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The age of Copilots, and the PMO!

At the Microsoft Ignite 2023 event, it was very apparent! We are in the “Age of copilots”. And that is a good thing, because with the general availability, we can start seeing a more capable assistant very soon (because of all the information we get from the initial wave of users). Let’s see what we can get with the PMO in mind.

**A project Manager sitting at his desk working on a spreadsheet, he has a little angel at his shoulder wearing a pilot helmet**. Bing.com/create

The difference between Project Online and Excel

I recently received 3 questions on my “Ask Me Anything” form. In this article, I’ll address the questions and provide my answers. It would be good to state that these questions came from a Project Online administrator who works for a large organization.

**papers on a desk, one paper shows a Microsoft Project Gantt chart, the other a Excel table. A Project manager is looking at them intently**. Source

Build your own PMO minded GPT, use this guide

There’s a ground shaking change in ChatGPT land! And it is the ability to “create” your own GPT using the pro subscription of ChatGPT. There have been a lot of cool announcements at the OpenAI developer conference. Today I’ll focus on creating our own PMO minded GPT. TLDR? Try out my PMO chatGPT here.

AI generated image of an assembly line with a big machine at the end. On the left side of the machine the line has generic robots on it. on the output side of the line, after the big machine, there is a super interesting and valuable business minded robot. — An assembly line with a big machine at the end. On the left side of the machine the line has generic robots on it. on the output side of the line, after the big machine, there is a super interesting and valuable business minded robot. Source: Bing.com/create

Well, it’s a hit and miss this week with the AI generated image. I was hoping for something better to showcase the change from generic to very specific. But with genAI, you don’t always get what you want.

First week of Microsoft 365 Copilot

In my mind, this year so far is in 6th gear! In March ChatGPT was the fastest growing “thing” ever, then just a few months later Microsoft acquired the company behind it (OpenAI) and at the beginning of this month (November 2023) Microsoft released its flagship AI solution Microsoft 365 Copilot. What do we know about this Copilot, and are people using it to their benefit?

**Dawn of the copilots** – Bing.com/create (Dall-E3)

It’s a total miss this week with the image. But I did want to share it, as I have experienced a couple of big hallucinations lately that didn’t fit at all, more on that later.

The Spooky ChatGPT article

In this article, I will focus on new features in ChatGPT, and how they might effect you as a Project Manager or part of a PMO. And it’s Halloween today, so here’s a spooky Project Manager:

**A Spooky project manager haloween style. Bing.com/create**

Great sources of PMO-AI training material

Welcome back to another post on Generative AI, and how it can assist you as part of the Project and Portfolio management workforce. In this 22nd post on the topic, I’m taking a different approach. I’d like to share some great free sources that you can visit to learn more about (Generative) AI.

**A person looking for all the options to learn about Generative AI as a Project Manager** – Bing.com/create

Harnessing the Power of Azure OpenAI for Advanced Project Management Solutions (Part 4)

In this fourth part of Generative AI, specifically aimed for organizational use, I’m focussing on Azure OpenAI. Microsofts solution to using Generative AI features, securely within your own tenant and company/privacy policies.