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AI is the topic of the month with a new report for Microsoft forecasting that Generative AI could add a massive $76 billion per year to New Zealand’s GDP by 2038. Word for Windows has also taken a leap forward in accessibility with their ‘Quick Fix’ functionality, and new Sharepoint features enable collaboration and restoring of content from version history.

One of the challenges that many of our customers face is the growing storage space demand in 365. We all know that new files have to be added to SharePoint regularly, but many customers lack a safe way of removing files that are not needed anymore, so they end up buying more space.

This month marks 20 years since Directors Sarah Heal and Grant Margison founded Information Leadership, believing there were better ways of delivering information management projects.

This month Copilot is making document editing a breeze with new word limits to summaries, and new capability to revise and reformat selected text. Unfortunately, this month wasn’t without its challenges for Microsoft with the CrowdStrike incident and other outages causing disruptions across New Zealand and the globe.

As Information Leadership approaches its 20th anniversary, co-founders Sarah Heal and Grant Margison are not resting on their laurels. With 65+ staff nationwide they are passionate about making work better with innovative solutions for customers needing serious information management.

This month Microsoft have announced the retirement of Office 365 connectors within Teams, Teams Public Preview users can create custom emojis and Copilot in OneNote can now read handwritten notes!

This month we’ve got a couple of bonus events in store for you from Te Rua Mahara o Te Kāwanatanga Archives New Zealand, ALGIM and Information Leadership.

Hutt City Council have embraced their journey of digital transformation with Te Pātaka project - enabling seamless adherence to legislative obligations, allowing HCC to focus on their core duties without compromising on information governance. Read on for the full story.

Welcome to our Microsoft Monthly Update where we summarise some of the latest headlines from Microsoft, so that you don’t have to.

The quality of outputs you receive from a Generative AI tool relies heavily on the information, sentences, or questions you input, referred to as "prompts". This article gives you a basic overview of how to generate better prompts, so you receive valuable responses.