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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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!

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Second of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit.

Interviewee today - Tom Morgan

Tom uses GitHub Copilot to develop things on Microsoft 365 platform, and finds it useful for taking out some of the tedious tasks that he already knows how to do as well as learning with it.

Listen to find out how he built using a new language to him and how Copilot may help junior developers.

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One of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit.

Interviewee today - Darrell Webster

Darryl is a change manager and adoption specialist who likes creating videos and helping people make sense of technology.

Find out what he thinks about Copilot and the insights it can bring as well as the areas of concern he has.

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After a small pause due to travel, we are back with our thoughts from the MVP Summit without jeopardising our NDAs. As well as those thoughts, we pick up on the latest news and play a longer interview with Aaron Reich, CTO of Avanade, covering his thoughts and views on the Copilots, recorded live on the Microsoft campus. Listen to the second half of the show to hear what it means to a global, multi-national consultancy to share the value of Copilot.

News:

Advancing the new era of work with Copilot, Windows, and Surface | Microsoft 365 Blog

New Microsoft AI lead - Mustafa Suleyman, DeepMind and Inflection Co-founder, joins Microsoft to lead Copilot

Microsoft did with Inflection what they were planning for OpenAI, stated as an "unusual deal" 

Mustafa Suleyman views on AI - https://open.spotify.com/episode/5u64GZHQcAzvQgmEWiodtm

Copilot for Security GA - Microsoft Copilot for Security is generally available on April 1, 2024 | Microsoft Security Blog

Updated Copilot success kit - Copilot Success Kit – Microsoft Adoption

Answering questions with Copilot in the style of a specific person - https://x.com/aprildunnam/status/1761068171451064382?s=20

I tried with it being Terry Pratchett - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kevmcdonnell_oh-this-is-such-a-good-idea-from-april-dunnam-activity-7166906303204818944-nH8z?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

New Copilot training available - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/davidcervigonluna_m365copilot-m365training-microsoftlearn-activity-7167857418842976256-DM5Z?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

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With more and more people getting access to all the different Copilots, there are more myths that are appearing online. So, in this episode, Zoe and Kevin take a look at some of those myths and either bust them or add the detail behind the truth of each of them, Plus, we highlight some of the latest news along the way including some potential new text to video for Copilot (warning - that last comment is shameless clickbait!) in there too.

Myths addressed:

• Copilot is trained on your data - Daniel Anderson's LinkedIn post
• Copilot just works
• One size fits all
• Copilot will save you money
• Copilot is collecting all your data from Office Apps - evidence
• No human involvement needed
• Everyone is excited about Copilot - Microsoft's Pricey AI Assistant Copilot Gives Some Buyer's Remorse (requires subscription)
• You can automate everything
• You can't do anything about Copilot choosing the right plugin - How Copilot for Microsoft 365 decides which plugin to use
• Copilot keeps changing how it works - Introducing the new Microsoft Copilot experience in Teams
• Copilot can solve everything

News mentioned:
Announcing Fabric Copilot pricing
Sara Fennah's post on upcoming Roadmap items for M365
GPT Mentions: Effortlessly Streamline Your AI Search
Sora from Open AI

Other Copilot news:

• API-based message extensions in Team Dev Portal
• Damien Bird on using ChatGPT in Excel via Office Scripts to generate sample data
• Combating abusive AI-generated content: a comprehensive approach
• A Whole New Way of Working
• 3 big AI trends to watch in 2024
• Using Copilot in Apple Vision Pro
• 5 Takeaways From Pioneers In Microsoft Copilot Adoption
• Sticker Generator in Designer 
• What was Sora trained on? Creatives demand answers.

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In this podcast episode, Kevin runs solo to talk about the extensibility of Copilot. he covers the impact of Copilot on organizations, how to prepare for it, and how to extend it. The episode also features interviews with Garry Trinder (developer advocate at Microsoft) and Anoop Tatti (Team Lead at Advania), who share their experiences with Copilot and its extensions.

The episode delves into the importance of thinking about why you would extend Copilot, the different ways to do it, and the value it delivers. The podcast also touches on the importance of responsible AI and how to ensure that the power of AI is used correctly.  Anyone interested in the capabilities of Copilot and how it can be extended to deliver even more value to organizations should listen!

Useful links:

Copilot for Devs (thanks for making this happen, Dona!) - https://aka.ms/CopilotForDevs
Sample Copilot Graph Connectors - pnp/graph-connectors-samples: Microsoft Graph Connector samples (github.com)
Sample Copilot Plugins- OfficeDev/Copilot-for-M365-Plugins-Samples: Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Plugins samples (github.com)

Garry Trinder's sessions on extending Copilot - Introduction on extending Copilot for Microsoft 365 - YouTube

Miyagi samples for custom copilots - Azure-Samples/miyagi: Sample to envision intelligent apps with Microsoft's Copilot stack for AI-infused product experiences. (github.com)

Suparna Bannerjee's GPT4 turbo with power plat form - Analyse images in Power Apps using Azure OpenAI GPT 4 Turbo with Vision – Suparna's Tech Basket (wordpress.com)

Windows ai studio - https://x.com/omiossec_med/status/1735184534650368354?s=46&t=T_UsQjGMhGGOFKsyPDAf2g

Recreating the Google Gemini in open ai - https://x.com/zohaibahmed/status/1733278841559453898?s=46&t=T_UsQjGMhGGOFKsyPDAf2g