Best Zoe Wilson and Kevin McDonnell Podcasts (2025)

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Ep 29 - Copilot Wave 2 Spring Release 51:41

3d ago51:41

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Send us a text News, news, news - we have lots of new news! Zoe and Kevin discuss the latest announcements from Microsoft about Copilot Wave 2 Spring Release. We delve into the significance of the Work Trend Index, the new user interface and search experience, and the introduction of memory and notebooks features. Then we dig into the management an…

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Ep 28 - Copilot and AI in Healthcare with Gary Raife 1:00:38

18d ago1:00:38

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Send us a text In this episode of Copilot Connection, Zoe and Kevin are joined by Gary Raife to discuss the transformative potential of AI and Microsoft Copilot in the healthcare sector. We explore the challenges of interoperability, the role of AI in enhancing patient care, and the exciting developments of Dragon Copilot. The conversation also tou…

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Ep 27 - Being responsible with Chris Huntingford 55:47

2M ago55:47

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Send us a text How responsible are you with AI? Zoe Wilson and Kevin McDonnell are joined this week by Chris Huntingford (Director of AI at ANS among many other things!), focusing on responsible AI practices, data management, and the socio-economic impacts of technology. We covered the importance of transparency, accountability, and ethical practic…

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Ep 26 - A prompt dive into prompting 41:12

2M ago41:12

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Send us a text In this episode of Copilot Connection, Kevin goes solo and dives deep into the world of Microsoft Copilot, exploring the intricacies of prompt engineering and the practical applications of prompts in enhancing productivity. He discusses various techniques for effective prompting, the significance of community contributions, and how t…

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Ep 25 - The latest roadmap for M365 Copilot 56:40

3M ago56:40

56:40

Send us a text In this episode of Copilot Connection, Zoe and Kevin discuss the latest roadmap items for Microsoft 365 Copilot, highlighting Teams, Microsoft 365 apps, Extensibility, SharePoint, Admin and Purview. Hear about the latest batches coming in February and March and what it could mean to you. Takeaways Roadmap updates indicate a significa…

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Ep 24 - Copilot Chat and the future of work 45:31

3M ago45:31

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Send us a text In this episode of Copilot Connection, hosts Zoe Wilson and Kevin McDonnell discuss the evolution of Microsoft's Copilot ecosystem, including the recent announcement of Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. They explore the implications of AI agents in business, insights from the Microsoft Research Future of Work report, and the importance of …

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Ep 23 - a look back and some thoughts on AI strategy 1:06:04

4M ago1:06:04

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Send us a text In this episode, Zoe and Kevin discuss their thoughts on the biggest topics of the year in Copilot and what that means for next year before Kevin goes solo to talk about the importance of building a comprehensive AI strategy centered around Microsoft Copilot. They explore the evolution of AI tools, the need for alignment with organiz…

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Ep 22 - Unpacking Microsoft Ignite 49:59

5M ago49:59

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Send us a text With Zoe stuffed full of deep pan pizza and Kevin trying to recover from the remote FOMO, we discuss the key takeaways from Microsoft Ignite 2024 focusing on the latest Copilot updates, the role of agents, integration and alignment at Microsoft, security updates, and more. We explore the significance of the Prompt Gallery and the evo…

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Ep 21 - Agents, AI Models and more pre-Ignite updates 40:12

5M ago40:12

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Send us a text In this episode of Copilot Connection, hosts Zoe and Kevin discuss the latest developments in the Copilot space, share insights from recent events like Scottish Summit and anticipate upcoming announcements from Ignite. They explore the significance of agents in the AI landscape, the challenges of governance, and the evolution of AI m…

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Ep 20 - A new Copilot and what to see at Ignite 45:10

7M ago45:10

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Send us a text In this episode of the Copilot Connection, hosts Zoe Wilson and Kevin McDonnell discuss the latest updates in the Microsoft Copilot ecosystem, including a new feature called Copilot Labs (not Lab...), insights from the upcoming Microsoft Ignite conference, and the importance of AI integration in business. They also touch on the signi…

