Kevin McDonnell - Microsoft MVP, Copilot Connection
@kevmcdonk.com
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Microsoft MVP, co-host of @Copilot Connection podcast and Viva Explorer.
Coming to
@espccommunity.bsky.social
in Dublin on December? The ESPC Christmas Ugly Sweater contest is back!!!
www.linkedin.com/posts/kevmcd...
about 1 month ago
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Susie Dent
2 months ago
Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to stay warm and still beneath the covers for as long as humanly possible.
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Luise Freese 👑
3 months ago
✨💻✍Did you know that you can contribute to the
#Microsoft365
platform community blog? We want your posts about how you extend Microsoft 365 - regardless if you are doing this code-first or low-code! 👉 Here is how to get started:
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How to contribute to this blog
Everyone’s voice matters! We want to publish your content on all things you build with code, low-code, no-code on and around Microsoft 365.
https://pnp.github.io/blog/post/contribute-blog/
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Nicole Rust
3 months ago
Kevin wrote the book on this stuff (literally; it’s titled “Innate”). He neither oversimplifies things or overcomplexifies them. Speaking as a brain researcher with decades of experience who has also read and thought about these issues a lot, this thread capture’s what’s what.
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KC Lemson
3 months ago
I vibe coded a free online version of my card game Bedlam, which is like Cards Against Humanity but for techies. Try it out yourself at
www.bedlamgame.com
, play with others at work or add AI players to test it out single player -or use screenshot mode to generate pictures of funny card combos.
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Bedlam the card game
A tech-focused card game similar to Apples to Apples and Cards Against Humanity
https://www.bedlamgame.com/
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Ethan Mollick
4 months ago
The issue with GPT-5 in a nutshell is that unless you pay for model switching & know to use GPT-5 Thinking or Pro, when you ask “GPT-5” you sometimes get the best available AI & sometimes get one of the worst AIs available and you can’t tell and it might even switch within a single conversation.
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ESPC
4 months ago
🌟 Speaker Spotlight 🌟
@kevmcdonk.com
blends 13 years in financial services with deep expertise in Microsoft 365, helping organizations navigate their modern workplace transformation. Don’t miss him at
#ESPC25
!
#MVP
#ModernWorkplace
Full agenda 👉
ow.ly/kcs150VRH2z
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Fabian Williams
4 months ago
Just ran @OpenAI
#GPT0SS120B
locally on my
#MacBookPro
M3 Max (128GB, 40‑core GPU) 🚀 Asked a tricky logic puzzle… it answered before I finished explaining. Watch the drive‑by demo 👉
go.macona.org/openaigptoss...
#AI
#M3Max
#LocalAI
#OpenAI
#SmallLanguageModels
#SLM
#LocalAgents
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https://go.macona.org/openaigptoss120b
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Sarah Young
4 months ago
"Have you ever pushed a hard-coded key to a repo?"
www.youtube.com/shorts/WffwL...
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Have you ever pushed a hard-coded key to a repo?
YouTube video by Microsoft Developer
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WffwL3t7CJM
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Cloud Tech Tallinn
4 months ago
📢 The
#CFS
for Cloud Tech Tallinn 2026 is open! We're seeking sessions to enrich our agenda for the 4th year. Share with your network! We look forward to your contributions. Sign up here 😉:
ctttallinn.cloud/cfs
#VisitTallinn
#CTTT26
#TechCommunity
#PublicSpeaking
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To all the new
#mvpbuzz
award receivers today, huge huge congrats and enjoy that magical buzz! To any still waiting to hear, keep sharing, keep caring and your time will come
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Funniest moment of recent
@codedeploygo.live
?
@julieturner.net
pointing out to
@andrewconnell.com
that the orchestrator in Copilot is definitely a she! That made me properly laugh out loud
4 months ago
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Merill Fernando 💚
4 months ago
Another weekend project launched. This time for the MCP community! VS Code - MCP Install Button Generator Check it out at
VSCodeMCP.com
The backstory: I wanted an easy way for users to one-click install my
Lokka.dev
MCP Server to VSCode
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Ethan Mollick
4 months ago
We now have audited data on water consumption for AI. Over the 18 month lifespan of Mistral Large 2, a 128B model, all water usage (including chats, training; hardware & data centers) took as much water as 678 US households use yearly. Each additional query is 45 mL. (Fixed a conversion error)
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Marijn Somers
5 months ago
The boys try something new: a kind of drinking game while discussing
#Microsoft365
, which some samples we got from the amazing
@vesanopanen.com
. Let's see how far we got!
