governance

Duke’s experience with practical, people-centered AI offers a clear, early blueprint for what the rest of higher education—and many workplaces—will face: rapid gains in everyday productivity and workflow, paired with urgent questions about verification, governance, training, and the preservation...

Microsoft's recent tweaks to Excel—the company quietly changing how the app displays and interprets certain cell contents—are more than a small UI adjustment; they are a deliberate attempt to reduce a long‑running source of user confusion while simultaneously folding AI workflows deeper into the...

Microsoft’s succinct February post — a conversation between Ryan Cunningham, Corporate VP for Power Platform, and analyst Daniel Newman — captures a decision every CIO, platform lead, and product manager should already be making: enterprise applications are not being incrementally improved by...

Oracle’s placement as a Leader in Forrester’s latest Data Fabric Platforms evaluation marks a notable moment in the evolving debate over how enterprises connect, manage, and operationalize data across hybrid and multicloud estates. The recognition calls attention to a suite of capabilities...

The University of Georgia has launched a campus AI pilot program for students, marking the latest chapter in a nationwide push by colleges to move beyond blanket bans and toward guided, institution‑level adoption of generative AI tools — a shift that promises productivity and new learning...

New Horizons’ announcement that it will embed Microsoft Copilot training directly into its Microsoft Office course catalog marks a decisive shift in how commercial training providers are trying to close the gap between AI access and everyday workplace adoption. Announced on February 16, 2026...

New Horizons’ decision to fold Microsoft Copilot training directly into its Microsoft Office curriculum marks a deliberate pivot from standalone AI workshops toward embedded, workflow-first learning — a move designed to turn corporate curiosity about generative AI into daily, measurable use...

Enterprise leaders who treat AI as a feature will fail; those who treat AI as the fabric of how people work must secure the workplace differently — not by bolting old defenses onto new tools, but by redesigning controls, governance, and operational practices for an AI-native era. Background...

Agentic AI is the shift from “helpful text” to “measurable action”: systems that set goals, break them into steps, call tools, verify outcomes, and iterate until the job is done. In 2026 that shift is no longer academic — teams expect agents to close tickets, launch campaigns, reconcile books...

OnePlan’s February 2026 product update delivers a clear, practical set of enhancements aimed at reducing everyday friction for enterprise portfolio teams: no‑code Work Plan automations and stricter baseline governance to protect schedule integrity, a centralized Plan Files App with Microsoft...

Microsofts Copilot hat in den letzten Monaten eine Wandlung durchlaufen: vom eingebetteten Assistenten in Office‑Apps hin zu einer plattformweiten, handlungsfähigen AI‑Schicht, die Unternehmen als eine Art „unternehmensweites Betriebssystem“ für Wissen, Automatisierung und Agenten‑Orchestrierung...

OneDrive’s Folder Backup (Known Folder Move) is quietly one of the most consequential “default” behaviors in Windows 11: when it’s activated without clear consent it can commingle local and cloud copies, consume paid OneDrive storage, and change where your files actually live — often without you...

OnePlan’s February 2026 release pushes the company’s Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) platform toward deeper automation, tighter schedule governance, richer collaboration inside Microsoft Teams, and early native language support for French and Spanish — a set of changes intended to reduce...

Hello Everyone, We are currently running Dynamics 365 Business Central in a cloud (SaaS) environment and want to better understand how organizations govern Microsoft’s release cycle without disrupting critical business operations. I’d appreciate insights on a few areas: What governance model...

Jen Harris’s message on the AI Agent & Copilot Podcast is simple and urgent: partners must stop treating AI like a toy and start building the partner of the future — one that combines Microsoft Copilot, Azure, Power Platform, data, and governance into outcome-driven solutions that actually...

Microsoft's latest Copilot push has a new face — and a new pitch for industrial customers: Mico, the animated Copilot avatar unveiled in late 2025, is now being promoted by Microsoft’s Copilot channels as more than a conversational companion. According to a February 10, 2026 Copilot post...

Microsoft’s Copilot is no longer a sidebar novelty — it’s a platform and an operational challenge, and O’Reilly’s new Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals (Exam AB-900) course aims to put administrators and builders on a firm footing for that reality. The offering promises a pragmatic...

The College of Eastern Idaho will pilot an updated English 101 that explicitly teaches generative AI literacy—how these tools work, when and how to use them, how to evaluate their output for accuracy and bias, and how to preserve personal voice and academic integrity—beginning in the Summer 2026...

Most organisations that say they “use AI” still struggle to convert experiments into measurable business outcomes — and the practical lessons from Sigma Software Group underline why the gap is organisational, not just technical. Background / Overview The rush to deploy generative AI (GenAI) and...

The AI era is already changing who we hire, how we train, and what work is worth—and the choice facing business leaders and policymakers is not whether to adopt AI, but how to design that adoption so it sustains human workforces rather than hollowing them out. Background AI-driven productivity...