ericoverfield.com https://ericoverfield.com/ Experiences with AI, Data/Analytics, Microsoft 365, Azure, and SharePoint Thu, 07 May 2026 17:01:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Working at the Speed of Thought https://ericoverfield.com/working-at-the-speed-of-thought/ https://ericoverfield.com/working-at-the-speed-of-thought/#respond Tue, 05 May 2026 22:52:00 +0000 https://ericoverfield.com/?p=1426 Right now as I’m writing this post, I am running four tasks in parallel, five if you count this writing workstream. Not one after another, the way I used to work. All four, simultaneously, moving forward while I am thinking about and doing something else entirely. One involves code. One is a document taking shape. […]

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]]> https://ericoverfield.com/working-at-the-speed-of-thought/feed/ 0 Copilot in Notebooks are the Easy Part. AI Governance is the Real Rollout Project https://ericoverfield.com/copilot-in-notebooks-are-the-easy-part-ai-governance-is-the-real-rollout-project/ https://ericoverfield.com/copilot-in-notebooks-are-the-easy-part-ai-governance-is-the-real-rollout-project/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:39:00 +0000 https://ericoverfield.com/?p=1423 Microsoft shipped associated identities for Fabric items last week. On April 30th, Copilot and AI capabilities expand to every paid Fabric SKU down to F2. Multi-agent orchestration in Copilot Studio just went GA with native Fabric integration. And the March update gave notebooks native Copilot abilities to diagnose execution failures, suggest fixes, and generate code […]

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]]> https://ericoverfield.com/copilot-in-notebooks-are-the-easy-part-ai-governance-is-the-real-rollout-project/feed/ 0 The Best Thing Falcon Does Is Not Think https://ericoverfield.com/the-best-thing-falcon-openclaw-does-is-not-think/ https://ericoverfield.com/the-best-thing-falcon-openclaw-does-is-not-think/#respond Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:06:00 +0000 https://ericoverfield.com/?p=1422 My first interaction with my OpenClaw instance, Falcon, cost me five dollars. I.e. my hello world conversation. That was eye-opening. I turned on OpenClaw, typed “Hi,” and started asking basic questions about what was possible. Just getting oriented. Within minutes I’d burned through credits on what amounted to small talk. That was the moment I […]

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]]> https://ericoverfield.com/the-best-thing-falcon-openclaw-does-is-not-think/feed/ 0 Part 3 of 3: The Already Conscious Problem https://ericoverfield.com/part-3-the-already-conscious-problem/ https://ericoverfield.com/part-3-the-already-conscious-problem/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:04:00 +0000 https://ericoverfield.com/?p=1420 Why the Real Danger Has Nothing to Do With AI Waking Up If you’ve been following along with parts one and two of this series, here’s the quick recap. Part one: tl;dr; AI is not conscious. It’s a brain in a jar surrounded by plumbing. It lacks the substrate, continuity, stakes, and emergence that seem […]

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]]> https://ericoverfield.com/part-3-the-already-conscious-problem/feed/ 0 Part 2 of 3: Synthetic Consciousness https://ericoverfield.com/part-2-synthetic-consciousness/ https://ericoverfield.com/part-2-synthetic-consciousness/#respond Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:56:00 +0000 https://ericoverfield.com/?p=1419 A Better Way to Talk About What AI Actually Is, and Where the Trajectory Might Lead If you missed part one of this series, I’d encourage you to start there. tl;dr; I made the case that AI is not conscious. Not because AI is dumb (it isn’t), but because it lacks the substrate, continuity, stakes, and […]

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]]> https://ericoverfield.com/part-2-synthetic-consciousness/feed/ 0 Part 1 of 3: A Brain in a Jar – AI Isn’t Conscious https://ericoverfield.com/part-1-a-brain-in-a-jar-ai-isnt-conscious/ https://ericoverfield.com/part-1-a-brain-in-a-jar-ai-isnt-conscious/#respond Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:56:00 +0000 https://ericoverfield.com/?p=1418 If you’ve been anywhere near tech news over the past few months, you’ve noticed something unusual happening. The conversation about AI has shifted. We’re no longer just debating whether AI will take our jobs or write better code than we can. We’ve moved into deeper waters. It is now more mainstream as we’re debating whether […]

