Vlad Catrinescu

At @ppcconf.bsky.social this week and thinking about getting Power Platform certified? My free infographic is a good place to start: all 10 certifications and Applied Skills on one page, from Beginner to Advanced. #PPCC26

ESPC is back at the RAI in Amsterdam this year: sessions, a day of workshops, and the people who actually build SharePoint and Microsoft 365. Nov 30 to Dec 3. VladSpecial = 15% off any ticket. #ESPC

Microsoft made major changes to the Power Platform certification portfolio this year. Whether you want to get the latest certs for yourself, or to make sure you keep your partner status, my free infographic shows the latest Power Platform certs on one page.

Copilot in SharePoint is now generally available, and your users can turn a process into a Skill on any site they can edit. If you're the admin, you probably have questions. Who can create one? Where does it live? What can it reach? Drew Madelung and I answer them live on Nov 12, 11 AM ET.

An admin account without MFA is one bad sign-in away from handing over your whole tenant. That's why requiring MFA for administrative roles is the top recommendation in Identity Secure Score. If you only have time for one fix this week, make it that one. Which fix is at the top of yours?

Our SharePoint wish list with @xgokan.bsky.social has 10 ways SharePoint should evolve. One is org-wide skills. Some of my clients use Claude, so I've been helping them manage it. There, you deploy a skill once for the whole org, see who uses it, and retire the ones nobody needs.

One week out from PPCC26. 200+ sessions, 250+ Microsoft engineers and product team members on the floor, and a full day of building automation with me on the Friday. If it's been on your maybe list all summer, this is last call. VLAD150 still takes $150 off. #PPCC26

Tomorrow at 10 AM ET (4 PM CEST), @xgokan.bsky.social and I go live on Copilot in SharePoint. Whether you've run Syntex models for years or you're building your first automated library, you'll leave knowing which tool to reach for, and when. Free, one hour.

@xgokan.bsky.social and I made a SharePoint wish list: 10 places we think SharePoint needs to catch up with its own AI features. One of mine: let admins lock the model behind an Autofill column. When the model changes, a prompt that worked can behave differently.

Not sure which Copilot certification fits your job? I mapped all 11 Microsoft Copilot certifications and Applied Skills by the role you actually play, from using Copilot to managing it and building agents with it. Find your role, and you'll know where to start. Where do you fit?

Copilot in SharePoint and Copilot in OneDrive are both generally available. Want to see both in action? Two great events in one day. Oct 20, 10 AM ET (4 PM CEST): @xgokan.bsky.social and I go live on automating SharePoint content with Copilot. 12 PM ET: Microsoft's free OneDrive + Copilot event.

Microsoft retired the MS-900, and the way I see it, the AB-900 is its evolution in the AI era. Same Microsoft 365 foundation, plus how Copilot uses your permissions, how Microsoft Purview protects your data, how Copilot is licensed, and how agents get approved. And it never expires.

You can start using AI on your Microsoft 365 files today, no fixed monthly license needed. Autofill columns, OCR, image tagging, translation. My ESPC session on document processing is Dec 2 in Amsterdam. #ESPC

The prompt you type into Microsoft Copilot isn't the prompt the model gets. Copilot grounds it with Microsoft Graph and Work IQ, checks you can access what it found, applies Purview labels and DLP, and only then sends it to the LLM. Free lesson from my AB-900 path on @pluralsight.com, link below.

Want to get Power Platform certified but not sure where to start? I put all 10 Power Platform certifications and Applied Skills on one free infographic, sorted from Beginner to Advanced, with the solutions each one covers. Which one are you eyeing first?