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Ioannis
Androulakis

Writing about Microsoft 365, digital transformation, and the human side of technology change in large organisations.

Ioannis Androulakis
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European Investment Bank Luxembourg · Programme Manager
M365Programme Lead
PM²Certified Expert
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Insights & Perspectives

2026
Outlook and Copilot Outlook and Copilot
April 2026
Outlook has reached escape velocity — and it still doesn't work

NASA spent an hour remoting into a Surface Pro. In space. To fix Outlook.

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Prompt vs Context engineering Prompt vs Context engineering
March 2026
The best prompt is the one you never have to write

Prompt engineering is a temporary tax on a maturing technology. The future belongs to Context Engineering.

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AI and Sustainability The Environmental Cost of AI
March 2026
Just because Copilot can do it, doesn't mean it should

>AI has become the be-all, end-all tool. But in a bank dedicated to the green transition, our tech choices should be just as sustainable as our investments.

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Balancing Innovation: Governing the Power Platform — from citizen development chaos to managed business solutions From ungoverned development chaos to managed empowerment
March 2026
Power Platform: Innovation or Technical Debt?

The promise of empowering business users to build tailor-made solutions with little to no code is not a revolution. It is a decades-old recurring dream.

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The Greek government wallet The Greek government wallet
March 2026
The EU Digital Identity Wallet

The bridge that finally connects our physical borders with our digital lives

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Structured vs Unstructured data Structured vs Unstructured data
March 2026
I am giving up on Metadata

After nearly two decades preaching the Gospel of Metadata, I have changed my mind — and I think the machines finally earned it.

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AI-generated Tai-chi master AI-generated Tai-chi master
March 2026
Internet's mid-life crisis

From unskippable ads to AI Tai-chi masters — and a small DNS trick to fight back.

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Photo created using AI to show a digital Spartan The path to Digital Sovereignty
March 2026
Europe's Payment Revolution

Flying between Greece and Luxembourg made me painfully aware of Europe's fragmented payment landscape.

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Photo created using AI to show a digital Spartan Digital Spartan
March 2026
My initials literaly spell A.I.

I have been diving deeper into AI tools and here is how progress looks like for me.

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M365 Copilot Microsoft 365
March 2026
Microsoft's Sneaky Move

How the M365 mobile app became a Copilot funnel — and what it means for your workflow and privacy.

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