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]]> https://ericoverfield.com/part-1-a-brain-in-a-jar-ai-isnt-conscious/feed/ 0 I Run OpenClaw. Here’s What I Hope Microsoft Gets Right. https://ericoverfield.com/i-run-openclaw-heres-what-i-hope-microsoft-gets-right/ https://ericoverfield.com/i-run-openclaw-heres-what-i-hope-microsoft-gets-right/#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:17:00 +0000 https://ericoverfield.com/?p=1417 A few days ago, Omar Shahine posted an announcement on LinkedIn that caught my attention. He announced his new job at Microsoft! His mission? Bring OpenClaw and personal AI agents to Microsoft 365! His TL;DR is that Microsoft just made a Corporate Vice President level bet on the idea that personal agents belong inside the […]

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]]> https://ericoverfield.com/i-run-openclaw-heres-what-i-hope-microsoft-gets-right/feed/ 0 Part 2: Is OpenClaw Everything AI Promises to Be? Here’s Why It Actually Proves Suleyman Wrong. https://ericoverfield.com/part-2-is-openclaw-everything-ai-promises-to-be-heres-why-it-actually-proves-suleyman-wrong/ https://ericoverfield.com/part-2-is-openclaw-everything-ai-promises-to-be-heres-why-it-actually-proves-suleyman-wrong/#respond Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:58:58 +0000 https://ericoverfield.com/?p=1414 If you missed part one of this series, I’d encourage you to start there. The short version: Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI CEO, recently predicted that most white-collar professional tasks will be fully automated within 12 to 18 months. I argued that while the capability trajectory is reasonable, the prediction falls apart the moment you factor […]

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]]> https://ericoverfield.com/part-2-is-openclaw-everything-ai-promises-to-be-heres-why-it-actually-proves-suleyman-wrong/feed/ 0 Part 1: AI Will Replace White-Collar Work in 18 Months? Let’s Talk About That. https://ericoverfield.com/part-1-ai-will-replace-white-collar-work-in-18-months-lets-talk-about-that/ https://ericoverfield.com/part-1-ai-will-replace-white-collar-work-in-18-months-lets-talk-about-that/#respond Fri, 13 Feb 2026 21:46:12 +0000 https://ericoverfield.com/?p=1413 If you’ve been anywhere near a tech news, you’ve probably seen the headlines. Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, dropped what I’d say is quite a bombshell in a recent interview with the Financial Times, claiming that AI will achieve human-level performance on “most, if not all, professional tasks” within the next 12 to 18 […]

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]]> https://ericoverfield.com/part-1-ai-will-replace-white-collar-work-in-18-months-lets-talk-about-that/feed/ 0 Your #ESPC25 Game Plan: Maximize Your Conference Experience Before You Arrive https://ericoverfield.com/your-espc25-game-plan-maximize-your-conference-experience-before-you-arrive/ https://ericoverfield.com/your-espc25-game-plan-maximize-your-conference-experience-before-you-arrive/#respond Tue, 11 Nov 2025 21:34:54 +0000 https://ericoverfield.com/?p=1404 #ESPC25 is just around the corner, taking place this December 1st through the 4th, in Dublin, Ireland! We’re going back to Dublin! If you’re anything like me, you’re already buzzing with anticipation. Whether you’re a first-time attendee or a seasoned ESPC veteran, one thing’s for sure. This conference one of the best ways to end […]

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]]> https://ericoverfield.com/your-espc25-game-plan-maximize-your-conference-experience-before-you-arrive/feed/ 0 Insights from “The Next Decade in Data, Intelligence, and Technology” a Keynote by Rafal Lukawiecki at ESPC 2023 https://ericoverfield.com/insights-from-next-decade-in-data-intelligence-and-technology-keynote-rafal-lukawiecki-espc-2023/ https://ericoverfield.com/insights-from-next-decade-in-data-intelligence-and-technology-keynote-rafal-lukawiecki-espc-2023/#respond Mon, 18 Dec 2023 21:20:19 +0000 https://ericoverfield.com/?p=1399 In the ever-evolving landscape of data, intelligence, and technology, staying ahead of the curve is not just a choice, rather a necessity. Every year since 2014 I make a late fall trek to Europe to attend ESPC, the premier European focused Microsoft cloud technology conference, at least when they are able to host them. Each […]

