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.
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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.
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.
Updates include learned context and skills that get applied to future sessions as well as automatically created content that adheres to corporate standards.
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.
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.
‘Agent Nodes’ make it easier for the reasoning and orchestration intelligence of agents to plug into established workflows for customer service, procurement, and more.
Microsoft’s $10 billion Japan investment underscores a strategy combining AI infrastructure, workforce development, and data sovereignty to drive global growth while meeting increasingly strict regional compliance requirements.
Plugin for popular coding platforms injects the ‘skills’ needed to deliver agentic automation without deep knowledge of an organization’s Dataverse environment.
Round of enhancements also includes simplified prompting during agent-building processes, new content moderation controls to govern sensitive material.
Microsoft’s latest Windows update signals a shift from widespread Copilot deployment toward more intentional, value-driven AI integration and agentic experiences.
Microsoft’s 2026 Release Wave 1 introduces deeper Copilot integration, expanded agentic AI experiences, and new governance and automation capabilities across Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Microsoft 365 Copilot, accelerating the shift toward enterprise-wide agentic operations.
With 209% ROI and six-month payback, Business Central is helping organizations streamline finance operations while enabling AI-powered insights through unified data and standardized processes.
Mason Siefert explains how autonomous agents are transforming finance teams by replacing manual reconciliation and accounts payable tasks with intelligent, always-on systems that learn, adapt, and reduce risk.
New features enhance research quality by using multiple models to produce outputs while comparing and refining results, as well as optimizing presentation of research results.
If the new model of one manager for every 50 engineers at Meta is successful, it could reshape how AI teams are structured across the industry.
In their highlights from AI Agent and Copilot Summit, Ronak Mathur and Marie Wiese note the importance of ongoing human involvement, as well as the opportunity for partners to provide licensing guidance while building trust.
The company and ISV partners deliver agents that inject new functions into Copilot, Defender, and other Microsoft platforms, driving significant growth in the security ecosystem.