Announcing your PPCC and Ignite plan | Episode 93

Start your week with the Microsoft news you actually need to know. Heather Cook and Karuana Gatimu welcome TEDx speaker Nisaini Rexach to talk about how social wealth can transform your career. Plus: Microsoft's plan to secure the agentic insider, new Microsoft Sovereign Cloud controls, Claude in Microsoft Copilot coming into the EU Data Boundary, more than 25 new finance skills for Microsoft Copilot and a new data engineering agent for Fabric. And your final countdown to Microsoft Ignite!

Start your week with the Microsoft news you actually need to know. Heather Cook and Jonathan Jones welcome back Tuwanda Perez Emmanuel to share what public sector customers told Microsoft they want, then dig into Judson Althoff's look at how customers are putting Copilot and agents to work at scale, the new Microsoft Copilot harness, and a major OneDrive upgrade for Copilot, sharing and photos. Plus, the community events to catch before Microsoft Ignite!

Start your week with the Microsoft news you actually need to know. Heather Cook and Jonathan Jones are joined by Rachel Solomon Nambi, Senior Product Marketing Manager, with what's new across Microsoft 365 and Copilot. Plus Microsoft 365 Copilot becoming available without a Microsoft 365 base subscription, Copilot for legal reaching general availability in Word and Cowork, and the deadline to move your App Builder apps!

Start your week with the Microsoft news you actually need to know. Heather Cook and Jonathan Jones are joined by April Dunnam, Principal Cloud Advocate, with a game plan for the Power Platform Community Conference and Microsoft Ignite. Plus Microsoft's move to run its AI on its own Azure Maia chips, how the FORGE Lab is using AI to find vulnerabilities before attackers do, and Teams Phone Agent reaching general availability!

Start your week with the Microsoft news you actually need to know. Ryan Roslansky is leaving Microsoft after 18 years, and the Microsoft 365 reporting lines are changing with him. Heather Cook and Jonathan Jones also cover the 2026 Digital Defense Report, how Copilot pricing now splits into a license and credits, a new streaming transcription model, and Fabric IQ. Plus Njeri Grevious joins to give a close look at the new Home experience in Microsoft Copilot!

Start your week with the Microsoft news you actually need to know. Heather Cook and Jonathan Jones take you through Microsoft's new quantum research center in Maryland, where DARPA now has hands-on access to the Majorana 2 system for the first time. Plus the latest diffusion report puts worldwide AI use at 18.8%, with the gap between the Global North and South still widening, and an AI-run attack erases a cloud estate in seven minutes.

Start your week with the Microsoft news you actually need to know. Heather Cook and Jonathan Jones are joined by Microsoft MVP Sharda Kaur on her journey from Student Ambassador to MVP, and what she has learned building with Microsoft 365 and AI agents. Plus the biggest Copilot update yet with Home, Code and Autopilot, and Microsoft rebuilds the security operations center for the agentic era. Join us!

Start your week with the Microsoft news you actually need to know. This week, Heather Cook and Jonathan Jones cover the Humanist AI Code of Conduct that Microsoft published for its own models, and a new Safe Participation Framework for young people using AI. DC Padur also joins us for a closer look at SharePoint app in Teams!

Mondays at Microsoft is your weekly source for the latest Microsoft news, AI innovation, product updates, industry insights, and community events — this week hosted by Heather Cook and Jonathan Jones!

In this episode Mondays at Microsoft, Heather Cook and Jonathan Jones explore one of the biggest cloud privacy stories of the year as the House advances historic reforms aimed at increasing transparency around government access to customer data. Tuwanda Perez Emmanuel joins discuss AI readiness, Copilot adoption, and how organizations can become Frontier Ready!