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Karuana Gatimu and Heather Cook take you through the latest in #AI news, Microsoft 365 product updates, and community news and events. Join in episode 49 of Mondays at Microsoft on Monday, May 19th, 8am PT! ☕

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Show Notes: Mondays at Microsoft – May 19, 2025

🎙️ Hosts

Karuana Gatimu – Director of Customer Advocacy for AI & Collaboration
Heather Cook – Principal Community Evangelist, Microsoft 365 Customer Advocacy Group

📌 Episode Overview

This week’s episode dives into:

• Student-led AI innovation in the Imagine Cup
• Microsoft’s testimony before the U.S. Senate on AI leadership
• Legal action against AI abuse networks
• Microsoft Build 2025 highlights
• Community events and product updates

📅 https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft 
📝 https://aka.ms/CommunityNewsDesk 
🔔 https://aka.ms/MSCommunityFB 

🔍 Big Rocks

Microsoft Build 2025

• Keynote by Satya Nadella and Kevin Scott on Copilot, agents, and AI innovation.
• Community Space with interactive stations and sessions.
• https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7326696718907985920/ 

Marbled Dust Espionage Campaign

• Microsoft exposes a Türkiye-affiliated threat actor exploiting Output Messenger.
• https://aka.ms/MarbledDust

Imagine Cup Finalists

• Teams Signvrse, HairMatch, and Argus use AI to drive accessibility, identity, and independence.
• https://aka.ms/ImagineCupAI

🔁 ICYMI

Microsoft 365 Community Conference

• Jeff Teper’s keynote and exclusive interview on AI and human creativity.
• https://aka.ms/M365Conf/2025/playlist

Brad Smith on AI Leadership

• Testimony before the U.S. Senate on innovation, infrastructure, and global partnerships.
• https://aka.ms/WinningTheRace

Legal Action Against AI Abuse

• Microsoft sues Storm-2139 for generating harmful AI content.
• https://aka.ms/AIHackerProtection

🛠️ Product News

Microsoft 365 & Azure

• Retirement notices: SharePoint 2013 Workflow, Add-Ins, Alerts, and more.
• http://aka.ms/M365Roadmap

Copilot Agents Hub

• Deployment tools, success kits, and skilling resources.
• https://adoption.microsoft.com/agents

Dynamics 365 & Fabric

• https://aka.ms/April25Inspiration
• https://aka.ms/AIHorselessCarriages
• https://aka.ms/Fabric/April25Features

🌍 Community & Events

Get Involved

• https://aka.ms/MSCommunityLIMM
• https://aka.ms/MGCI
• https://communitydays.org/calls

Upcoming Events

 

• Power Platform Agents Summit – May 24, London
• European Collaboration Summit – May 25–28, Düsseldorf
• https://communitydays.org

📅 Next Episode

Join us again on Monday, June 2 at 8 AM PT.
Catch up or subscribe at https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft