This article discusses an upcoming workshop focused on creating scalable agentic workflows using Microsoft Copilot Studio and CData Connect AI. It highlights the challenges of integrating various enterprise systems and shares best practices for designing agents that connect data across platforms, ensuring a cohesive approach to enterprise AI.

The article discusses the unveiling of Microsoft's Copilot feature, which is designed to enhance productivity by integrating AI capabilities into various Microsoft applications. Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind, provides insights into the implications of AI in the workplace and the potential for Copilot to transform user interactions with software. The conversation highlights the balance between innovation and ethical considerations in AI development.

Microsoft has launched its "Wave 2" spring release for Microsoft 365 Copilot, enhancing human-agent collaboration with new features like specialized reasoning agents, AI-powered enterprise search, and a redesigned user interface. The introduction of an "Agent Store" and Copilot Notebooks underscores a shift towards a more integrated ecosystem of AI tools tailored for complex tasks, emphasizing Microsoft's vision of AI as collaborative partners in the workplace.

Microsoft is launching a new Microsoft 365 Premium subscription tier that combines AI features with traditional productivity apps for $19.99 per month, while discontinuing its standalone consumer subscription for AI services. The new offering, which enhances user capabilities in Office apps, will also provide access to advanced AI reasoning agents previously available only to corporate users. Microsoft continues to experience growth in its consumer subscriber base, with reported increases in revenue from these products.

Microsoft Excel has introduced the new COPILOT function, integrating AI capabilities directly into spreadsheets to enhance data analysis, content generation, and workflow efficiency. Users can input natural language prompts to receive AI-powered results that automatically update with changes in data, making tasks like summarizing feedback and categorizing information faster and easier. The function supports a variety of Excel formulas and is currently available for Beta Channel users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.

Microsoft has announced the Wave 2 spring release of Microsoft 365 Copilot, introducing new features and capabilities designed to enhance human-agent collaboration. Key updates include AI-powered search, the introduction of reasoning agents like Researcher and Analyst, a new Agent Store for easy access to agents, and personalized experiences through memory features, all aimed at increasing productivity and streamlining workflows in organizations.

GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke is stepping down, with Microsoft not appointing a successor, as GitHub becomes part of Microsoft's CoreAI division. Under this new structure, GitHub will operate with less independence, although it has seen significant growth, particularly with its Copilot product. Julia Liuson and Mario Rodriguez will take on key roles in managing GitHub's operations within Microsoft.