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Ep 19 - Celebrating our birthday with Copilot Wave 2 58:23

7M ago58:23

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Send us a text It's our birthday today! We've managed to pull together some fantastic guests including Loryan Strant, Caroline Kallin and Tom Morgan to help us celebrate by sharing their thoughts on Copilot Wave 2 so hear what we thought and then a few interviews that we have been able to do. Great summary post from Sara Fennah on all the useful li…

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Ep 18 - Summer Copilot News Recap 39:40

8M ago39:40

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Send us a text As the days in the UK get shorter, the grass looks brown and tired and the kids looked bored and ready for school, it's time to recap some of the news that has crept out while many were distracted with holidays. There's certainly been a few things coming through as momentum builds towards the second conference season of year. Zoe and…

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Ep 17 - Month of Copilot highlights 38:21

10M ago38:21

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Send us a text After a slightly quieter time on the podcast, Kevin and Zoe are back and we pick some of the Month of Copilot sessions to share some interesting ideas from them that will interest you. Check out the rest of the Month of Copilot sessions in the Copilot Connection - YouTube. Kevin mentioned Commsverse and Experts Live UK so check out t…

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Ep 16 - Recap from Microsoft Build 2024 with focus on Copilot extensions 1:00:26

11M ago1:00:26

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Send us a text In this episode of the Copilot Connection, Kevin McDonnell is joined by Garry Trinder, a developer advocate at Microsoft focused on Microsoft 365 and Copilot. With Microsoft Build taking place this week, they recap the Copilot related news that came out with a special focus on extensions and custom copilots. Plenty of chat about why …

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Ep 15 - The roadmap for Copilot for Microsoft 365 1:08:19

12M ago1:08:19

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Send us a text With all the announcements made last week at the M365 Conf in Orlando, Zoe and Kevin take a dive into the roadmap to see what is coming up in the short to medium term. With a lot of key updates around Excel, cross application capabilities and graph grounded chat in other applications, take a listen to find out what you can expect in …

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Ep 14 - Copilot Readiness with Michal Pisarek 1:19:05

1y ago1:19:05

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Send us a text Is your tenant ready for Copilot? Do you know what needs to be done to be ready? This week, Kevin was joined by Michal Pisarek, CEO and Janitor at Orchestry, who has been involved in governance in Microsoft 365 for many years. We talk about Copilot Readiness and three key areas for governance: - Understand the environment - Review ov…

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Ep 13 - Copilot for Security with Ru Campbell 43:49

1y ago43:49

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Send us a text With Copilot for Security released on 1 April, we thought we should bring some real experience of trying it out from one of the top MVPs in Security. Ru Campbell (Twitter, LinkedIn) joined us to talk about: - What is Copilot Security? - What is it used for and by who? - How has his experience with it been compared with the marketing?…

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Ep 12l - MVP Summit bonus with Mark Rackley 5:04

1y ago5:04

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Send us a text Twelth of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Mark Rackley Mark thinks that copilot is a vague term that can mean different things to different people, and he wants to help people understand what it is. Mark has some great use cases like finding presentations that were shared with him …

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Ep 12k - MVP Summit bonus with Angeliki Patsiavou 6:01

1y ago6:01

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Send us a text Eleven of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Angeliki Patsiavou Angeliki sees copilot as a way to increase productivity, creativity, and innovation for individuals, teams, and organizations. She uses copilot for M365 to get technical content and learn about power FX queries and functi…

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Ep 12j - MVP Summit bonus with Angel David Carillo 6:22

1y ago6:22

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Send us a text Tenth of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Angel David Carillo Angel uses Copilot a lot in Microsoft Teams, especially for searching for information. He finds it easier and faster than using other tools or navigating to the location of the information. He also uses Copilot as his per…

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Ep 12i - MVP Summit bonus with Pragati Jain 7:31

