F1 to Copilot: What's next at Microsoft | Mondays at Microsoft (Episode 86)
This week, Heather Cook and Jonathan Jones explore how Microsoft and the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team are inspiring the next generation through the Driven by STEM initiative, and how AI is helping protect one of the world's most endangered orca populations through real-time ocean monitoring. Special guest Michael Holste joins the show to explore the rapidly evolving world of AI agents and demonstrate how organizations can move from agent ideas to deployment and governance at scale.Turning AI hype into business value | Mondays at Microsoft (Episode 85)
Mondays at Microsoft is your weekly source for the latest Microsoft news, AI innovation, product updates, industry insights, and community events — this week hosted by Jonathan Jones and Josh Leporati! +Also joining is Kent Weare, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft, who will demonstrate how Dataverse is powering the next generation of AI experiences. From coding agents and agentic search to enterprise-ready agents and developer productivity, discover how Dataverse helps connect data, agents, and applications across your organization. #MondaysAtMicrosoft Big Rocks & Product Updates: "Accelerating Frontier Transformation: Enrich employee experience" by Kelly Soligon — https://aka.ms/AcceleratingFrontierTransformation "Closing the women's health gap" — https://aka.ms/WomenHealthGap "From AI curiosity to Copilot adoption in 30 days" by Jill Armour — https://aka.ms/CuriositytoCopilotAdoption "Hoop dreams: How a coach’s vision for a high-tech basketball gym is inspiring kids to aim for the perfect shot" by Elliott Smith — https://aka.ms/HoopDreams Live webinar: "Microsoft 365 Copilot Roadmap: What's New & Available" on August 25, 2026 — https://aka.ms/CopilotRoadmapWebinar The NFL modernizes game-day operations with Microsoft Copilot Studio and Power Platform — https://aka.ms/NFLCopilotStudio Events Community Days | M365 Twin Cities | September 18 | Brooklyn Park, Minneapolis, United States Community Days | Partner Vibe 2.0 | September 21-23 | Provo, Utah Community Days | European Microsoft Fabric + SQL Community Conference 2026 | September 28 - October 1 | Barcelona, Spain Our Show Links: 📅 Mondays at Microsoft Links including a download for calendar: https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft 📝 Our Microsoft Tech Community News Desk for Monday's recaps, Meet the Makers show and more: https://aka.ms/CommunityNewsDesk 🎙️ Listen to Mondays at Microsoft on Apple Podcasts or Spotify — https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft 🌍 Discover the Microsoft Global Community Initiative (MGCI) — https://aka.ms/MGCI Microsoft Community page on Facebook: https://aka.ms/MSCommunityFB 🔔Microsoft Community on LinkedIn: https://aka.ms/MSCommunityLIMM MSFT Adoption on Twitter: https://x.com/MSFTAdoptionIntroducing Microsoft's newest India datacenter | Mondays at Microsoft (Episode 84)
Stay connected with the latest from Microsoft, AI, security, and the global tech community in this week's episode of Mondays at Microsoft. Join Jonathan Jones and Josh Leporati as they break down the biggest announcements, product updates, cybersecurity insights, and community news shaping the Microsoft ecosystem. This week, we explore Microsoft's newest investments in AI and cloud infrastructure, including the launch of the India South Central datacenter region and the introduction of MAI-Thinking-1, Microsoft's latest advanced reasoning model. We also examine emerging cybersecurity threats, practical AI agent development, and the newest Microsoft 365 Copilot innovations designed to transform productivity. #MondaysAtMicrosoft Big Rocks & Product Updates: Microsoft’s newest India datacenter region goes live to power the country’s AI economy and enable Frontier Firms — aka.ms/NewIndiaDatacenters Introducing MAI-Thinking-1 by Microsoft AI — aka.ms/IntroducingMAIThinking1 DeadLock ransomware: Breaking down a Rust-based encryptor with decentralized recovery infrastructure — aka.ms/DeadlockBlog How to build an AI agent: A simple guide for anyone — aka.ms/CreatingAgents Take back-to-school tasks off your plate with Microsoft Copilot — https://aka.ms/BacktoSchoolwithCopilot What’s new in Microsoft 365 Copilot | July 2026" by Seth Patton — aka.ms/Microsoft365WhatsNewJuly2026 Changing how we build" by Charles Lamanna — aka.ms/ChangingHowWeBuildBlog Events