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AI Ethics and Hallucination Management: Navigating the Risks of Intelligent Tools
The Double-Edged Sword of AI Generative AI can transform how organizations operate. It can summarize lengthy reports, draft professional communications, and analyze complex datasets in seconds. But with that power comes risk. Two particular challenges stand out for every business leader: Hallucination Management - [...]
Decision Matrix: Which AI Fits Your Organization?
The AI Choice Dilemma Artificial Intelligence is no longer a “future” conversation, it’s here, embedded in business workflows, and transforming how teams operate. But as AI tools flood the market, a big question looms for decision-makers: Which AI is the right fit for my [...]
AI SmackDown: Microsoft 365 Copilot vs. ChatGPT – Choosing Your Ultimate AI Sidekick
By Eric Overfield – August 2025 Artificial Intelligence is transforming the workplace, but not all AI tools step into the ring equally equipped. For those of us that have invested in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem and are looking to provide AI driven productivity solutions [...]
Explore GPT-5 in Microsoft Copilot: Lead the Future With AI
The future of work just got smarter. GPT-5, OpenAI’s most advanced AI model to date, is now live in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio, and it’s already reshaping how teams collaborate, create, and make decisions. At Creospark, we believe technology should work for [...]
AI SmackDown: Microsoft Copilot vs. ChatGPT – Webinar Recap
AI SmackDown Webinar Recap: Microsoft Copilot vs. ChatGPT Date of Webinar: August 28, 2025 Speakers: Eric Overfield, CIO & Microsoft MVP | Noorez Khamis, CTO & Co-founder AI is everywhere, but which tool is right for your organization? On August 28, [...]
From Searching to Asking: A Day in the Life of Microsoft 365 Copilot Training Recap
What if instead of digging through folders or scrolling through endless emails, you could simply ask a question, and get the answer instantly? That’s the future of work with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, and it’s already here. In our recent webinar, “From Searching to [...]
Day at the Breach Webinar Recap: How a Phishing Email Can Sink Your Organization
Date of Webinar: July 24, 2025 Speakers: Colin Smith, Secure Cloud & Modern Work Practice Lead | Nuno Joaquim, Head of Enterprise Architecture and IT Summer may be beach season, but if you’re not careful, it can also be breach season. On July 24, [...]
Waves, Shades, and Cyber Threats: Avoid a Breach in the AI Era
You packed your sunscreen, grabbed your shades, and logged in expecting a calm, productive day. But instead of a gentle digital breeze, you were hit with waves of alerts, anomalies, and unexpected downtime. How did a peaceful moment at the digital beach turn into [...]
Are You Still Running SharePoint On-Premises Servers? Here’s Why You Need to Migrate to SharePoint Online — Before It’s Too Late
Security is no longer optional. If your organization is still using SharePoint on-premises server software for content management, it’s time to move to SharePoint Online. We can help you do it fast, safely, and with long-term success. Critical Security Warning for SharePoint Server Users [...]
SharePoint Alerts are Retiring: What You Need to Know and How to Prepare
Microsoft is continuing its push toward a more modern, secure, and integrated digital workplace. As part of this evolution, SharePoint Alerts will be officially retired by July 2026. This change affects all Microsoft 365 tenants and marks a significant shift in how organizations manage [...]
Fortify Your Microsoft 365 Environment: Webinar Recap
In today’s digital-first world, security isn’t optional—it’s essential. In our latest webinar, Colin Smith, Secure Cloud and Modern Work Practice Lead here at Creospark, walked us through the critical importance of regular Microsoft 365 security assessments and how organizations can proactively defend against evolving [...]
Microsoft 365 Copilot Connectors for People Data: Unifying Identity Across the Digital Workplace
Empowering a Unified View of People in Microsoft 365 In today’s hybrid workplace, people data lives in many places—HR systems, collaboration tools, and identity platforms. But when this data is fragmented, it creates friction: outdated profiles, inconsistent search results, and incomplete context for [...]
Why Does Security Assessment Matter?: The Importance of Keeping Your Data Secure
Security in the Modern Workplace Data security isn’t just a set of policies—it's a critical foundation of trust and resilience for every organization operating in today's digital landscape. As cyber threats evolve, businesses must go beyond traditional defenses, leveraging AI-driven security analytics and insider [...]
5 Must-Know AI Features in SharePoint Content AI Services
Chances are there is a better way to spend your time than manually sorting through hundreds of files to find the data you need. That’s where SharePoint Content AI Services, an advanced AI content management solution, comes to your rescue. Discover what's included in [...]
Why metadata matters for legal document management in SharePoint
This series on how SharePoint Online can be used for legal document management has covered basic document management functionality, advanced features provided by SharePoint Premium and Microsoft Purview, and how partners like ClearPeople and Colligo bring even more advanced features for knowledge management. This [...]
Advanced Features in SharePoint Premium and Microsoft Purview for Legal Document Management
The first article of this SharePoint for legal document management series focused on the basics, including why document management is a key capability for law firms and corporate legal departments (CLDs) and how SharePoint Online can be used for document management in a legal [...]
Assemble your Legal Avengers: Microsoft, Atlas, and Colligo for Legal Document Management
It’s true that Microsoft has an abundance of capabilities for legal document management—SharePoint Premium offers AI-driven content intelligence, and Microsoft Purview provides data lifecycle management. However, even Microsoft cannot develop capabilities to meet every niche or specialist requirement. This is why there is a [...]
The implications of generative AI in the legal space
The use of AI in the legal space is not new at all. There are hundreds of legal tech AI vendors and thousands of law firms of all sizes and corporate legal departments (CLDs) that are using specialized legal tech tools that include the [...]
SharePoint for Legal Document Management
Not that many years ago, the title and this article would have been contentious topics. Lawyers, as do other legal professionals like paralegals, actually learn document management at law school, and there are a number of very legal-specific document management solutions that would have [...]
SharePoint Premium Governance Features
Microsoft SharePoint Premium is the evolution of the SharePoint platform, resulting from the integration of the product formerly known as Microsoft Syntex into the SharePoint fold. SharePoint Premium brings AI, automation, and added security to your content experiences, processing, and governance. This blog will [...]