1y ago7:31

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Send us a text Ninth of Twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Pragati Jain Pragati finds Copilot helpful to start developing something, add comments to her calculations, and learn PySpark coding but worries that Copilot is not always right and she needs to validate results. Listen to find out how she t…

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Ep 12h - MVP Summit bonus with Gosia Borzecka 3:50

1y ago3:50

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Send us a text Eighth of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Gosia Borzecka Gosia works in the AI space and talks here about the comparisons between Copilot Studio and AI Studio/Azure Search. Listen to find out more about how she thinks that this plays with Copilot. 🐱‍💻 Gosia (Małgorzata) Borzęcka | …

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Ep 12g - MVP Summit bonus with Chris Lloyd-Jones 4:57

1y ago4:57

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Send us a text Seventh of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Chris Lloyd-Jones Chris was impressed by how GitHub Copilot could generate code from comments and help him achieve a flow state. Listen to find out how he thinks the Copilots could follow him across applications. Listen to find out which a…

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Ep 12f - MVP Summit bonus with Rishi Sapra 7:58

1y ago7:58

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Send us a text Sixth of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Rishi Sapra Rishi sees Copilot as a tool for creativity and insight, rather than automation. He thinks it can help technologists understand the business questions and the data model better Listen to find out which areas of Copilot frustrate …

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Ep 12e - MVP Summit bonus with Vesa Juvonen 6:14

1y ago6:14

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Send us a text Fifth of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Vesa Juvonen Vesa is a principal product manager in the Microsoft 365 platform who works remotely from Seattle. He is excited about Copilot's potential to increase productivity and innovation for enterprise customers. Listen to hear his favo…

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Ep 12d - MVP Summit bonus with Simon Doy 7:14

1y ago7:14

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Send us a text Fourth of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Simon Doy Simon likes the development side of things and breaking down application barriers with Copilot. He is excited about the opportunities to bring business data and take actions with Copilot. Listen to find out how he used Copilot to …

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Ep 12c - MVP Summit bonus with Marc Anderson 9:51

1y ago9:51

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Send us a text Third of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Marc D Anderson Marc is a natural skeptic who thinks that Copilot often gives unsatisfying or wrong answers that require extra thinking and verification. Find out what he thinks about the longevity and Return on Investment (ROI) of Copilot a…

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Ep 12b - MVP Summit bonus with Tom Morgan 5:11

1y ago5:11

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Send us a text Second of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Tom Morgan Tom uses GitHub Copilot to develop things on Microsoft 365 platform, and finds it useful for taking out some of the tedious tasks that he already knows how to do as well as learning with it. Listen to find out how he built using …

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Ep 12a - MVP Summit bonus with Darrell Webster 5:55

1y ago5:55

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Send us a text One of twelve mini episodes as we bring our interviews from MVP Summit. Interviewee today - Darrell Webster Darryl is a change manager and adoption specialist who likes creating videos and helping people make sense of technology. Find out what he thinks about Copilot and the insights it can bring as well as the areas of concern he ha…

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Ep 12 - inspired by the MVP Summit 1:00:06

1y ago1:00:06

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Send us a text After a small pause due to travel, we are back with our thoughts from the MVP Summit without jeopardising our NDAs. As well as those thoughts, we pick up on the latest news and play a longer interview with Aaron Reich, CTO of Avanade, covering his thoughts and views on the Copilots, recorded live on the Microsoft campus. Listen to th…

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Ep 11 - Busting Copilot Myths 43:21

1y ago43:21

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Send us a text With more and more people getting access to all the different Copilots, there are more myths that are appearing online. So, in this episode, Zoe and Kevin take a look at some of those myths and either bust them or add the detail behind the truth of each of them, Plus, we highlight some of the latest news along the way including some …

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Ep 10 - Starting the extensibility story 34:16