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]]> https://ericoverfield.com/insights-from-next-decade-in-data-intelligence-and-technology-keynote-rafal-lukawiecki-espc-2023/feed/ 0 The Power of Focus: Achieving Business Objectives with OKRs https://ericoverfield.com/the-power-of-focus-achieving-business-objectives-with-okrs/ https://ericoverfield.com/the-power-of-focus-achieving-business-objectives-with-okrs/#respond Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:16:00 +0000 https://ericoverfield.com/?p=1396 Every successful business leader knows that focus is the key to achieving outstanding results. Recently at Microsoft 365 Conference 2023 in Las Vegas, I had the opportunity to present one of my favorite topics, Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), and Viva Goals. The questions and feedback keep flowing, it appears as though many of you […]

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]]> https://ericoverfield.com/sp-starter-kit-v3-released/feed/ 0 Resolving OneDrive sync error “Sorry, OneDrive Can’t Add Your Folder Right Now” https://ericoverfield.com/resolving-onedrive-sync-error-sorry-onedrive-cant-add-your-folder-right-now/ https://ericoverfield.com/resolving-onedrive-sync-error-sorry-onedrive-cant-add-your-folder-right-now/#respond Thu, 18 May 2023 17:08:55 +0000 http://ericoverfield.com/?p=1387 Recently while troubleshooting an OneDrive sync error, “Sorry, OneDrive can’t add your folder right now”, we came across a solution that has not yet been documented in common resolution approaches such as at at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/troubleshoot/sync/cant-add-folder-right-now. For some reason, the OneDrive in this scenario had content approval turned on, which caused the OneDrive to not sync […]

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]]> https://ericoverfield.com/resolving-onedrive-sync-error-sorry-onedrive-cant-add-your-folder-right-now/feed/ 0 The Quest for the Optimal Search Solution | Discover which Microsoft 365 search tool is right for you https://ericoverfield.com/optimal-search-solution-which-microsoft-365-search-tool-is-right-for-you/ https://ericoverfield.com/optimal-search-solution-which-microsoft-365-search-tool-is-right-for-you/#respond Mon, 28 Mar 2022 22:25:44 +0000 http://ericoverfield.com/?p=1373 Google may be the king of search results, but how do you maximize search functionality within Microsoft 365? In my last webinar, I had the pleasure of tackling this question. Now, every webinar session I start by saying ‘I’m so excited about this topic,’ and this session was no different. I really enjoyed deep diving […]

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]]> https://ericoverfield.com/espc21-online-3-week-countdown/feed/ 0 Join me at #ESPC21 Online | Register free today https://ericoverfield.com/join-me-at-espc21-online-register-free-today/ https://ericoverfield.com/join-me-at-espc21-online-register-free-today/#respond Wed, 14 Apr 2021 18:42:56 +0000 http://ericoverfield.com/?p=1364 I’m thrilled to be joining the European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Conference again. Like most events in the last year, ESPC is going virtual on June 1st and 2nd. 2021. This is a great opportunity to learn from some of the best in the industry, from the comfort of your couch, and for free […]

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]]> https://ericoverfield.com/join-me-at-espc21-online-register-free-today/feed/ 0 Join Me at #ESPC19 – Dec 2-5, 2019 – The latest on SharePoint, Teams, Azure, and more https://ericoverfield.com/join-me-espc19-dec-2019-the-latest-sharepoint-teams-azure/ https://ericoverfield.com/join-me-espc19-dec-2019-the-latest-sharepoint-teams-azure/#respond Mon, 18 Nov 2019 21:16:53 +0000 http://ericoverfield.com/?p=1361  I look forward to you joining me on Tuesday the 3rd of December for my session “Modern vs. Classic SharePoint – Which is Right for You?” at the European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Conference 2019, taking place in Prague! I have been attending ESPC since ESPC 2014 that took place in Barcelona, and as always, I’m excited to connect with […]

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]]> https://ericoverfield.com/join-me-espc19-dec-2019-the-latest-sharepoint-teams-azure/feed/ 0 Microsoft Azure Defeats Amazon AWS for Coveted JEDI Contract https://ericoverfield.com/microsoft-azure-defeats-amazon-aws-for-coveted-jedi-contract/ https://ericoverfield.com/microsoft-azure-defeats-amazon-aws-for-coveted-jedi-contract/#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2019 17:47:47 +0000 http://ericoverfield.com/?p=1358 Tl;dr; Microsoft was recently awarded a massive competitive contract with the United States Department of Defense, in particular the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, or JEDI contract, worth $10B USD over 10 years. The point of the JEDI contract is to provide cloud-based mission and operational support to the DoD, providing a cloud-based infrastructure for migrating […]

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