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GPT-5 Meets Microsoft 365 Copilot
GPT 5 arrives in Microsoft 365 Copilot, bringing smarter routing between fast replies and deep reasoning. Four new roadmap updates are close behind: PowerPoint generation from Copilot Pages (499425), Teams recaps to SharePoint News (498494), Copilot Chat email attachment summarization (499657), and mobile voice chat. Here’s what leaders can implement now—and the practices that unlock value.

Chris McNulty
20 hours ago4 min read


Why Agentic AI Needs a Human Heart and a Historical Compass
Agentic AI holds immense promise but carries risks, echoing past tech revolutions like the telegraph, Internet, and social media. Its impact—positive or negative—hinges on our approach to design, governance, and ethics. Learning from history, we must shape AI with care, balancing innovation and responsibility.

Chris McNulty
Aug 54 min read


Content without Compromise – Inside the M-Files & Microsoft Alliance
In this Polaris episode, Synozur’s CTO Chris McNulty, along with Ryan Barry of M-Files and Ian Story of Microsoft, explores how a first-of-its-kind partnership between M-Files and Microsoft is revolutionizing content management – uniting AI-powered intelligent document workflows with the Microsoft 365 platform to eliminate content silos and unlock new value from enterprise data.

Chris McNulty
Aug 47 min read


Driving Productivity: Copilot from Driver’s Seat to Board Seat
Microsoft 365 Copilot’s latest updates are putting AI everywhere you work – even in your car. This blog post explores how Mercedes-Benz is turning the car into a “third workspace” with Teams and Copilot, new Copilot features that convert emails, documents, and meetings into audio summaries, four productivity-boosting Copilot upgrades (from voice activation to Excel-PowerPoint integration), and an AI tool that builds SharePoint pages for you.

Chris McNulty
Jul 3013 min read


The King of Data Migration Magic with Jordan (Uytterhagen)
Free your data from legacy systems and learn how to prepare for an AI‑driven future in this Polaris episode featuring Cadence Solutions CEO Jordan Utytterhagen.

Chris McNulty
Jul 237 min read


The Future of Copilot – The Magnificent Seven
This week’s Summer of Copilot article explores new features that could make Microsoft 365 Copilot even more powerful for business users. From a unified Copilot chat that follows you across Outlook, Teams, and Excel, to smart prompt templates that simplify complex requests, to the newly announced Copilot Memory for personalized AI responses – we cover it all. Other highlights include an AI meeting scheduler to automate calendar chaos, interactive “podcast-style” AI summaries.

Chris McNulty
Jul 2115 min read


AI in Action: How New Copilot Features are Changing Content Management and Productivity
This post explores how AI tools like Copilot and SharePoint Autofill are transforming content management and productivity. Emphasizing human-centered adoption, it highlights practical strategies, user engagement, and recent advancements making AI integration smoother and more impactful for organizations.

Chris McNulty
Jul 1317 min read


Co-Piloting the Future – Custom AI Agents with Enterprise Control
As Copilot Studio and Microsoft’s Copilot Control System set the stage for secure, enterprise-ready AI, the following #SummerOfCopilot updates explore real-world adoption, key innovations, and practical tips to help organizations maximize the promise and power of Copilot and agents.

Chris McNulty
Jul 1116 min read


Synergy over Silos – the New Age of Knowledge
An eye-opening conversation with Gabe Karawani on how ClearPeople turns fragmented enterprise knowledge into a competitive advantage through integrated AI and smart knowledge management.

Chris McNulty
Jul 117 min read


Copilot Goes Ubiquitous
In Week 4 of my #SummerOfCopilot series on LinkedIn, we explored how AI is becoming embedded in the modern workplace, from the apps we use every day to the depths of our company intranet.

Chris McNulty
Jul 712 min read


M-Files and Microsoft: A New Era of Document Management
Discover how M-Files and Microsoft are transforming document management. Their new partnership integrates M-Files’ intelligent platform with Microsoft 365’s powerful cloud, offering seamless, native document storage and new possibilities for your business.

Chris McNulty
Jul 16 min read


From Tacit Knowledge to Talking Agents: Navigating Copilot’s Next Evolution
I’m posting daily series of Copilot updates on LinkedIn – the #SummerOfCopilot series. For the most recent completed week (through June 22) I covered Copilot for Viva Engage; MCP and A2A protocols for AI integration, and upcoming enhancements to Copilot Notebooks.

Chris McNulty
Jun 3010 min read


Trends and Insights from Microsoft’s Latest AI Innovations
We're kicking off our #SummerOfCopilot LinkedIn series - and our #MonthOfAgents series as well!

Chris McNulty
Jun 212 min read


Building Delight - Inside Microsoft Product Management
In our latest Polaris episode, I sat down with Sean Squires to demystify what product managers at Microsoft really do. We explored...

Chris McNulty
Jun 178 min read


AI-Powered SharePoint Updates: Faster Document Automation, Better Data – and Why You Should Care
SharePoint is getting smarter with AI, and it’s a big win for business. At a recent conference, Microsoft wowed the crowd by showing Autofill columns that use GPT-4 to auto-extract info or summaries from documents – no more manual data entry. They also unveiled a Sensitive Info AI model that finds things like emails & phone numbers in your files in seconds (great for compliance). These features are now generally available and affordable (about $0.005 per page, with 100 pages

Chris McNulty
Jun 109 min read


SharePoint eSignature Transforms Business Documents
The integration of SharePoint eSignature into Microsoft Word revolutionizes digital workflows by enabling document signing without leaving the app. Users can collaborate, add signature fields, and save signed documents automatically to SharePoint, maintaining security and compliance. This feature streamlines processes for contracts, NDAs, and more, saving time while enhancing control and accessibility.

Chris McNulty
Jun 95 min read


Introducing Microsoft Copilot Notebooks – A Quick Take
Microsoft enters the AI-powered notebook space with Copilot Notebook, a tool in its early stages but rich with potential. While not yet matching Google’s established NotebookLM, known for features like audio summaries, mind mapping, and real-time collaboration, Copilot Notebook hints at a promising future. As it evolves, it could challenge the standard NotebookLM has set, redefining how users engage with AI to organize and synthesize information. The race for innovation is on

Chris McNulty
Jun 25 min read


AI Realities: More Than Meets the Avatar with Michael Cutajar
Join us on Polaris as we explore AI-powered avatars with our expert guest, Michael Cutajar of InteractiveAvatars.AI

Chris McNulty
Apr 13 min read


Why AI?
AI lacks intrinsic human values and requires human intervention to ensure ethical and accurate outputs.

Andrew Borg
Mar 253 min read


Synozur at AI+IM Summit 2025
Synozur will be presenting at next week’s AI+IM Summit at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, March 31 – April 2, 2025.

Chris McNulty
Mar 242 min read
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