Episode 30: AI in SharePoint: The Brains, the Bold Moves & the Cory Behind It All

About this episode:

Rebecka sits down with Cory Newton‑Smith to explore how AI in SharePoint has evolved from early Knowledge Agent ideas to today’s Copilot-powered capabilities. They break down how AI is finally helping organizations clean up noise, surface authoritative content, and turn SharePoint into a genuinely intelligent knowledge platform.

Expect insights into Microsoft’s “zero to one” journey, how customer feedback drives every iteration, and why the platform is becoming “so much more capable” as AI takes center stage.

• Chapters:
• 00:00 — Intro: Knowledge Agent & AI in SharePoint
• 05:54 — Cory’s journey at Microsoft
• 09:27 — AI in document management
• 14:05 — Customer feedback loops18:08 — AI capability leaps
• 21:37 — Cutting noise
• 26:09 — Authoritative content
• 31:29 — Customization power

About Cory:

Cory Newton‑Smith is a Group Product Manager at Microsoft and a key leader behind AI in SharePoint — from first‑party AI to custom SharePoint agents that unlock expertise across organizations.

She’s the woman behind the massive team effort that gave knowledge managers the best thing since electricity and indoor plumbing: AI‑powered knowledge in SharePoint. Cory blends product vision, customer research, engineering partnership, and deep experience in AI strategy to shape how Microsoft helps people find and trust organizational knowledge.

If your SharePoint suddenly feels smarter? Cory and her team's fingerprints are probably on it. A coffee drinker who lacks the sweet tooth that so many of us have - she is also "tea-curious", so let's see what her verdict will be on the "Söders Höjder" blend I will bring for her. Tea with a flavour of warm, sunny summer nights in Stockholm... To be continued.