Community Days | Seattle TechCon 365 | DATACON | PWRCON | August 24-28 | Seattle, Washington, United Community Days | M365 Twin Cities | September 18 | Brooklyn Park, Minneapolis, United States Community Days | Partner Vibe 2.0 | September 21-23 | Provo, Utah Community Days | European Microsoft Fabric + SQL Community Conference 2026 | September 28 - October 1 | Barcelona, Spain Our Show Links: 📅 Mondays at Microsoft Links including a download for calendar: https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft 📝 Our Microsoft Tech Community News Desk for Monday's recaps, Meet the Makers show and more: https://aka.ms/CommunityNewsDesk 🎙️ Listen to Mondays at Microsoft on Apple Podcasts or Spotify — https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft 🌍 Discover the Microsoft Global Community Initiative (MGCI) — https://aka.ms/MGCI Microsoft Community page on Facebook: https://aka.ms/MSCommunityFB 🔔Microsoft Community on LinkedIn: https://aka.ms/MSCommunityLIMM MSFT Adoption on Twitter: https://x.com/MSFTAdoptionWomen in Power, AI agents, and safer travel | Mondays at Microsoft (Episode 83)
Join hosts Heather Cook and Jonathan Jones for another episode of Mondays at Microsoft, your weekly source for the latest Microsoft news, product updates, community highlights, and expert insights. This week, we're covering everything from the future of AI agents and cybersecurity threats targeting travelers to Power Platform community opportunities and upcoming Microsoft events. 🎙️ Special guest: Sravani Seethi, co-founder of Women in Power (Platform) - one of the largest grassroots communities supporting women in the Microsoft Power Platform and AI ecosystem. Learn about the community's origins, mentorship programs, and opportunities to get involved! Big Rocks & Product Updates: Celebrating 25 years of XBOX — aka.ms/Celebrating25YearsXbox CaptiveCrunch: Midnight Blizzard targets travelers worldwide for malware delivery and credential theft — https://aka.ms/CaptiveCrunchMoM Teaching AI to speak the language of pathology — https://aka.ms/LanguageofPathology Accelerating Frontier Transformation: Enrich employee experience by Kelly Soligon — https://aka.ms/EnrichEmployeeExperience "More powerful agents and workflows for autonomous business processes: Introducing a new harness for Copilot Studio" by Ryan Cunningham — https://aka.ms/NewHarnessforCopilotStudio 2026 Microsoft Community Give Back | Apply for complimentary tickets to Power Platform Community Conference 2025 — https://aka.ms/PPCCCommunityGivebackForm Events Community Days | AI Business Solutions Partner Executive Summit | July 27-28 | Renton, Washington, United States Community Days | M365 Community Days NYC | July 31 | New York City, New York, United States Community Days | Seattle TechCon 365 | DATACON | PWRCON | August 24-28 | Seattle, Washington, United Community Days | M365 Twin Cities | September 18 | Brooklyn Park, Minneapolis, United States Community Days | Partner Vibe 2.0 | September 21-23 | Provo, Utah Community Days | European Microsoft Fabric + SQL Community Conference 2026 | September 28 - October 1 | Barcelona, Spain Our Show Links: 📅 Mondays at Microsoft Links including a download for calendar: https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft 📝 Our Microsoft Tech Community News Desk for Monday's recaps, Meet the Makers show and more: https://aka.ms/CommunityNewsDesk 🎙️ Listen to Mondays at Microsoft on Apple Podcasts or Spotify — https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft 🌍 Discover the Microsoft Global Community Initiative (MGCI) — https://aka.ms/MGCI Microsoft Community page on Facebook: https://aka.ms/MSCommunityFB 🔔Microsoft Community on LinkedIn: https://aka.ms/MSCommunityLIMM MSFT Adoption on Twitter: https://x.com/MSFTAdoptionPublic Sector in the age of AI | Mondays at Microsoft (Episode 82)
Join Heather Cook and Jonathan Jones for the latest Microsoft news, product announcements, AI updates, and community highlights. This week's guest, Tuwanda Perez Emmanuel, discusses AI readiness in the public sector, Microsoft's AI Guided Path for Copilot and agents, and what it takes to become "Frontier Ready." Plus, hear about Microsoft's latest AI security innovations, Copilot milestones, AI agents, community events, and more. Whether you're exploring AI adoption, working with Microsoft 365 Copilot, building agents, or staying connected to the Microsoft community, this episode is packed with insights and resources to help you stay ahead! Big Rocks & Product Updates: Introducing MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside MDASH — https://aka.ms/GlobalAIRedTeamBlog Microsoft Closes FY26 with Strong AI and Cloud Momentum — https://aka.ms/FY26Q4EarningsReportblog A new generation of Mexican entrepreneurs is using AI skills to solve local challenges — https://aka.ms/NewGenAIEntrepreneurs Fantasy Premier League Companion powered by Copilot gives FPL managers AI-powered advice — https://aka.ms/AIFantasyPremierLeagueBlog The next measure of AI momentum is work transformed by Jared Spataro — https://aka.ms/WorkTransformedBlog Enhancing AI security through global AI red teaming" by Ram Shankar Siva Kumar — https://aka.ms/GlobalAIRedTeamBlog CAT Agent Skills | Gallery of skills for AI agents — https://aka.ms/PowerCatAgentSkillsGitHub Power Platform Community Conference 2026 | October 27-29, Las Vegas — https://aka.ms/PPCCWorkshopsMoM Events Community Days | AI Business Solutions Partner Executive Summit | July 27-28 | Renton, Washington, United States Community Days | M365 Community Days NYC | July 31 | New York City, New York, United States Community Days | Seattle TechCon 365 | DATACON | PWRCON | August 24-28 | Seattle, Washington, United Community Days | M365 Twin Cities | September 18 | Brooklyn Park, Minneapolis, United States Community Days | Partner Vibe 2.0 | September 21-23 | Provo, Utah Community Days | European Microsoft Fabric + SQL Community Conference 2026 | September 28 - October 1 | Barcelona, Spain Our Show Links: 📅 Mondays at Microsoft Links including a download for calendar: https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft 📝 Our Microsoft Tech Community News Desk for Monday's recaps, Meet the Makers show and more: https://aka.ms/CommunityNewsDesk 🎙️ Listen to Mondays at Microsoft on Apple Podcasts or Spotify — https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft 🌍 Discover the Microsoft Global Community Initiative (MGCI) — https://aka.ms/MGCI Microsoft Community page on Facebook: https://aka.ms/MSCommunityFB 🔔Microsoft Community on LinkedIn: https://aka.ms/MSCommunityLIMM MSFT Adoption on Twitter: https://x.com/MSFTAdoptionNASA, Databricks and the future of Copilot | Mondays at Microsoft (Episode 81)
In this episode of Mondays at Microsoft, Heather Cook and guest co-host Jonathan Jones explore some of the biggest stories shaping the future of AI, productivity, and innovation. They are joined by Sravani Seethi to speak about Women in Power (Platform), the largest grassroots community of women working in and around the Microsoft Power Platform ecosystem and AI. From changes coming to Copilot, to lessons from NASA's journey to the Moon, to new AI-powered experiences in SharePoint, there's plenty to unpack. Big Rocks & Product Updates: Deep Research is being retired in the Copilot app — https://aka.ms/DeepResearchRetireBlog Microsoft and Mistral expand strategic partnership to give enterprises and regulated industries frontier AI they can control — https://aka.ms/MistralPartnership Giant Leaps" by Signal Magazine — https://aka.ms/SignalMagazineNASAGiantLeaps A new approach to AI data puts communities in charge" by Susanna Ray — https://aka.ms/CommunityLibraryCreator Watch on demand: "Understanding Copilot Cowork and managing Copilot credits" — https://aka.ms/CopilotCoworkAMA Watch on demand: "Driving AI adoption with Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Cowork" — https://aka.ms/AIAdoptionAMA What’s new in Copilot in SharePoint: July 2026 — aka.ms/WhatsNewSharePointJuly2026 Databricks and Microsoft expand partnership to help enterprises bring business context to enterprise AI — https://aka.ms/DatabrickMicrosoftPartnership Events Community Days | M365 Community Days NYC | July 31 | New York City, New York, United States Community Days | Seattle TechCon 365 | DATACON | PWRCON | August 24-28 | Seattle, Washington, United Community Days | M365 Twin Cities | September 18 | Brooklyn Park, Minneapolis, United States Community Days | Partner Vibe 2.0 | September 21-23 | Provo, Utah Community Days | European Microsoft Fabric + SQL Community Conference 2026 | September 28 - October 1 | Barcelona, Spain ommunity Days | Community Summit North America 2026 | October 11-15 | Nashville, Tennessee, United States Our Show Links: 📅 Mondays at Microsoft Links including a download for calendar: https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft 📝 Our Microsoft Tech Community News Desk for Monday's recaps, Meet the Makers show and more: https://aka.ms/CommunityNewsDesk 🎙️ Listen to Mondays at Microsoft on Apple Podcasts or Spotify — https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft 🌍 Discover the Microsoft Global Community Initiative (MGCI) — https://aka.ms/MGCI Microsoft Community page on Facebook: https://aka.ms/MSCommunityFB 🔔Microsoft Community on LinkedIn: https://aka.ms/MSCommunityLIMM MSFT Adoption on Twitter: https://x.com/MSFTAdoptionInside Microsoft's AI IQ stack | Mondays at Microsoft (Episode 80)
