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You hired a Copilot Champion — now what? The week-by-week 90-day plan we hand every new Champion: listen, ship one measurable win, scale, review.
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The platform decision is rarely about model quality — it’s about identity, residency, grounding store, and which compliance docs already exist.
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For Workspace-first SMBs in 2026: when Gemini is enough, when the M365 + Copilot switch pencils, and the decision matrix we use. No vendor loyalty.
ReadMicrosoft Copilot vs. ChatGPT for SMBs
The math, workload fit, and decision matrix we walk every 30–300 person firm through. Where Copilot wins, where ChatGPT wins, and the buy-both case.
ReadPower Automate vs. Self-Hosted n8n for SMBs
Self-hosted n8n is free to license and expensive to operate. Power Automate is the reverse. The honest 30–300-seat comparison plus the hybrid pattern.
ReadPower Automate + AI Builder vs. Zapier for SMBs
Most SMBs on Microsoft 365 are paying twice for the same automation. Migration playbook, 80/20 rule, and 5 AI Builder patterns that pay back in month one.
ReadEU AI Act for SMBs in 2026 — the plain-English guide
Plain-English EU AI Act guide for SMBs: risk tiers, GPAI deployer duties, Article 4 literacy, and the August 2026 bite-date.
ReadAI Governance for SMBs: the 9-Document Pack
Nine one-page documents, two weeks, one named owner. The minimum-viable AI governance posture that answers 80% of any vendor-risk questionnaire.
ReadMicrosoft 365 Copilot Pricing 2026: Real TCO
The $30 sticker is half the year-one spend. A line-by-line TCO walkthrough for a 100-seat SMB — plus the cost traps nobody quotes you for.
ReadCopilot Champion Job Description Template
The single biggest predictor of Copilot rollout success: a named, paid, accountable Champion. The JD we recommend — with comp, interview, 90-day plan.
Read7 SMB Mistakes in First 90 Days of Copilot
About a third of Copilot rollouts limping in month 3 do so for the same seven reasons. None are tech bugs. All recoverable in 3 weeks if caught early.
ReadWhat SMBs Get Wrong About Copilot ROI
Four ROI levers, the trap nobody talks about, and a worked example of how a 120-person firm gets to 3.2× year-one ROI on Microsoft Copilot.
ReadCopilot Studio vs. Custom Agents: Build vs Buy
The build-vs-buy framework we walk every SMB through before scoping an agent: four Copilot Studio signals, four Azure AI Foundry signals, 24-mo TCO.
Read5 Questions That Disqualify an AI Use Case Fast
The most expensive AI projects aren’t the ones that fail — they’re the ones that should never have started. Five questions we ask before any build.
Read8 Copilot Studio Agent Patterns for SMBs
Eight Copilot Studio agent patterns we build most often for 30–300 person businesses — tile composition, build cost, gotchas, and which to ship first.
Read4-Week AI Activation Playbook for SMBs
Week-by-week schedule, exit criteria, deliverables, and the three checkpoints that decide whether you scale or kill a pilot. The honest version.
ReadThe 6-Tile Microsoft AI Stack Every SMB Owns
Most 30–300 person companies pay for 60–80% of the Microsoft AI capability they need. The six-tile map of what you have — and four pieces few activate.
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