Microsoft launched a new Copilot Developer Camp, a workshop for professional developers who want to learn how to build agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot.
You can access here to know more: Copilot Developer Camp
Register for In person or Live Stream Event once available for your region here : Copilot Developer Camp Series
It's now time for Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge and it starts on September 24, 2024, at 4:00 PM (16:00) UTC and ends on November 1, 2024, at 4:00 PM (16:00) UTC. Dive into advanced AI technology with these six curated topics designed to elevate your skills.
Access the official site to know more register: AI Skills Challenge
Once you complete the Challenge successfully you will receive a receive a digital badge via email that you can add to your Microsoft Learn profile.
Microsoft has announced some great features and updates on Microsoft 365 Copilot during yesterday's Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 event.
Access the official Blog post here to know more: Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2: Pages, Python in Excel, and agents | Microsoft 365 Blog
Microsoft New site here: The next phase of Microsoft 365 Copilot innovation
You can view all the announcements in nutshell using the below one pager.
Join the upcoming Copilot for Microsoft 365 AMA Event to get your questions answered by Microsoft team of experts following the news from the Microsoft 365 Copilot: Wave 2 event on September 19.
Copilot for Microsoft 365 AMA - Microsoft Community Hub
Microsoft Exchange Team recently published a blog post outlining the timeline when the next version of On-Premises Exchange Server 2025 aka Exchange Server Subscription Edition (SE) will be available, and how you can prepare your organization to prepare for this upgrade journey.
As of today, most of the large Enterprise Customers still has Exchange Hybrid deployment in their environment, and the existing Exchange Server 2016 (Currently on Extended support) and Exchange Server 2019 will go completely out of support next year October 2025, so to stay supported with Hybrid deployment these Organizations need to start their upgrade plan asap and the article clearly explains the supported deployment model like with which version Co-existence is supported when RTM gets released and when CU1 gets released etc.
The blog post also answers most of the FAQs and upgrade guidance, if you are using Legacy Version of Exchange Server, it's now time to start reviewing your landscape and plan for the upgrade journey.
Access the Blog post here: Upgrading your organization from current versions to Exchange Server SE
The next phase of Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 innovation is designed to help optimize your customers’ daily operations. Join Satya Nadella and Jared Spataro on September 16 for Microsoft 365 Copilot: Wave 2 to discover the next phase of Copilot for work.
RSVP here: Microsoft 365 Copilot: Wave 2
Its time for Microsoft Ignite 2024 and registrations are now open, this time you will have more AI innovations showcased with lot of exciting announcements a head, and a great opportunity for Networking if you are attending in person and you have Online registration available for virtual participation.
Access here to know more and register: https://ignite.microsoft.com/en-US/home
Stay tuned for more updates...
Most Organizations that had adopted Copilot for Microsoft 365 has this dilemma on when to extend and when to build Custom Copilots, both options provide benefits and choosing the right approach provides enhanced productivity features as desired.
Having the fundamental understanding of each of the available options will help you decide the suitable option and you have related guidance from Microsoft with various options to extend or build your Custom Copilots.
Recently Microsoft team added a new MS Learn module to help you understand how you can extend Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 with Copilot Studio.
You can access the learning path here: Extend Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 with Copilot Studio
Also register for the Upcoming Microsoft Adoption - Customer Hub Sessions on Copilot for Microsoft 365 Extensibility scheduled in coming Months and on demand to know more.
Register here: Copilot for Microsoft 365 extensibility
As Organizations started to adopt Copilot for Microsoft 365, Microsoft team has recently published the Quick start guide to assist organizations in performing a comprehensive risk assessment of Copilot for Microsoft 365. The document serves as an initial reference for risk identification, mitigation exploration, and stakeholder discussions.
You can download guide from Service Trust portal here: Microsoft 365 - Copilot for Microsoft 365 Risk Assessment QuickStart (Aug 2024)
Review the official blog post to know more: Now Available: the Copilot for Microsoft 365 Risk Assessment QuickStart Guide
Microsoft recently published a new Course on Generative AI for Beginners; in this course you have 18 lessons developed by Microsoft Cloud advocates and gives you a comprehensive understanding on Generative AI that would help you to start your AI learning.
Here is the complete lesson list:
You can access the course here: Generative AI for Beginners (Version 2) - A Course
Microsoft has published a new learning hub for Microsoft Copilot, this is your one stop resource to know more on Copilot and Start your learning journey.
Access the Hub here: Copilot learning hub
Official blog post here: Copilot Learning Hub: Your Gateway to Mastering Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Build 2024 Sessions are now available on demand amongst various sessions on AI and Copilot, one of the sessions explaining how customize and how to build Copilot extensions grabbed my attention, this session servers as a developer guide for customizing Microsoft Copilot, explaining when to Customize and when to build your own Copilot etc. and recommended to watch for Organizations adopting and exploring capabilities of Copilot.
Access the session here: Developer’s Guide to Customizing Microsoft Copilot
Watch the other associated sessions above to get more insights on Copilot.
Also read this exhaustive blog that covers the key updates: The present and future of Copilot extensibility: Top 10 takeaways from Build 2024
Microsoft team recently published a Whitepaper on GDPR Compliance in the context of using Generative AI services. This is an essential guide for Organizations adopting Microsoft AI technologies.
You can download the Whitepaper here: GDPR & Generative AI – A Guide for Customers
More details is available in the official blog post here: Introducing Our New Whitepaper: GDPR & Generative AI – A Guide for Customers
Microsoft 365 Community Conference event was completed earlier this month with lot of great announcements on Microsoft 365 product line powered by latest AI capabilities.
Now Microsoft team has shared some of the great content presented in this conference on-demand under the Microsoft 365 Community Conference Youtube Channel.
You can access the Channel here: Microsoft 365 Community Conference
Also Microsoft team has launched the new Community News Desk on the Microsoft Tech Community, your one stop resource for engaging with Community experts, events and get to know latest updates to stay updated on the Microsoft products.
The above on-demand content is part of the Community News Desk initiative and more updates are on the way.
Access here to know more: Introducing the Community News Desk with essential content from Microsoft 365 Community Conference
You can pre-register for next year event here : https://m365conf.com/#!/