M365 North User Group
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M365 North User Group
@m365north.bsky.social
Running since 2014, the M365 North User Group is a friendly community who share knowledge, best practices, ideas and skills.
We have monthly sessions, predominantly online, featuring Microsoft 365, Azure and Power Platform experts, and global MVPs.
Claymation came up in conversation about different way to present content using #AI

So we thought it would be appropriate to get a group 'photo'
We invite you to say who might be whom.

Kirsty McGrath | Simon Doy | Dylan Hayes | Simon Hudson
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Think carefully about the traps. #AI can seem so confident (and easy) that it comes with risks.
Questions should be asked by people who know something about the answer
Double check the answers!! Get others to input/review.

Thinking... fast and slow
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Examples of #AI prompts; of increasing quality
(note the GCSE structure - see above).

Then use some conversation controls
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
#AI is great at creating demonstration data

If you want to do demos with fictional data it'll do it for you at scale. That also works in Excel etc.
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
#Copilot understands a lot of languages. Over a 100; plus the variants on those
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Define the tone you want the reply or document should be couched in.

Or ask #AI what it thinks your style or tone is and may ask it to emulate it.
And maybe ask it to warn you if you are not being yourself... in communications.
Also ask it to help you with inclusiveness.
And maybe change the POV
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Also tell #AI what kind of output you want. It'll handle more than you expect..
It'll handle Markdown formatting too
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
'Mega verbs' used to tell AI what you want, ~200 of them!

Learn many of them. The order makes a difference.

Tell #AI what content sources to use. It's fine to say, 'All communication', or me specific if appropriate - emails, teams messages, this file, conversations with that person, for example.
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
To begin with talk to AI like an intern. As it learns about you (and v.v) it can take on different roles.

Good conversations follow he GCSE model
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The #Copilot journey starts with building out skills at the base, i.e. staff. That's what enables departmental and finally organisational productivity

Copilot is surfaced in many user applications (experiences in MS-speak); however many organisations try to jump straight to the organisational AI
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Copilot is grounded in the #MicrosoftGraph, which means all this stuff.
i.e. most of the content and communication that flows through #Microsoft365 within your organisation.
Yes, it's secure. No it doesn't use your data to train the #AI model.
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Many people feel like they are cheating using AI to help them. The trick is to take on the mundane stuff so they can learn to do the higher value things.
Productivity gains vary by role. We have to choose where the best fit to apply AI lays. Studies revealed a 11x11 tipping point.
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Technology was moving breathlessly fast. Then #AI came along and accelerated it.
But perhaps AI can help us adapt, adopt and accelerate too.
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In a change to our scheduled programme, Rebecka has lost her voice so we will reschedule her excellent session on Communities of Practice.

Instead, in honour of her country of origin, tonight's #M365North user group will have a smorgasbord of topics.
April 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A nicely formatted FAQ in #MicrosoftLists, formatted using JSON, as a component part of the #intranet transformation Melissa has driven.

Lots of great JSON samples in GitHub
github.com/pnp/List-For...
March 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Here's the nub of the issue around overweight and obese children (currently 28%), which sets the context for Melissa's session.
#SharePoint and #MicrosoftTeams can't solve the underlying problem, but it can help charities who are tackling it.
March 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We now have the excellent Melissa Hale to talk about how to make the world (and charities) a better place via
#PowerPlatform For Good

How to collaborate with local charities/NGOs. Create useful intranets, process automations, to promote healthier choices for children and adults.

#M365
March 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The M365 North user group is now on Bluesky
Yay.

It's also running live right now
You've probably missed most of it, but here's a link to the upcoming sessions. Join us online or, occasionally in person
www.meetup.com/m365-north/

#Microsoft #M365 #UserGroup #MVPBuzz
February 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM