Event Moment: Nick Leamon and Chad Dickerhoff on Building AI Sales Order Agents
Nick Leamon and Chad Dickerhoff explain how AI sales order agents automate manual workflows, translating customer requests directly into ERP-ready…>
Microsoft Scout Is the New ‘Front Door’ While WorkIQ Makes Every AI Agent Smarter
With autopilots, Scout and WorkIQ, Microsoft is building a memory layer for the entire agent technology stack.>
Microsoft Outlines Copilot Cowork Pricing Model: ‘Consumption With Real Controls’
Copilot Cowork's usage-based model is a clear indicator of the AI pricing model growing up, as Microsoft and other enterprise…>
Event Moment: Christopher Lochhead on Why Creation Becomes Priceless in the AI Era
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Google Cloud Spec Brings Order to the Chaos Surrounding AI Context
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Models delivering voice and strong instruction-following speak to a strategy of building in-house in addition to partnerships. A call for new talent undescores internal development focus.
From purchase orders to vendor approvals, many steps in common business processes can be managed without human intervention. Microsoft is making that easier to implement in Copilot Studio.
Microsoft Delivers Role-Specific Copilots, Enhanced Controls and Integrations for Copilot Studio
Latest Copilot rollouts deliver functions specific to finance, sales, and service, while Copilot Studio is enhanced with authentication and simplified support for MCP.
A deep look at AI agent usage by Google Cloud reveals telecom and manufacturing firms setting the pace, while security and customer service use cases are benefiting a range of industries.
At the 365 Leadership Summit in Denver, leaders from diverse industries, including C5 Insights and other executives, shared insights on how AI is transforming leadership, creativity, critical thinking, adaptability, processes, and customer engagement, as captured exclusively by Cloud Wars.
New agent performs classification of data, gives prompts to site owners to improve quality, and maintains hygiene for content and its associated metadata.
AI Agent & Copilot Special Report: Microsoft’s Ryan Dorrheim on Dynamics 365 for Nonprofits
Microsoft’s Ryan Dorrheim describes how nonprofits can take advantage of Dynamics 365 tools to achieve more.
Shawn Dorward explores the release of ChatGPT 5, it’s benefits, why leaders should care, and how to go deeper with adopting AI.
Matt Hobbs shares PwC perspective on the need for agentic AI orchestration, how agents can help address technical debt, and continued investment in cloud infrastructure to support AI rollouts.
CEO of Microsoft AI Mustafa Suleyman warns that believing AI is conscious could lead to mental health risks and misguided calls for AI rights.
Shawn Dorward explains how Microsoft Copilot can be leveraged for fantasy football, drawing parallels between using AI in this context and a business context.
Models delivering voice and strong instruction-following speak to a strategy of building in-house in addition to partnerships. A call for new talent undescores internal development focus.
Microsoft’s new Copilot Mode in Edge transforms web browsing from a linear task into an intelligent, AI-driven experience that anticipates needs, performs tasks, and organizes your online journey.
The Agentic Enterprise: How Microsoft and Industry Leaders Are Redefining Work Through AI
The AI revolution isn’t coming — it’s here. “The Agentic Enterprise: How Microsoft and Industry Leaders Are Redefining Work Through…
Heather Deggans addressed ISVs at the Biz Apps Partner Executive Summit, highlighting how differentiation and local specialization will help ISVs stand out in the ecosystem.
UG Expert and Microsoft MVP Shawn Dorward explains how Microsoft Copilot can be used to brainstorm, and he reviews the different types of prompts to use for this.
Microsoft CVP of Business & Industry Solutions, Satish Thomas, told Biz Apps Partner Executive Summit attendees how AI is redefining Microsoft business apps.
Hear what it takes to create an AI-first GTM strategy in FY26 and drive organizational transformation from Microsoft’s Lori Borg.
Microsoft leaders Eric Fink and Erik Opsahl told Biz Apps Partner Executive Summit attendees of the changes and updates to segmentation and incentives in FY26.
AI Partners participated in an unmanaged partner panel, sharing what’s working and what’s not working as it relates to AI adoption and innovation.
Copilot Studio CTO Bas Brekelmans explains how agents are boosting productivity, reducing time spent on manual work, and cutting costs for Microsoft and others customers alike.
With two separate initiatives, Microsoft is bolstering its Defender platform with agentic AI to help security and ops teams combat two high-volume threats that can overwhelm humans.
AI and Microsoft business apps expert explains three distinct approaches to orchestration workflows across AI agents, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of each.
Even with $90 billion in Q2 CapEx spending, the major hyperscalers say cloud and AI demand will exceed supply until at least late 2025.
Cloud hyperscalers including AWS, Microsoft, Google and Oracle spent nearly $1 billion per day in Q2 2025 on AI infrastructure to meet unprecedented demand, signaling a long-term transformative shift toward AI-powered enterprise.
Nick Doelman shares how he has optimized with AI tools, specifically using Copilot in Power Platform, and having a growth mindset.
AI Agent & Copilot Podcast: Healthcare Leader Details AI Usage, Change Management Strategy
Dr. Patrick McGill of Community Health Network shares AI agent and copilot usage update, approach to change management, and the partners helping to realize $10 million savings goal.
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