Microsoft will begin automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices that already have Microsoft 365 desktop client apps, rolling the background install out beginning in Fall 2025 — with a practical deployment window that industry reporting ties to early October through...
Microsoft will begin installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app automatically on Windows devices that already have the Microsoft 365 desktop apps, a background rollout that starts this fall and is expected to reach completion by mid‑November — but it won’t happen for devices in the European...
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SymphonyAI’s IRIS Foundry is now embedded directly into Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), bringing real‑time industrial intelligence, automated workflows, and role‑based copilots into the flow of frontline work—and changing how manufacturing and...
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SymphonyAI’s IRIS Foundry now appears directly inside Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot, promising to move industrial AI from dashboards and backrooms into the daily workflows of plant operators and frontline teams—using the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to connect OT data, AI reasoning...
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Microsoft’s plan to push the Microsoft 365 Copilot app onto many Windows desktops next month is the clearest signal yet that the company intends to make an AI assistant a default part of the Windows productivity surface — but the details, caveats, and operational impact matter as much as the...
Microsoft has quietly moved a conversation-style Copilot into the places people actually work: a persistent, context-aware Copilot Chat sidebar is now rolling out inside the desktop versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote for Microsoft 365 customers — a free, in-app assistant...
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Microsoft will begin automatically installing the standalone Microsoft 365 Copilot app onto many Windows devices this fall, pushing a dedicated Copilot entry into the Start menu on eligible machines unless administrators explicitly opt out — a move Microsoft describes as a background...
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Microsoft’s decision to place a free, in‑context Copilot Chat and a new family of AI agents directly inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote is the clearest signal yet that generative AI is being baked into the everyday productivity experience — not sold as an optional add‑on...
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Microsoft is embedding Copilot Chat directly into the Microsoft 365 desktop apps — Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote — as a persistent, content‑aware sidebar that brings AI assistance to the place people actually work, reducing copy/paste, manual uploads, and app switching while...
Law firms are racing to adopt artificial intelligence tools—but the move from pilot projects and individual experimentation to firm‑wide, governed production deployments remains the exception rather than the rule, driven less by model capability than by the legal profession’s special duties...
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Law firms have embraced artificial intelligence enthusiastically, moving from curiosity and pilots into widespread experimentation—but the leap from scattered use to fully governed, firm‑wide deployment remains rare, constrained not by model ingenuity but by the legal profession’s obligations...
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Law firms are experimenting with artificial intelligence at a rapid clip, but according to recent reporting and industry surveys, widespread, fully governed production deployments remain the exception rather than the rule—a reality shaped less by technical immaturity than by ethical, regulatory...
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Microsoft is weaving its AI assistant deeper into the Office experience by rolling Copilot Chat and agent capabilities directly into core Microsoft 365 apps — Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote — bringing a unified, in-context chat pane and a raft of new tools aimed at turning an AI...
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Microsoft will begin pushing the standalone Microsoft 365 Copilot app onto many Windows devices this fall, installing it quietly in the background on systems that already have Microsoft 365 desktop clients — with an explicit carve‑out for devices in the European Economic Area and several...
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Microsoft will begin automatically installing the standalone Microsoft 365 Copilot app in the background on many Windows devices that already run Microsoft 365 desktop clients, with a notable carve‑out for devices in the European Economic Area — a move that promises faster feature rollout and...
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Microsoft is preparing to push its Copilot AI deeper into the Windows ecosystem by automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on many Windows 10 and Windows 11 devices starting this fall, a move that aims to make AI companions a default part of everyday computing — but one that also...
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Windows 11’s ongoing preview updates are delivering modest but meaningful changes this month: Microsoft has quietly applied reliability fixes to the taskbar’s auto‑hide behavior and is experimenting with surfacing Copilot suggestions inside the Start menu’s Recommended area. These two items —...
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Artificial intelligence has moved from boardroom buzzword to an operational imperative, yet many organisations remain stalled at the starting line — frozen by cost fears, data readiness questions and governance uncertainty — a gap that demands a practical, measurable path from enthusiasm to...
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Windows 11’s next wave of preview builds quietly delivers two of the most requested quality-of-life fixes for everyday users — smoother, more reliable taskbar auto-hide behavior and a pair of bug fixes that restore clickable space above the taskbar — while also ramping up Copilot’s visibility by...
Microsoft’s latest Microsoft Store update for Windows Insiders quietly widens the gateway between the Store, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and publishers’ app ecosystems—adding Microsoft 365 Copilot Agents to the Store’s AI Hub and making it easier to launch and manage apps that are “provided and...
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