Simon Hudson | MVP
@simonjhudson.bsky.social
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Entrepreneur, Microsoft MVP, co-author of M365 Maturity Model, guitarist, sustainability ⚡☀️🚗🔋317ppm, narrowboater, former physicist & wound care guy, a taste for classic cars, D&D & wine 🍷 https://ferribysustainability.co.uk/ https://noviaworks.co.uk/
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Here's a great #M365 #Copilot tip, courtesy of @rharbridge.bsky.social

#Teams meetings transcripts will often get words & names wrong if they are 'unusual'. Fix that by adding to the Copilot Custom Dictionary...
Go to M365 Admin Center | Copilot | Settings | Other Settings
aka.ms/learncustomd...
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Trees don’t emit a “wide variety” of electromagnetic radiation. That claim’s pseudoscience.
Living near trees is healthy thanks to cleaner air, reduced stress, and better biodiversity, not EMF.
Fir forest therapy, focus on phytoncides and psychological restoration, not speculative emissions.
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I'm exploring it now I have it. What else are you tending to use it for?
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Learn the taxonomy & how to take basic prompts and craft them into truly effective prompts to unlock the full potential of the most powerful AI tools.

Through demonstrations and best practices, you'll gain the knowledge and confidence to make #M365 #Copilot (and other AIs) dance to your tune
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Whatever your role, you need to be brilliant at persuading #AI to do what you want.

Whichever AI tool you prefer, you will learn how to raise your productivity and get better results from AI. Whatever your role, techie, geeky or otherwise, you are welcome.

Join us
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After months of planning, I'm chuffed that the fantastic Kirsty McGrath will join us, all the way from Oz, at M365 North in November.

✨ "AI won't take you job; someone great at AI will" ✨

Tuesday 25th November, from 6:30pm GMT, with Kirsty joining us around 7:30pm

www.meetup.com/m365-north/e...
From Novice to Nimble: Mastering Microsoft 365 Copilot + Ignite Insights, Tue, Nov 25, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
*A complete revelation! Don't miss this session with master prompter Kirsty, an 8xs awarded Microsoft 365 Copilot MVP.* Plus, Ignite Insights **This month we finish with a
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An #MVP in my circle explored using #AI to do a development migration of an existing app.
medium.com/@alonfliess/...

It's brilliantly well written and his insights mean it should be on every developer & CTO's reading list.

#MVPBuzz
The State of Code Agent: Are We Ready?
AI agents are everywhere in today’s conversation about software delivery. The narrative is bold: agentic systems will automate most…
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100+ countries have fossil-fuel imports, saving >$1.3 trillion by #renewable investments.

UK, Germany & Chile have reduced imported coal & gas by a third since 2010, mainly by building wind and solar power.

www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...

% from imports; actual (left); IEA scenario (right)
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After yesterday's interesting #Copilot+#OneDrive event I took a much deeper look at the 'Add shortcut to OneDrive' #SharePoint feature.
Microsoft have declared this as the direction of travel.

At first it looked great. Until I dug deeper. What I found is pretty horrifying. Blog inbound...
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Don’t miss our next #MM4M365 Practitioners call on 21 Oct at 10 EST / 16 CET / 7 PST. The topic is: Revisiting the Communication Competency with guest star⭐ Tara Saylor⭐
📷https://aka.ms/mm4m365/invite
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That was my reaction.
It's a long way off the promise of a smaller cheaper Tesla
Looking at the MG IM5 instead.
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Ooh, I hadn't tried that. Very much an improvement
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I'm delighted that @microsoft.com have fixed another little irritation in #Teams

The Stop Sharing button isn't quite so temptingly close to the Leave meeting button.
It still has a red 'in use' icon but that goes orange when you mouse over it and there's a useful gap.
Much. Better.
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I'm looking forward to this #MM4M365 practitioner session a lot:
www.meetup.com/global-micro...

I wrote much of the original competency & associated articles, but things move on, technology changes. Tara brings a great new perspective.
Join us to get involved & elevate your Communications Maturity
Maturity Model for Microsoft 365 Practitioners, Tue, Oct 21, 2025, 7:00 AM | Meetup
📅 On October 21 2025, the topic is: Revisiting the Communications Competency with ✨ Guest star ✨ Tara Saylor Tara presented with us when we first presented the Communicat
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At our Collabdays Bletchley session @matswarnolf.bsky.social & I shared a fun little Information Architect survey, “Are you a dishwasher Fascist?”

If you want to check what kind of an Information Architect you might be you can now take the survey too.
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

#SharePoint
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I use #Microsoft #Planner and #ToDo for lightweight project management, preferring its simplicity. The announcement of a unified Planner, To Do, and Project experience, had me spooked.

My initial article missed the impacts for the ordinary user.

So I rewrote it: noviaworks.co.uk/2025/09/24/p...
Planner roadmap – from SharePoint to Dataverse
I use Microsoft Planner and To Do for lightweight project management, preferring its simplicity. The announcement of a unified Planner experience merging Planner, To Do, and Project, had me spooked…
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That looks like a fun car.

The article itself is equally interesting, talking about the unintended impacts of safety legislation etc on ALL vehicle weight, consumption and cost.
#EV & ICE are both way more expensive and heavy than they used to be.

www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
Dacia's Beetle moment! The Hipster is the 800kg, sub-£15k electric car you've been waiting for | Autocar
Shorter than a Fiat 500 and lighter than a Mazda MX-5 yet seats four and has all the power and range you need
www.autocar.co.uk
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September #UK car sales

Pure #EV & plug in hybrids up, again.
Petrol static again.
Diesel plummets, again.

Overall sales up, driven by EVs.

Pure battery electric cars are within 1% of pure petrol vehicles, and in track for overtaking petrol this year.

www.smmt.co.uk/september-ne...

#NetZero
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Deploying lots of cheap renewables makes electricity cheap. We all know that but here’s a solid example.