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!

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.

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

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/M365BlogMM
  • Azure Blog: https://aka.ms/AzureBlogMM
  • Dev 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.