Avanade draws on extensive customer engagements to deliver agentic AI platform with pre-built AI agents and templates to accelerate launch and scaling of AI.

Kanwal Khipple breaks down Microsoft Graph Connectors, noting the abilities and definitions available to users.

Jim McCarthy uses VITA as an example of technologies evolving beyond their initial purposes and demonstrate value to boards.

A website AI agent can reduce or eliminate the need for site visitors to sort through your pages, content, and nav structure to quickly find answers to the questions they’re wrestling with.

Corey Bakhtiary shares how to approach introducing AI for organizations, including key considerations for deployment.

Dewain Robinson walks through how users can extend Copilot Studio and its capabilities to add value to assistants.

Asad Mahmood explains the value of demonstrating analytics for business users, as they don’t typically interact with the models.

Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Anthropic are forming a major multi-front partnership combining massive compute deals, financial investment, and joint model optimization to accelerate the AI Era.

John Accardi dives into his experience leading in a Microsoft practice, the impact of evolving technologies, and AI pilot projects.

Expanding its commitment to Model Context Protocol, Microsoft details new servers that give AI agents simplified access to services in key development and data management platforms.

MCP servers replace the need for traditional UIs by enabling AI systems to interact directly with business systems, performing tasks like summarizing data and running automation workflows.

Kirstie Tiernan defines power users and breaks down how they are key to unlocking organizational change with the implementation of AI tools.

Dag Calafell highlights the transformative impact of AI in comparison to previous technology revolutions.

Microsoft’s unified system provides a registry, governance, security, visualization, and orchestration for all agents regardless of their origin. It monitors agents like they’re employees.

Drew Clark demonstrates how users can publish an agent and highlights key elements to include.

At Microsoft Ignite 2025, Citrix and Microsoft leaders laid out a seven-step roadmap for integrating AI into enterprise workflows, highlighting practical transitions from basic prompts to fully autonomous AI orchestration.

Mason Whitaker, president of Microsoft business apps partner Volt Technologies, says Agent 365 anticipates future SMB needs for agent management, while WorkIQ will “revolutionize” collaboration.

Will Hawkins dives into the impact of representative data in AI models, especially with AI tools being used for decision making.

Maddy Dahl emphasizes the importance of security and prompts perspectives for business leaders as AI is embraced.

On the first day of Ignite, Microsoft rolls out a raft of software tools to help customers manage their expanding rosters of AI agents while avoiding sprawl and data risks that can arise in the AI era.

Microsoft expands its Dynamics 365 ERP MCP Server, shifting from a static to a dynamic model, enabling developers to create custom AI agents that replicate human-like ERP interactions and access thousands of ERP functions.

Ignite 2025 positioned Microsoft at the forefront of AI-driven enterprise solutions, providing a new intelligence stack designed to simplify deployment and improve agent performance with customized context.

Shawn Dorward explains why prompting is crucial in Copilot and how the concept lends itself in Business Central.

Samiullah Khan compares traditional chatbots with AI assistants, as the capabilities of these tools have evolved.

Stoneridge Software CEO, Eric Newell, shares his takeaways from Summit NA 2025 with John Siefert, specifically around the influence of agents in CRM.

Microsoft’s 2025 Partner of the Year winners show who’s driving Azure, AI and transformation across its global partner network.

Elevate365 Test Automation’s solution uses AI to automate testing, catch errors, and self‑heal scripts, freeing users to focus on their primary roles.