Copilot Quick Tip: Build Interactive Dashboards from SharePoint Lists Audience SharePoint List owners, report creators, and business users Estimated read time 5-7 minutes Scenario You have useful operational data in a SharePoint List and want to turn it into an interactive dashboard without building a separate Power BI report or custom solution. Outcome Understand howContinue reading “SharePoint Dashboards with Copilot for M365”
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Claude Code for the Power Platform
Claude Code for the Power Platform: Hyperfast Expert Development A developer and an AI coding assistant building app, flow and data components at the same bench. Most Power Platform projects are not slowed down by hosting or infrastructure. They are slowed down by builder time: screens to lay out, flows to wire and debug, tablesContinue reading “Claude Code for the Power Platform”
Microsoft’s Power Apps Vibe Coding Tool (Preview)
Power Apps Vibe: What It Does Well and Where It Falls Short Today Power Apps Vibe lets you describe a business app in plain English and get back a working app, a data model and a plan, built inside your own Microsoft tenant. We have built and run several Vibe apps at DLC, including oneContinue reading “Microsoft’s Power Apps Vibe Coding Tool (Preview)”
01 – AI-Assisted-Development-vs-Vibe-Coding-Part1
AI-Assisted Development on the Power Platform Building Applications using AI on the Microsoft Power Platform — Part 1 of a Series For C-level leaders, IT management, and developers: how AI changes the build-versus-buy equation, where Power Platform fits, and when speed must still give way to governance, DevOps, and control. The bigger shift behind thisContinue reading “01 – AI-Assisted-Development-vs-Vibe-Coding-Part1”
6. Tracking Copilot Cowork Spend
Tracking Copilot Cowork Spend: Ongoing FinOps MICROSOFT 365 COPILOT · COWORK · ONGOING FINOPS Tracking Copilot Cowork Spend: Ongoing FinOps It’s live — now watch it. The Cost Management dashboard, the two admin surfaces that meter different workloads, and the hidden Azure charges to keep an eye on. Once Cowork is live, cost managementContinue reading “6. Tracking Copilot Cowork Spend”
5. Piloting Copilot Cowork
Piloting Copilot Cowork: A POC Playbook MICROSOFT 365 COPILOT · COWORK · POC & ROLLOUT Piloting Copilot Cowork: A POC Playbook Prove value before broad rollout. A scoped pilot, conservative caps, weekly monitoring, and a feedback loop that turns measured task costs into a budget you can defend. The fastest route to a CoworkContinue reading “5. Piloting Copilot Cowork”
4. Governing Copilot Cowork
Governing Copilot Cowork: Enablement, Caps & Spending Policies MICROSOFT 365 COPILOT · COWORK · GOVERNANCE & COST CONTROLS Governing Copilot Cowork: Enablement, Caps & Spending Policies Cowork is off by default. Here’s how to enable it for the right people, cap spend at the tenant, group, and user levels, and keep it inside your complianceContinue reading “4. Governing Copilot Cowork”
2. What Copilot Cowork Does
What Copilot Cowork Actually Does — and When It’s Worth the Meter MICROSOFT 365 COPILOT · COWORK · CAPABILITIES & USE CASES What Copilot Cowork Actually Does — and When It’s Worth the Meter Cowork takes on whole tasks, not single prompts. Here are the real use cases, the four user personas, and the workContinue reading “2. What Copilot Cowork Does”
1. Copilot Cowork Complete Guide – An Introduction to a Series
Microsoft Copilot Cowork: The Complete Guide for Business Leaders MICROSOFT 365 COPILOT · COWORK · GA JUNE 16, 2026 Microsoft Copilot Cowork: The Complete Guide for Business Leaders Cowork moves agentic work to metered consumption. Here’s the whole picture — what it does, what it costs, and how to roll it out safely — withContinue reading “1. Copilot Cowork Complete Guide – An Introduction to a Series”
3. Estimating Copilot Cowork Costs
Estimating Copilot Cowork Costs MICROSOFT 365 COPILOT · CONSUMPTION PRICING · GA JUNE 16, 2026 Estimating Copilot Cowork Costs Cowork moves Copilot from a flat seat to metered consumption. Here’s how the model works — and a formula you can actually budget against. Cowork moves Copilot from a flat per-seat license to metered consumption.Continue reading “3. Estimating Copilot Cowork Costs”
Copilot for M365 Intelligent Meeting Recap
Microsoft 365’s Intelligent Meeting Recap offers a comprehensive view of meetings with recording and transcription. Accessible through the Team’s calendar app, it includes meeting recordings, attendance details, manually entered and AI-generated notes, transcripts, tasks, and speaker details. This feature requires a Team Premium or Copilot for M365 license. It surpasses Copilot in Outlook or Business Chat for recaps.
Copilot for M365: Indirectly Create a Presentation from a OneNote Notebook
This article explains how to create a PowerPoint presentation from a OneNote notebook. It involves saving a section as a Word Document in OneNote, getting a link to the new document from OneDrive, and creating a presentation from the file in PowerPoint. The process resulted in a 46-slide presentation.
Copilot for M365: Business Chat : Examples
The training program for Copilot for M365 covers examples of using it with Outlook, Business Chat, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Teams. Copilot for M365 Business Chat combines AI with work data, allowing users to query and access Microsoft 365 data. It improves data discoverability and can perform various tasks like summarizing meetings and finding documents.
Copilot for M365 in OneNote: Examples
This content discusses using Copilot for M365 in various Microsoft applications. It covers tips and examples for using Copilot in OneNote, including summarizing sections, creating tables from internet content, and more. Additionally, it provides a reference to a blog article on creating a PowerPoint presentation from OneNote.
Copilot for M365 in PowerPoint: Examples
In our Copilot for M365 training program, we offer numerous examples for using Copilot in Outlook, Business Chat, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Teams. This article focuses on tips and examples for using Copilot in PowerPoint, such as creating presentations from online books or Word files, and summarizing presentations. For OneNote-related presentation creation, refer to our blog.
Copilot for M365 in Outlook: Examples
The training program for Copilot for M365 covers examples and tips for using it in Outlook, Business Chat, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Teams. The Copilot pane can be accessed from the top application bar and within the body of an email. Examples include catching up on unread emails and summarizing meetings.
Copilot for M365 in Word: Examples
This training program focuses on using Copilot for M365, covering Outlook, Business Chat, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Teams. The article shares usage tips, such as opening the Copilot pane and invoking functions in the document. It also provides examples like generating new content, rewriting, summarizing a document, and creating a table from text.
Copilot for M365 in Excel: Examples
This training program for Copilot for M365 includes extensive examples for using it in Outlook, Business Chat, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Teams. However, Excel stands out as the most effective. Tips for using Copilot in Excel include accessing the panel from the Home menu, operating it against a table, and various data manipulation tasks.
Azure AI Studio Architecture: Leveraging RAG and LLM for Chat with SaaS Systems
Azure AI Studio is a platform for developing and managing AI applications. It uses a RAG-based architecture to generate accurate responses and interacts with various LLM models. An example use case involves creating a chat interface with ServiceNow using SharePoint authentication, API Management Services, Prompt Flow, Open AI Service, and ServiceNow’s REST endpoints.
Extending Copilot for M365 with External Data via Graph Connectors
This article is for C-Level executives interested in expanding Copilot M365’s reach beyond M365 data. External graph connectors can integrate data from non-M365 sources, enhancing Copilot’s natural language processing abilities and search efficiency. It’s crucial to understand security considerations, limitations, and testing for seamless interaction with external data. Pricing involves purchasing quotas for indexed items.