#copilot consulting

[manageditserviceslosangeles]

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[drogsdracca]

Washington might be the seat of the U.S. Government, but it can also boast of a vibrant economy, powered by businesses from diverse sectors. No matter what sector you might belong to, it is important to constantly innovate and focus on growth. But, when your team spends valuable time on repetitive tasks, how is that even possible? To help you with that, Evolvous is offering comprehensive Copilot consulting in Washington.  

[epcgrouptexas]

Get the most out of Microsoft Copilot consulting services at https://www.epcgroup.net/microsoft-copilot-consulting-services/ with EPC Group. We make it easy for your business to use and benefit from Copilot. Our experts provide personalized support and solutions to boost your productivity. Find out how we can help you today!

[fexleservices]

Game Changer Alert! Salesforce Launches Einstein Copilot - AI Assistant for Enhanced CRM

Boost efficiency & personalize customer interactions! FEXLE, your trusted Salesforce consulting company, can help you leverage Einstein Copilot's power.

Learn More here!

[aboutthesolution]

Exciting News! Microsoft Copilot for Sales and Copilot for Service are now generally available! Unlock productivity and enhance customer interactions with these groundbreaking AI assistants integrated into Microsoft Dynamics 365 and CRM solutions.

Learn More and explore how About The Solution can assist your business in leveraging Copilot for Sales or Copilot within Dynamics 365 to generate value and uncover the potential benefits for your business.

[sekhithefops]

How to Kill Microsoft's AI "Helper" Copilot WITHOUT Screwing With Your Registry!

Hey guys, so as I'm sure a lot of us are aware, Microsoft pulled some dickery recently and forced some Abominable Intelligence onto our devices in the form of its "helper" program, Copilot. Something none of us wanted or asked for but Microsoft is gonna do anyways because I'm pretty sure someone there gets off on this.

Unfortunately, Microsoft offered no ways to opt out of the little bastard or turn it off (unless you're in the EU where EU Privacy Laws force them to do so.) For those of us in the United Corporations of America, we're stuck... or are we?

Today while perusing Bluesky, one of the many Twitter-likes that appeared after Musk began burning Twitter to the ground so he could dance in the ashes, I came across this post from a gentleman called Nash:

Intrigued, I decided to give this a go, and lo and behold it worked exactly as described!

We can't remove Copilot, Microsoft made sure that was riveted and soldered into place... but we can cripple it!

Simply put, Microsoft Edge. Normally Windows will prevent you from uninstalling Edge using the Add/Remove Programs function saying that it needs Edge to operate properly (it doesn't, its lying) but Geek Uninstaller overrules that and rips the sucker out regardless of what it says!

I uninstalled Edge using it, rebooted my PC, and lo and behold Copilot was sitting in the corner with blank eyes and drool running down it's cheeks, still there but dead to the world!

Now do bear in mind this will have a little knock on effect. Widgets also rely on Edge, so those will stop functioning as well.

Before:

After:

But I can still check the news and weather using an internet browser so its a small price to pay to be rid of Microsoft's spyware-masquerading-as-a-helper Copilot.

But yes, this is the link for Geek Uninstaller:

Run it, select "Force Uninstall" For anything that says "Edge," reboot your PC, and enjoy having a copy of Windows without Microsoft's intrusive trash! :D

UPDATE: I saw this on someone's tags and I felt I should say this as I work remotely too. If you have a computer you use for work, absolutely 100% make sure you consult with your management and/or your IT team BEFORE you do this. If they say don't do it, there's likely a reason.

[ayeforscotland]

re: vibe coding. Anon for obvious reasons. I work as an IT consultant at one of the biggest banks in my part of the world and they, like all other banks, want so badly to roll out (locally hosted) GenAI tools. We already have HUGE issues with generated code of the good old deterministic kind. A while ago an important government agency got completely locked out of all of their internet banking tools because an error in generated code caused their list of allowed ip-adresses to be overwritten by an empty list when an unrelated change was made. My dumbass team was responsible for that. Carelessly rolling out copilot to these idiots will cause genuine societal collapse lmfao.

Love a good hell of our own creation

[seventeenlovesthree]

I also believe it's "Taichi cherishes the people he cares about way too much for him to handle" o'clock again - and even though I would argue that this applies to a huge BUNCH of people, I shall focus on two characters in particular, since this has been quite a topic recently:

Yamato and Koushirou are among those characters who have quite an impact on his mental and emotional stability.

Again, this is not going to be a full-blown analysis, but they're easily the ones he consults first and foremost when he's in a pinch, either (accidentally) emotionally, or because the world is at stake.

