Blog archive · Page 13

What we are learning, as we learn it.

318 posts on AI at work, Copilot, the Power Platform, SharePoint and Teams, plus the honest account of rebuilding a business while the ground moves.

SharePoint & Microsoft 365

Use the C.L.E.A.R. Framework to Reduce Microsoft 365 Overload

A practical five-part framework for choosing which Microsoft 365 changes to control, automate, communicate, measure and review.

Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 3 min

AI & Copilot Strategy

Use the OpenAI API in Power Automate: Accounts, Cost and Safer Setup

Connect Power Automate to the OpenAI API without confusing ChatGPT access, API billing, premium connectors, privacy or production governanc…

Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 2 min

Microsoft Teams

What a Microsoft Teams LMS Must Do Before You Buy It

A practical requirements checklist for choosing an LMS that works with Microsoft Teams, including identity, records, accessibility, reporti…

Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 3 min

Power Apps

What Can Power Apps Do? Capabilities, Limits and Good Use Cases

Understand what Power Apps can build, when canvas or model-driven apps fit, how data and automation connect, and the licensing, security an…

Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 4 min

SharePoint & Microsoft 365

What Does a Microsoft 365 Licensing Partner Actually Do?

A practical guide to Microsoft 365 licensing partners: what they can manage, what remains your responsibility, and the questions to ask bef…

Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 3 min

Business Strategy & Learning

What Intranet Insights 2024 Still Teaches Us About SharePoint

A sober review of the durable SharePoint intranet lessons from Intranet Insights 2024, including ownership, findability, Viva Connections a…

Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 3 min

AI & Copilot Strategy

What Is an AI Agent? A Practical Test Behind the Buzzword

A practical definition of AI agents, the components that make them different from chat, and the controls required before they can act on bu…

Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 2 min

AI & Copilot Strategy

What Should a Workplace AI Usage Policy Cover?

Build an AI usage policy around approved tools, data rules, human decisions, testing, disclosure, incidents, suppliers, records and regular…

Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 3 min

Business Strategy & Learning

Where Power Platform Developers Can Get Useful Help

Choose a Power Platform community by the help you need: troubleshooting, product changes, local peers, reusable code, long-form demonstrati…

Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 5 min

AI & Copilot Strategy

Which Microsoft Copilot Do You Have? A Current Product Map

Understand Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Chat, the consumer Copilot and Copilot Studio without relying on stale names or prices.

Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 3 min

AI & Copilot Strategy

Why Hire a Consultant When ChatGPT Is Available?

A consultant cannot compete with AI on generic answers. Build value around diagnosis, evidence, implementation, adoption and accountable de…

Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 3 min

AI & Copilot Strategy

Will AI Take Your Job? A Task-Level Answer for 2026

AI exposure is not the same as job loss. Use a task-level audit to see what can be automated, what needs human judgement and what to streng…

Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 3 min

AI & Copilot Strategy

Will AI Take Your Job? Start with the Tasks, Not the Headline

A task-level way to assess how generative AI may change your job, based on current ILO evidence rather than lists of roles supposedly doome…

Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 3 min

AI & Copilot Strategy

Your MBA Is Not Obsolete: Use AI to Test the Work, Not Your Worth

A practical task audit for managers who feel their hard-won judgement is being devalued by AI, with a measured route from anxiety to eviden…

Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 2 min

SharePoint & Microsoft 365

How to Save Time with Microsoft 365 Without Inventing the Hours

A measurable method for reducing repeated Microsoft 365 work with Teams, SharePoint, Planner and Power Automate without making imaginary pr…

Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 3 min

Keep up with the change

Pulse tells you what changed and what to do about it.

A short weekday read on the AI and Microsoft 365 changes that actually alter how the work gets done.

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