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Microsoft Copilot Scheduled Prompts: What They Are, Why They Matter & How to Use Them
For many organizations adopting Microsoft 365 Copilot, the first real productivity gains don’t come from advanced agents or custom automation, they come from something far simpler: Scheduled Prompts. Scheduled prompts turn Copilot into a proactive assistant. Instead of users asking Copilot for summaries, updates, [...]
Hybrid Work Isn’t Settled: What M365 Data Reveals About How Teams Really Collaborate
Hybrid work breaks down when teams rely on meetings to compensate for weak documentation, unclear ownership, and scattered knowledge. M365 telemetry often shows “digital debt” patterns, too much sync, too little async. Fixing collaboration norms creates focus time, better decisions, and durable knowledge. [...]
AI Agents & Microsoft Copilot: The Foundations That Drive Real Success
AI agents succeed in enterprises only when identity, permissions, data governance, and security controls are ready. Agent frameworks (like Copilot Studio + MCP integration) accelerate outcomes, but they can’t fix overshared content, weak labels, or chaotic collaboration sprawl. Start with readiness, then scale agents. [...]
Building Secure Digital Workspaces for Legal Teams in Microsoft 365
Building secure digital workspaces for legal teams requires more than generic cybersecurity controls. In practice, most modern legal workspaces are built on Microsoft 365, where documents, conversations, meetings, and AI tools coexist across SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, and Purview-governed services. In this environment, security must [...]
Preparing Your Legal Department for Microsoft 365 AI Agents: A Readiness Checklist
Preparing a legal department for AI agents is not primarily a technology exercise. In the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, it is a discipline rooted in information architecture, permissions, governance, and clearly defined legal accountability. Microsoft 365 based AI agents such as Microsoft 365 Copilot and [...]
AI in Legal Services: Opportunities and Challenges
AI in legal services is transforming how legal teams manage research, contracts, compliance, and advisory work. Generative AI and Copilot tools are helping legal professionals work faster, improve consistency, and scale support, while adoption challenges such as data governance, security, trust, and change management remain [...]
Day 12 – How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Work, One Day at a Time
As we wrap up our 12 Days of AI blog series, it’s clear that artificial intelligence isn’t just a buzzword; it’s a practical tool reshaping the way we work every single day. Over the past twelve posts, we’ve explored how AI can simplify tasks, [...]
Day 11 – Keeping Our HR Intranet Clear in a Remote-First Organization
Creospark is a remote-first organization, which means our intranet is where employees go first for HR information. Policies, benefits, onboarding resources, and everyday guidance all live in one place and they need to be easy to find, understand, and trust. As the organization grows, keeping intranet content accurate and [...]
Day 10 – Balancing AI Innovation with Cybersecurity: Best Practices for a Safer Future
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the way we work, enabling unprecedented productivity, automation, and insights. From generative AI tools that draft content to advanced analytics that predict trends, the benefits are undeniable. However, with great power comes great responsibility and risk. AI systems introduce [...]
Day 9 – Mondays Made Easy: How Copilot Transforms My Work Week
A few moons ago, when I first heard of AI, I rejected the idea of it, I decided to avoid using itnot realizing it was counterproductive. It took me five minutes to make peace with it, andbefore I knew it, I was creating an [...]
Day 8 – Supercharge Your Internal Communications with Copilot in SharePoint
As part of our 12 Days of AI campaign, we’re unwrapping some of the most powerful AI gifts available from Microsoft: Copilot in SharePoint. Think of it as your digital elf, ready to help you craft engaging content, streamline workflows, and spread cheer across your organization. Why SharePoint Copilot [...]
Day 7 – Festive Prompts PTO
Festive Prompts for Staying Productive Before and After PTO Give yourself the gift of organization For many, the holiday season is a time for celebration, reflection, and taking a well-earnedbreak from work. As you get ready to trade spreadsheets for [...]
Day 6 – Microsoft 365 Copilot for Marketing: From Webinar Planning to Performance Analysis in Hours, Not Days
As marketers, we juggle countless moving parts: webinar planning calls that spawn endless action items, landing pages that need to go live yesterday, and post-event content that somehow needs to materialize while we're already planning the next campaign. Before AI tools like Microsoft 365 Copilot entered [...]
Day 5 – Top 3 AI Driven Copilot Studio Features for Productivity in 2026
In 2026, leveraging AI-driven platforms is crucial for maximizing productivity and optimizing business operations. Microsoft Copilot Studio continues to be a game-changer, offering a suite of features that empower users to automate, optimize, and innovate their workflows. Below, we explore the top three must-use Copilot Studio features that are shaping [...]
Day 4 – When Planning Thinks Ahead: AI’s Next Leap for Project Managers
Welcome to Day 4 of Creospark’s 12 Days of AI, a December series exploring how artificial intelligence is transforming the way we work, create, and solve problems. Each story in this series highlights a real-world example of AI in action, how it’s helping teams across our community work smarter, faster, and more [...]
Day 3 – Deck the Halls for Copilot! Preparing SharePoint
AI isn’t coming down the chimney; it’s already in your workplace, and organizations everywhere are lighting up its possibilities. With the rise of AI, it’s time to think carefully about the data we’re feeding these engines to help us in our day-to-day work. Microsoft [...]
Day 2 – Feedback Flurries to Focused Reviews with Copilot
Feedback Flurries to Focused Reviews with Copilot Streamline Your Employee Reviews This Holiday Season Introduction Writing performance reviews, especially those involving 360-degree feedback, cansometimes feel more tangled than a string of holiday lights. Copilot can act as your littlehelper to [...]
Day 1 – AI for Productivity
AI for Productivity: Automating the Mundane to Unlock Innovation In today’s competitive business landscape, time is the ultimate currency. Yet, countless hours are lost to repetitive manual tasks such as data entry, scheduling, approvals that drain creativity and slow progress. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing that narrative by [...]
Modernizing Legacy ERP in Healthcare: A Secure Azure Migration Story
The Challenge The Solution The Results The Client The client, one of Canada's largest home and community healthcare providers, serves thousands of patients across diverse locations. With more than five decades of experience, the organization relies on its ERP system for logistics, warehousing, finance, [...]
Webinar Recap – Microsoft Ignite Unpacked: Roundtable Insights with Our Experts
Looking to make sense of the biggest announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2025? Our recent webinar, Microsoft Ignite Unpacked: Roundtable Insights with Our Experts, broke down why this year’s innovations matter and how they can transform your organization’s digital employee experience. From AI-powered productivity to [...]
