Sorry, I think this was my fault 😂

The slow news cycle in the Microsoft world in the last couple of weeks may have been due to MVP Summit, which ended this week. Many product groups (basically all of them) were preparing presentations to MVPs on all the upcoming features and initiatives. Now that MVP Summit is over, we get news and roadmap updates. So….my bad 😊

If it’s any consolation, I know what Microsoft is up to, and where products will be headed. While the information is under NDA (super-duper top secret) and I can’t discuss it, I can say progress is definitely not slowing down. SharePoint has an amazing team behind it and they’ll be delivering the features we need. I’m so excited and am already planning my content for this year as well as upcoming years.

It’s very safe to say that AI agents will play a major part in how we work, with both Microsoft as well as organizations creating their own agents to modernize processes and tasks.

I’m going to be covering more topics around agents, including using the first-party Microsoft-developed ones, but also how you can create these. It’s WAY easier than you think. In fact, even what Microsoft calls “Pro Code agents” is easy for non-developers. I’ll start introducing these concepts slowly, the way you’re used to from me, and let’s go from there. And none of them will use Power Platform development. At least not the agents I’ll be talking about. Copilot Studio has its place, for sure, but creating agents outside of that are equally as powerful and can also do things that the Copilot Studio ones can’t. It’s also easier to understand, in my opinion.

Let me know if you’ve got burning questions on how this stuff works. The first burning question I’ll cover is the whole “Copilot versus agents” thing, since many people are confused by that. Even I was at first, but it’s crystal clear, as I’ll explain in the video.

Don’t Worry. I’m not giving up on my SharePoint content by any means and won’t even slow down with it. SharePoint and agents definitely exist in the same world and work together to create solutions that will blow your mind.

By the way, my colleague and I won one of the SharePoint Hackathon categories!! You’ll find the news post about it below. I saw many of you in the live stream and it was SO COOL to see!! Thanks for embracing this great competition. I’m honored to have even come close to winning, much less actually win! Thank you for being there ❤️

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