We’ve all spent the last few years talking a lot about AI, and rightly so. The cloud gives us scale, the latest frontier models, and a constant stream of new capabilities. But somewhere along the way, “AI” became shorthand for “send it to the cloud,” and I think that’s worth talking about. Not because the cloud is wrong, but because it isn’t always the right answer. Sometimes you’re on a train with no signal. Sometimes the data simply isn’t allowed to leave the device. And sometimes you just don’t want to spend tokens on a task your laptop can quietly handle on its own.

From brainstorming to building copilot plugins We’ve all heard about Copilot for Microsoft 365 by now, right? It is a powerful tool that helps you manage your work, projects, and tasks in a smart and efficient way. But did you know that you can also extend Copilot for Microsoft 365 and create your own plugins (extensions) that can solve specific problems or add more functionality to Copilot for Microsoft 365?