enterprise automation

Microsoft’s push to turn Dynamics 365 from a passive system of record into an active system of action marks a clear shift in enterprise software: business applications are being rebuilt as agentic systems that continuously monitor, reason over governed data, and take outcomes-oriented actions on...

The enterprise automation story that began with rules, scheduled jobs and single-step RPA has taken a decisive turn: intelligent, multi-step AI agents are now being woven into the fabric of business operations, and a new operational discipline — AgentOps — is emerging to manage, govern and...

Microsoft’s September update for Copilot Studio pushes the platform from “authoring copilots” toward a full enterprise-grade agent runtime — adding UI automation, richer channel deployment, testing tools, code execution, lifecycle tooling, and tighter admin controls that together make Copilot...

Microsoft’s public preview of the Microsoft Agent Framework marks a major step in advancing the company’s Agentic DevOps vision: a unified, standards-first SDK and runtime that promises to take intelligent agents from isolated copilots to governed, production-ready actors integrated across the...

Amazon’s cloud unit has formally entered the agentic-AI workplace race with Amazon Quick Suite, a bundled “agentic” AI workspace that merges the company’s Q Business assistant, QuickSight analytics, and a set of new workflow and automation tools designed to let employees ask questions, build...

Cisco's Webex portfolio just accelerated from AI assistance to agentic action — a shift that aims to make meetings, contact centers, and room devices not just smarter, but actively useful: creating action items, scheduling follow-ups, running receptionist tasks, and even helping IT run and heal...

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is available today in Microsoft Copilot Studio, delivering Anthropic’s newest Sonnet-class model into Microsoft’s agent-building and orchestration surface and giving enterprise teams another high‑capability backend to choose when designing Copilot agents. Background / Overview...

The conversation around artificial intelligence and work has moved from abstract speculation to hard-edged debate — and a recent poll-driven piece on Windows Central captures that anxiety in stark terms while pointing to concrete research showing which roles are already feeling pressure...

Workday’s alignment with Microsoft marks a pragmatic shift from pilot-era AI experiments toward a governed, identity-first model for scaling agentic automation inside the enterprise, giving organizations a single plane to register, manage, and measure both human workers and AI agents across HR...

Microsoft, Nvidia and Google now sit at the center of the agentic AI conversation — and if your organization is planning to deploy autonomous, task‑completing agents at scale, you will almost certainly be doing business with one or more of them. Background / Overview Agentic AI describes...

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...

Spotify, Apple and Microsoft all pushed meaningful updates this week that matter to Windows power users: Spotify has finally switched on lossless audio for Premium subscribers across more than 50 markets (including New Zealand) at no extra cost, Apple unveiled the ultra‑thin iPhone Air that...

Microsoft’s latest Copilot Studio updates push AI deeper into the everyday mechanics of business by letting agents make routine approval decisions inside multistage workflows — automating rule-driven steps while keeping humans in the loop for exceptions and final sign‑off. Background / Overview...

If you rely on Windows Task Scheduler but secretly wish it had a friendlier interface, richer triggers, or workflow-style automation, here are four solid alternatives that can replace or augment Task Scheduler for everyday and power-user automation needs. Background / Overview Windows Task...

Agents are only as capable as the tools you give them—and only as trustworthy as the governance behind those tools, and Microsoft’s new Agent Factory guidance in Azure AI Foundry makes that dual imperative the organizing principle for enterprise-grade agentic AI. Background / Overview The Agent...

Workflow automation is shifting from static scripts and scheduled jobs to adaptive, learning systems that augment human teams and drive measurable business outcomes right across the enterprise. Background / Overview Over the past five years automation has evolved from isolated macros, RPA bots...

Azure’s new “Agent Factory” argument reframes the enterprise AI conversation: move beyond retrieval and chat to agents that reason, act, reflect, and collaborate—and use that capability to complete end-to-end business outcomes, not just return answers. The announcement and technical framing...

Crow Canyon Software has unveiled NITRO Studio AI, a comprehensive update to its automation platform for Microsoft 365 environments. This next-generation release is packed with artificial intelligence-powered features, integrating dynamic advancements across forms, workflows, and communication...

Colonial First State (CFS), one of Australia’s leading wealth management firms, has embarked on a high-stakes artificial intelligence (AI) pilot in partnership with Avanade, the Microsoft and Accenture joint venture, signaling a major turning point in Australia’s financial services technology...

GitHub Actions’ relentless pace of innovation shows no signs of slowing, with the latest announcement poised to reshape how developers and organizations manage workflow settings and automation environments. The recent unveiling of new REST APIs and a consequential migration of the...