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Therman has been saying for years that Terminator 2 might come true. Then Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned, warning that "there's a strong chance these AIs could take over," and his former colleague Evan Hubinger put the chance of AI killing all humans at more than 10% within the next decade. So should business owners be worried? Nick argues that the AI you're rolling out and the frontier...

Nick got a new PC, and then trouble started with Claude. Lots of local projects, no instructions on how to move them to a new device. Two days in and some things still aren't working. So, this begs the question. Where else are the AI vendors locking us in without us even noticing? Microsoft 365 was a breeze to get up and running, but how exactly do you back up your Microsoft Copilot scheduled...

Microsoft 365 Copilot is getting (another) rename. This is the fourth variation in three years, and yet again understanding what feature lives where has become more complicated. Now as Microsoft Copilot, the consumer and business and enterprise versions are coming together, but the Microsoft 365 Copilot name has vanished completely. 🎙️ FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR TOPIC OR GUEST Microsoft Copilot overv...

The latest Copilot craze is creating HTML dashboards for your data, but have we really thought this through? AI users must manage risk and one of the biggest risks remains lack of verification of output. 🎙️ FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR TOPIC OR GUESTWhat's New in Copilot in SharePoint: August 2026 - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/whats-new-in-copilot-in-sharepoint-august-2026/45354...

A new Gartner report suggests AI is having an impact on entry-level hiring. But the biggest takeaway isn't on impact, it's where the impact is coming from, with 22% of organizations seeing at least one leader not hiring entry-level roles at all. Tools like Microsoft 365 Copilot are great, but do they justify this response, or is it just a performative reflex to a misguided view of how AI s...

The range of models available in Microsoft 365 Copilot is growing, and it's making the product more complex for users and admins, even while making it better. So, should you care, and who should care? The answer is different depending on your user profile, interest, and what work you're trying to do. But it opens up a lot more Microsoft 365 adoption questions. 🎙️ FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR TO...

Therman upset some people with a social media post. But this underlines a bigger point where too often discussions about technology pit everyday users against the IT professionals in their organizations. Whether discussing Microsoft 365, Copilot, or SharePoint, or any other tech, culture and cultural fit needs to be at the forefront of our thinking. And too often it gets pushed to the back. 🎙️ FIN...

Microsoft has shipped Copilot Cowork to general availability, but unlike every other existing Microsoft 365 Copilot feature, this one is going to come with a real bill every time you use it. This is a trend we have been seeing across the AI industry, but what will the impact of these new costs be, and, for workers concerned about AI's impact on jobs, is this good news? 🎙️ FIND OUT MORE ABOUT O...

Therman is wondering about his Excel processes. Just when is it time to upgrade to AI? And will AI even offer an upgrade for what he's trying to do? In an age of AI everything, if what you do already works, should you even be looking at alternatives? The media landscape around us and the tech vendors say yes, for many their common sense says no, but what's the right answer? 📢 MICROSOFT 36...

We're joined by Greg Zelfond, SharePoint Maven, a true expert in the SharePoint community. The discussion: What's AI meaning for SharePoint and how does the future direction of this platform look in a world of Microsoft 365 Copilot? Greg, Therman, and Nick all have interesting perspectives on SharePoint AI-focused and non-AI-focused future. 🎙️ FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR TOPIC OR GUEST Greg on...

We're joined by Michael Bargury, CTO at Zenity, and one of the leading voices in AI agent security. We talk about why AI is a different type of IT risk. Whether Microsoft is doing enough about agent security with Agent 365. And even what Michael's team at Zenity got up to when OpenClaw first released. 🎙️ FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR TOPIC OR GUEST Michael Bargury on LinkedIn - https://www.linke...

If you're a company of more than 2,000 users, Microsoft is removing a big aspect of Copilot Chat from those who don't have a full Microsoft 365 Copilot license. But they aren't the only ones: GitHub has recently been restricting new signups for some tiers of GitHub Copilot and even Anthropic has indicated changes in access for Pro tier users to Claude Code. This may be the start of a b...

Just as Microsoft has announced more Anthropic Claude integration into Microsoft 365 Copilot, Anthropic has announced a new connector available to all Claude users to access Microsoft 365 data. What should you know about third-party AI connectors into Microsoft 365, what are the risks, and is Shadow AI such a big deal if we think about the future of employment? 🎙️ FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR TOPIC OR...

