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21 posts about Microsoft from Simon Carter.

Microsoft Learn documentation portal logo for Microsoft 365 admin and Copilot deployment pages
Workplace AI

Microsoft Is Auto-Installing the Copilot App on Your Work PCs Again — Here's What IT Admins Need to Do Now

Microsoft resumed automatic installation of the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on commercial Windows PCs from June 4, with waves running to July 1. Act fast to opt out.

4 June 2026
developer tools apis category
Developer Tools & APIs

Microsoft Build 2026: Windows Agent Framework Goes Open Source, Project Polaris Takes Aim at GitHub Copilot's Future

Microsoft open-sourced its Windows Agent Framework, unveiled Project Polaris to replace GPT-4 Turbo in Copilot, and shipped Copilot Workspace as GA at Build 2026.

2 June 2026
agents automation category
Agents & Automation

Microsoft Scout is the first Autopilot: an always-on agent that works without being asked

At Build 2026, Microsoft launched Autopilots — always-on autonomous agents with their own Entra identity. Microsoft Scout is first.

2 June 2026
models assistants category
Models & Assistants

Microsoft builds its own AI models: MAI-Thinking-1 and MAI-Code-1 explained

Microsoft unveiled seven in-house MAI models at Build 2026, cutting reliance on OpenAI with its own reasoning and coding models.

2 June 2026
agents automation category
Agents & Automation

Microsoft IQ Is Now Generally Available: One Context Layer to Ground All Your Agents

Microsoft IQ — combining Work IQ, Fabric IQ, and the new Web IQ — is now GA across GitHub Copilot, Foundry, and Copilot Studio.

2 June 2026
workplace ai category
Workplace AI

Microsoft Is Building One Copilot App to Replace All the Others

Microsoft is unifying its fragmented Copilot tools into a single super app with chat, GitHub Copilot, Cowork, Autopilot, and a new proactive agent called Scout.

31 May 2026
Microsoft Copilot Health preview interface showing a personalized health profile with wearable data and health records
Consumer AI

Microsoft Copilot Health Is Now in Preview for U.S. Microsoft 365 Subscribers

Copilot Health entered public preview on May 29, 2026, giving eligible U.S. Microsoft 365 subscribers AI-powered health insights, wearable data, and EHR access.

29 May 2026
Workplace AI category
Workplace AI

Microsoft 365 Copilot Gets a Major Redesign: Faster, Cleaner, and Actually Useful

Microsoft has redesigned the Microsoft 365 Copilot experience across all M365 apps, with faster load times, smarter context, and a cleaner interface.

28 May 2026
Microsoft Copilot Studio interface showing computer-using agent, workflow designer, and real-time voice capabilities
Agents & Automation

Copilot Studio Computer-Using Agents Are Now Generally Available — Plus New Workflows and Voice Updates

Microsoft's Copilot Studio CUA feature hits GA, letting agents operate any UI like a human, with new workflow tools and real-time voice now live too.

26 May 2026
Workplace AI category
Workplace AI

Microsoft's 2026 Work Trend Index: The real barrier to AI value isn't the technology

Microsoft's 2026 Work Trend Index finds organisational culture, not tools or people, is what's holding back real AI value — and agents are changing what work looks like.

5 May 2026
Agents & Automation category
Agents & Automation

Copilot Cowork is now on iOS and Android — delegate work from anywhere, finish it everywhere

Microsoft's Copilot Cowork AI task delegation tool is now available on iOS and Android, letting users hand off work from mobile and pick it up on desktop.

5 May 2026
Security & Governance category
Security & Governance

Microsoft Agent 365 is now generally available, and it wants to find the AI tools your IT team doesn't know about

Microsoft Agent 365 is now GA at $15/user/month, with preview tools to discover and manage shadow AI agents running on employee devices.

5 May 2026
Workplace AI category
Workplace AI

Microsoft 365 E7 Is Now Generally Available: What the Frontier Suite Means for Your Organisation

Microsoft's first new enterprise licence tier since 2015 bundles E5, Copilot, Entra Suite, and Agent 365 into one platform at $99/user/month.

5 May 2026
Models & Assistants category
Models & Assistants

Microsoft launches MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2 on Microsoft Foundry

Microsoft's new in-house AI models for speech, voice, and image generation are now in public preview on Microsoft Foundry — here's what they do and who they're for.

2 April 2026
Agents & Automation category
Agents & Automation

Copilot Cowork Is Now Available in Microsoft's Frontier Program

Microsoft's AI execution layer for Microsoft 365, built with Anthropic, has expanded to broader availability through the Frontier early-access program.

30 March 2026
Workplace AI category
Workplace AI

Microsoft is removing free Copilot Chat from Office apps — here's what changes in April 2026

Microsoft is reversing its September 2025 decision to offer free Copilot Chat inside Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, with changes taking effect April 15, 2026.

27 March 2026
Security & Governance category
Security & Governance

Microsoft's RSAC 2026 Security Announcements: Agent 365, Zero Trust for AI, and What It All Means

Microsoft announced Agent 365, ZT4AI, and a sweeping set of security updates at RSAC 2026 to help enterprises secure the rise of agentic AI.

25 March 2026
Microsoft Learn documentation logo — Power Apps MCP Server
Business Apps & Low-Code

Microsoft Power Apps MCP Server Is Now in Public Preview — AI Agents Inside Your Business Apps, With Humans in Control

Microsoft's Power Apps MCP Server brings AI agents into model-driven apps with human-in-the-loop supervision, automated data entry, and a redesigned agent feed.

21 March 2026
Security & Governance category
Security & Governance

Microsoft launches Zero Trust for AI: a security framework built for the age of autonomous agents

Microsoft has released Zero Trust for AI — new tools, architecture, and guidance for securing AI systems across the full lifecycle, from data to agents.

19 March 2026
Workplace AI category
Workplace AI

Microsoft 365 E7: What the Frontier Suite actually includes and what it costs

Microsoft's first new enterprise tier since 2015 bundles E5, Copilot, Agent 365, and the Entra Suite for $99/user/month from May 2026.

9 March 2026
Workplace AI category
Workplace AI

Microsoft 365 Copilot February 2026: What's New and What It Means for Your Team

Microsoft's February 2026 Copilot update brings AI agents, mobile widgets, SharePoint grounding, and new admin controls across Microsoft 365.

28 February 2026

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