Microsoft Teams Finally Makes Draft Messages Easy to Find

If you’ve ever started typing a message in Microsoft Teams, got interrupted, and then completely forgotten where that draft went — you’re not alone. The good news? Microsoft is fixing this. A new Drafts quick view in Microsoft Teams is rolling out that makes it easy to find, finish,

How to Clean Messy Data in Excel with Agent Mode and One Prompt

Excel's desktop version now has Agent Mode in Copilot, and it is incredible. I've already used it to build a complete dashboard automatically, and now I want to show you how it can clean messy data with a single prompt. Identify the Data Problems In this

🎉 Headed to My First Microsoft MVP Summit (In Person!) – March 24–26, 2026

I am incredibly excited to share that I’ll be attending the Microsoft MVP Summit in person this year from March 24–26, 2026 — and this one is extra special because it will be my first time attending the Summit in person as a first‑year Microsoft MVP! Being named

Schedule Meetings Faster with Outlook Time Suggestions

Scheduling meetings in Outlook often means checking each person's calendar, guessing at available times, and sending back-and-forth emails. Outlook's new Time Suggestions feature eliminates that friction — it uses Exchange to scan everyone's calendar and automatically surface the next five times all attendees are free.

Excel Just Got a Brain: Copilot Function & Formula Completion - Live Stream

Live Stream on YouTube and LinkedIn - March 18, 2026

Excel Copilot AGENT MODE: Build Dashboards and Apply Formatting Hands-Free

Microsoft is rolling out Agent Mode for Copilot in Excel, and it represents a major step forward from the standard Copilot experience. Agent Mode doesn't just suggest changes—it executes them directly, without requiring you to click Apply after every action. In this guide, we walk through where

How to Share Copilot Prompts in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft 365 Copilot now lets you share prompts and AI-generated responses directly into a Microsoft Teams group chat. Instead of copying and pasting results, you can send them to your team with a single click and start a conversation around the output. This feature requires a paid Microsoft 365 Copilot

Use Copilot to Translate Your PowerPoint Presentations Quickly

What this translation feature does and why it matters Copilot in Microsoft 365 can now translate entire presentations into another language with a few clicks. I tried it in PowerPoint on the web (it also appears in the desktop app) and found the experience fast and straightforward. Instead of copying

How to Extract Numbers from Text in Excel with REGEXEXTRACT

Excel's REGEXEXTRACT function lets you pull numbers (or any pattern) out of a text string using regular expressions. Unlike functions like TEXTAFTER or TEXTBEFORE that depend on consistent delimiters, REGEXEXTRACT works with messy, inconsistent data — it finds the pattern wherever it appears. In this walkthrough, you'll

How to Ask Questions About Documents Using Copilot in Microsoft Word

Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word can do more than just draft content. You can use it to extract specific information from documents, ask questions about what is in them, and even generate standalone files from the answers. In this walkthrough, Chris demonstrates how to query an employee handbook about dress

Excel FORMULA Completion vs COPILOT(): When to Use Each Feature

I use both Formula Completion and the Copilot function in Excel every week. They require a paid Microsoft 365 Copilot license. They solve different problems, and when you combine them, you can move from repetitive calculations to higher-level text analysis and data cleanup in minutes. Below, I explain what each

Smart Reply Suggestions in Outlook with Microsoft Copilot

If you have a Microsoft 365 Copilot license, there is a small Outlook feature that cuts the time I spend replying to email by a huge margin. I use it every day at my full-time job, and it genuinely saves me minutes—sometimes hours—every week. YouTube Video - Outlook