The Claude AI tool from Anthropic has been delighting business users with features such as Claude Cowork; and increasingly Microsoft has been making the transition to being multi-model by integrating Claude into Microsoft 365 Copilot. Now, with the imminent arrival of Copilot Cowork, Microsoft's biggest bet on Claude and Anthropic today, Therman asks what all the hype is about. 🎙️ FIND OUT MOR...

We are joined by Karuana Gatimu, Director of Customer Advocacy at Microsoft. Fresh from SharePoint's 25th birthday celebration, we ask her what lessons from that quarter-century adoption journey are now being turned to Microsoft 365 Copilot by Microsoft. How does this history support our AI future? 🎙️ FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR TOPIC OR GUEST Karuana on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karu...

The way AI CEOs talk about their technology seems disconnected from reality. Should we really be concerned that next year Copilot will be doing our jobs and 80% of us will be unemployed? Therman doesn't think so, and Nick largely agrees. 📢 MICROSOFT 365 BUSINESS BOOST Brought to you by Nick DeCourcy from Bright Ideas Agency and Therman Trotman from The SharePoint Helpdesk, Microsoft 365 Busin...

AI agents are making the news, for really good and really bad reasons at the same time. Is the rise of ClawdBot (or MoltBot, or OpenClaw) showing us the start of utopian future or a dystopia? 📢 MICROSOFT 365 BUSINESS BOOST Brought to you by Nick DeCourcy from Bright Ideas Agency and Therman Trotman from The SharePoint Helpdesk, Microsoft 365 Business Boost is a bi-weekly podcast focused on helpin...

We are joined by Howdang Rashid of Powercademy to discuss the future of Power Platform in the Copilot age 📢 MICROSOFT 365 BUSINESS BOOST Brought to you by Nick DeCourcy from Bright Ideas Agency and Therman Trotman from The SharePoint Helpdesk, Microsoft 365 Business Boost is a bi-weekly podcast focused on helping demystify Microsoft 365 and drive better business value from its adoption. 🔗 CONNEC...

As SharePoint turns 25 in 2026, what are our thoughts on this foundational technology for Microsoft 365, for Microsoft 365 Copilot, and its future. 📢 MICROSOFT 365 BUSINESS BOOST Brought to you by Nick DeCourcy from Bright Ideas Agency and Therman Trotman from The SharePoint Helpdesk, Microsoft 365 Business Boost is a bi-weekly podcast focused on helping demystify Microsoft 365 and drive better b...

If you're thinking about how to approach technology in 2026, we have some simple advice: get back to basics. 📢 MICROSOFT 365 BUSINESS BOOST Brought to you by Nick DeCourcy from Bright Ideas Agency and Therman Trotman from The SharePoint Helpdesk, Microsoft 365 Business Boost is a bi-weekly podcast focused on helping demystify Microsoft 365 and drive better business value from its adoption. 🔗 CON...

Nick, Therman, and special guests, Ami Diamond and David Dresner, review how 2025 went for Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and the Microsoft productivity ecosystem.

Microsoft 365 Copilot Business has just launched, making Copilot - a business-grade AI solution - more financially accessible than ever. But Therman poses an important question - who is this for and what should we regard as an enterprise AI solution?

This week was #MSIgnite and it was time for a new take on AI from Microsoft, more human-centered and humbler. So, what does this mean for the next year of Microsoft 365 Copilot technology?

AI is not equally useful to everyone. Even in the same company, for people in similar types of roles, experience makes a very big difference. This was the point of the latest episode of ‪@shanselman‬ 's podcast with Mark Russinovich, but Nick and Therman think these points can go further. Just what do these gaps mean? What should we do about them? And are we, or the AI-at-all-costs CEOs who are di...

We are joined by Darrell Webster ( ‪@DarrellaaS‬ ), Modern Work Mentor, and a Microsoft Loop MVP, to discuss all things Microsoft 365 collaboration, Loop, and Copilot. Darrell is not just a technology expert, but an expert in how to connect people with the benefits of that technology. His YouTube content is informative and entertaining in equal parts. 🔗 CONNECT WITH THERMAN LinkedIn - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...