In this episode, Karuana Gatimu and Heather Cook connect the dots between Microsoft's AI strategy, the evolution of Dataverse, and the emerging IQ platform vision unveiled at Build 2026. Join Karuana and Cook for this episode of Mondays at Microsoft as they break down the biggest Microsoft announcements across AI, Modern Work, Power Platform, Business Applications, Azure, and Developer technologies. In this episode: 🧠 Copilot's new brain—GPT-5.6: Microsoft 365 Copilot now prefers GPT-5.6 across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Cowork, while Microsoft continues expanding its MAI model strategy. What does this mean for the future of AI-powered productivity? 🔗 Dataverse becomes the agent data platform: The Dataverse plugin for coding agents now extends beyond GitHub Copilot to Claude and Cursor, alongside a growing MCP ecosystem with 60+ servers and certified partner integrations. 🧩 Welcome to the “IQ” era: From Work IQ and Foundry IQ to the introduction of Web IQ, Microsoft's next-generation knowledge and retrieval stack is taking shape. Plus, we discuss new MAI models and an early look at Project Solara. Big Rocks & Product Updates: Available today: OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 in Microsoft 365 Copilot — aka.ms/GPT56Available 3M and Microsoft announce strategic partnership to advance AI data center infrastructure and enterprise transformation — aka.ms/3MBlog Dataverse Is Your Agent Data Platform: Here’s What’s New in July 2026 by Julie Koesmarno — aka.ms/DataverseAgentDataBlog Seven predictions about AI and the future of work from our Chief Scientist Dr. Jaime Teevan — aka.ms/JaimeTeevanAIPredictionsBlog A more efficient way to access email and meeting information with Narrator by Shireen Salma — aka.ms/OutlookNarratorBlog Power CAT AI Webinar | Next session on Wedneday, July 22nd at 9:00AM PT — aka.ms/PowerCatWebinarAlmirall Events Community Days | AI Business Solutions Partner Executive Summit | July 27-28 | Renton, Washington, United States Community Days | M365 Community Days NYC | July 31 | New York City, New York, United States Community Days | Seattle TechCon 365 | DATACON | PWRCON | August 24-28 | Seattle, Washington, United Community Days | M365 Twin Cities | September 18 | Brooklyn Park, Minneapolis, United States Community Days | Partner Vibe 2.0 | September 21-23 | Provo, Utah Community Days | European Microsoft Fabric + SQL Community Conference 2026 | September 28 - October 1 | Barcelona, Spain Our Show Links: 📅 Mondays at Microsoft Links including a download for calendar: https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft 📝 Our Microsoft Tech Community News Desk for Monday's recaps, Meet the Makers show and more: https://aka.ms/CommunityNewsDesk 🎙️ Listen to Mondays at Microsoft on Apple Podcasts or Spotify — https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft 🌍 Discover the Microsoft Global Community Initiative (MGCI) — https://aka.ms/MGCI Microsoft Community page on Facebook: https://aka.ms/MSCommunityFB 🔔Microsoft Community on LinkedIn: https://aka.ms/MSCommunityLIMM MSFT Adoption on Twitter: https://x.com/MSFTAdoptionBuild your AI team | Mondays at Microsoft (Episode 79)
What if your next teammate wasn’t a person, but a team of AI agents working alongside you? Join Karuana Gatimu and Heather Cook for this episode of "Mondays at Microsoft" as they explore how the latest wave of Microsoft AI innovations is transforming productivity, analytics, and the way work gets done. This week, they'll be joined by Zoe Hawtof, Senior Technical Advisor for Copilot Cowork, to discuss the future of agentic systems, AI teammates, and how organizations can build their own AI-powered workforce!Copilot Cowork explained - Mondays at Microsoft (Episode 78)
