Agent sprawl is a real risk. Environment strategy is how you get ahead of it. Our new series, Agents Under Control, provides practical demos built to help IT admins understand how to reduce agent sprawl, support safe experimentation, and apply governance without slowing innovation. Watch Episode 1 here: https://msft.it/6049vZqeL
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May means more models. Today we're introducing Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8, available now in Copilot Cowork (Frontier) and rolling out to Copilot Chat, Excel, PowerPoint, and Copilot Studio early release cycle environments. Designed for complex, multi-step work, Claude Opus 4.8 brings stronger instruction-following, smarter tool selection, and more reliable follow-through. Pair it with Work IQ and Copilot delivers responses, outputs, and artifacts grounded in your organization's context. Learn more: https://msft.it/6047vZXAd
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AI is moving fast, but scaling it across the enterprise takes more than a successful pilot. At Gartner Application Innovation Business Solutions Summit, Microsoft and Heineken will share how AI apps and agents are being operationalized to automate work, connect systems, and deliver real business value at enterprise scale. Join us for Microsoft: Beyond Pilots – Making AI Apps and Agents Enterprise-Ready. - Tuesday, June 2 - 3:15 - 3:45 PM PDT Add it to your agenda: https://msft.it/6049vZutc
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As AI agents scale, model choice matters more than ever. Mistral Medium 3.5 is now available in Copilot Studio early release cycle environments, giving teams more flexibility to build and orchestrate agents while staying in control of how and where data is processed. Learn more: https://msft.it/6041vZJbh
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Is your organization ready to scale AI agents? The Agent Readiness Assessment helps you evaluate where you stand across strategy, technology, and operations. Get a personalized report with clear next steps, benchmarks, and focus areas to accelerate progress. Take the assessment: https://msft.it/6044vkoZ8
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Organizations are moving beyond AI experiments and asking a bigger question: how do you operationalize intelligent automation across real business processes? This month in Microsoft Copilot Studio, we’re introducing updates designed to help teams build more connected, adaptive systems, including: - Computer-using agents (GA) for UI automation across apps and systems - New workflows experiences and CUA in workflows - Work IQ interoperability updates and agent-to-agent (A2A) collaboration - Real-time voice agents (GA) and new governance guidance Read what’s new: https://msft.it/6045vkyUT
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Governance isn't what slows you down. It's what lets you scale. For IT teams moving real-time voice agents from pilot to production, this is the playbook: how to use Microsoft Copilot Studio to govern these agents across the full lifecycle — so you can ship faster, with confidence. Full story: https://msft.it/6047vpG2N
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The May 2026 Power Platform update is here, and it’s packed with new features, previews, and learning paths to help every maker level up. Check out this month’s roundup to see what’s new, including: - Power Fx user-defined types now generally available - New Copilot-powered app experiences with custom tools (preview) - AI-assisted app modernization, including InfoPath migration with coding agents Explore what’s new: https://msft.it/6040vRdhG
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Building AI agents is no longer the challenge. Scaling them is. This month’s updates in Microsoft Copilot Studio focus on what it takes to move from experimentation to production: • A new visual workflow designer (preview) to build and test automation with more clarity • Expanded visibility and governance to help manage agents at scale • Apps in agents that turn insight into action directly within Copilot Together, these updates help teams move from isolated automations to connected systems that are more reliable, predictable, and easier to operate. Explore what’s new: https://msft.it/6040vPpUm
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Today we’re expanding model choice in Microsoft 365 Copilot with the addition of OpenAI’s latest model—GPT-5.5 Instant—rolling out in Copilot Studio early release cycle environments and Copilot Chat. GPT-5.5 Instant delivers concise responses for everyday work with less back-and-forth, reducing the need for follow-up prompts or clarification. Learn more: https://msft.it/6046v31YK