Join Karuana Gatimu and Heather Cook as they take you through the latest in #AI news, #Microsoft365 product updates, and community news & events. Episode 57 of "Mondays at Microsoft" goes LIVE on LinkedIn on Monday, September 8th at 8am PT!

Mondays at Microsoft – Show Notes

Introduction

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

Coming Up This Episode:

A new AI initiative for the United States to bring cutting-edge AI tools and training to classrooms across the US
How AI can help save hidden ‘biological hotspots’ the planet needs
The upcoming OneDrive event that will transform the way you use Copilot and OneDrive

Sponsor: Shure – microphones for home office professionals

Big Rocks Segment

New White House AI Commitments

Microsoft announces new commitments to support the Presidential AI Challenge and AI Education Executive Order.
Video from Satya Nadella: https://aka.ms/AIWhiteHouse

Microsoft’s Analog Optical Computer

A breakthrough in analog optical computing shows promise for AI workloads, banking, and healthcare optimization.
Read more: https://aka.ms/AnalogComputerandAI

AI Protecting Biological Hotspots

Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab partners with the Tulalip Tribes to protect wetlands and biodiversity.
Learn more: https://aka.ms/BiologicalHotspots

ICYMI Segment

Ribera AI in Healthcare

Ribera uses AI to improve patient care, scheduling, and tele-consultations across Spain, Portugal, and Central Europe.
Read more: https://aka.ms/RiberaAI

Microsoft 6502 BASIC Open Source

Historic release of Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC under open-source license.
Read more: https://aka.ms/BasicOpenSource

Product Segment

OneDrive + Copilot Event

Date: October 8, 2025 | 9:00 AM PT
Register: https://aka.ms/OneDriveEvent
Customer Office Hours: https://aka.ms/OneDriveOfficeHours
Sync Up Podcast: https://aka.ms/SyncUp
OneDrive Community: https://aka.ms/OneDriveBlog

Teams Audio Recap

Listen to meetings as a podcast and generate SharePoint posts with Copilot.
Try it here: https://aka.ms/AudioRecapinTeams

Remote GitHub MCP Server GA

Enables AI agents like Copilot and Claude to interact directly with GitHub data.
Read more: https://aka.ms/GithubMCPServerGA

Power Apps Pulse

Latest updates: Plan Designer suggestions & User Defined Functions (UDFs).
Read more: https://aka.ms/powerappsblogMM

Copilot Studio Agent Build-A-Thon

Global, team-based experience to explore and build AI agents.
Learn more: https://aka.ms/PowerCATAgentathon

Community & Events

All Microsoft Community Events: https://www.communitydays.org

Upcoming Community Led Events

DynamicsCon Regional – Ohio Valley | Aug 26-27 | Dublin, Ohio
AgentCon – Singapore | Sept 9 | Singapore
AgentCon – Ho Chi Minh | Sept 11 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
CollabDays Finland 2025 | Sept 10-11 | Vantaa, Finland
aMP Bordeaux 2025 | Sept 10-11 | Bruges, France
Baltic Summit 2025 | Sept 12-13 | Gdynia, Poland
AgentCon – Cebu | Sept 15 | Cebu City, Philippines
Experts Live UK | Sept 16 | London, England
DynamicsCon Regional – Texas | Sept 17 | Grapevine, Texas
M365 Twin Cities | Sept 19 | Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
aMP Hammamet 2025 | Sept 20-21 | Nabuel, Tunisia
Future Data Driven Summit 2025 | Sept 24 | Virtual
The AI-Native Workplace Summit 2025 | Sept 24 | Virtual
CollabDays at Bletchley Park 2025 | Sept 24 | Bletchley Park, UK
MCT West Africa Summit 2025 | Sept 25-26 | Accra, Ghana
Microsoft 365 Ottawa 2025 | Sept 26 | Ottawa, Canada
DATA BASH 2025 | Sept 27 | Virtual
aMP Bengaluru | Sept 27 | Bengaluru, India

Upcoming Community Produced (Paid) Events

North American Cloud and Collaboration Summit | Sept 7-9 | Branson, Missouri
European Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2025 | Sept 15-18 | Vienna, Austria
CloudBuilt | Sept 17-18 | Brussels, Belgium
Identity Days Paris 2025 | Oct 20-21 | Paris, France
DynUG Autumn Conference 2025 | Nov 25-26 | Oslo, Norway
ESPC25 | Dec 1-4 | Dublin, Ireland
Microsoft Fabric Community Conference | Mar 16-20, 2026 | Atlanta, Georgia