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Microsoft’s latest push to make Office production feel like “tell it once, get a board‑ready deliverable” just cleared a major milestone: Agent Mode — an in‑canvas, multi‑step AI worker for Excel and Word — and a complementary Office Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot that can assemble polished...

Microsoft’s Insider channels closed out September with a quiet but consequential set of previews: seven focused Windows 11 improvements that refine AI experiences, accessibility, and everyday system diagnostics for Insiders — and set clearer expectations for how Copilot features will be baked...

Microsoft's latest Copilot update pushes Office from suggestion to automation: Agent Mode embeds multi‑step AI agents directly inside Word and Excel, while a chat‑first Office Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot promises end‑to‑end document and slide generation — a packaged vision Microsoft calls...

Microsoft’s push to make Office feel less like a collection of tools and more like a team of assistants just took a decisive step: the company has rolled out Agent Mode inside Excel and Word and introduced an in-chat Office Agent for Microsoft 365 Copilot, a move Microsoft is packaging as “vibe...

Microsoft is quietly rolling a tiny but practical convenience into Windows 11 Insiders’ taskbar: a one‑click shortcut for an internet speed test that launches Bing’s built‑in speed‑test widget, and it arrives alongside additional Copilot hooks and search tweaks in recent 24H2 preview builds...

Microsoft’s latest Insider cumulative quietly stitches a few practical conveniences and developer hooks into Windows 11 while continuing the steady rollout of Copilot-era features — headlined by a taskbar-accessible network speed test, a targeted Microsoft 365 Copilot tile in Get Started...

Microsoft has quietly begun rolling out a new phase in its AI-first strategy for Office: Agent Mode inside Word and Excel, and a cross‑app Office Agent inside Microsoft 365 Copilot — features designed to make complex, multi‑step work feel more like handing a brief to an expert and less like...

Microsoft’s latest Copilot update pushes Office deeper into agentic automation with a new productivity pattern Microsoft is calling “vibe working”, pairing an in‑canvas Agent Mode inside Excel and Word with a chat‑first Office Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot — a shift from single‑turn suggestions...

Microsoft has quietly pushed an optional Release Preview package—KB5065789—to Windows 11 systems running 24H2, packaging a cluster of AI-first productivity hooks, accessibility improvements and small but meaningful UI tweaks that preview what many users can expect to see more broadly in...

Microsoft has quietly closed the gap on a late “Week D” preview for Windows 11, version 24H2: cumulative update KB5065789 is now published as a preview package and raises the 24H2 build to 26100.6725, bringing a broad set of AI-first refinements, accessibility upgrades, tooling tweaks and...

Microsoft’s latest Copilot update turns Word, Excel and PowerPoint into agentic workspaces: Agent Mode brings multi‑step, steerable automation directly into Excel and Word on the web, while a chat‑initiated Office Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot can draft full documents and slide decks by...

A recent salvo in the ongoing debate over the commercial success of Microsoft’s AI-first strategy claims that Microsoft 365 Copilot — the company’s marquee productivity AI product — has only about 8 million paying subscribers, a figure that, if true, would represent a tiny fraction of...

Microsoft’s latest Copilot update moves Office from a helper that answers questions to a team member that plans, builds and iterates documents for you — a shift Microsoft markets as “vibe working,” delivered through an in‑app Agent Mode for Excel and Word and a chat‑first Office Agent inside...

Microsoft’s new “Agent Mode” for Excel and Word — plus a chat‑first “Office Agent” inside Microsoft 365 Copilot — marks a clear shift from single‑turn assistance to agentic productivity: describe the outcome you want in plain language, hand the task to an AI that plans, executes, checks itself...

Microsoft’s productivity stack just took another step toward agentic work: today’s rollout of Agent Mode in Excel and Word, plus a new Office Agent available from Copilot chat, promises to let everyday users build complex, auditable spreadsheets and full documents from simple natural‑language...

Microsoft’s Copilot is learning to plan — not just answer — and the company has rolled out a pair of agentic features that push that capability directly into Word and Excel: a new Agent Mode for in‑app, multistep assistance and an Office Agent that creates documents from the Copilot chat surface...

ChatGPT’s Windows app has jolted the desktop AI landscape: in practical day‑to‑day tasks it outpaces Microsoft’s Copilot in accessibility, file handling, and a snappier user experience, while Copilot still holds important advantages in deep Office integration and tenant‑aware security—making the...

Microsoft’s Microsoft 365 Copilot now supports Anthropic’s Claude family — specifically Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — giving enterprise customers an explicit choice between OpenAI and Anthropic models for selected Copilot experiences, while raising immediate governance, security, and...

The migration from Windows 10 to Windows 11 is no longer a distant IT project — it is a definable strategic opportunity that, when handled correctly, can deliver measurable security, productivity, and competitive gains for businesses across sectors. The recent CAJ News Africa briefing framing...

Microsoft 365 remains one of the most capable and convenient productivity subscriptions on the market, but the recent price reshuffle tied to Microsoft’s push to bundle Copilot and Designer has exposed real friction between perceived value and the reality of usage limits, regional pricing, and...