AI agents and Copilots are increasingly becoming ‘our new colleagues’. They help employees make better decisions, accelerate processes and automate repetitive work. But as organizations deploy more agents, a new challenge emerges: how do you ensure these “new...
Copilot Agents
Skills in PowerPoint: a first look at what’s available with Anthropic Models
A new feature is making its way into Copilot in PowerPoint: Skills. When Anthropic models are active, you will soon start to see a new section appear in the Copilot sidebar with pre-built, reusable workflows you can run with one click. In this blog, I want to take a...
The bigger half of AI adoption isn’t the user
Most AI-adoption programs are focused on the wrong thing. We keep trying to drive adoption through users, while the real bottleneck sits elsewhere. There is a chart in the new Work Trend Index that I think every adoption lead, change manager, and people leader should...
Your inbox, but make it intentional: how Copilot is changing the way we handle email
For most of us the inbox is where the workday begins and that start is not exactly calm. You open Outlook, see forty unread messages, three meeting requests and a thread that has grown to seventeen replies overnight, and before you have even had your coffee, you are...
Introduction to Agent Governance: building a Foundation of Trust and Control – Part 1
AI agents are moving fast. It is predicted that there will be 1.3 billion AI agents by 2028! In the Microsoft ecosystem, this shift is accelerating through platforms and tools such as Copilot Studio, Microsoft Foundry, and the Microsoft Agent Framework, where agents...
Copilot Kick-Off: Laying the Groundwork for AI Success – Part 1
Welcome to The Copilot Adoption Roadmap. From Kick-Off to Optimization, a four-part blog series designed to help organizations unlock meaningful, long-term value with Microsoft Copilot. Before AI can elevate how your teams work, the right groundwork must be in place....
Agent Cleanup: Microsoft’s Lifecycle Controls for Orphaned Agents
As we spoke about in our previous blog in the series (The Ghosts in Your Tenant: Why Orphaned Agents Matter More Than You Think), ownerless agents carry significant security, compliance, governance and operational risks for organizations. These risks can lead to...
The Ghosts in Your Tenant: Why Orphaned Agents Matter More Than You Think
We’ve all seen it happen.An AI agent built for a short-term project, still lingering months later. Nobody remembers who built it, the data connections are stale, and when someone tries to use it… errors. Welcome to the world of orphaned agents – the silent ghosts in...
When AI Agents Go Rogue: How the New Apps & Agents View in Purview DSPM for AI Brings Peace of Mind
AI agents are transforming how work gets done. From summarizing documents to drafting reports, they save hours and help teams focus on higher-value tasks. But with every new agent comes a new security question: what data are they touching, and how well is it...
Copilot Agent CheatSheet
Here is our Microsoft Copilot Agents CheatSheet:








