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Microsoft Copilot Studio’s recent updates, culminating in Microsoft’s May 2026 wave of Copilot and Power Platform changes, recast the product from a low-code chatbot designer into a governed enterprise agent platform for building, orchestrating, testing, and operating AI agents across Microsoft...

ZDNET’s Lance Whitney says he replaced Copilot with Anthropic’s Claude in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint after testing Claude’s Microsoft 365 add-ins, which are available to paid Claude subscribers and can operate across multiple Office apps through Microsoft’s add-in framework. The story matters...

TD Synnex is expanding its UK Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider support operation in May 2026, adding a dedicated Alliance Growth team to identify high-potential SMB-focused partners and give them tailored business development, training, and technical help. The move is not just another channel...

Educational Foundation Freiburg is rolling out EDU360°, a Microsoft-based digital transformation program across its 31 schools in Germany, using Microsoft 365, Azure, Power Platform, and AI tools to unify administration, classroom workflows, security, and responsible generative AI learning. The...

Microsoft began pulling back visible Copilot branding and entry points from parts of Windows 11 and Microsoft 365 in spring 2026, after years of aggressively pushing its AI assistant into Windows, Office, Notepad, Paint, Photos, and dedicated Copilot+ PCs. The retreat is not a full abandonment...

Microsoft is building a Copilot Design System in 2026 to make Copilot behave more consistently across Microsoft 365 apps, after backlash over intrusive AI entry points such as the floating Dynamic Action Button in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The company’s pitch is “intentional and humane” AI...

Microsoft is developing a Copilot Design System for Microsoft 365 that defines how its AI assistant appears, moves, and hands off work across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and related productivity surfaces in 2026. The project is not a retreat from Copilot so much as a re-architecture of its...

Microsoft said in late May 2026 that Word, Excel, and PowerPoint users will be able to move the Copilot Dynamic Action Button out of its floating position and back to the ribbon, after complaints that the AI control was interfering with ordinary Office work. The change is small in pixels but...

Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s executive vice president and consumer marketing chief, reportedly plans to leave the company after its next fiscal year, but will first spend that transition year helping “reimagine Windows for the agentic era” alongside Microsoft 365 services and the company’s One...

Excel’s Analyze Data feature, available inside Microsoft 365 versions of Excel as of May 2026, can generate charts, surface trends, and answer plain-English spreadsheet questions without requiring a separate paid Copilot add-on. That does not make it a full substitute for Microsoft’s generative...

Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s executive vice president and consumer chief marketing officer, plans to leave Microsoft after the 2026–27 fiscal year, after spending his final year helping reshape Windows for what the company calls the agentic era. That phrasing matters more than the retirement notice...

Microsoft said on May 22, 2026, that it will update Word, Excel, and PowerPoint next week so users can move the floating Copilot “Dynamic Action Button” back to the ribbon instead of leaving it on top of documents. The change sounds minor, almost comically so, until you remember where Microsoft...

Microsoft is preparing to let Word, Excel, and PowerPoint users move the new floating Copilot button back into the ribbon after complaints that the Microsoft 365 interface change was intrusive, with web app updates expected to begin rolling out in late May 2026 and desktop updates likely to...

More than 3,000 attendees gathered at the European Collaboration Summit in Cologne, Germany, from May 5 to May 7, 2026, for a Microsoft-focused event where AI implementation, Copilot adoption, governance, security, automation, and modern work dominated the agenda. The important word is not AI...

Microsoft’s latest Microsoft 365 Copilot wave, described in a Geeky Gadgets roundup of nine work-focused updates and tied to demos from Microsoft’s Mike Tholfsen, brings app-launcher changes, model switching, Copilot Notebooks, research comparison tools, mind maps, study guides, and AI-assisted...

Microsoft is rolling out a floating Copilot button in Excel for Microsoft 365 users in May 2026, placing the AI assistant inside the spreadsheet canvas where some users say it blocks cells, screenshots, and even scrollbar access. The controversy is not that Copilot exists in Excel; Microsoft has...

Microsoft is rolling out an Excel change in Microsoft 365 that moves Copilot into a persistent floating button at the bottom-right of worksheets, and users are complaining in Microsoft feedback channels that the control cannot be fully removed. The fight is not really about one icon. It is about...

Microsoft is rolling out a new Excel interface change in Microsoft 365 that places a floating Copilot button in the bottom-right corner of worksheets, and users are complaining in Microsoft’s feedback channels that the control cannot be fully hidden. The complaint is not really about one icon...

The UK Competition and Markets Authority opened a strategic market status investigation into Microsoft’s business software ecosystem on May 14, 2026, examining whether its power in workplace software lets it limit competition in cloud, cybersecurity, communications, and AI services. The case is...

Microsoft reported fiscal 2026 third-quarter results on April 29 for the period ended March 31, showing $82.9 billion in revenue, 18 percent year-over-year growth, and new evidence that Copilot, Azure AI, and infrastructure efficiency are becoming one connected business rather than three...