Microsoft Scout builds a cloud review deck
Susanth Sutheesh reports Microsoft Scout generating a cloud-practice review PowerPoint with charts, KPI tiles and a risk grid, using illustrative rather than real figures.
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Original prompt
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Create a 5-slide PowerPoint deck called fy26-q1-cloud-review.pptx in my Downloads folder.
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Sourced account- Source author
- Susanth Sutheesh
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- Published
- 12 Jun 2026
- Source link checked
- 15 Oct 2026
- Reported result
- Susanth Sutheesh reports Microsoft Scout generating a cloud-practice review PowerPoint with charts, KPI tiles and a risk grid, using illustrative rather than real figures.
- Human involvement
- Sutheesh supplies the brief with illustrative values and shows the resulting deck. The captioned slide count differs from the number requested.
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How the agent did it
- Sutheesh asks Scout for a cloud-practice review presentation with illustrative figures.
- Scout selects the pptx skill and uses PptxGenJS to generate the file.
- The resulting deck includes a bar chart, KPI tiles and a risk grid.
Susanth Sutheesh tested Microsoft Scout's bundled document skills and published the output of a cloud-practice presentation request. He asked for a PowerPoint file in Downloads, with an executive summary, a chart of illustrative figures, wins, risks and next-quarter priorities. The account shows Scout selecting its presentation skill and using PptxGenJS.
The reported artifact contains a title, KPI tiles, a bar chart, multi-column layouts and a risk grid. The requested number of slides and the captioned output do not match: the prompt asks for five, while the author describes a six-slide result. The draft therefore records a generated deck without claiming exact compliance with the requested count.
The same account explains why skill routing matters. Scout chooses a document skill from the task, generates the file through code and saves it to the requested local folder. A broader example chains workbook reading and Word output, but that is a separate demonstration.
This was a presentation experiment with made-up business values. It did not validate cloud revenue, operational risks or a real management recommendation. Sutheesh remains the reviewer of the generated material. The evidence supports an editable file with the requested kinds of content, while preserving the visible slide-count discrepancy.
Prompt
Original prompt
Source: www.aguidetocloud.com · Susanth Sutheesh
Frequently asked questions
Were the figures real business results?
No. The brief requested fake figures for the demonstration.
Did the deck match the requested slide count?
The prompt requested five slides, while the source caption describes six.
Which library generated the deck?
The author shows Scout selecting the presentation skill and PptxGenJS.
More details
Remaining steps
- The author shows the generated deck, whose described slide count differs from the request.
About this account
Scout selected its presentation skill, used PptxGenJS to generate an editable cloud-review deck and saved the file in the requested folder.
Firsthand account opened and read. Outcome is source-reported, not independently reproduced. Firsthand skill demo; no verified company data or exact slide-count compliance. Original prompt box contains a short excerpt of the author's published actual-run instructions.
Credit: Susanth Sutheesh
Source published 12 Jun 2026
Source checked 15 Oct 2026
Tools and topics
Microsoft Scout · PptxGenJS · PowerPoint
Microsoft Scout · PptxGenJS · PowerPoint
Editorial completeness: 100/100. Measures documented fields, not agent performance or verified outcomes.