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The latest Copilot coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Lays Out Hybrid Pricing, Agent Orchestration Plan for Enterprise AI
Microsoft used the Goldman Sachs Communicopia + Technology Conference to draw a sharp line under its enterprise AI ambitions — and this time, the company came armed with a pricing scheme that...
Microsoft Overhauls Partner Incentives to Drive Azure AI Modernization and Monetization
Microsoft has unveiled a sweeping overhaul of its partner ecosystem, consolidating multiple incentives and programs into a simpler, more lucrative framework designed to accelerate customer migration...
Microsoft's Agentic Collaboration: Teams, Copilot Studio, and AI Agents Reshape Enterprise Work
Microsoft is no longer just adding features to Teams; it is re-architecting the collaboration hub as the central nervous system for AI agents that perform work alongside humans. The company's...
Microsoft's $20B AI Deal and Windows 11 25H2 ISO Headline a Landmark Week
Microsoft has locked in a multi-year deal worth up to $19.4 billion with GPU cloud provider Nebius, marking one of the largest third-party AI infrastructure pacts in the company's history. The...
ISDI’s AI-Focused Executive MBA Now Graduates Students with a Custom Agent Built on Microsoft Copilot Studio
ISDI, Spain’s premier digital business school, has struck a partnership with Microsoft that transforms its Executive MBA (MIB) from a theory-heavy program into a hands-on AI agent factory: every...
Nadella Vows to 'Do Better' as Microsoft Layoffs Hit 15,000 and Return-to-Office Mandate Locks In
Satya Nadella’s blunt internal acknowledgment—“we can do better, and we will do better”—came not during an earnings call or a scripted keynote, but in a town hall where an employee...
Surface Laptop 7 Shatters Battery Records with 23-Hour Runtime in Copilot+ Push
Microsoft has thrown down the gauntlet. With the Surface Laptop 7, the company’s seventh-generation flagship achieves a staggering 23-hour local video playback runtime in controlled tests—nearly...
Windows 11 Gains AI Features in September Patches, Two Zero‑Days Fixed, Windows 10’s End Looms
Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday arrived with 81 security fixes, two actively exploited zero‑day vulnerabilities, and a clear message: Windows 11 is the future, while Windows 10 enters its...
Microsoft Ends Copilot Surcharge: Free Sales, Service, Finance AI Tools Arrive in October
Microsoft is killing the Copilot add-on tax. Starting in October, the company will fold its role-based AI assistants for Sales, Service, and Finance directly into the core Microsoft 365 Copilot...
Nadella’s Secret Weapon: 5 Copilot Prompts That Transform Enterprise Decision-Making
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella just turned AI hype into a concrete playbook. In late August 2025, he publicly shared the five exact prompts he uses inside Microsoft 365 Copilot to prepare for meetings,...
Excel’s Silent Upgrade: Auto-Refresh PivotTables Arrive in Beta, Outshining AI for Dashboard Reliability
Microsoft’s Excel may be grabbing headlines for its AI-powered features—Copilot, natural-language formulas, and on-cell generative functions—but a quiet Beta Channel update is reshaping daily...
Copilot Studio Gains AI-Powered Approvals to Automate Invoices, Expenses, and Contracts—with a Human Safety Net
Microsoft has quietly released one of its most practical AI upgrades to date: Copilot Studio agents can now autonomously approve or reject routine business requests. The new AI Approvals feature,...