Join Karuana Gatimu and Heather Cook as they break down Copilot Cowork - what it is, why it matters, and how to get the most value from it, including how to manage your Copilot credits and opportunities to learn more through our live AMA. We also have a special guest to discuss the latest in Microsoft Planner Agent. 🎥 Episode 78 of "Mondays at Microsoft" goes LIVE on Monday, June 29th at 8:00 AM PT! Big Rocks & Product Updates: Copilot Cowork explained with Jared Spataro — aka.ms/CopilotCoworkExplained Live AMA: Understanding Copilot Cowork and managing Copilot Credits — aka.ms/CopilotCoworkAMA "Copilot in Excel: Built for the era of Frontier Finance" by Brian Jones — aka.ms/CopilotInExcelBlogMM "Planner Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot is now generally available" by Mars Gu — aka.ms/MicrosoftPlannerAgentGABlog "Scaling cybercrime disruption through innovation and AI" by Steven masada — aka.ms/ScalingCyberCrimeBlog "Y Combinator and Microsoft partner to support the next generation of AI startups" by Microsoft for Startups — aka.ms/MicrosoftandYCombinator Events European Power Platform Conference | June 29 - July 2 | Copenhagen, Denmark Community Days | AI Business Solutions Partner Executive Summit | July 27-28 | Renton, Washington, United States Community Days | M365 Community Days NYC | July 31 | New York City, New York, United States Community Days | Seattle TechCon 365 | DATACON | PWRCON | August 24-28 | Seattle, Washington, United Community Days | M365 Twin Cities | September 18 | Brooklyn Park, Minneapolis, United States Community Days | Partner Vibe 2.0 | September 21-23 | Provo, Utah Our Show Links: 📅 Mondays at Microsoft Links including a download for calendar: https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft 📝 Our Microsoft Tech Community News Desk for Monday's recaps, Meet the Makers show and more: https://aka.ms/CommunityNewsDesk 🎙️ Listen to Mondays at Microsoft on Apple Podcasts or Spotify — https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft 🌍 Discover the Microsoft Global Community Initiative (MGCI) — https://aka.ms/MGCI Microsoft Community page on Facebook: https://aka.ms/MSCommunityFB 🔔Microsoft Community on LinkedIn: https://aka.ms/MSCommunityLIMM MSFT Adoption on Twitter: https://x.com/MSFTAdoptionMondays at Microsoft | Episode 77
Join Karuana Gatimu and Heather Cook as they take you through the latest Microsoft news in AI, Microsoft 365 product updates, and community news & events! 🎥 Episode 77 of "Mondays at Microsoft" goes LIVE on Monday, June 15th at 8:00 AM PT! Big Rocks & Product Updates: "Introducing Microsoft Scout: Your always-on personal agent" by Omar Shahine — aka.ms/MicrosoftScoutBlog Discover missed Microsoft Build sessions and rewatch your favorites — aka.ms/MicrosoftBuildMM "Introducing Majorana 2" by Catherine Bolgar — aka.ms/Majorana2Blog "Why don’t cancer medicines work the same for everyone?" by Susanna Ray — aka.ms/CancerMedicinesBlog Deploy-ready agent templates built from repeated customer demand — aka.ms/HPAcatalog The WorkLab podcast: "Allie K. Miller: Find your “weirdos”—and let them lead" — aka.ms/WorklabAllieKMillerPodcast "8 unexpected things disability can teach us about leadership" by Samantha Kubota — aka.ms/8ThingsDisabilityCanTeach "Announcing the new Work IQ APIs" by Charles Lamanna — aka.ms/NewWorkIQ Events Community Days | Power BI Deep Dive | June 9-11 | Copenhagen, Denmark Community Days | TechCon 365 Chicago, June 15-19 | Chicago, Illinois, United States Community Days | AI Community Conference - New York | June 26 | New York, New York, United States European Power Platform Conference | June 29 - July 2 | Copenhagen, Denmark Community Days | M365 Community Days NYC | July 31 | New York City, New York, United States Community Days | Seattle TechCon 365 | DATACON | PWRCON | August 24-28 | Seattle, Washington, United Community Days | M365 Twin Cities | September 18 | Brooklyn Park, Minneapolis, United States Our Show Links: 📅 Mondays at Microsoft Links including a download for calendar: https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft 📝 Our Microsoft Tech Community News Desk for Monday's recaps, Meet the Makers show and more: https://aka.ms/CommunityNewsDesk 🎙️ Listen to Mondays at Microsoft on Apple Podcasts or Spotify — https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft 🌍 Discover the Microsoft Global Community Initiative (MGCI) — https://aka.ms/MGCI Microsoft Community page on Facebook: https://aka.ms/MSCommunityFB 🔔Microsoft Community on LinkedIn: https://aka.ms/MSCommunityLIMM MSFT Adoption on Twitter: https://x.com/MSFTAdoption
