Digital Transformation
The latest Digital Transformation coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
UK Government Bets on Agentic AI to Transform Public Services by 2027
The UK government has drawn up plans to trial agentic AI across public services, with a potential nationwide rollout by late 2027 if pilot programs prove safe and effective. The initiative, outlined...
Half an Hour Less Email, 12% Faster Docs: First Major M365 Copilot RCT Reveals Real Gains
A massive randomized controlled trial involving more than 6,000 workers at 56 companies has delivered the first rigorous, independent evidence on the productivity impact of Microsoft 365 Copilot. The...
The £9 Billion Question: Can Open Source Save the UK Public Sector from Microsoft Lock-in?
A single procurement deal now ties the UK public sector to Microsoft in a relationship the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) expects will cost roughly £9 billion over five years. That...
Logansport AI Workshop Packed to Capacity: The No-Nonsense Roadmap for Small Business Automation
The Logansport Cass County Chamber of Commerce packed a room on August 15, 2025, for an introductory workshop on artificial intelligence. Reported by the Pharos‑Tribune, the session focused on...
UK Policing to Test Microsoft Copilot Agents for Workflow Automation at ETS 2025
CPS, a Microsoft-aligned systems integrator, will showcase Copilot Agents specifically designed for UK policing at The Emergency Tech Show on September 17-18, 2025, inside the Microsoft Partner...
Real Copilot Usage Data Reveals Interpreters and Historians Are Most Impacted by AI, Manual Jobs Least
After analyzing 200,000 anonymized conversations with Bing Copilot, Microsoft researchers have produced one of the clearest, most data-driven snapshots yet of how generative AI is seeping into real...
GitHub CEO Defends Microsoft's AI Performance Review Memo as 'Totally Fair Game' Days Before Announcing Resignation
Thomas Dohmke, the chief executive of GitHub, has forcefully defended a controversial internal Microsoft memo that urged managers to factor AI tool usage into employee performance evaluations,...
GPT-5 Comes to Microsoft Copilot: Smart Model Routing Eliminates AI Guesswork
On August 7, 2025, Microsoft began rolling out OpenAI’s GPT-5 model across its entire Copilot ecosystem, embedding the advanced language model into Microsoft 365, GitHub, the consumer Copilot app,...
NTT DATA's New Microsoft Cloud Unit Racks Up Nearly 100 Agentic AI Deals in 90 Days
NTT DATA has launched a dedicated global business unit for Microsoft Cloud, and within 90 days, its newly minted Agentic AI services have already drawn nearly 100 enterprise client...
Microsoft Gives Away GPT-5 for Free in Copilot, Integrates It Across Entire Product Line
Microsoft has flipped the switch on its most ambitious AI integration yet, embedding OpenAI’s GPT-5 model across every major product line and, critically, making it available for free in Copilot....
GPT-5 Arrives in GitHub Copilot Public Preview: Smarter Code, Longer Context, and Multi-Modal AI Assistance
OpenAI’s GPT-5 entered public preview on August 7, 2025, across all paid GitHub Copilot plans—Individual, Business, and Enterprise—marking the most significant upgrade to AI coding assistance...
Microsoft Opens GPT-5 to Millions: Copilot’s New Smart Mode Levels the AI Playing Field
Microsoft today rolled out OpenAI’s GPT-5 model across its entire Copilot ecosystem—including the free tier—simultaneously with the model’s public debut. The move puts advanced reasoning,...