Yamato is someone who's way more similar to himself than he's capable of realizing sometimes - which, funnily enough, this may be one of the reasons why they're butting heads so much AND why they're such good partners in combat. Yes, they have a contrasting theme going on - orange vs. blue, fire vs. ice, brunette vs. blonde. But they also both have similar familial traumas, are both stubborn as heck, are both overly protective brothers - and sometimes, they even have their little role reversals: Where Taichi can be quick to act, Yamato may want to contemplate - where Yamato gets emotional, Taichi may want to de-escalate. Even if they may not be able to open up emotionally towards each other all the time, Taichi genuinely wants Yamato and Takeru to get along, because his brotherly instincts are just like that - and even if he wouldn't admit it (and neither would Yamato), he can relate to him big time. And he actually enjoys the casual bickering with Yamato, he absolutely adores teasing and fooling around with him, he knows he can be his dorky self with him, even - or especially - if it grinds Yamato's gears, knowing that he's not a very people-y person. And all that is exactly why Taichi shrivels whenever they are not on good terms. It makes him overthink and get quiet, asking himself if he could have done things differently... Which in itself is a good thing, because it helps him to see things from a different perspective as well. And he means it when he says that he believes in Yamato - because he knows he can rely on him, knows their friendship, their bond will prevail, even if they don't always agree with one another.

Speaking of relying - if Yamato is the one he turns to when it comes to going for the final blow, Koushirou is the one he turns to when he needs to know where to aim. Whether it's about solving card riddles, finding medicine for his sister, finding a way to deal with a mon rampaging through the net or moping about having quarrels with other friends... Taichi may not open up to him easily (and vice versa) and keep Koushirou at arm's length here and there, but he actually knows that he can count on him whenever it matters. The once anti-social boy from football club Taichi took under his wing to invite him to go to Summer Camp together grew into a loyal friend and partner in crime, thus they complement each other as brawns and brains - that's the dynamic Taichi is used to and comfortable with, so he cannot really deal with them being at odds either. Koushirou slowly but steadily becoming a person who opposes Taichi and calls him out on his recklessness may differ from the way Yamato confronts him - but it doesn't hit Taichi any less hard, so he usually backs down and apologizes whenever he crosses a line with Koushirou. He trusts his judgement, his plans and gadgets 100% - and even if the emotional part doesn't come easily to either of them, the bickering (and the lack of awareness of what personal space means) is a sign of mutual comfort and familiarity after all.

Where Yamato is his copilot, Koushirou is his navigator - and they're both pretty damn important to him. One may also say: Taichi is the sun that both melted the ice and made the bug come out from under its rock.

(And that was mainly the platonic angle, because you can basically spin both dynamics into a romantic angle PRETTY easily as well - friends/frenemies to lovers, opposites attract, jock/nerd, choose your favourite trope! Plus, this was just from Taichi's perspective - maybe he just really likes introverts, huh? I feel like it's a lot easier to read Yamato's and Koushirou's perspectives towards Taichi as romantic than the other way round, since they're both so fixated on him in different ways; Yamato's sense of growing closer and more comfortable with other people is seen mostly through him interacting with Taichi and he constantly has him at the back of his mind, first as threat to his way of being a brother, later as a foil and even later as... You know. The closet is an uncomfortable place. And Koushirou, who wouldn't have gone to the Digital World and somewhat resolve his adoption trauma if Taichi hadn't invited him to camp, basically dedicates his entire life to both exploring the whereabouts of the Digital World AND supporting Taichi in every possible way by making goggles and sacrificing his life for his sake, so... There may be a second part soon??? I could also go on a tangent about how Yamato and Koushirou may also represent different layers of Taichi's role and behaviour towards Hikari, but that goes too far right now.)

[sharepointdesign]

Microsoft Power Apps continues to lead the way with innovative features that simplify and enhance user experiences. One such groundbreaking addition is the Copilot Control—an AI-powered assistant that revolutionizes how users interact with data in canvas apps. By enabling natural language conversations, it generates insights and streamlines operations, making your apps more intuitive and efficient. Let's dive deeper into leveraging this innovative tool to elevate your app's functionality.

[mariacallous]

When Microsoft named its new Windows feature Recall, the company intended the word to refer to a kind of perfect, AI-enabled memory for your device. Today, the other, unintended definition of “recall”—a company's admission that a product is too dangerous or defective to be left on the market in its current form—seems more appropriate.

On Friday, Microsoft announced that it would be making multiple dramatic changes to its rollout of its Recall feature, making it an opt-in feature in the Copilot+ compatible versions of Windows where it had previously been turned on by default, and introducing new security measures designed to better keep data encrypted and require authentication to access Recall's stored data.

