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On June 16, 2026, the Global AI Vienna Chapter will host a Microsoft BUILD //localhost event at the Microsoft Office in Vienna, Austria, bringing insights, and innovation of Microsoft Build directly to our local developer and AI community. Microsoft BUILD will take place on June 2-3, 2026 in San Francisco, and online. What is Microsoft BUILD //localhost Microsoft BUILD //localhost is an official event redelivery format powered by Microsoft and the Global AI Community. It enables our local chapter to deliver curated highlights from Microsoft BUILD 2026 without requiring attendees to travel or attend the global conference online. We’ll create a high-quality afternoon experience that combines: ...

This week, Martina and I had the pleasure of speaking at the European Collaboration Summit (ECS) and the European Cloud and AI Summit in Cologne, Germany. With nearly 3,000 attendees, over 200 speakers, and around 300 sessions across multiple parallel tracks, the event once again demonstrated the scale and strength of the Microsoft community. Community at the Core. What makes ECS unique is its community-driven nature. The event is built on openness, collaboration, and real-world experience, offered at a reasonable price compared to many other conferences. ...

On April 29, 2026, the Microsoft AI Tour landed in Zurich, Switzerland, with a big stage and lots of AI. It was a full day at Messe Zürich, with keynotes, breakouts, lightning talks, and a busy expo floor. Basically: AI everywhere, with Microsoft’s latest messaging around it. The Microsoft AI Tour is designed as a one-day deep dive into AI in practice – not just theory. Martina delivered a Lightning Talk about Secure AI Development: Hands-On with Foundry Guardrails during the event with more than 200 attendees. It was packed. ...

From March 30 to April 1, 2026, we had the opportunity to be part of the first Adriatics Tech Summit in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A new event on the European tech map and a very promising start. The summit brought together professionals across cloud, AI, and modern workplace topics. What stood out was the strong regional community combined with international speakers and perspectives. It didn’t feel like a “first edition.” Well organized, focused topics, and an engaged audience throughout, paired with great hospitality. ...

From April 21–23, 2026, the Microsoft 365 Community Conference returned to Orlando, hosted at the Loews Sapphire Falls and Royal Pacific Resorts. We spent the week on-site, delivering a full-day workshop and a session. A special highlight of the conference was the celebration of 25 years of SharePoint, together with Jeff Teper and parts of the product team. It was a great moment to reflect on how SharePoint has evolved from a document management system to a core platform for collaboration, intranet, and now AI-powered experiences within Microsoft 365. The sessions and the panel combined history, insights, and a forward-looking perspective on where the platform is heading next. ...

The Microsoft MVP Summit is one of those events that is hard to explain to people who have never been there. On paper, it’s a technical summit. In reality, it’s much more personal. Coming to Redmond always feels a bit like coming home: meeting friends and fellow MVPs from all over the world, many of whom we only see once a year, but where conversations pick up instantly as if no time had passed. ...

In Power Platform, personal (developer) environments are an easy, low‑risk way to let people build and experiment without causing chaos. Everyone gets their own space, so makers can learn and try things out. It’s also exactly how Microsoft expects organizations to scale Power Platform without slowing anyone down. From a capacity point of view, they’re pretty lightweight. Personal environments don’t block or reserve Dataverse capacity upfront. They only use capacity when someone actually stores data. That means you can support lots of makers without suddenly running out of space, while still keeping an eye on things at tenant level. ...

A moment to celebrate at atwork. We are proud to share that atwork has received the Microsoft Inner Circle Partner award. This recognition is given to partners who consistently create real customer value through cloud innovation, AI, and deep technical expertise. For us, this award is less about the label and more about what it represents: trust, long‑term partnership, and a clear focus on doing the right things well. Being part of the Inner Circle gives us closer access to Microsoft engineering teams and that directly benefits our customers through better solutions and stronger collaboration. ...

Last week, we welcomed around 50 AI enthusiasts at Microsoft Österreich for AI Community Day Vienna for an afternoon of exploring the latest Microsoft AI innovations, real-world use cases, networking, and inspiring discussions. The Global AI Community is a worldwide network of AI enthusiasts, professionals, and organizations dedicated to sharing knowledge, learning, and building innovative solutions. Through local chapters and global events, it connects people passionate about artificial intelligence, offering opportunities for collaboration, education, and growth. The AI Community Day Vienna was organized by the Global AI Chapter Vienna. ...

Starting today, Microsoft Copilot Studio users can harness the power of GPT-5, the most advanced generative AI model from OpenAI, to build smarter, faster, and more capable custom copilots. This release marks a major milestone in enterprise AI, bringing enhanced reasoning, dynamic orchestration, and real-time model routing directly into the hands of developers and organizations. Users can now integrate OpenAI’s most advanced generative model GPT-5 ****into their custom agents. The model can be selected in agents´s Settings. ...