AI initiatives across the org lack a unified communication mechanism, leading to siloed awareness and limited cross-team collaboration. Teams working on Copilot CLI, Copilot SDK, VSCode, and other AI efforts need a structured way to share updates, learnings, and collaborate.
- Awareness: Keep all teams informed of AI progress, releases, and learnings
- Collaboration: Drive cross-team contribution and reduce duplication
- Discoverability: Make AI resources, investments, and knowledge easy to find
These are the existing sources of information that feed into SharePoint and the Newsletter.
| # | Source | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Copilot CLI channel | Teams Channel | Updates, discussions, and announcements for Copilot CLI |
| 2 | Copilot SDK channel | Teams Channel | Updates, discussions, and announcements for Copilot SDK |
| 3 | Monday Minutes | Recurring Meeting | Weekly sync notes and action items |
| 4 | Individual Team Repos | GitHub Repos | AI-related repos across teams |
| 5 | VSCode Releases | Release Channel | VSCode release notes and updates |
Use existing SharePoint sites (AI Discussion, team sites) with better organization.
Sections to organize:
Aggregated updates from:
- Copilot CLI updates
- Copilot SDK updates
- VSCode releases
- AI Discussion channel learnings
Curated from AI Discussion and other SharePoint sites
Organized into:
- Learnings
- Vision documents
- Gist references/links
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Investment Name | Name of the AI initiative |
| Owning Team | Team responsible |
| Status | Active / Planned / Completed |
| Description & Goals | What it does and why |
| Help Needed | Flag + description of what help is needed |
| Links | Related docs, repos, gists |
Distributed via email + Teams channel post every week.
Newsletter Sections:
| Section | Content |
|---|---|
| What's New | Top 2-3 highlights of the week |
| Core Updates | Copilot CLI news, Copilot SDK news, VSCode releases, Eval updates |
| Active Investments | Link to tracker, highlight items needing help |
| Tip of the Week | One actionable AI tip or technique |
| Feedback | Link to feedback form/channel |
- Catalog all existing Teams channels, repos, and meeting notes
- Establish process for pulling updates from each source
- Organize News section on existing SharePoint
- Organize Videos library
- Organize Documents library (Learnings, Vision, Gists)
- Create AI Investments SharePoint list
- Create newsletter template
- Set up email + Teams distribution
- Establish weekly cadence and ownership
- Pillar 1 sources feed into Pillars 2 & 3 - they are inputs, not deliverables
- SharePoint is for rich content (videos, lists, documents)
- Newsletter drives traffic to SharePoint and source channels
- AI Investments list should be low-friction for teams to update
- Consider rotating "Tip of the Week" contributors to drive engagement