“We are updating the set-up experience of Copilot+ PCs to give people a clearer choice to opt-in to saving snapshots using Recall,” reads a blog post from Pavan Davuluri, Microsoft's corporate vice president for Windows and devices. “If you don’t proactively choose to turn it on, it will be off by default.”

The changes come amid a mounting barrage of criticism from the security and privacy community, which has described Recall—which silently stores a screenshot of the user's activity every five seconds as fodder for AI analysis—as a gift to hackers: essentially unrequested, preinstalled spyware built into new Windows computers.

In the preview versions of Recall, that screenshot data, complete with the user's every bank login, password, and porn site visit would have been indefinitely collected on the user's machine by default. And though that highly sensitive data is stored locally on the user's machine and not uploaded to the cloud, cybersecurity experts have warned that it all remains accessible to any hacker who so much as gains a temporary foothold on a user's Recall-enabled device, giving them a long-term panopticon view of the victim's digital life.

"It makes your security very fragile,” as Dave Aitel, a former NSA hacker and founder of security firm Immunity, described it—more charitably than some others—to WIRED earlier this week. “Anyone who penetrates your computer for even a second can get your whole history. Which is not something people want.”

In addition to making Recall an opt-in feature, Microsoft’s Davuluri also writes that the company will make changes to better safeguard the data Recall collects and more closely police who can turn it on, requiring that users prove their identity via its Microsoft Hello authentication function any time they either enable Recall or access its data, which can require a PIN or biometric check of the user’s face or thumbprint. Davuluri says Recall’s data will remain encrypted in storage until the user authenticates.

All of that is a “great improvement,” says Jake Williams, another former NSA hacker who now serves as VP of R&D at the cybersecurity consultancy Hunter Strategy, where he says he's been asked by some of the firm's clients to test Recall's security before they add Microsoft devices that use it to their networks. But Williams still sees serious risks in Recall, even in its latest form.

Many users will turn on Recall, he points out, partly due to Microsoft’s high-profile marketing of the feature. And when they do, they’ll still face plenty of unresolved privacy problems, from domestic abusers that often demand partners give up their PINs to subpoenas or lawsuits that compel them to turn over their historical data. “Satya Nadella has been out there talking about how this is a game changer and the solution to all problems,” Williams says, referring to Microsoft's CEO. “If customers turn it on, there’s still a huge threat of legal discovery. I can’t imagine a corporate legal team that’s ready to accept the risk of all of a user’s actions being turned over in discovery.”

For Microsoft, the Recall rollback comes in the midst of an embarrassing string of cybersecurity incidents and breaches—including a leak of terabytes of its customers' data and a shocking penetration of government email accounts enabled by a cascading series of Microsoft security slipups—that have grown so problematic as to become a sticking point given its uniquely close relationship with the US government.

Those scandals have escalated to the degree that Microsoft's Nadella issued a memo just last month declaring that Microsoft would make security its first priority in any business decision. “If you’re faced with the trade-off between security and another priority, your answer is clear: Do security,” Nadella's memo read (emphasis his). “In some cases, this will mean prioritizing security above other things we do, such as releasing new features or providing ongoing support for legacy systems.”

By all appearances, Microsoft's rollout of Recall—even after today's announcement—displays the opposite approach, and one that seems more in line with business as usual in Redmond: Announce a feature, get pummeled for its glaring security failures, then belatedly scramble to control the damage.

[arpitapoorvaofficial]

🧠 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐈: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 $1𝐌 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐯𝐬. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 $1,500 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

The consulting world is at an inflection point. Once revered for their proprietary frameworks and globe-trotting suits, firms like McKinsey & Company and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) are now standing face-to-face with AI platforms that are leaner, cheaper, and faster. The irony? Many of these firms are investing in the very tools that could replace them.

The $470B consulting industry has long thrived on information asymmetry, polished decks, and elite branding. But now, with AI tools democratizing insight generation and strategy execution, a new era is emerging—one that doesn't require a seven-figure budget to play.

