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Tom Arbuthnot

Microsoft Teams discussions with industry experts sharing their thoughts and insights with Tom Arbuthnot of Empowering.Cloud. Podcast not affiliated, associated with, or endorsed by Microsoft.

  1. Microsoft Teams Facilitator: The First Group AI Agent for Meetings With Madhu Sudan, Microsoft

    hace 2 días

    Microsoft Teams Facilitator: The First Group AI Agent for Meetings With Madhu Sudan, Microsoft

    Madhu Sudan, Partner Director of Engineering at Microsoft, discusses Microsoft Teams Facilitator, a first-of-its-kind group AI agent built to actively collaborate with entire teams during meetings. • How Facilitator differs from Copilot: group-level support vs one-to-one assistance • Real-time note-taking, action item assignment, and meeting moderation built into Microsoft Teams • Proactive capabilities including knowledge gap detection, quorum checking, and late-joiner recaps • The permissioning model that keeps group conversations secure and prevents data leakage • Plans for meeting series memory and bringing cross-meeting context to future sessions • Extensibility with other Microsoft Teams agents and Microsoft 365 data Thanks to AVI-SPL, this episode's sponsor, for their continued support of Empowering.Cloud

    19 min
  2. Microsoft Teams Call Quality Dashboard (CQD): Intelligent Classifiers, Silent Test Call and Power BI

    26 may

    Microsoft Teams Call Quality Dashboard (CQD): Intelligent Classifiers, Silent Test Call and Power BI

    James Parkes, Senior Product Manager for Microsoft Teams Call Quality Management, Siunie Sutjahjo, Principal Product Manager for Microsoft Teams Meeting, and Victor Guzman, Senior Technical Program Manager, all at Microsoft, discuss the latest advances in Microsoft Teams call quality tools and reporting. • How CQD has evolved from on-prem monitoring to cloud-scale Power BI reporting with over 45 report pages in the latest v5.3 release • The new intelligent classifiers: around 40 models that move beyond legacy network averages, using real user feedback as ground truth to pinpoint issues at the device, compute and network level • How remote and local models identify whether a quality issue originates from a user's machine, their network or a dominant participant affecting others in the call • A walkthrough of the Power BI QER reports, including the search report, user health details and media health as starting points for troubleshooting • Silent test call: a full bi-directional media stream test for proactively evaluating network readiness, available for Microsoft Teams Premium users • Admin-initiated remote log collection: how IT admins can now pull client logs directly from the Teams Admin Centre without relying on end users Thanks to Neat, this episode's sponsor, for their continued support of Empowering.Cloud

    52 min
  3. Microsoft 365 Message Center and M365 Change Explained with Brian McGough, Principal Program Manager

    19 may

    Microsoft 365 Message Center and M365 Change Explained with Brian McGough, Principal Program Manager

    Brian McGough, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, gives a behind-the-scenes look at how change communications work across the Microsoft 365 ecosystem and what's coming next. • How Message Center has grown from 50 posts a month to over 225, and the operational complexity behind keeping hundreds of live posts up to date • The targeting system behind Message Center, from licensing-based filtering to tenant-specific notifications across multiple clouds including GCC, GCC High, and DoD • Microsoft's modernised approach to change management, introducing frontier, standard, and deferred release options that give admins more control over when changes reach their users • The new MCP servers for Message Center and Roadmap data, and how they unlock conversational, tenant-grounded insights • Why customer feedback on Message Center posts genuinely drives change, including stopping feature rollouts and reversing retirements Thanks to Landis, this episode's sponsor, for their continued support of Empowering.Cloud

    39 min
  4. Microsoft 365 AI Workplace Update May 2026

    13 may

    Microsoft 365 AI Workplace Update May 2026

    MVP Tom Arbuthnot shares all the latest Microsoft Teams and Copilot news and announcements in less than 15 minutes for May 2026. Many thanks to Logitech for their continued support. • Microsoft 365 E7 and Agent 365 GA • New Models in Copilot • Cowork gets Skills, Plugins and Mobile • AI Skills in SharePoint • Modernising M365 Change Management – New MCPs • Teams Phone Multi-line GA • Teams Devices News & New Devices • Upcoming Events  Useful Links:  Briefings Understanding Express Install for Microsoft Teams Rooms Microsoft 365 Roadmap and Azure Updates (Roadmap) MCP Explained FIRST LOOK: Neat Board 32 & Neat Pad Pro - Devices for Every Meeting Room NEW Neat Board 32 & Neat Pad Pro: Full Product Walkthrough & Key Features Teams Insider Podcasts What is Microsoft 365 Frontier, Work IQ, Cowork and Agent 365 with a Copilot Global Black Belt Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork Explained with Bas Brekelmans, Software Engineer at Microsoft Creating a First Class Microsoft Teams Rooms Experience at Their New London HQ with Damian Lewis at BSI Microsoft Teams for Frontline Workers: Market Opportunity and Enterprise Mobility with Spectralink

    15 min
  5. Microsoft 365 Agents Explained - Declarative, Copilot Studio, Pro-Code or Skills in Copilot Cowork?

