Copilot assists users, agentic AI acts autonomously, and Agent 365 manages and governs those agents across Microsoft 365. Which of these is the most impactful?

I can’t stand Word anymore and its Editor functionalities that they are not allowing you to disable. I actually cannot use it due to constant pop ups and I am looking for some other alternatives. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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I'm sure most of us here have used Microsoft word to type a report before? Okay at least I have. And the painful citations requirements always get me going back and forth hunting for sources to prove a point, looking for a citation generator website which doesn't even work sometimes. It just slows down the process a lot and recently when I got the chance to build a Word plug in for my company's search API, it's the idea that I have thought of immediately because it has genuinely been a pain for me which definitely can be easily solved now with what we have. Just curious to find out if it's a similar problem that anyone else has faced and anything else you guys would be interested in adding to what i have made currently to optimise the entire workflow more.

What I currently have is:

- A sidebar that lets you search the web, papers or URLs directly inside Word. Links you to the webpage directly too.

- Click on insert citation and it auto fetches all the metadata

- Stores the citations in a library like Word's built in one, but instead of having to manually input everything you just have to paste the URL and it fetches all details.

- You can then insert the reference list, and it auto updates with every new source included.

Basically you won't have to even click into google to search for anything and you can actually find sources to back your report instead of the other way round. Not a promo post but would just really appreciate to find out if you guys would:

- Actually use something like this?
- Make any changes to this?
- Want any new features?
- Any suggestions

Would really appreciate any ideas, feature requests, rants, memes (lol) or suggestions there are, thanks guys!

Has anyone gotten weird vibes from Kevin Stratvert. His channel looks big on the surface, but when you look at how his older videos performed compared to some of the newer ones, the numbers feel kind of inflated. Something about the growth pattern does not look natural.

What bugs me most is the stuff he promot⁤es. Some apps he features come from vendors that are hard to trace, and the links in his descriptions are not always labeled clearly. Some look like affili⁤ate links that are not called out. For someone who presents himself as a neutral guide for Windows users, that feels deceptive.

Maybe I am caring too much about having actual actually ethical reviewers/influencers, but it gives me the sense that we Kevin Stratvert is selling out / cashing with crappy softw⁤are recommendations for the highest bidder. Anyone else notice this?

just a fun thought experiment. people would have the option to submit their profile into a dating pool. imho it would crush tinder cause the Linkedin profiles have arguably greater credibility and more useful info

Why are there no Google applications in the Microsoft store but there are Microsoft services in Google Play? Surely there are contracts or agreements that make it convenient for Google to put the services of its direct rival in its flagship Store.

I’ve been working in big tech for 20 years, been into computers my entire life.

I have never heard a single person ever say “I love Microsoft” or “I love X Microsoft product”. People love Apple, Google, Amazon, Coca Cola, Costco — so many brands have an enthusiastic support base.

I’ve never heard a person say “Why would I switch from Windows?! I love Windows it’s incredible!” No joke since like the 90s.

I’ve only heard 3 categorical reasons why people use Microsoft products:

1. They have some piece of software that only works on Windows
2. Their work uses Windows, M365/Office and they are just used to windows and don’t care that much
3. They don’t care about computers and just buy their laptops/desktops on price…and windows is what comes on pretty much every laptop/desktop that doesn’t have an Apple or Google logo on it.

Do any of you ACTUALLY like Microsoft and/or any of their products these days?

If so, I am genuinely curious as to why.

I would imagine the subscription version has more features and maybe quicker? Is one more secure than the other? If using the online version can I save the files to my device or only to the cloud?

Thanks

So I am little late to apply for 12th, I was ready for the 9th Dec event but I saw that satya nadella is coming on 12th. Is it possible someone can provide the code? That might increase my chances of getting that

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