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Ralph Rivas

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Copilot Junkie

Ralph Rivas is a proud Copilot junkie who’s obsessed with one question: how do you go from a neat AI demo to something your team actually uses on Monday? A Microsoft MVP and senior leader at Sogeti (part of Capgemini), Ralph helps organizations tame Copilot chaos — turning prompts into workflows, workflows into agents, and agents into governed systems that don’t blow up Security’s inbox. He’s the co‑founder of the M365Chicago events community, co‑leader of the Chicago Microsoft Power Platform User Group (CMPPUG), and co‑host of the long‑running CloudTalk Show (running since 2017), where he spends a lot of time breaking, fixing, and rebuilding Copilot on purpose.

May 21, 2026

Maximizing Microsoft Copilot: Beyond the Demo with Ralph Rivas [MVP]

In this episode of the M365.fm podcast, we explore how organizations can maximize the value of Microsoft Copilot across Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Security, and Azure environments. The discussion focuses on practical, real-world use cases that help businesses automate repetitive work, improve collaboration, accelerate reporting, and enhance decision-making using AI.The episode explains how Copilot integrates with tools like Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, Power BI, and Power Automate to simplify everyday tasks such as content creation, meeting summaries, data analysis, workflow automation, and reporting. It also covers how Microsoft Graph enables Copilot to provide context-aware assistance by connecting emails, files, meetings, and business data.Beyond productivity, the episode dives into advanced scenarios including Copilot extensibility, custom plugins, AI agents, governance, security operations, and compliance automation. Special attention is given to the importance of dat…
Guests: Mirko Peters, Ralph Rivas
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