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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. How Microsoft, Zoom, and Cisco Are Approaching AI Differently With Kevin Kieller, enableUC

    -3 d.

    How Microsoft, Zoom, and Cisco Are Approaching AI Differently With Kevin Kieller, enableUC

    Kevin Kieller, Co-Founder and Lead Analyst at enableUC, discusses how the major unified communications vendors are taking distinctly different approaches to AI and what this means for IT professionals and organisations. • How Microsoft, Zoom, and Cisco are each pursuing different AI strategies, from rapid deployment to simplicity-first to proactive ambient intelligence • Why UCaaS platforms have reached feature parity on core capabilities and what that means for vendor selection • The shift towards consumption-based AI pricing and the challenge of balancing enterprise cost predictability with encouraging adoption • Why data and context matter more than having the best model, and the risks when AI assistants access information without clear boundaries • Google's underappreciated position in the AI and collaboration space despite strong foundations in DeepMind and Gemini • Why vendors may be over-rotating on agentic AI and the importance of focusing on real business outcomes rather than technology for its own sake • How AI is reshaping the role of IT admins and why technology professionals need to keep pace with rapid change • The growing importance of edge AI processing for meeting rooms and video systems Thanks to Momentum, this episode's sponsor, for their continued support of Empowering.Cloud.

    40 min
  2. Microsoft Scout Explained: Microsoft's OpenClaw-based AI Autopilot Agent That Works for You 24/7

    23. juni

    Microsoft Scout Explained: Microsoft's OpenClaw-based AI Autopilot Agent That Works for You 24/7

    Michel Bouman, AI Powered Workplace Lead EMEA, India and SEA - Teams Engineering at Microsoft, shares a deep dive into Microsoft Scout, the new desktop AI autopilot that acts on your behalf around the clock. • What Microsoft Scout is, how it evolved from Project Lobster, and how it differs from Copilot Chat and Copilot Cowork • How Michel onboarded a personal agent called Red to manage email triage, calendar scheduling, and complex multi-step reporting tasks • Real-world autonomous workflows including expense filing, booking appointments, and even monitoring EV battery charge for road trips • Agent-to-agent orchestration in practice and how teams share skills and automations across their agents • The security model behind Scout, including resistance to prompt injection and impersonation safeguards • The psychology of working alongside AI agents, why treating them as human can be a risk, and Michel's upcoming book "When Your Next New Hire Isn't Human" Thanks to Momentum, this episode's sponsor, for their continued support of Empowering.Cloud.

    39 min
  3. Copilot Cowork vs. Scout with Microsoft's Alev Tamer and Chris Wheeler

    16. juni

    Copilot Cowork vs. Scout with Microsoft's Alev Tamer and Chris Wheeler

    Alev Tamer, Sr. Partner Solution Architect at Microsoft, and Chris Wheeler, Senior Copilot Solution Engineer at Microsoft, discuss the latest Microsoft Copilot announcements fresh from Microsoft Build. • Multi-model strategy: how Microsoft brings together models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Microsoft AI to offer genuine choice • Critique and Council: using multiple models to validate and challenge each other's outputs for improved accuracy • The DRACO (Deep Research Accuracy, Completeness, and Objectivity) benchmark and how Research with Critic achieves the highest score for deep research completeness and accuracy • Copilot Cowork vs Scout: cloud-based fire-and-forget task execution versus local desktop agent capabilities • Work IQ as the personalisation layer that makes Copilot genuinely relevant to your role and daily work • Real-world use cases including automated demo pack generation, fitness apps built on Azure, NHS website creation and AI-assisted performance reviews • Skills and plugins: creating reusable instruction sets for repetitive tasks and new integrations including Dynamics 365 and Fabric IQ • Data residency and security: navigating Anthropic data processing, EU data boundaries and flex routing for European organisations Thanks to Shure, this episode's sponsor, for their continued support of Empowering.Cloud

    37 min
  4. Microsoft Planner Roadmap - AI Agents, API and MCP With Howard Crow, Director of Product, Microsoft

    9. juni

    Microsoft Planner Roadmap - AI Agents, API and MCP With Howard Crow, Director of Product, Microsoft

    Howard Crow, Director of Product at Microsoft, joins the podcast to discuss the evolution of Microsoft Planner, its deep integration with Microsoft Teams, and the growing role of AI agents in work management. • Howard shares his nearly 30-year journey at Microsoft, from the founding days of SharePoint to leading the Planner and Project teams • The genesis of Microsoft Planner and how it democratised project management beyond specialist tools like Microsoft Project • Microsoft's unification strategy, bringing To Do, Planner, and Project for the Web together under a single Planner brand • How Planner integrates deeply with Microsoft Teams across meetings, channels, and chats • The Planner Agent and Microsoft's multi-agent runtime service, the first production multi-agent harness shipped at Microsoft • How MCP (Model Context Protocol) is becoming the "USB for APIs" and unlocking new integrations for Planner • The future of work: managing teams of humans and AI agents together, and why a visual planning surface matters for knowledge workers Thanks to Luware, this episode's sponsor, for their continued support of Empowering.Cloud

    31 min
  5. Microsoft 365 AI Workplace Update June 2026

    8. juni

    Microsoft 365 AI Workplace Update June 2026

    MVP Tom Arbuthnot shares all the latest Microsoft Teams and Copilot news and announcements in less than 15 minutes for June 2026.  Many thanks to Pure-IP for their continued support.  The Copilot Super App Is ComingScout and AutopilotsNVIDIA-Powered LaptopsWindows Optimisations for Open Claw and Local AgentsWork IQ and Web IQ APIs GAProject Solara — Agent-First Hardware Devices, Powered by MDEP7 New Microsoft AI ModelsTeams Devices NewsLink to the deck Useful Links:  Briefings  • 4 Ways to Improve Customer Experience With Landis Contact Center for Microsoft Teams  • First Look at the Neat Board 32 Microsoft Teams Rooms With MDEP  • The Lenovo Microsoft Teams Rooms Portfolio Explained and the Huddly Partnership  • Decoding Dynamics 365 Contact Center: Microsoft Teams Voice, New AI Agents, and Licensing  Teams Insider Podcasts  • Microsoft Teams Facilitator: The First Group AI Agent for Meetings With Madhu Sudan, Microsoft  • Microsoft Teams Call Quality Dashboard (CQD): Intelligent Classifiers, Silent Test Call and Power BI  • Microsoft 365 Message Center and M365 Change Explained with Brian McGough, Principal Program Manager  • Microsoft 365 Agents Explained - Declarative, Copilot Studio, Pro-Code or Skills in Copilot Cowork?  Microsoft Build 2026: Be yourself at work  GitHub Copilot app: the agent-native desktop experience  What's New in Microsoft 365 Copilot — May 2026  Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes  Introducing Microsoft Scout: your always-on personal agent  Project Lobster is Microsoft Scout  Introducing Surface Laptop Ultra: Made for world makers  Surface Laptop Ultra product page  Windows platform security for AI agents  Announcing the new Work IQ APIs  Work IQ: production-ready intelligence for every agent  Announcing Microsoft Web IQ  Composing a new platform for agent-first devices  Microsoft Device Ecosystem Platform documentation  Microsoft Build 2026 Live blog  Building a hill-climbing machine: launching seven new MAI models  Build, scale, and monetize apps and agents with Microsoft Marketplace  Certified Android-based devices for Microsoft Teams  More choice and flexibility: Cisco Board Pro Certified for Microsoft Teams Rooms  Q-SYS QSP-11 Scheduling Panel

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

    3. juni

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

    26. mai

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

    19. mai

    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
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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
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    2023 - 2026
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