model context protocol

Microsoft’s next big Windows strategy is obvious the moment you click the taskbar: the operating system is being recast as a platform where AI agents not only answer questions, but do work for you — autonomously, persistently, and with explicit OS-level controls. The new taskbar integration — an...

Microsoft is pushing Windows 11 further into an AI-first direction at Ignite 2025, introducing AI agents that will live on the taskbar, a standardized Model Context Protocol (MCP) for agent-to-app integration, a controlled Agent workspace for safe background execution, new voice and writing...

IBM Consulting’s decision to surface Consulting Advantage inside Microsoft 365 via Microsoft Copilot marks a concrete step toward “agentic” enterprise work—putting IBM’s repository of assistants, assets, and industry templates directly into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams and Outlook so...

Microsoft’s short, public teaser that “Windows is evolving into an agentic OS” touched off a far louder conversation than the company intended: developers, power users and privacy advocates flooded social channels with criticism about Windows’ reliability, policing of user choice, and perceived...

Microsoft's plan to make Windows “agentic” — where AI agents run on the PC, connect to apps, and take multi‑step actions for users — has moved from roadmap to platform-level engineering, and that pivot is already reshaping developer tooling, hardware requirements, and the user experience debate...

KPMG’s early-access collaboration with Microsoft to build an “Intelligent ERP” using the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations reframes ERP from a passive ledger into a set of governed, agent-enabled services that can access, act and decide inside enterprise...

Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 team has pushed the Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for ERP from a narrow, tool-based prototype into a dynamic, analytics-ready runtime—a move that promises to make Dynamics 365 applications agent‑friendly, extensible, and more tightly governed. The company announced...

Microsoft’s latest Visual Studio roadmap makes one thing clear: the IDE’s next act is an aggressive shift from assistant-style suggestions to agentic, context-aware automation that can plan, act, and persist across the entire software lifecycle — and Microsoft is explicitly wiring the platform...

The .NET community will gather virtually next week as .NET Conf 2025 kicks off on November 11, bringing the official launch of .NET 10, the first public glimpses of Visual Studio 2026, and a concentrated push toward cloud‑native and AI‑driven developer workflows — including new support for...

KPMG’s early-access partnership with Microsoft for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) marks a decisive step toward agentic ERP systems—enterprise resource planning platforms that no longer just record transactions but can access, act, and decide in near real time across finance, procurement, and...

Day Three at Community Summit North America in Orlando confirmed what attendees had been saying since Day One: Microsoft’s generative AI toolkit—centered on Copilot Studio, Azure AI services, and emerging protocols like the Model Context Protocol (MCP)—has moved from concept to operational...

Anthropic’s Claude is now able to access and reason over content inside Microsoft 365 — including SharePoint libraries, OneDrive, Outlook mailboxes and Teams chat — after the company released a Microsoft 365 connector that exposes those services to Claude through the Model Context Protocol...

Microsoft customers will soon find Anthropic’s Claude AI embedded more deeply into workplace workflows — able to read and reason over Outlook threads, comb SharePoint and OneDrive libraries, and search Teams conversations — after Anthropic released a Microsoft 365 connector that links Claude to...

Microsoft’s answer to the obvious question—how to secure dozens of autonomous AI agents running on Windows 11—is a mix of platform design, identity controls, containment, and staged enablement, and it’s already rolling into preview channels with concrete technical guardrails and clear...

Anthropic’s Claude can now reach into Microsoft 365 — reading Outlook threads, pulling files from OneDrive and SharePoint, and answering questions that require real-time workplace context — after the company released a Microsoft 365 connector that links Claude to Teams, Outlook, OneDrive and...

Microsoft’s latest push to make Windows 11 more “agentic” has put the File Explorer squarely at the center of the OS’s AI strategy: right‑click menus will no longer be simple launch points, but gateways that let AI services — including third‑party agents — act on files without you opening the...

LSEG and Microsoft have moved beyond co‑development headlines to deliver practical plumbing for “agentic” AI in finance: an LSEG‑managed Model Context Protocol (MCP) server will expose licensed LSEG datasets and deterministic analytics into Microsoft Copilot Studio so agents built there can be...

LSEG and Microsoft have taken their multi‑year strategic partnership a decisive step further by opening LSEG‑licensed financial data to agentic AI built inside Microsoft Copilot Studio, using an LSEG‑managed Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to deliver secure, low‑latency access to market data...

Dayforce’s expanded collaboration with Microsoft folds Microsoft Copilot Studio, the Model Context Protocol (MCP), and Azure-native services into Dayforce’s single human capital management platform — embedding configurable, action‑capable AI agents and a new AI Workspace directly into HR...

LSEG and Microsoft have moved from partnership headlines to practical plumbing: the two companies announced a concrete integration that will make LSEG’s licensed financial datasets directly available to AI agents built in Microsoft Copilot Studio — via an LSEG-managed Model Context Protocol...