By Michael J. Miller
Publication Date: 2025-11-30 13:00:00
At Microsoft Ignite in San Francisco, I noticed how quickly Microsoft is adopting AI and, more importantly, intelligent agents across its entire software stack – from Windows itself and the Microsoft 365 productivity suite to security and development products. Executives shared their vision for how this will transform businesses and talked about “frontier companies” that will adopt these technologies and completely transform their organizations.
Microsoft made more than 70 product announcements at Ignite. I think the two most effective are “working IQ,” an intelligence layer that sits behind agents and co-pilots; and Agent 365, a new agent management platform. However, it is uncertain how quickly most companies will adopt any of these technologies at the scale Microsoft envisions. Its roadmap appears to be well beyond what most customers have today.
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