Microsoft’s Dona Sarkar compares today’s AI moment to the early mobile phone era, arguing that even limited capabilities signal a transformational shift toward greater freedom and mobility through AI.

New feature rollout includes support for tapping — or building — reusable skills that Cowork can invoke to complete a task or workflow on a user’s behalf.

Dona Sarkar explains how the shift from generative AI to agentic AI is redefining enterprise systems through self-correcting, multi-agent collaboration.

As initial release of ‘control plane’ becomes widely available, Microsoft is expanding agent registry, Shadow AI protections, and threat detection capabilities.

Microsoft and OpenAI restructure their landmark partnership, enabling broader competition while maintaining strategic ties, signaling a major shift in how AI alliances will evolve across the global cloud ecosystem.

The amended partnership shows both companies are evolving; it’s not a falling out. The question for organizations is whether they are ready to make similar strategic shifts to focus on governance and outcomes.

The rise of OpenClaw has pushed Microsoft to evolve Copilot beyond chat-based AI into a fully agentic platform, blending automation, coordination, and enterprise-grade governance within Microsoft 365.

A major barrier to AI adoption isn’t willingness but governance, as leaders seek secure, observable, and controllable systems to confidently deploy AI across enterprise environments.

Companies need to apply their philosophy to AI initiatives to drive success; optimal use of the Microsoft stack can create a strong philosophical foundation.

Definity First founder Mauricio Duran explains why enterprises must start with business problems — not technology — to successfully move AI into production.

At the AI Agent & Copilot Summit, Truvio’s Jorgen Bach explains how unified platforms and AI agents are helping enterprises close the ERP value gap and operationalize AI adoption.

Brent Wodicka, CTO of AIS, explains how ISVs and corporate software developers need to build ‘agent-friendly pathways’ to software platforms to enable autonomous actions.

Voice-agent templates enable introduction of real-time voice into Dynamics 365 Contact Center for better customer experiences, agent productivity in core workflows.

HSO explains how embedding AI agents into ERP and business workflows is accelerating implementations, improving data transformation, and driving real user adoption through industry-specific automation.

Dona Sarkar explains why AI should be viewed as a tool for empowerment rather than job replacement, urging professionals to become “AI power users” who learn how to harness AI within their own roles and industries.

Deloitte partner says most organizations are still in the transition phase of tapping AI in their ERP environments, but the technology can improve data consistency and improve financial compliance.

Leaders have a choice with AI; get really fast at fixing things or start building systems that don’t require you in the first place.

Addition to Microsoft 365 Copilot helps users sort through large amounts of data and conversations to determine required near-term actions and build comprehensive plans.

A major focus for sa.global is building industry-specific AI agents tailored to professional services sectors like construction and legal, aiming to reduce inefficiencies, automate workflows, and protect revenue streams.

Updates include learned context and skills that get applied to future sessions as well as automatically created content that adheres to corporate standards.

Despite its benefits, organizations need to openly discuss and acknowledge the impact of AI on productivity because it increases workloads and requires re-evaluating expectations.

Tad Remington explains how Solver is embedding AI agents into FP&A workflows, enabling organizations to analyze trusted, pre-structured financial data and streamline planning processes without requiring extensive manual intervention or custom-built systems.

Recent studies highlight the need to invest in AI for long-term strategic benefits — including driving enterprise transformation — where traditional ROI measurements may not apply.

Microsoft and Publicis Groupe are expanding a long-running partnership to create a full-stack marketing solution powered by cloud, agentic AI, and identity-based data, helping marketers automate workflows, modernize legacy systems, and unlock faster, smarter growth opportunities.

‘Routines’ are used to configure automations of common processes, then store and invoke them when needed to further accelerate development processes.

Microsoft addresses the limitations of pure AI autonomy by integrating workflows and agents, creating more structured, flexible automation systems tailored to enterprise production environments.

Toolkit acts as a gatekeeper, preventing unauthorized access by AI agents and addressing top risks including goal hijacking and memory poisoning.