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🎓 It's live! Join the Higher Education AI Champion (HEDAC) Community

PratyushaSimharaju's avatar
Nov 04, 2026

As promised, we're excited to announce that the Higher Education AI Champion (HEDAC) Community is now open! 🎉

This community is for all the higher education faculty, staff, IT professionals, researchers and academic leaders who want to help their campuses adopt AI responsibly and get real value from it. You don't need to be an expert in AI. If you're curious, want to learn and help others, you're a good fit.

What champions get?

  1. Onboarding, ready-to-use prompts and tips for running campus AI sessions 
  2. Monthly calls with experts and product updates from Microsoft 
  3. A peer network to share use cases, ideas, challenges and learn lessons.

How can you help?

As M365 Champions, you know firsthand the power of peer champions in driving learning and adoption. If you're in higher education, support higher-education customers, or know campus AI leaders, sign up and spread the word!

👉 Register to become a Higher Education AI Champion 

HEDAC is part of the EDU Insider Community, so you'll also be asked to join EDU Insider as part of the registration. 

Questions or ideas? Drop a comment below. We would love to hear from you! We can't wait to learn from you and build this community together! 💙

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