automation

Tessell’s latest update repositions its multi‑cloud Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) as a practical bridge for enterprises moving large, heterogeneous database estates to Microsoft Azure while accelerating analytics and machine‑learning use through real‑time streaming and AI‑driven operations...

Eon’s new integration with Microsoft Fabric and OneLake reframes a decades‑old IT pattern: instead of treating backups as inert insurance copies, enterprises can now expose them as live, governed data assets that accelerate analytics, AI/ML training, and BI while promising measurable cloud...

Accounts payable automation is no longer an optional efficiency play — it is a strategic lever that shapes working capital, auditability, and the daily rhythm of finance teams operating on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance. Modern AP automation for Dynamics 365 ranges from lightweight invoice...

Microsoft’s Ignite keynote and product pages have confirmed a deliberate step toward making enterprise data “meaningful” to both people and machines: Fabric IQ, introduced as a preview capability inside Microsoft Fabric, layers semantic intelligence over analytics, time‑series, geospatial and...

Zendesk’s latest push to embed its AI-first Resolution Platform directly into Microsoft’s agent and Copilot ecosystem promises to move employee service from a set of siloed tools into the very apps people use every day — but doing that safely and reliably will require careful identity-first...

Microsoft’s Ignite 2025 keynote showed the company taking a decisive step from conversational assistants to an enterprise-grade, governable army of AI agents — and Agent 365 is Microsoft’s answer to the operational headaches that follow when hundreds or thousands of autonomous agents start...

Microsoft’s vision of a hands‑free, context‑aware Copilot baked into Windows 11 — the kind of assistant that identifies objects on screen, edits files for you, and changes system settings at voice command — has repeatedly fallen short in real‑world tests, leaving early adopters frustrated and...

Reply’s presence on the Microsoft Ignite 2025 stage underscores a clear partner play: package Copilot-era capabilities into vertical, enterprise-ready solutions that bridge Microsoft’s new agent platform with real-world business processes and measurable outcomes. Background / Overview Microsoft...

Microsoft’s latest push to make AI not just a productivity feature but an operational platform rests on a simple premise: if agents are going to do real work, enterprises need a managed, auditable, and governable place to build, test, run and secure them — and Copilot Studio is that place...

Microsoft’s Ignite 2025 keynote threaded one clear message through its new product mix: agents are no longer an experiment — they’re being stitched into the day‑to‑day fabric of Microsoft 365 and Teams, with third‑party app connectivity, role‑specific agents for IT and sales, and expanded...

Microsoft is quietly placing a new kind of helper inside Windows 11: an experimental Agent Workspace that lets AI agents run in a separate, permissioned desktop to open apps, click and type, and manipulate files on your behalf — all while promising visibility, revocable access, and auditable...

Microsoft’s latest Insider preview surfaces Agent Workspace — a contained, system-level environment that lets AI agents run under their own account and desktop so they can perform clicks, typing, app launches and file operations in parallel with a human user. Background and overview Microsoft is...

Microsoft is quietly rolling out an opt‑in capability in Windows 11 that lets AI agents take direct action on your PC — opening apps, clicking buttons, filling forms and manipulating files inside a contained “Agent Workspace” — and Microsoft is surfacing this under a new Settings toggle labeled...

Microsoft has started previewing a significant expansion of Copilot on Windows: Copilot Actions, an experimental, agentic capability that can perform multi‑step tasks on your PC from within a contained Agent Workspace, is rolling out to Windows Insiders through Copilot Labs, with the Copilot app...

AI chatbots have quietly moved from novelty to necessity: tools that draft emails, map trips, summarize meetings, and even offer a sympathetic, late‑night ear — and their rapid entrenchment in daily routines is reshaping how people work, travel, and manage stress. Recent product launches and...

Levi Strauss & Co. has joined forces with Microsoft to build an Azure‑native, Teams‑embedded “superagent” — a single conversational portal that will orchestrate a network of specialized AI subagents to automate store, warehouse and corporate workflows as the company pursues a direct‑to‑consumer...

Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT have both moved beyond one-off chat responses and into the realm of scheduled, proactive assistance, letting paid subscribers automate recurring tasks without keeping an app open — a shift that makes these AI systems act more like continuous digital...

Dynatrace’s announced integration with Microsoft’s Azure SRE Agent promises to move observability from passive diagnostics to agentic operations — surfacing causal insights inside the Azure control plane and enabling gated, auditable remediation — a shift positioned by both vendors as a major...

Vortex is staking a bold claim in a crowded market: by committing exclusively to the Microsoft ecosystem and redesigning support around speed, predictability, and deep product alignment, the Washington, D.C.–based managed service provider aims to become the new standard for Microsoft-focused...

Dynatrace’s new Azure-focused cloud operations offering promises to shift observability from “tell me what happened” to “help me fix it safely,” introducing deeper Azure telemetry, built‑in prevention, agentic remediation, and continuous optimization — a preview announced at Microsoft Ignite...