsoft Community ecosystem, all are welcome: https://aka.ms/MGCI. Level up your Microsoft 365 and #AI skills, chat with product makers, and network with your tech peers. hashtag#M365Con is May 6–8 in Las Vegas (MGM Grand Hotel & Casino Las Vegas) - The ultimate community event filled with keynotes from Jeff Teper, Vasu Jakkal, Jared Spataro, solution-oriented sessions from Microsoft, MVPs and community leaders, workshops to deepen core skills, a vibrant expo hall, and more. Register now, save $150 with code SAVE150 🎟️ https://aka.ms/M365Con25 Heather Cook invites you to M365Con25 #promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtPq-1YAZjY Karuana Gatimu invites you to M365Con25 #promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGwK47ekYAo
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