1y ago34:16

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Send us a text In this podcast episode, Kevin runs solo to talk about the extensibility of Copilot. he covers the impact of Copilot on organizations, how to prepare for it, and how to extend it. The episode also features interviews with Garry Trinder (developer advocate at Microsoft) and Anoop Tatti (Team Lead at Advania), who share their experienc…

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Ep 9 - Feeding the 300 42:34

1+ y ago42:34

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Send us a text Welcome to this episode of the Copilot Connection podcast, where we share the latest news, insights, and capabilities of the Microsoft Copilots ecosystem. In this episode, your hosts Kevin and Zoe discuss the latest announcements in the copilot space, including the lifting of the 300 seat limit and the availability of Copilot Pro. Th…

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Ep 8 - Looking ahead to 2024 41:45

1+ y ago41:45

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Send us a text In a slight change of schedule, Zoe and Kevin decided to talk about the year ahead and some thoughts as to the big topics. There was a little news to cover as well, especially for all those who love buttons. We also asked Copilot to do a summary of the show so here's that version! In this episode of Copilot Connection, Kevin and Zoe …

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Ep 7 - Copilot Connection at ESPC part 2 1:05:04

1+ y ago1:05:04

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Send us a text Following on from the last episode, we continue with some of the interviews from ESPC23 in Amsterdam with guests Heather Cook, Karoliina Kettukari and Gabriel Ho from Microsoft. Hear what they think about what Copilot means to them, the transformation that people will see, what people should prepare for and what they hope will happen…

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Ep 6 - Copilot Connection at ESPC part 1 48:42

1+ y ago48:42

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Send us a text For the first in a series of interviews from ESPC, we have Karuana Gatimu and Richard Harbridge from the expo floor at ESPC. Plus, the latest news including GA for Copilot for Service, info on a Copilot for Viva Glint and a reminder about our Custom Copilot Connection Challenge. Announcing Microsoft Copilot for Service - Microsoft Dy…

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Ep 5 - Copilot in Ignite 51:42

1+ y ago51:42

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Send us a text Zoe and Kevin share all the big Ignite news with insider information from Zoe who was over in Seattle. We also have interviews with Dona Sarkar, Ana Ines Urrutia and Raymond Comvalius fresh from Ignite. Kevin also announced the Custom Copilot Connection Challenge, asking you all to build Copilots that can consume all the amazing Igni…

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Ep 4 - Dynamics Customer Service and Sustainability with Tricia Sinclair 45:14

1+ y ago45:14

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Send us a text We are joined by Tricia Sinclair, Microsoft MVP, CRM Tech Architect at Avanade and quiz host extraordinaire. Together, we talk about the latest news, how Copilot is changing Customer Service with Dynamics and the issues and considerations around Sustainability for Copilot and the wider Generative AI ecosystem. M365 Copilot General Av…

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Ep 3 - the A-Z of Copilot from South Coast Summit 48:18

1+ y ago48:18

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Send us a text After an exciting South Coast Summit, Kevin and Zoe sit down to discuss what has been happening in the news around Copilot and share the A-Z of Copilot with you. Power Platform Copilot GA https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/build-better-apps-faster-copilot-in-power-apps-is-now-generally-available/ Power Platform Prompt Library…

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Ep 2 - Interviews at Experts Live Europe 43:16

1+ y ago43:16

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Send us a text Zoe and Kevin share the latest news on Copilot with Copilot for OneDrive and all sorts from Microsoft Power Platform Conference and then we play some short interviews with Stale Hansen, Ragnar Heil and Marijn Somers and chat about our thoughts on them. Useful links: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-onedrive-blog/unvei…

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Ep 1 - Welcome to the Copilot Connection 18:44

1+ y ago18:44

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Send us a text Welcome to Copilot Connection, the podcast that explores the world of Microsoft Copilots! Join your hosts, Zoe Wilson and Kevin McDonnell, as they take you on a journey through the different Copilots available and how they can help you in your day-to-day life. From the newly launch date announced Microsoft 365 Copilot to the Dynamics…

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