www.office365distilled.com/167
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Office 365 Distilled | EP167: Vesku Party Questions
The boys try something new this episode. What started as a great idea, turned into a drinking game! Marijn got some great Teerenpeli Finnish whisky samples from Vesa Nopanen (which they always exch...
https://www.office365distilled.com/167
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ESPC
5 months ago
Popcorn at the ready for these blockbuster sessions at
#ESPC25
🍿 🎥 Agentageddon and How to Prevent it ⭐ Starring:
@chuntingford.bsky.social
@kevmcdonk.com
@zoe-365.bsky.social
🎬 Premiere: Dublin, December at ESPC25 Can you guess the movie inspo? 👀 🎟️ Tickets:
ow.ly/yzuy50WgzgK
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Mark Ka$hman
5 months ago
🆕
#KashBox
article | Simple automations for your information and content. ⚙️ Microsoft Lists rules + new demo vid ⚙️ @SharePoint quick steps +
@wonderlaura.bsky.social
vid ⚙️ @MSPowerAutomate flows +
@teacherstech.bsky.social
vid Read & share 📄
kashbox.substack.com/p/automate-y...
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Automate your flow of work
Three simple ways to make Microsoft 365 keep you informed and connected.
https://kashbox.substack.com/p/automate-your-flow-of-work
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fesshole 🧻
5 months ago
Earlier this week I considered being that guy and speaking to my son's school about some of the stuff he's being taught; namely the existence of feminist spiders. Glad I didn't, as long story short, he can't pronounce the word venomous properly.
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Michael Washington
5 months ago
Just Posted: A
#DotNet
#Aspire
project using
#Ollama
to host a local
#Blazor
Chat Bot -
github.com/ADefWebserve...
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GitHub - ADefWebserver/LocalInternalAIChatBot: A DotNet Aspire project using Ollama to host a local Blazor Chat Bot
A DotNet Aspire project using Ollama to host a local Blazor Chat Bot - ADefWebserver/LocalInternalAIChatBot
https://github.com/ADefWebserver/LocalInternalAIChatBot
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Not sure
@tomarbuthnot.bsky.social
planned for wonky lanyards…
5 months ago
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Darrell Webster
6 months ago
Hmm🤔. Was
@microsoft.com
generatively-inspired by
@copilotconnection.com
when they launched their official Microsoft 365 Copilot YouTube channel - “M365 Copilot Connection”❓🤨
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Genevieve Williams, writer of things
6 months ago
Well this couldn’t have come at a better time
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin'
The violin is smaller than a human hair and has "laid the groundwork" for future research.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp92pr5pr48o
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Rocky Lhotka
6 months ago
It is hard to express how consuming decades of
#scifi
books (and media) has prepared me for discussing the intricate possible outcomes of
#llm
#ai
technology. At dinner, to my left a colleague has read a lot of historical analysis books about things like the industrial revolution. Useful! 1/🧵
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@buckleyplanet.bsky.social
so I'm guessing that X is still the place for more engagement on
#CollabTalk
?
6 months ago
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A5 Upskilling with AI means putting out content in ways that people can engage with. Don't just put out a load of written content. Make it conversational and encourage people to share and work together to show where they have been successful.
#CollabTalk
6 months ago
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A6: Success with AI is success. So your metrics for success should be how AI has improved your ability to be successful and should be aligned to you org goals. Below that (especially in a nice OKR structure), you should be looking at adoption usage and value delivered from AI initiatives
#CollabTalk
6 months ago
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A7: Being AI first is not about tech, it's about the culture and the people. Support people to change the habits and processes to work with AI. Enable them to be able to make use of the tech. Review your processes for new ways to take advantage. Be ready for change.
#CollabTalk
6 months ago
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Arrrggghhh, I almost missed
#CollabTalk
! Time to catch up!!!
6 months ago
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Hey folks of
#ECS25
, can I have some more photos please!!! So sad not to be there but your smiling faces make it all good.
@eliostruyf.com
is doing a great job but I need more over here!
6 months ago
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Luke Murray
6 months ago
[Share] AzureFeeds - Newsletter is out! #msbuild 📅 Weekly Update: Saturday, May 17 2025, to Saturda,y May 24 2025
azurefeeds.bmeurl.co...
