SameerMhaisekar | Microsoft MVP

29 Jul 2026

Why Your Copilot Rollout Isn't Working (And What Actually Does)

You bought the licenses. You flipped the switch. Copilot is sitting right there in Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams — everywhere your people already work. And three weeks later… crickets. A handful of people use it daily. Most tried it once, shrugged, and went back to their old workflow. Sound familiar? You're not alone — and […]

08 Jul 2026

A Guide to Context Hygiene in GitHub Copilot

We’ve all been there. You start a chat session with GitHub Copilot, ask it to help you refactor a tricky React component, and get back brilliant, spot-on code. But three hours later—after dozens of prompt turns, debugging loops, and copy-pasted terminal outputs—Copilot starts suggesting jQuery, hallucinating API endpoints, and lagging. Welcome to the Context Bloat […]

06 Jul 2026

Mastering GitHub Copilot Customization: From copilot-instructions to SKILLs, Prompt Files, Agents, and Hooks

Most developers start using GitHub Copilot the same way: they open the chat window, type a prompt, and hope for the best. As teams begin relying on Copilot every day, however, they often fall into the same trap—trying to solve every problem with one enormous prompt. Coding standards, testing requirements, deployment procedures, security rules, documentation […]

03 Jul 2026

Every Token Counts: Optimizing GitHub Copilot for the Enterprise

When GitHub Copilot moved to usage-based billing, the conversation changed overnight. Previously, organizations paid a fixed monthly price per developer. Today, every advanced Copilot interaction—whether it's Chat, Agent Mode, CLI, code review, or autonomous workflows—consumes AI credits based on token usage. The immediate reaction for many organizations has been to limit Copilot usage. That's probably […]

19 Jun 2026

Managing Security for Your Agents: Where to Start in Power Platform Admin Center

Building an agent is often the easiest part of the journey. Once an agent starts interacting with business users, internal knowledge, and enterprise systems, questions around security, governance, compliance, and operational ownership quickly follow. In this series, we'll walk through the security controls available in Power Platform Admin Center and discuss how they can be […]

17 Jun 2026

Classic Agent to New Agent Migration Advisor in Copilot Studio

As previously discussed, Microsoft released the new experience for creating Copilot Studio agents. We managed to create a simple Tax Advisor agent as we were exploring the new UI the first time, but it did not have any skills attached to it, just driven by agent instructions and grounded in public websites. Today, we'll finally […]

Copilot Studio Architecture Deep Dive

Understanding the architecture of Copilot Studio and how to design scalable agent systems.

From Proof of Concept to Production

A live walkthrough of taking an AI solution from POC to production, covering governance and rollout strategies.

Power Platform Governance Best Practices

Essential patterns for maintaining control and compliance while enabling citizen development.