Join Karuana Gatimu and Heather Cook as they take you through the latest in #AI news, #Microsoft365 product updates, and community news & events. Episode 53 of "Mondays at Microsoft" goes LIVE on LinkedIn on Monday, July 14th at 8am PT! ☕

 

🎬 Mondays at Microsoft – July 14, 2025

🎙️ Hosts

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

🔗 Core Resources

• 📅 Add show reminders — aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft
• 📝 Recap blogs on Community News Desk — aka.ms/CommunityNewsDesk
• 🔔 Follow Microsoft Community on Facebook — aka.ms/MSCommunityFB
• 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts / Spotify — aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft

🎶 Opening & Sponsor Shoutout

• Welcome and introductions
• Shure sponsorship recognition (microphones for remote workers/podcasting)

🏆 Special Recognition

• Congratulations to new and renewed MVPs for July
• Thank you to alumni for contributions

📌 Coming Up Highlights

• UN’s Global AI for Good Impact Award (AI-powered chatbot “Sophia”)
• Microsoft + Premier League partnership for digital fan experiences
• New features in Teams and Microsoft Purview

🪨 Big Rocks

• 💡 Microsoft Elevate & AI Economy Institute — aka.ms/PuttingPeopleFirst
• 📖 AI-powered, unified SOC eBook — aka.ms/CoordinatedDefenseEbook

🔄 ICYMI Highlights

• 📞 Transferred call summarization in Teams Copilot — aka.ms/SummarizeTransferredCalls
• 🎙️ Microsoft Research Podcast: AI in Biomedical Research — aka.ms/ResearchPod/biomedical
• 🎥 Frontline Fridays webinar series — aka.ms/FrontlineFridays
• 🎓 Customer Hub sessions — aka.ms/CustomerHubSessions
• ⚽ Premier League + Microsoft fan platform — aka.ms/PremierLeagueCompanion
• 🏆 AI chatbot Sophia wins UN AI for Good Award — aka.ms/ChatbotSophia

🛠️ Product Updates

Microsoft 365, Azure, Dev & Security

• ⭐ Teams Copilot custom dictionaries + GCC rollout — aka.ms/M365Roadmap/launched

Microsoft Purview

• ⭐ New retention policy controls, eDiscovery, sensitivity labels, Insider Risk across multicloud — aka.ms/M365Roadmap/launched

Recognition

• 🏆 Microsoft Power Women Awards 2025 winners — aka.ms/PowerWomenAwards

👥 Community & Events

• 📅 Microsoft events hub (M365 + nonprofits) — aka.ms/MTC/events
• 🌍 Microsoft Global Community Initiative (MGCI) — aka.ms/MGCI
• 📞 Community calls (CommunityDays.org/calls) — communitydays.org/calls
• 🔔 Microsoft Community on LinkedIn — aka.ms/MSCommunityLIMM

🗓️ Events Lists

Past Events (Community-Led, Free)

• CollabDays Hamburg | June 27–29 | Hamburg, Germany
• Cloud Fest Africa | June 28 | Lagos, Nigeria / Hybrid
• SQL Saturday San Diego | June 28 | San Diego, CA

Past Events (Community-Produced, Paid)

• AI Community Conference (AICO DC) | July 10–11 | Reston, VA

Upcoming (Community-Led)

• DynamicsCon Regional – West Africa | July 19 | Accra, Ghana
• M365 Community Days NYC | July 25 | New York, NY
• DynamicsCon Regional – Rocky Mountain | Aug 21 | Denver, CO
• DynamicsCon Regional – Ohio Valley | Aug 26–27 | Dublin, OH
• CollabDays Finland | Sept 10–11 | Vantaa, Finland
• aMP Bordeaux | Sept 10–11 | Bruges, France
• Baltic Summit | Sept 12–13 | Gdynia, Poland
• Experts Live UK | Sept 16 | London, England
• DynamicsCon Regional – Texas | Sept 17 | Grapevine, TX
• M365 Twin Cities | Sept 19 | Brooklyn Park, MN
• aMP Hammamet | Sept 20–21 | Nabeul, Tunisia
• Future Data Driven Summit | Sept 24 | Virtual
• AI-Native Workplace Summit | Sept 24 | Virtual
• Microsoft 365 Ottawa | Oct 3 | Ottawa, Canada
• CollabDays Zagreb | Oct 3–4 | Zagreb, Croatia
• Experts Live US | Oct 10 | New York, NY
• CollabDays New England | Oct 17 | TBD
• CollabDays Belgium | Oct 18 | Antwerp, Belgium
• Identity Days Paris | Oct 20–21 | Paris, France
• Experts Live Emirates | Nov 10–11 | Dubai, UAE
• CollabDays Oslo | Dec 5–6 | Oslo, Norway

Upcoming (Community-Produced, Paid)

• TechCon365 Atlanta | Aug 11–15 | Atlanta, GA
• North American Cloud & Collaboration Summit | Sept 7–9 | Branson, MO
• European Microsoft Fabric Conf. | Sept 15–18 | Vienna, Austria
• CloudBuilt | Sept 17–18 | Brussels, Belgium
• Identity Days Paris | Oct 20–21 | Paris, France
• DynUG Autumn Conf. | Nov 25–26 | Oslo, Norway
• ESPC25 | Dec 1–4 | Dublin, Ireland
• Microsoft Fabric Conf. | Mar 16–20, 2026 | Atlanta, GA

🎬 Outro

• Thanks + reminders: aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft
• Next show: Monday, July 28 @ 8am PT