It Governance
The latest It Governance coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
University of Leicester Deploys Microsoft 365 Copilot to 21,000 Students, Making AI Literacy a Graduation Standard
More than 21,000 students and 4,000 staff at the University of Leicester now have full access to Microsoft 365 Copilot, the AI-powered assistant embedded across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams....
Indian IT Giants Deploy Microsoft 365 Copilot to 300,000 Employees in Six Months
Indian IT services giants Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, and Wipro have each deployed Microsoft 365 Copilot to more than 100,000 employees, marking a collective milestone of 300,000 users...
Microsoft's Agentic Enterprise Platform Unifies AI Agent Governance Across M365, Azure, and Security
Microsoft is quietly piecing together a comprehensive “agentic enterprise” platform that promises to weave AI agents into the very fabric of corporate computing—and then govern them with an...
Always On, Always Governed: Inside Microsoft Scout's Agent Identity Model
Microsoft took the wraps off Scout on June 2, 2026 at its Build conference, an always-on AI agent for Microsoft 365 that operates with its own governed Entra identity—a major step beyond simple...
Microsoft Scout: Always-On AI Agent for Teams, Email, and M365 Unveiled at Build 2026
Microsoft took the wraps off Scout at its Build developer conference on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. The new offering marks the company’s most aggressive push yet into always-on workplace AI, placing an...
Copilot to Rename OneDrive Files Automatically by June 2026
Microsoft has added a new entry to the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, revealing a forthcoming Copilot-powered feature for OneDrive designed to tackle one of the oldest nuisances of digital file management:...
Google Chat-Microsoft Teams interoperability goes live with NextPlane OpenHub enterprise governance
Google has officially bridged the gap between its Chat platform and Microsoft Teams, announcing general availability of external interoperability through NextPlane OpenHub on May 28, 2026. The move...
Copilot redesign May 2026 shrinks AI controls, adds Throw & Catch for cross-app content
Microsoft is preparing a significant overhaul of its Copilot AI assistant within Microsoft 365 applications, slated for rollout in May 2026. The redesign focuses on a 'quieter' interaction model that...
Microsoft Work IQ: The AI Context Layer Powering M365 Copilot and Agents
Microsoft's Microsoft 365 Copilot didn't just emerge from a lab as a standalone feature. Under the hood sits a sophisticated, relatively unpublicized infrastructure layer called Work IQ—a shared...
TMC Acquires PowerApps911 to Unite AI Training with Enterprise Governance
Technology Management Concepts (TMC) has acquired PowerApps911, the well-known Microsoft Power Platform training and consulting firm, the companies announced in May 2026. The acquisition folds...
Copilot in Edge Analyzes All Open Tabs, Raising Privacy and Memory Concerns
Microsoft dropped a bombshell update to Copilot in Edge on May 13, 2026, enabling the AI assistant to analyze content across every open tab on desktop and mobile. The sweeping update also introduces...
Windows Update Driver Downgrade Bug Gets Microsoft Fix Timeline Through 2027
Windows Update has been silently replacing manually installed, up-to-date graphics drivers with older versions distributed by OEMs, Microsoft confirmed this week. The company acknowledged the...