Nancie Calder provides insights on the upcoming AI Agent & Copilot Summit, including how attendees can optimize their time at the event.
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New server unlocks thousands of ERP operations — such as building purchase order queries — and eliminates manual setup.
Cross App Access, being added as a core part of the MCP specification, allows centralized management of user entitlements, closing a gap that currently exists with some MCP servers.
enVista’s Nathan Bensch outlines how the AI Agent & Copilot Summit is shifting from Copilot basics to full-scale AI agents with practical, technical, and strategic content.
Cisco exec Arjun Sambamoorthy explains the threats customers must address when deploying MCP, and details the supply-chain focused approach that Cisco takes to securing MCP servers.
Microsoft Principal Solution Architect Dewain Robinson does a deep dive on new Copilot Studio features — and their benefits — that were introduced at last month’s Ignite conference.
AI agents that incorporate nested learning should yield smarter domain copilots that absorb new information without losing their baseline expertise.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Progressing through the sequence of agent types ensures a predictable, impactful implementation of AI in the business.
Medical copilots help clinicians by understanding context and structuring documentation automatically, removing a burdensome administrative layer.
In this moment, excerpted from the session “Building a Chatbot? Should You Go with Copilot Studio, Azure OpenAI Service, or…
Category Pirates’ Christopher Lochhead explains how individuals can strengthen creativity and establish value by creating “net new things” for their companies.





