Copilot Connection

The Copilot Connection podcast will bring you the insight and latest news on all the Microsoft Copilots, presented by Zoe Wilson and Kevin McDonnell

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It's our birthday today! We are celebrating by bringing in some fabulous guests to chat Copilot Wave 2 - check out the latest show in your feed now to hear @LoryanStrant Caroline Kalin and @tomorgan

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Latest episode on Spotify - https://t.co/JGyAZXgb47

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Okay so I enjoyed my chat with @kevmcdonk so much that I made him stick around and give me a deep-dive into how he is seeing customers at @Avanade (and the world!) think about #Copilot Adoption.

A big topic? What to do when the out-of-the-box Copilot is not enough and people want to get results from their own data?

It's Copilot Extensibility time! There are many ways to do this, some of them being:

📈Graph Connectors - use APIs to crawl data from external sources such as file systems, databases, and SaaS applications. This data is then indexed and made available within Microsoft experiences. A VERY common scenario is connecting to external CRM systems and being able to access that data from within a Copilot.

👯‍♂️Teams Message Extensions - provide a way to extend the functionality of MS Teams by allowing users to interact with your services and data directly from Teams messages. They can be categorized into Search Message Extensions (look up status of a project) and Action Message Extensions (change status of a project) all from within a Teams convo.

👮🏽Declarative Copilots - use config files or low-code tools to define how they should interact with users and data sources. These can specify triggers, responses, and integrations with other services like monitoring a SharePoint list for new entries and sending a notification to a Teams channel whenever a new item is added. This is something you can do from Copilot Studio.

📚Teams AI Library - provides tools and frameworks for building Copilots within Microsoft Teams. This AI library includes pre-built models so you can build a Copilot that helps your team schedule meetings easier. The Copilot could understand natural language requests, check people's availability, and suggest good meeting times, all within a Teams convo.

These are some of the ones people have been using so far with so many more things coming soon!

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Great to see our very own @kevmcdonk sharing his knowledge here

[Dona Sarkar @donasarkar]

NOT EVERY COPILOT IS FOR YOU!

This was the crux of the convo that @kevmcdonk and I had on #CopilotlLearningHub last week and it's such an important topic. Yes, you CAN have a LOT of Copilots (not even counting the ones you can build yourself!) but SHOULD you?

Turn out, NO.

👯There are some Copilots that are good for ANYONE at work:
- Microsoft Copilot (to ask and do general things)
- Microsoft 365 Copilot (for our day-to-day email, meetings, docs, etc)
- Copilot in Fabric (since we all need to do data things at some point or another)

📞There are some Copilots that are good for Customer Experiences:
- Copilot in Sales
- Copilot in Service
- Some of the Dynamics Copilots

🧑🏽‍💻There are some Copilot that are good for Employee Experiences:
- Some of the Dynamics Copilots
- Copilot across the Power Platform
- Copilot across the Viva family of tools
- I will of course say GitHub Copilot 🤣

👮🏽There are some Copilots that are good for specialists:
- Copilot in Security (though it's very useful for newbies to understand various theats that are going on, etc)
- Copilot for Finance

I'd love to hear what is YOUR favorite Copilot and how you use it -- and get you on the show!

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To hear/watch the latest from across the Copilot spectrum, check out @CopilotConnect with @SharePoint_Zoe and myself.

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Now you can use time based prompts with Copilot in Teams to help you get info from specific points in time.

See that and more in the latest Teams updates at https://t.co/22f7tzIb7P

Or just read the details of time based prompts at https://t.co/TxAiRdGkay

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As promised, episode 18 is now live! Find it in your podcast feed or follow the links below to hear a recap of all the Copilot news from the summer

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It’s almost the weekend so it’s time to think about what you’ll be up to.

- gardening?
- exercise?
- long drive?

All perfect excuses to catch up on the latest Copilot news with @SharePoint_Zoe and @kevmcdonk - keep an eye on your podcast feeds for the episode dropping today!

[Dan Toft @tanddant]

@CopilotConnect Another Iron Man reporting in 🤣

Real Name: Dan Toft
Alias: The Curly Bracket Crusader
Existing Superhero Comparison: Iron Man

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Watch right now if you want! It's better for your keyboard than bashing F5

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Hey #mvpbuzz, stop hitting F5 and do something more productive!

Like watching/listening to the latest Copilot Connection where we run through a few of the #MonthOfCopilot sessions. Available now on our YouTube channel or your favourite podcast app by searching Copilot Connection

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AI and the futures of work - Simon Hudson Sharon Weaver https://t.co/CAoU3MIuTJ

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Extending Teams Message Extensions into Copilot - Paul Bullock https://t.co/iUb7uB4AIO

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Copilot your day! - Pascal Brunner https://t.co/YODYhxUuyz