Data Governance
The latest Data Governance coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Injects Anthropic's Claude Into Office 365 to Reduce OpenAI Dependency
Microsoft is preparing to integrate Anthropic's Claude models into Office 365, according to multiple reports, a move that would break OpenAI's monopoly on the AI back-end for Copilot features in...
Ralph Lauren Debuts Ask Ralph, an AI Stylist Built on Microsoft Azure, to Transform Mobile Shopping
Ralph Lauren is giving its mobile app users a personal stylist powered by generative AI. The iconic fashion brand today launched Ask Ralph, a conversational shopping assistant built on the Microsoft...
HR and IT Must Join Forces: The Radical AI Strategy Behind Balfour Beatty's £7.2m Copilot Rollout
Balfour Beatty has committed £7.2 million to a multi-year, enterprise-wide deployment of Microsoft 365 Copilot, betting that generative AI will slash rework, tighten safety, and reshape how 27,000...
Windows 11 Canary Build 27938 Introduces AI-Powered Image Editing in File Explorer Context Menu
Right-click a photo in Windows 11’s newest Canary build, and a new “AI actions” submenu appears—offering one-click background removal, object erasure, background blur, and Bing Visual Search...
Excel's = Sign Now Triggers AI: Copilot Suggests Complete Formulas with Previews
Microsoft has quietly deployed AI-powered formula completion to Excel for the web, embedding Copilot suggestions directly into the familiar act of typing an equals sign. Starting with simply pressing...
Cerence and Microsoft Unveil Voice-First Copilot for Cars, Bringing Enterprise Security to the Road
Microsoft and Cerence used the IAA Mobility 2025 stage in Munich to announce a voice-first AI assistant that puts Microsoft 365 Copilot directly into vehicle dashboards, promising to turn cars into...
Microsoft Tests AI Image Editing in Windows 11 File Explorer—Privacy Questions Remain
Windows Insiders on the bleeding-edge Canary channel are discovering a new context menu that puts generative AI image edits—including background removal, object erasing, and Bing Visual...
How Sydney Zoo Ditched Database Silos with Microsoft Fabric’s Lakehouse
Sydney Zoo has untangled a zoo-wide data mess by adopting Microsoft Fabric, pulling together scattered databases, real-time Wi‑Fi telemetry, and car‑park camera feeds into a single analytics...
Copilot’s Word-to-Slides Feature Saves Hours, But Windows 10’s Oct 2025 Deadline Looms
Microsoft has quietly flipped the switch on a Copilot feature that many PowerPoint users have been craving: the ability to generate a ready-to-edit slide directly from a Word document. For anyone who...
SSMS 22 Preview 1 Ships Without Copilot as Microsoft Pivots to GitHub Integration
Database administrators who depend on AI assistance inside SQL Server Management Studio will find the first public preview of SSMS 22 conspicuously silent: Microsoft has confirmed it will ship...
Free Microsoft 365 for College Students: Copilot, 1TB, and the Hidden Renewal Trap
Microsoft is handing U.S. college students a free 12-month Microsoft 365 Personal subscription, complete with the Copilot AI assistant and 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage. The promotion, which must be...
Samsung’s Vision AI Companion Debuts with Copilot and Perplexity in a Bold Multi-Agent Play for the Living Room
Samsung has taken the wraps off its Vision AI Companion at IFA 2025, transforming its smart TVs and monitors into a multi-agent AI hub that puts Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity directly on the...