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ESPC
6 months ago
✨
#ESPC25
Session: The Anatomy of an Agent 🎤 Speaker:
@kevmcdonk.com
This session breaks down the anatomy of AI agents and shows how to build them responsibly
#AIagents
#Copilot
#SemanticKernel
#Microsoft365
#AIdevelopment
Find out more 👉
www.sharepointeurope.com/events/the-a...
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Ashley Willis-McNamara
7 months ago
There are a lot of incredibly talented people on the job market right now. Many of my friends in DevRel, OSPO, program management, and engineering are looking for their next role, some have been searching for months. If you’re hiring, please consider sharing a link to your open roles below. TY ❤️
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Ethan Mollick
7 months ago
In September, 2024, physicians working with AI did better at the Healthbench doctor benchmark than either AI or physicians alone. With the release of o3 and GPT-4.1, AI answers are no longer improved on by physicians Error rates appear to be dropping for newer AI models.
openai.com/index/health...
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Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name Pope Cornetto V
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Ashley Willis-McNamara
7 months ago
I asked a question about vibe coding on here a few days ago and the replies have been living rent-free in my brain ever since. ended up writing a whole post about it. blame y’all. or thank you. not sure which yet. new post:
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Ashley Willis
When I first heard the phrase vibe coding, I rolled my eyes a little. It sounded like another fleeting buzzword, one of those things that shows up in a thread, ...
https://ashley.dev/posts/what-even-is-vibe-coding/
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Lwo tew a
7 months ago
Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins
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Dev Proxy
7 months ago
Check out new Dev Proxy version v0.27 with: - Generating
@typespec.bsky.social
, including auth - Experimental MCP server - Broader support for local language model hosts - Improved JSON schemas ...and more! More info:
devblogs.microsoft.com/microsoft365...
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Congrats to all the newly awarded
#MVPBuzz
this month! Enjoy that giant beaming smile you have earned! To all those still waiting, keep sharing, keep caring and keep talking - you’ll get this!
7 months ago
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Ed Balls
7 months ago
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Wictor Wilén
7 months ago
Did you know that you can now build
@microsoft-copilot.bsky.social
/
#Copilot
agents with
#TTK
that uses people data in
#Microsoft365
for grounding and reasoning!
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...
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Campeones, campeones, ole ole ole!
#YNWA
7 months ago
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This is properly game changing for enterprises. Now get your governance plans in place…
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Sarah Young
7 months ago
MCP just got a huge update so you can delegate the authorisation server to a third party like Entra, a massive security improvement. What a fab community effort
@anthropic.com
! 👏
modelcontextprotocol.io/specificatio...
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Authorization - Model Context Protocol
https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/draft/basic/authorization
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Erwin van Hunen
7 months ago
oh wow... it took some time... but... we released PnP PowerShell 3.0!!! It's a huge release and notice: it's a -breaking- release. Do not blindly upgrade but read the article:
pnp.github.io/blog/pnp-pow...
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PnP PowerShell for v3 released!
PnP PowerShell is a cross-platform PowerShell Module providing 815 (and counting) cmdlets that work with Microsoft 365 environments and more specifically SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft ...
https://pnp.github.io/blog/pnp-powershell/pnp-powershell-v3-0-0/
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7 months ago
We just blogged about agentic RAG with reflection:
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-a...
The post discusses: * The traditional RAG flow * RAG with single-step reflection and search * RAG with multi-step reflection and search (a loop with max turns)
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Sonia Cuff
7 months ago
Great blog on security considerations for those playing with MCP:
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microso...
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Understanding and mitigating security risks in MCP implementations | Microsoft Community Hub
Introducing any new technology can introduce new security challenges or exacerbate existing security risks. In this blog post, we’re going to look at some of...
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/understanding-and-mitigating-security-risks-in-mcp-implementations/4404667
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Simon Hudson | MVP
7 months ago
I was chuffed to receive so much positive feedback on this Practical Scenario. I wish I had
#SharePoint
#Copilot
&
#M365
back when I was a global product manager, developing a portfolio of
#brands
This article would have been a great help too.
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...
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Dev Proxy
7 months ago
We've just released a new beta (v0.27.0-beta.2) with support for generating TypeSpec files (
typespec.io
). Try it and tell us what you think! Reference:
learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-cl...
Release notes:
github.com/dotnet/dev-p...
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Dr Dean Burnett
9 months ago
Managed to disable the Copilot AI 'assistant' on MS Word. Wasn't too hard, although we lost 3 men on the bridge of the swinging blades, and that fifth riddle in front of the immortal guard who sees only truth was a bit tricky.
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