344 - Insights on using applied AI with Rick Van Rousselt

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Rick Van Rousselt discussing the effectiveness of applied AI in customer environments and the current state of Microsoft products related to AI.

This week, we sit down with Rick Van Rousselt, Microsoft 365 MVP and managing partner at Advantive Belgium, for an honest look at what's actually working with applied AI in customer environments and what's quietly failing. We dig into the agentic shift across Agent 365, Entra Agent ID, Microsoft Agent Framework, and AI Foundry; the build-versus-buy line now that Microsoft is shipping agents into every product; and why the wave of Copilot rollouts is finally winding down. (00:00) - Intro and catching up. (00:29) - Show content starts. Show links - Find Rick van Rousselt on LinkedIn - Give us feedback!

People in this episode

Hosts: Tobias Zimmergren, Jussi Roine

Guest: Rick Van Rousselt

Topics covered

• applied AI
• customer environments
• Microsoft products
• agentic shift
• Copilot rollouts

Keywords

• applied AI
• Microsoft 365
• Agent 365
• Entra Agent ID
• AI Foundry
• Copilot
• agentic shift

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Advantive Belgium, Microsoft 365, Microsoft

Products: Agent 365, Entra Agent ID, Microsoft Agent Framework, AI Foundry

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