Welcome back to Mondays at Microsoft with Heather Cook — and this week’s guest host Rob Nunez, Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft! Together they bring you your 30-minute breakdown of what’s ahead across the Microsoft world with a focus on Modern Work, AI, and Power Platform.

In this episode:

• Toastmasters embraces AI to support speakers worldwide: https://aka.ms/ToastmastersandAI

• Quantum-safe security: how Microsoft is preparing for the future of cryptography: https://aka.ms/QuantumSafeSecurity

• NFL + Microsoft Copilot: AI on the sidelines for faster, smarter strategy: https://aka.ms/MicrosoftNFLAI

• GitHub Copilot powers Argentina’s banking breakthrough: https://aka.ms/ArgentinaGithub

• Generative AI for Permitting accelerates clean energy innovation: https://aka.ms/GenerativeAIforPermitting

• OneDrive + Copilot event — register now for October 8: https://aka.ms/OneDriveEvent

• New SharePoint Copilot features: AI Sections + FAQ web parts: https://aka.ms/SharePointPageSections | https://aka.ms/SharePointFAQWebpart

• Power Platform Community Conference 2025: https://aka.ms/PPCC2025 and Women in Power Mentorship Program: https://aka.ms/WomeninPowerLinkedIn

• Visual Studio Live! highlights and on-demand sessions: https://aka.ms/VSLiveOndemand

Plus, upcoming community events from around the globe and all the resources you need to stay connected.

📅 Add Mondays at Microsoft to your calendar & catch past shows: https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft

Welcome back to Mondays at Microsoft with Karuana Gatimu and Heather Cook 🎙️ — your 30-minute breakdown of what’s ahead across the Microsoft world with a focus on Modern Work, AI, and Power Platform.

In this episode:

• GPT-5 arrives — the most advanced AI yet, now in Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub, and Azure AI Foundry
• How the Greater Austin YMCA tackled the child care gap with Microsoft tech
• Xbox amplifies Indigenous voices in gaming
• Excel gets smarter with PivotTable Auto Refresh
• Hidden OneDrive features you didn’t know you needed Plus community events, product updates, and more!

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

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

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

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

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

• 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

• 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

https://aka.ms/MSCommunityLIMM

https://aka.ms/MGCI

https://communitydays.org/calls

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!