Workday and Microsoft’s new integration aims to let organisations manage human employees and AI agents from a single, auditable plane — registering Copilot Studio and Azure AI Foundry agents into Workday’s Agent System of Record (ASOR) and giving each agent a verifiable Microsoft Entra Agent ID...
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Workday’s announcement at Workday Rising of a joint technical alignment with Microsoft marks a decisive step in making AI agents first-class, governable entities inside the enterprise — not just ephemeral bots stitched together by line-of-business teams. The new integration links Microsoft’s...
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Workday and Microsoft quietly stitched together a practical bridge between identity, runtime, and business context for AI agents—an integration that promises to make digital workers first-class citizens in enterprise HR, finance, and security systems while raising new questions about governance...
Workday and Microsoft have quietly stepped into the next phase of enterprise automation: they’re building the plumbing to let agentic AI workers — digital agents created in Microsoft’s developer ecosystem — obtain verified identities, join a corporate directory, and be managed alongside human...
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Azure’s argument is stark but simple: it’s no longer a question of whether teams can build AI agents—the real battle is how quickly and reliably they can move from prototype to enterprise-ready deployment.
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The pace of agent development has accelerated from lab experiments to...
In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, the concept of the "agentic web" is emerging as a transformative paradigm. This vision, championed by industry leaders like Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, envisions AI agents that not only respond to queries but autonomously navigate...
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The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence is shaping the next wave of software, not merely through smarter algorithms but through the seamless cooperation between AI “agents” across different ecosystems. In a significant turning point, Microsoft recently announced full support for Google’s...
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