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.
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The bifurcation between AI-native and AI-bolted-on organizations is becoming more apparent as the AI-centric approach’s benefits come into sharper focus.
Microsoft provides three distinct patterns — orchestrator/specialist, MCP-based connected agents, and browser session use — for agent development; discover recommended use cases for each.
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.
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.
‘Routines’ are used to configure automations of common processes, then store and invoke them when needed to further accelerate development processes.
Plugin for popular coding platforms injects the ‘skills’ needed to deliver agentic automation without deep knowledge of an organization’s Dataverse environment.
Initial release supports actions across agents, multiple AI models, and interoperability through the two most widely embraced interoperability standards.
Dona Sarkar calls out the “tech bro”-driven AI hype machine and shares a blueprint to push AI into mainstream use cases that will deliver on the tech’s considerable promise.
Framework lets users and developers bring their own models, supports both A2A and MCP for seamless integration of diverse AI tools, Will Hawkins and Rich Hawkins note.
One example workflow is a daily status report for developers that maintain repositories; the coding agent will interact with developers to confirm their specific needs and intent, check validity.
Failure becomes cheaper, and learning happens faster, as teams utilize AI to generate and test variations before committing to engineering.
Making Copilot Studio available within Visual Studio Code is a big step forward, integrating AI agents directly into developers’ daily workflows.
Paul Swider of RealActivity said demos highlighting Microsoft’s work with NVIDIA gave important insight into AI agent and product development opportunities.
Latest generative coding model from OpenAI delivers greater power for complex development tasks, including enhanced computer vision for turning design mocks into functional prototypes.
Anthropic’s donation of MCP spec to Linux Foundation garners broad industry support as vendors embrace interoperability and community development to drive AI forward.
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.
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.
Latest updates bring automation and scalability to evaluations of AI agents, as well as easily invoked group collaboration features within existing workflows.