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(Panel x4) Chat vs Channels: The Productivity Showdown

Mark Vale April 13, 2026 No Comments

Microsoft Teams gives us more ways to work together than ever before. Chat. Channels. Threads. Mentions. One question divides teams everywhere: Teams chats or Teams channels; where should the work…

Build Interactive Workflows in Teams: Adaptive Cards + Power Automate

Mark Vale April 13, 2026 No Comments

Many organisations still rely on static forms, email threads, or spreadsheets to gather information from business users. These methods are clunky and make a massive assumption – everything is know…

Copilot Notebooks – Where Prompting Meets Productivity

Mark Vale April 13, 2026 No Comments

Since its launch, Copilot has been changing how we work with Microsoft 365. Until now, most interactions followed a familiar pattern: ask a question, get an answer, move on. Copilot…

Governing Microsoft Loop without going Loopy

Mark Vale April 13, 2026 No Comments

Microsoft Loop is evolving rapidly, and is now both a useful standalone tool and an integral part of other core Microsoft 365 features like Teams Meeting Notes, Copilot Pages, Meeting…

Cutting Through All the Fuss About Facilitator: Actual AI Transformation in Meetings

Mark Vale April 13, 2026 No Comments

From Ignite demos to social media noise, a LOT has been said and shown about AI agents in collaboration, including the Facilitator agent for Microsoft Teams meetings. It’s time to…

Measuring Copilot Success with Copilot Analytics

Mark Vale April 13, 2026 No Comments

I love how Copilot Analytics helps us measure actual usage and success for the whole organization and departments, and not just number of active users. The Copilot Dashboard has gone…

Building Your First Agent in Copilot Studio – From Idea to Impact

Mark Vale April 13, 2026 No Comments

Ready to move from consuming AI to creating it? Copilot Studio puts the power of agent development in your hands – no coding degree required. In this session, we’ll take…

Your Microsoft Teams Rollout Isn’t Finished Yet

Mark Vale April 13, 2026 No Comments

Put your hand up if your organisation has rolled out Microsoft Teams. Now keep it up if that rollout reached every nurse, warehouse operative, factory worker, and shop floor associate…

Monetising Meaning: Voice AI and the Next Revenue Frontier for Microsoft Teams

Mark Vale April 13, 2026 No Comments

Teams calls, meetings and PSTN conversations contain insights that largely go unstructured and untapped. This session explores how Voice AI is turning that raw audio into compliance evidence, customer experience…

The Habit Shift that changed Everything: My Copilot Story

Mark Vale April 13, 2026 No Comments

You’d think being a Microsoft MVP meant instant Copilot success. The reality? It took months of hesitation before one simple habit changed everything. In this candid session, I’ll share the…

Copilot is Redefining Your Job (And You Have 12 Months to Adapt)

Mark Vale April 13, 2026 No Comments

Microsoft is embedding AI into every admin portal, and the Teams Admin Center is just the beginning. What happens when routine troubleshooting, user provisioning, and policy management become one-click AI…

Evaluating AI Risk with Microsoft’s Security Dashboard for AI

Mark Vale April 13, 2026 No Comments

As AI adoption accelerates, organisations need clear visibility into AI risks. MVPs Nikki Chapple and Ståle Hansen share frontline experience helping organisations assess GenAI risk by understanding how data is…

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