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July 25, 2025
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Mastering Copilot Feels Just Like Playing the Piano — Here’s Why

Microsoft Copilot is an incredible tool. Yet, in my work with clients (I’ve probably taught Copilot in some form to nearly 50 different companies), I continue to be surprised at how most organisations are overlooking this opportunity to transform their business processes. 
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Deploy Agile Budgeting and Forecasting to Accelerate Value Creation
March 27, 2026
What’s new:Budgeting and forecasting processes are no longer routine financial compliance exercises. Today, leading organisations are leveraging these processes as a strategic discipline to set targets, allocate resources and establish goals that drive both financial discipline and strategic business decisions.
Microsoft Copilot for Finance: From Productivity to Finance Transformation
March 27, 2026
Finance organisations are at a pivotal moment. What began as AI experimentation for productivity is now becoming functional transformation, with Microsoft Copilot enabling finance teams to accelerate analysis, reduce manual effort and deliver higher value insights.
Five key takeaways from Microsoft’s digital defence report
March 17, 2026
Microsoft’s Digital Defence Report 2025 reinforces what we see every day with our clients: attacks are faster, AI is elevating both threat capability and business opportunity and the security assumptions we have relied on no longer hold. As I work with CISOs and executive teams navigating this new terrain, several themes stand out that I believe deserve sharper focus. Below are the five takeaways I consider most…
Rapid Mitigation Strategies for Salesforce Marketing Cloud’s Encryption Changes
March 5, 2026
On January 21, 2026, a platform-wide security update in Salesforce Marketing Cloud generated an issue that caused links in previously sent emails to stop working. Salesforce Security identified a vulnerability within Marketing Cloud Engagement and responded by deploying enhanced encryption across the platform. While this critical update strengthens data protection, it exposes a risk to organisations that requires…
This is What Happens When Combining SAP + Cloud + Integration is Done Right
February 25, 2026
As companies grow and diversify, regardless of industry, their technology environments often become fragmented, with multiple applications and platforms operating in silos. This fragmentation leads to operational inefficiencies, higher costs and difficulty in responding to evolving customer expectations.
From Gridlock to Governance: The Case for a High-Performing Architecture Review Board
February 23, 2026
In brief:The cost of architectural non-governance: More than half of companies are spending more than a quarter of their technology budgets on remediation, much of it architectural. (link) This is money not spent on business enablement and alignment.AI is raising the stakes: The explosion of AI and other emerging technologies has dramatically increased the volume and complexity of architectural decisions, making…
A Guide to Navigating the Upcoming Licensing Changes for Dynamics 365
February 9, 2026
On January 15, 2026, stricter license compliance will be enforced, requiring all users to have assigned licenses in Power Platform Admin Center (PPAC) to access Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) applications. This change will ensure that only authorised users with the appropriate license assignment can access or manage applications.
The Lakehouse Performance Boost: How Fabric’s Materialised Lake Views Save Time and Resources
February 9, 2026
Those who work in the data world, especially with a modern platform like Microsoft Fabric, are likely familiar with medallion architecture, where data is carefully moved from its raw bronze state to a cleaned and conformed silver layer and finally to a business-ready gold layer.
AI Agents are Here. 7 Steps to Prepare
February 9, 2026
AI agents are no longer a futuristic concept - they are a practical, transformative force that is reshaping industries. One of the most impactful uses of AI today is the development and deployment of agents: systems that independently perform tasks, interact with data and even collaborate with people to enhance efficiency, reduce costs and drive innovation.
Microsoft Copilot for Fabric: A Double-Edged Accelerator of Operational Efficiency and Risk
February 9, 2026
Organisations are continuously seeking ways to enhance productivity and streamline operations. AI-powered tools have emerged as game-changing enhancements, promising to accelerate output and improve efficiency. Since the introduction of Microsoft Copilot early in 2023, a number of Copilot solutions have been introduced to meet AI needs across organisations.
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