    12 may

    Microsoft 365 Agents Explained - Declarative, Copilot Studio, Pro-Code or Skills in Copilot Cowork?

    Graham Hosking, Senior AI Solutions Engineer at Microsoft, discusses Copilot Skills, Cowork, and the rapidly evolving world of agentic AI across the Microsoft stack. • How businesses are navigating AI adoption and why there is no silver bullet for enterprise AI • What Copilot Cowork is and how it takes Microsoft 365 Copilot to the next level with multi-threaded task automation • Skills as reusable blocks of instructions that simplify complex business processes like RFPs without needing multiple agents • The spectrum from declarative agents to Copilot Studio to pro-code solutions on Azure Foundry • MCP servers and plugins extending Cowork's reach to third-party systems like Salesforce • Computer use arriving via Windows 365 plugins, unlocking automation for legacy systems without APIs • Sovereign data considerations and Anthropic model availability across Europe Thanks to Barco, this episode's sponsor, for their continued support of Empowering.Cloud.

    39 min
  6. What is Microsoft 365 Frontier, Work IQ, Cowork and Agent 365 with a Copilot Global Black Belt

    7 may

    What is Microsoft 365 Frontier, Work IQ, Cowork and Agent 365 with a Copilot Global Black Belt

    Brett Johnson, Copilot Global Black Belt at Microsoft, returns for a second discussion to decode some of the biggest developments in the Microsoft 365 Copilot ecosystem. • What the Frontier Program is, how it differs from public preview, and how organisations can get early access to the latest AI innovations on a per-user basis • How Anthropic models are now integrated into Microsoft 365 Copilot, including data sovereignty considerations and the path to EU availability • Work IQ explained: the intelligence layer combining Microsoft Graph, memory and real-time inference to supercharge Copilot experiences • Cowork in action: how the Anthropic-powered agent creates documents, manages calendars and processes complex multi-step tasks in a secure cloud container • Brett's vibe coding journey, building an astrophotography automation tool with Claude and VS Code, and why personal AI projects accelerate workplace adoption • Agent 365 goes GA: what it means for governing, managing and securing the growing number of AI agents across organisations, including third-party integration via the Agent 365 SDK Thanks to Luware, this episode's sponsor, for their continued support of Empowering.Cloud

    36 min
  7. Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork Explained with Bas Brekelmans, Software Engineer at Microsoft

    28 abr

    Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork Explained with Bas Brekelmans, Software Engineer at Microsoft

    Bas Brekelmans, Software Engineer at Microsoft, focused on Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork, explains its architecture and use cases. • How Copilot Cowork runs entirely in the Cloud, unlike local machine-based alternatives, enabling enterprise-grade security, audit and compliance • The multi-model approach using Anthropic's Sonnet and Opus, with the flexibility to switch to the best available model • Built-in and personal skills for calendar management, document generation and automated workflows • Extensibility through MCP servers, enabling integration with third-party and line-of-business applications • Scheduled tasks and autonomous email handling that save hours of manual work each day • Enterprise compliance features including Purview integration, eDiscovery support and rich audit logs Thanks to Crestron, this episode's sponsor, for their continued support of Empowering.Cloud

    34 min
  8. Damian Lewis at BSI on Creating a First Class Microsoft Teams Rooms Experience at Their New London HQ

    21 abr

    Damian Lewis at BSI on Creating a First Class Microsoft Teams Rooms Experience at Their New London HQ

    Damian Lewis, Digital Workplace Specialist at BSI, shares the story of designing and deploying Microsoft Teams Rooms across BSI's new London headquarters, the Acre. • Moving from an antiquated AV setup to a fully cable-free, Microsoft Teams-centric environment • The spectrum of room types: from Jabra PanaCast BYOD “hot offices” to Neat Board Pro casual spaces, and full multi-camera divisible Q-SYS rooms with presenter tracking • How proof-of-concept testing in the old office helped shape vendor selection for Jabra, Neat, and Q-SYS • Room booking with Matrix integrated into Microsoft 365, including scheduling panels across hot offices, parenting spaces, and multi-faith rooms • User adoption lessons: building champions, online inductions, and fortnightly AV "ask me anything" sessions to bring colleagues up to speed • Managing a global Microsoft Teams Rooms footprint from Sydney to San Jose using Jabra Pro Portal and OEM tooling • Replicating the adoption playbook at BSI's North America office and planning for smaller-scale rollouts at existing sites Thanks to Jabra, this episode's sponsor, for their continued support of Empowering.Cloud

    27 min
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Microsoft Teams discussions with industry experts sharing their thoughts and insights with Tom Arbuthnot of Empowering.Cloud. Podcast not affiliated, associated with, or endorsed by Microsoft.

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    Tom Arbuthnot
  • Años de actividad
    2023 - 2026
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