Tag: AI
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My team recently came across a new feature in Microsoft’s AI prompt management interface called Test Hub (Preview), and it looks like a game-changer for anyone working with reusable prompts. Traditionally, testing AI prompts has been a bit of a trial-and-error process. You’d tweak a prompt, run it, check the response, and repeat until it…
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Licensing isn’t the most exciting topic in technology — until it becomes the reason innovation is blocked. For many organisations, Copilot Studio licensing has been that blocker. While the per-user licensing model for Microsoft 365 Copilot was straightforward, around $40 per user per month for productivity enhancements in Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams, the…
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I’ve spent a lot of time recently walking clients through the different AI options in Microsoft, discussing what each model offers and designing solutions that fit their business needs. As I explained the pros and cons of the various licensing approaches, it struck me that a clear, structured summary would be useful beyond those conversations,…
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Generative AI has captivated industries, redefined creativity, and accelerated innovation—but its journey didn’t begin with ChatGPT or DALL·E. Like all revolutions, it began with quiet, foundational work that grew in sophistication over decades. Here’s a look at how generative AI evolved—from early logic-based systems to today’s creative collaborators. 🌱 1950s–1960s: Seeds of Possibility and Simulated…
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Copilot isn’t just “AI inside Microsoft 365.” It’s a time-saver, a thinking partner, and an accelerator for work you’re already doing in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and across Microsoft 365 via Copilot Chat. Below are 50 practical Copilot use cases, grouped by Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and the Copilot Chatbot. Each one includes a sample prompt and…
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What if your Dataverse tables could think for themselves? With the new Prompt field capability in Microsoft Dataverse, we’re entering a new era where business applications don’t just store data—they understand it. 📌 What Is the Prompt Feature in Dataverse? In simple terms, this feature lets you embed a natural language AI prompt directly into…
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Over the last year, I’ve compiled some of my favourite short hand AI prompts. The way to get the best out of AI agents like Copilot and Chat GPT arent the most technical, they’re just how you ask better questions. There are no actual secret features in ChatGPT—but there are a handful of short prompt…
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🧠 Copilot is Smart — But Only For You There’s a question I hear a lot when talking to people about Microsoft Copilot and AI: “Is Copilot learning from everything I do?” It’s a fair concern. With all the power Copilot brings — summarising chats, drafting documents, generating ideas, and even writing emails that sound…
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The lines between AI automation and low-code workflows are officially blurring. As Microsoft brings autonomous agents into the mainstream through Copilot Studio, many of us are asking: “What’s the difference between Agent Flows and Power Automate Flows — and when should I use which?” Great question. The short version? They serve different purposes — but…
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Coming out of Microsoft Build, is the new ‘Dataverse MCP Server’, released just a couple of days ago in mid-May 2025, which is really exciting! https://github.com/microsoft/Dataverse-MCP/blob/main/README.md 🧠 What Is MCP and Why Should You Care About It? If you haven’t ever heard of MCP (Model Context Protocol) or Dataverse MCP Server and wondering what they…