✅ 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞

◾ Platforms like Gartner, TechNavigator Training, and CB Insights are automating strategic research that once took months

◾ AI copilots like ChatGPT Enterprise or Claude Enterprise can now simulate SWOT analyses, market models, and business cases

✅ 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞

◾ Tools like Celonis and UiPath uncover inefficiencies in business processes without needing on-ground consulting teams

◾ Operational optimization no longer needs Excel exports and long workshops—automated dashboards are doing the job

✅ 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐬 𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐨-𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

◾ Platforms like Mendix, OutSystems, and Microsoft Power Apps let business teams build solutions without deep coding skills

◾ Traditional IT consultants are being replaced by builders who automate in days what used to take months

✅ 𝐀𝐈 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐬 𝐄𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐥

◾ While firms repackage ChatGPT demos as “AI transformation,” clients are discovering they can access the same models directly

◾ Claude Enterprise, costing ~$1,500/month, is automating workflows that used to command $1M change management budgets

✅ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞: 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐯𝐬. 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞

◾ Startups like Glean (AI search), Notion AI, and WRITER are embedding intelligence where consultants once added value

◾ The next wave of strategy and execution is happening through SaaS, not slide decks

Consulting firms are caught in the innovator’s dilemma. Their legacy models bring in revenue, but their survival depends on replacing those very models. It’s not that consulting is dying, it’s just being rewritten, one API call at a time.

To stay relevant, traditional firms must shift from selling advice to building platforms. Because clients no longer want 80-page decks, they want answers, automation, and outcomes.

[drogsdracca]

Seattle is at the heart of the tech economy of the United States. Apart from IT, Seattle and the surrounding regions also have many businesses from across the industrial spectrum.

If you want to get an edge in this competitive market, then AI might hold the key. With the help of Microsoft Copilot, you can bring the power of AI to your everyday work. As an innovative Copilot Consultant in Seattle, we help you use the Copilot assistant across the Microsoft ecosystem more efficiently.

[epcgrouptexas]

Explore how Microsoft Copilot can boost your business with advanced automation in Microsoft 365 apps like Word, Excel, and Teams. Learn how consulting services can help you set up and optimize Copilot to handle repetitive tasks, provide smart insights, and improve collaboration. Get expert help to make the most of Copilot's features and enhance your workflow.

[eaglesnick]

“Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it” -  George Santayana,

Wes Streeting has announced a new regime for NHS hospitals, with OFSTED type league tables and the sacking of under performing managers. Hospital trusts can expect to be ranked on a range of indicators such as finances, delivery of services, patient access to care and the competency of leadership. Top performing trusts will be given more money and greater freedom on how that money is spent.

I have no idea how effective these reforms will be but Streeting would be well served to remember the negative impact the introduction of OFSTED league tables had on schools and teaching staff.

For years concerns were voiced regarding the heavy handedness of OFSTED, its crude reporting format and its negative effects on staff moral. The suicide of head teacher Ruth Perry, having had her school downgraded by OFSTED from  “Outstanding" to " Inadequate”, led to an inquiry into the whole OFSTED process. This inquiry described OFSTED as “toxic” and "not fit for purpose". We can only hope Streeting’s new hospital inspectors will not make the same mistakes.

Wes Streeting and his new inspectors would do well to remember   the social context within which individual hospitals operate.

In education it was found that :

“A school in a poor area is five times more likely to be ‘failing’ than affluent areas”  (tes magazine: 16/06/18)

In other words, the more deprived an area, the more likely it is for schools to be judged by OFSTED as “failing” or “inadequate”. It cannot be a coincidence that social class seems to play a major role in the success of a school as measured by the narrow focus of OFSTED.  Will the same bias apply when hospitals are being judged under Wes Streeting’s new NHS inspection regime?

Wes Streeting is a keen advocate of utilizing AI within the NHS.

"AI has the potential to revolutionize healthcare by improving efficiency, reducing waiting times, and enhancing patient outcomes. We must embrace this technology to ensure the NHS can meet the demands of the future."  (29/06/23)

Taking Wes Streeting advice I consulted AI when  asking this  question:

“Is there a link between the social class of an area and the success of hospitals serving that area?”

Unsurprisingly, AI found there was indeed a very strong connection  between the two.

“Yes, there is a link between the social class of an area and the success of hospitals serving that area. Research has shown that hospitals in more deprived areas often face greater challenges, which can impact their performance and outcomes. These challenges include higher rates of chronic illnesses, greater healthcare needs, and limited resources. As a result, hospitals in lower socio-economic areas may struggle to achieve the same outcomes as those in more affluent areas.” (Copilot: 13/11/24)

I hope Wes Streeting’s new NHS inspectorate takes this obvious connection into account when compiling their reports but the news headlines today suggest otherwise.  The media talk of "naming and shaming”, sackings and the withholding of money from “failing hospitals". 

Just as has happened in schools, this will lead to a further demoralisation of NHS staff working in socially deprived areas, recruitment and retention problems and a  worsening of NHS hospital services in those areas.

It would seem that despite the findings if the OFSTED Inquiry, as far as Wes Streeting is concerned lessons have NOT been learned.