public speaking
I'll be presenting in-person on M365 Copilot at the APC 2026 Conference in Nashville, where I’ll show how Copilot works across Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, and OneDrive to help administrative professionals work faster and smarter.
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft 365 Copilot in Excel just received a meaningful update. What was previously called Agent mode is now called Edit with Copilot — and the big news is that it now works on local Excel files, not just files stored in OneDrive or SharePoint. Open Edit with Copilot in Excel Start
Microsoft Copilot
The UI "Premium" and "Basic" are showing up now!
If you have a website you visit frequently, you can pin it directly to your Windows taskbar using Google Chrome. No extensions or third-party tools needed — just a few clicks. Step 1: Open the Website Start by navigating to the website you want to pin. Open it in Google Chrome
Microsoft Teams
If you’ve ever started typing a message in Microsoft Teams, got interrupted, and then completely forgotten where that draft went — you’re not alone. The good news? Microsoft is fixing this. A new Drafts quick view in Microsoft Teams is rolling out that makes it easy to find, finish,
Microsoft Excel
Excel's desktop version now has Agent Mode in Copilot, and it is incredible. I've already used it to build a complete dashboard automatically, and now I want to show you how it can clean messy data with a single prompt. Identify the Data Problems In this
mvp
I am incredibly excited to share that I’ll be attending the Microsoft MVP Summit in person this year from March 24–26, 2026 — and this one is extra special because it will be my first time attending the Summit in person as a first‑year Microsoft MVP! Being named
Microsoft Outlook
Scheduling meetings in Outlook often means checking each person's calendar, guessing at available times, and sending back-and-forth emails. Outlook's new Time Suggestions feature eliminates that friction — it uses Exchange to scan everyone's calendar and automatically surface the next five times all attendees are free.
Live Stream on YouTube and LinkedIn - March 18, 2026
Thoughts, stories and ideas.
Microsoft is rolling out Agent Mode for Copilot in Excel, and it represents a major step forward from the standard Copilot experience. Agent Mode doesn't just suggest changes—it executes them directly, without requiring you to click Apply after every action. In this guide, we walk through where
Microsoft 365 Copilot now lets you share prompts and AI-generated responses directly into a Microsoft Teams group chat. Instead of copying and pasting results, you can send them to your team with a single click and start a conversation around the output. This feature requires a paid Microsoft 365 Copilot
What this translation feature does and why it matters Copilot in Microsoft 365 can now translate entire presentations into another language with a few clicks. I tried it in PowerPoint on the web (it also appears in the desktop app) and found the experience fast and straightforward. Instead of copying
Excel's REGEXEXTRACT function lets you pull numbers (or any pattern) out of a text string using regular expressions. Unlike functions like TEXTAFTER or TEXTBEFORE that depend on consistent delimiters, REGEXEXTRACT works with messy, inconsistent data — it finds the pattern wherever it appears. In this walkthrough, you'll
Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word can do more than just draft content. You can use it to extract specific information from documents, ask questions about what is in them, and even generate standalone files from the answers. In this walkthrough, Chris demonstrates how to query an employee handbook about dress
I use both Formula Completion and the Copilot function in Excel every week. They require a paid Microsoft 365 Copilot license. They solve different problems, and when you combine them, you can move from repetitive calculations to higher-level text analysis and data cleanup in minutes. Below, I explain what each
If you have a Microsoft 365 Copilot license, there is a small Outlook feature that cuts the time I spend replying to email by a huge margin. I use it every day at my full-time job, and it genuinely saves me minutes—sometimes hours—every week. YouTube Video - Outlook
If you analyze data in Excel, the UNIQUE function is one of the quickest ways to cut through noise and see exactly what you have. I rely on UNIQUE every day, and when I pair it with SORT, COUNTA, and CHOOSECOLS, it becomes a powerful tool for cleanup and analysis.
Can Microsoft Copilot accurately calculate your federal taxes? I put it to the test by first walking through a manual tax calculation in Excel using the 2025 federal tax brackets, then asking Copilot the same question to compare results. Part 1: Manual Tax Calculation in Excel The process starts with
Excel's Formula Completion feature can write formulas for you. Just press the equal sign, and Excel suggests the formula based on your data and column headers. In this tutorial, I demonstrate how it works by tackling a common challenge: extracting zip codes from messy address data where the
If you model investments in Excel, the future value function is one of the most useful tools you have. The problem is a small but common mistake: dividing an annual return by 12 to get the monthly rate. That shortcut breaks the math when compounding is involved, leading to a
If you've wrestled with CSV files that open in Excel but look wrong, or spent time in Power Query to coax dates and columns into place, there's good news. Excel now includes two new functions that let you pull file data directly into a worksheet with
