Work IQ offers significant value out of the box, capturing 80% of an organization’s operations without additional setup and addressing one of Copilot’s biggest shortcomings.
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Security blunders, failing to adhere to brand voice, and over-emphasizing outputs rather than results are three ways that sales and marketing teams can go awry with AI.
With autopilots, Scout and WorkIQ, Microsoft is building a memory layer for the entire agent technology stack.
Copilot Cowork’s usage-based model is a clear indicator of the AI pricing model growing up, as Microsoft and other enterprise providers put a meter on coworkers.
False claims, generic content, and AI-driven relationships are surefire sales and marketing missteps that will get your business thrown “off the pitch.”
James Oleinik explains how Microsoft Entra and Purview provide identity, observability, and centralized governance for managing enterprise AI agents at scale.
Latest release of agent-building platform bolsters orchestration in complex workflows, simplifies integration by tapping Model Context Protocol (MCP).
Microsoft’s first ‘autopilot’ ushers in an era where IT and business leaders must decide what an always-on agent can touch, act on, and bring to users’ attention.
Agent Optimizer functions ensure Foundry Hosted Agents adhere to user-defined criteria for the best instructions, skills, models, and tool descriptions.
NVIDIA-powered ‘Dev Box’ delivers horsepower to execute massive AI models from local systems on an ‘unmetered’ basis, while reference designs aim to make AI computing ubiquitous.
Autopilots increase the level of AI autonomy and automation. Build event also places major focus on agentic AI development — and controls — at the desktop.
Microsoft updates Finance Agent to provide a command center-type interface, as well as support for natural language prompts to gain and act on financial insights.
Because buyers rely extensively on AI tools, websites need to be optimized with content and schema that reflect changing customer journeys.
AI Is making organizations more competitive and unlocking innovation, but it’s also changing the ways humans process information.
Microsoft provides three distinct patterns — orchestrator/specialist, MCP-based connected agents, and browser session use — for agent development; discover recommended use cases for each.
AI and Microsoft expert Paul Swider details a personal health assistant he’s built called Tula that unifies all of a patient’s data and aims to level the healthcare playing field.
Microsoft and AI expert sorts out key pricing questions and licensing considerations for Copilot Studio-built agents, and explains why costs still pose confusion for some customers.
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint integrations, plus Copilot Cowork, bring AI-driven actions to the fore and make Copilot worth another look for those who were disappointed.
Skills codify workflow details that are too often managed as ‘institutional knowledge,’ making those instructions accessible and reusable for agentic AI automation.
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.