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Are you following the FIFA World Cup 2026? Have you made your predictions yet? What started as a simple idea - a World Cup 2026 prediction game for colleagues at atwork - quickly became a fully functional web app. Using GitHub Copilot and a “vibe coding” approach, our development colleague Andi built a complete solution with dashboard, leaderboard, match tracking, and a prediction interface. See some screenshorts of the World Cup prediction webapp here. ...

Thrive IT Conference 2026 in Slovenia once again delivered an inspiring mix of deep technical sessions, practical insights, and great community exchange. Held from June 9–10, 2026, with a full-day preconference on June 8, the event brought together IT professionals, architects, and developers to explore the latest in AI, Azure, Microsoft 365, and beyond in beautiful Slovenia. Martina and I were excited to contribute with several sessions focused on turning AI into real business value - from governance and platform strategy to automation scenarios with AI. ...

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. ...

Women’s History Month 2026 Looking back at 2025 - and why visibility still matters Every year in March, I sit down to write this article. And every year, I ask myself the same question: Do we still need this? Looking back at Women’s History Month 2025, the answer is very clear: Yes. We absolutely do. Not because there are not enough brilliant women in tech. But because they are still not visible enough. ...

Artificial Intelligence has moved from experimentation into everyday reality. It is embedded in business processes, products, and decision-making at global scale. This phase of AI is no longer about novelty, but about impact on productivity, on business models, and increasingly, on human work and meaning. We are only at the beginning of the AI ​​revolution that is changing our everyday lives and our behavior - at least in the modern and industrialized world. ...