Mondays at Microsoft Episode 50

Join Karuana Gatimu and Heather Cook as they take you through the latest in #AI news, Microsoft 365 product updates, and community news & events.

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

This week's episode dives into:

Supporting animal welfare organizations with an Xbox game

A powerful AI model redefining environmental forecasting

How Special Olympics is using Copilot to empower athletes and operations

https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft
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Microsoft Build 2025 Highlights

• Copilot has evolved into a full agentic platform, enabling bug fixes, feature additions, and code maintenance.
• Introduction of two foundational protocols: Model Context Protocol and NLWeb (Natural Language Web Protocol).
• Azure AI Foundry now supports over 10,000 models; Windows AI Foundry enables local AI deployment.
  https://news.microsoft.com/build-2025

Microsoft 365 Announcements

• Copilot Tuning and Multi-Agent Orchestration
• Wave 2 of Microsoft 365 Copilot: new app, Copilot Notebooks, and built-in agents
• Microsoft 365 Agents SDK for custom agent development
  https://aka.ms/Copilot/Tuning

Stay Connected

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Featured Events

Women in M365 – June 4: https://www.linkedin.com/events/womeninm365-june2025meeting7333678837878177793/about/

MGCI General Session – June 17

Community Days events across the globe: Madrid, Hamburg, Toronto, NYC, and more!