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The second webinar in the Bringing Drupal AI Into Your DNA series focused on rolling up your sleeves and getting Drupal’s AI module working on real sites. Hosted by Jamie Abrahams, co-founder of FreelyGive, and Marcus Johansson, lead developer on the Drupal AI initiative, this session balanced developer-focused walkthroughs with honest takes on what’s working and what still needs your help.

This session is part of a free, public training series backed by the European Commission in partnership with the Drupal community. The goal: to equip builders, developers, and digital agencies with ethical, open-source tools and knowledge to bring AI into Drupal sites responsibly.

Watch the webinar recording now.

The first session in the series — “Bringing Drupal AI Into Your DNA: Introduction” — featured Jamie alongside Dries Buytaert and introduced the strategic initiative, the long-term vision, and the open contribution model being built around AI in Drupal.

This second session moves from vision to implementation: it’s about getting the AI module installed, configured, and ready to use.

Keep Calm and Install AI

Right from the top, Jamie made the audience feel comfortable diving in, regardless of where they’re starting from:

This one is going to be slightly more developer focused, but you’re going to know how to get started.

Jamie Abrahams

The session covered:

• Installing the AI module via Composer and verifying dependencies.
• Connecting the module to OpenAI or your LLM of choice, with examples for local dev and production.
• Managing permissions and API keys securely.
• Running a basic content generation test to confirm that the setup works end-to-end.

Community Matters

Jamie’s role as co-founder of FreelyGive and maintainer of the AI module keeps him right at the centre of this fast-growing ecosystem. He shared that:

I’ve been focusing on native Drupal CRM and been particularly obsessed with AI recently 

Jamie Abrahams

He made it clear this is all a work in progress. That’s exactly why the Drupal community’s input is so critical. Expect a bit of trial and error, but know that the maintainers genuinely want your feedback.

Marcus’ Hands on Demos

Marcus, who leads parts of the Drupal AI initiative, gave the developer audience concrete examples of how to work with AI functionality, from voice output to local installations. These live demos showed exactly how flexible the AI module can be and where it’s heading next. Expect more video walkthroughs, local dev examples, and client modules that link to other providers.

Join In!

If you’re interested in Drupal + AI, there’s no better time to get involved. Your contributions, whether that’s testing new releases, sharing feedback, or writing documentation, matter.

Next steps:

• Watch the webinar replay if you missed it
• Check out the AI Module on Drupal.org
• Join the #ai channel on Drupal Slack to connect with Jamie, Marcus, and the rest of the community

This webinar is exactly what more open source projects need: practical, transparent, and focused on real implementation, not hype. Install the AI module. Test it. Break it. Improve it. And share what you learn,  because that’s how Drupal AI moves forward.

Upcoming Sessions

In the coming months, the webinar series continues with targeted training sessions that build upon each other. All sessions are free, recorded, and open to the public.

• 2 September: AI Search
• 23 September: AI Agents (No-Code Creation)
• 7 October: Advanced: Build AI Agents with Code
   

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The Drupal Association is excited to announce the winner of 2025 Community At-Large Board Elections and additional board members joining this year.

We extend a sincere thank you to Fei Lauren, Lynne Capozzi and Rosa Ordinana for their service and dedication, not only to Drupal, but to the Drupal community. Your time spent on the board made such a difference to the future of the Drupal project, and we thank you all for participating with grace, thoughtfulness, and insightful contributions.

We would like to congratulate and welcome Dominique De Cooman and Glenn Hilton as our newest board members.

An additional congratulations to Maya Schaeffer for winning the community-elected seat during our 2025 At-Large Board Elections.

We cannot wait to see all the amazing things the new board members will accomplish while on the Drupal Association Board.

Detailed Voting Results

There were 7 candidates in this year’s At-Large board member election. 528 voters cast their ballots out of a pool of 1459 eligible voters.

Under Approval Voting, each voter can give a vote to one or more candidates. 

The final total of votes were as follows:

Candidate

Votes

Alexander Varwijk

114

Carlos Mario Ospina Anzola

140

Matthew Saunders

158

Matt Glaman

264

Maya Schaeffer

269

Vladimir Roudakov

106

Will Huggins

120

On behalf of all the staff and board of the Drupal Association, a heartfelt Drupal Thanks to all of you who stood for the elections this year. It truly is a big commitment to contribution, the Drupal Association, and the community, and we are so grateful for all of your voices. Thank you for your willingness to serve, and we hope you’ll consider participating again in 2026!

Today we are talking about Working from home, heading back to the office, and the current state of remote work with guest Kaleem Clarkson. We’ll also cover Microsoft 365 Connector as our module of the week.

For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/513

Topics

• Exploring Remote Work with Kaleem Clarkson
• Trust Issues in Management
• Employee Red Flags and Data-Driven Decisions
• Managerial Concerns with Return to Office Policies
• Respectful Implementation of Return to Office
• Challenges of Enforcing Office Mandates
• Benefits of In-Person Work
• Hybrid Work Models and Their Challenges
• Variations in Hybrid Work Policies
• Impact of Seniority on Office Policies
• Cutting DEI Initiatives: Fear and Legal Risks
• Employer Brand and Social Contracts

Resources

Blend Me Inc

Guests

Kaleem Clarkson - kclarkson

Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Rich Lawson - richlawson.co rklawson

MOTW Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu

• Brief description:
  • Have you ever wanted your Drupal site to integrate with Microsoft 365, so users can log in with their Azure AD credentials, and then have direct access to shared files, see recent emails, and more? There’s a module for that.
• Module name/project name:
  • Microsoft 365 Connector
• Brief history
  • How old: created in July 2019 by immoreel, though the most recent release is by Boris Doesborg (batigolix), both of Finalist, a Dutch Drupal shop
  • Versions available: 5.0.22 and 5.1.0-beta1, the latter of which supports Drupal 9.4, 10, and 11
• Maintainership
  • Actively maintained
  • Security coverage
  • Test coverage
  • Two documentation guide available
  • Number of open issues: 18 open issues, 1 of which is a bug, though it is postponed waiting for more info
• Usage stats:
  • 365 sites
• Module features and usage
  • This module integrates your Drupal site with the Microsoft Graph API, a unified API that provides a single endpoint for accessing data and intelligence from Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and more
  • Microsoft 365 Connector includes more than a dozen submodules, each of which provide specific capabilities like Single Sign-On, syncing data to Drupal user accounts, sending Teams messages from within Drupal, and more
  • You can also use this module to do things like automatically add an event node to your Outlook calendar, and invite other people at the same time
  • It’s worth noting that in the documentation guide the submodules are named “Office 365”, which is probably what the module was named until around 5 years ago when Microsoft retired the Office 365 name
  • Finally, setting up this module requires registering an app in Azure AD, so it’s not for the casual user. But if you're working on an intranet or similar collaboration platform for an organization that is heavily invested in the Microsoft 365 suite, this could make for a compelling integration