Build NEXT-LEVEL Copilot Agents with VS Code & GitHub Copilot

AI adoption is reshaping the workplace — but are people actually ready, and are the systems around them keeping up? In this episode, Shervin is joined by Georgia Barnasa, Microsoft Cognitive AI Architect based in Switzerland, to unpack what Microsoft's 2026 Work Trend Index really reveals about how organizations and individuals are navigating this shift.From the role of manager support in driving AI readiness, to why authenticity may become the most valuable human skill in an AI-saturated world, this conversation goes deep on the human side of AI. Subscribe and leave a review to help others find the show!⏩ Make sure to visit our website for more AI videos, blogs, and podcasts: https://cosi.proThis Podcast represents the opinions of Shervin Shaffie and his guests to the video and does not reflect the opinions of Microsoft, affiliates, or the companies with which this video's participants are affiliated with.© 2020–Present Collaboration Simplified. All rights reserved. Collaboration Simplified® is a registered trademark of Shervin Shaffie.

Build your own AI-powered Personal Dashboard with Microsoft Copilot and Copilot Cowork. In this video, I’ll show you how I created a custom AI Command Center that helps me prioritize my day, focus on what matters most, and stay ahead of emails, meetings, projects, Teams chats, KPIs, overdue tasks, calendar load, and more with automatic hourly updates in one centralized view. I’m Shervin Shaffie, Copilot Principal Engineer at Microsoft, and in this step-by-step tutorial you’ll learn how to build a personalized productivity dashboard. I’m also sharing the exact prompts and recipe so you can customize it for your own workflow.⏩ You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/kXP88J94BOEThis Podcast represents the opinions of Shervin Shaffie and his guests to the video and does not reflect the opinions of Microsoft, affiliates, or the companies with which this video's participants are affiliated with.© 2020–Present Collaboration Simplified. All rights reserved. Collaboration Simplified® is a registered trademark of Shervin Shaffie.

Join Shervin Shaffie, Copilot Principal Engineer at Microsoft as he talks about the major updates to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and why you should use it.⏩ You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/fPnucwgIizgThis Podcast represents the opinions of Shervin Shaffie and his guests to the video and does not reflect the opinions of Microsoft, affiliates, or the companies with which this video's participants are affiliated with.© 2020–Present Collaboration Simplified. All rights reserved. Collaboration Simplified® is a registered trademark of Shervin Shaffie.

Join Shervin Shaffie, Copilot Principal Engineer at Microsoft, as he demonstrates how to automate your entire post-meeting workflow. Shervin uses Copilot Cowork to build a custom skill that gets all your meeting work done by creating documents and emails on your behalf.⏩ You can watch this Podcast as a video here: https://youtu.be/CNWQjuoOzM0This Podcast represents the opinions of Shervin Shaffie and his guests to the video and does not reflect the opinions of Microsoft, affiliates, or the companies with which this video's participants are affiliated with.© 2020–Present Collaboration Simplified. All rights reserved. Collaboration Simplified® is a registered trademark of Shervin Shaffie.

Join Shervin Shaffie, Copilot Principal Engineer at Microsoft, as he demonstrates how to automate your entire post-meeting workflow. Shervin uses Copilot Cowork to build a custom skill that gets all your meeting work done by creating documents and emails on your behalf.⏩ You can watch this Podcast as a video here: https://youtu.be/CtdUujOpNzIThis Podcast represents the opinions of Shervin Shaffie and his guests to the video and does not reflect the opinions of Microsoft, affiliates, or the companies with which this video's participants are affiliated with.© 2020–Present Collaboration Simplified. All rights reserved. Collaboration Simplified® is a registered trademark of Shervin Shaffie.

In this deep dive tutorial, you'll learn how to turn a basic Microsoft Copilot agent into a powerful agentic solution using VS Code, GitHub Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Work IQ.⏩ You can watch this Podcast as a video here: https://youtu.be/TrZ6fKBENB8This Podcast represents the opinions of Shervin Shaffie and his guests to the video and does not reflect the opinions of Microsoft, affiliates, or the companies with which this video's participants are affiliated with.

Join Shervin Shaffie, Copilot Principal Engineer at Microsoft, as he demonstrates how to build a Copilot agent that thinks like your boss and improves your work before they ever see it.⏩ You can watch this Podcast as a video here: https://youtu.be/_NWL-OfaV7MThis Podcast represents the opinions of Shervin Shaffie and his guests to the video and does not reflect the opinions of Microsoft, affiliates, or the companies with which this video's participants are affiliated with.

Claude Cowork inspired it. Microsoft Copilot Cowork delivers agentic workflow to Microsoft 365—automate tasks across Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel with AI.⏩ You can watch this Podcast as a video here: https://youtu.be/CmcngCt7hhIThis Podcast represents the opinions of Shervin Shaffie and his guests to the video and does not reflect the opinions of Microsoft, affiliates, or the companies with which this video's participants are affiliated with.

In this video, Shervin Shaffie, Copilot Principal Engineer at Microsoft, compares the latest models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI by running the same AI agent in Microsoft Copilot Studio three times, each time powered by a different LLM.⏩ You can watch this Podcast as a video here: https://youtu.be/imhVISEduToThis Podcast represents the opinions of Shervin Shaffie and his guests to the video and does not reflect the opinions of Microsoft, affiliates, or the companies with which this video's participants are affiliated with.

Conversation with Sue Vencill, Copilot Solutions Engineer at Microsoft focused on accessibility tools AI enables. Here are the links Sue mentions in the Podcast:More logical navigation through Word documents for screen readersVoice Access for Accessibility | Microsoft WindowsGet started with voice access - Microsoft SupportAccessibility Assistant updates: Smarter handling of tables and shapesWindows 11 Accessibility Features | MicrosoftAccessibility Technology & Tools | Microsoft Accessibility⏩ Make sure to visit my YouTube Channel, Collaboration Simplified for more AI videos: https://www.youtube.com/@CollaborationSimplifiedThis Podcast represents the opinions of Shervin Shaffie and his guests to the video and does not reflect the opinions of Microsoft, affiliates, or the companies with which this video's participants are affiliated with.