Starlight · Matchday Report Q3 2026

The Digital Edge

How technology is transforming work at Starlight

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The starting lineup

Coming Soon: Matchday XI

Formation: 3-5-0 This Quarter · Digital Squad On the pitch
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Cash Call
GL Disbursement · Live
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Datalake Expansion
Data Foundation · Live
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DMS
Document Mgmt · Live
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Market Rates Scraper
Market Rent · Live
Substitutes · In Development
12Vendorcafe
13Residential Ops Compliance Hub
14Dev Fin Bot
15Daily Leasing Report Automation
16More AI Assistants
Match Report
⚽ On the pitch · Live
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Cash Call — Named as the GL Disbursement function, it simplifies vendor/tenant payments by removing manual additional-items processing, automating workflows, and ensuring greater accuracy and auditability.
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Datalake Expansion — Continued expansion of the enterprise Data Lake, bringing additional operational and financial datasets together to create a trusted foundation for reporting, analytics, automation, and AI initiatives.
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DMS — The SharePoint-based Document Management System rollout continues to modernize how teams store, manage, and collaborate on documents — improving accessibility, governance, and information sharing across the organization.
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Market Rates Scraper — A Power Platform solution that uses a Copilot Studio agent to collect market rent comparables near internal subject properties. Data retrieved is loaded to a Power BI report which users refer to for further analysis.
🔁 On the bench · In development
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Vendorcafe — Enhances collaboration by enabling secure self-service access to invoices and tracking payment status, improving transparency through a more efficient vendor experience within Yardi.
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Residential Operations Compliance Hub — A new centralized platform designed to streamline the tracking and management of City Orders, Permits, and LTB applications — improving visibility, accountability, and compliance across Residential Operations.
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Dev Fin Bot — An AI-powered request management assistant being developed to help the Development Finance team efficiently submit, track, and manage service requests while reducing manual coordination.
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Daily Leasing Report Automation — An automation initiative that generates and distributes daily leasing reports for stabilized properties, providing timely insights while eliminating manual reporting effort.
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More AI Assistants — Additional AI assistants are in the pipeline to support teams across the organization.
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Running total · year to date

Automation Savings Counter

Hours returned to our peers this year
7,935
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Team profile

Meet the Bot

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Analytics Request Bot

Request Intake & Approvals

Does: Accepts requests from users through an Adaptive Cards form so the Analytics team can review and approve them from the same agent.

Works with: Copilot Studio.

Fun fact: Users can submit and approve requests all within Microsoft Teams.

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Season stats · year to date

Transformation by the Numbers

772
Maintenance hours
Year to date
12,109
Tickets resolved
Year to date
4,529
Unit transitions supported
Year to date
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Clean sheet · the back line

Cybersecurity Challenge

This quarter's defensive record
Virus threats blocked by firewall
1,448
Emails blocked · potential threats
2,309

Cyber threats keep evolving — attackers increasingly use AI-generated content, impersonation, and sophisticated phishing. Technology does a lot of the defending, but our people are the first and most effective line of defense. Staying vigilant protects our data, our colleagues, and our business.

Cybersecurity reminders
  • Verify unexpected requests before taking action
  • Be cautious of links and attachments from unknown sources
  • Report suspicious emails immediately
  • Use strong passwords and multi-factor authentication
  • Lock your workstation when away from your desk
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From idea to innovation

Idea of the Quarter: PMC Monthly Reporting

One team spotted a bottleneck everyone else lived with — and did something about it.
Problem
A lot of email-based submissions, missing files, inconsistent formats, and little visibility into where things stood.
Submitted by
Starlight Finance
Solution
Created a structured, trackable, and more reliable reporting platform.
Impact
Better data quality and a faster financial close — saving 10–12 hours per month.
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Quick and fun

AI Myth Busters

✅AI helps me work faster
❌AI can access everything automatically
❌AI replaces business knowledge
✅AI still needs human review
✅The best AI idea is often the smallest one
❌AI is only an IT initiative
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Your turn

Innovation Ideas Wanted

⚽ Got a process that's begging to be automated?

Every workflow on this page started as someone's idea. Take your shot — no idea too small.

Submit your idea
Best idea each quarter gets featured here + reward.