Practical notes from real client work
SharePoint architecture, Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI workflows. Written from what's running in real tenants, not from the roadmap.
Microsoft 365 Copilot vs Copilot Chat: What You're Actually Paying For
A practical breakdown of Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat. What's free, what costs US$30 a user a month, who actually needs a licence, and the rollout mistakes to avoid.
1 March 2026 · 10 min readWhy Your SharePoint Needs an Information Architecture Before AI
Most organisations skip information architecture and jump straight to Copilot. Here's why the results disappoint, and the three foundations to fix first.
1 March 2026 · 6 min read
Claude Skills vs Copilot Agents: I Built the Same Assistant in Both
Anthropic calls them skills, Microsoft calls them agents. Both package up instructions for a repeatable job. I gave each the same description and the same meeting, compared the results, and the differences that decide which to use turned out to be about where your work lives.
26 February 2026 · 5 min read
What Are SharePoint Quick Steps? Saved Copilot Prompts as Library Buttons
A quick step is a saved action that sits in a SharePoint library as a button. Save a Copilot prompt as one and anyone in the library can run it over the files they select, without writing a prompt or leaving SharePoint. I built a subcontractor compliance check across five documents to show how it works.
9 February 2026 · 7 min read
Copilot Agent Mode vs Claude in Excel: The Same Dashboard Test
Same workbook, same prompt, two agents. Claude built an executive dashboard straight away, Copilot asked questions first, and both needed a human to check the result.
3 February 2026 · 7 min read
What Is a Copilot Agent Registry? An Agent of Agents Grounded in SharePoint
An agent registry is a single Copilot agent, grounded in a SharePoint library with one structured document per agent, that people ask which agents exist and which one suits their job. Here's the document template, how I built it in Agent Builder and how it differs from Microsoft's own Agent 365 registry.
15 January 2026 · 7 min readGet these in your inbox. One email a week.
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