Automation
The latest Automation coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Crow Canyon’s NITRO Studio AI Brings Copilot and Context-Aware Automation to Microsoft 365
Crow Canyon Software today released NITRO Studio AI, a major update to its Microsoft 365-based automation platform that embeds a powerful NITRO Copilot assistant and AI-driven capabilities deep into...
Microsoft Executive: Keyboards, Mice Will Be as Outdated as MS-DOS by 2030
Keyboards and mice will be as alien to future generations as MS-DOS is to Gen Z today, according to Microsoft’s corporate vice president of enterprise and security, David Weston. Weston’s stark...
Microsoft Data: Translators and Writers Are Most AI-Exposed, While Tire Repairers Stay Safe
Microsoft’s latest analysis of over 200,000 real-world Copilot interactions reveals that translators, writers, and historians face the highest immediate risk from generative AI, while phlebotomists...
Abnormal AI Automates Microsoft 365 Posture Management to Counter Midnight Blizzard-Style Attacks
Abnormal AI has unveiled a major update to its Security Posture Management platform, arming Microsoft 365 administrators with AI-driven automation to detect, prioritize, and remediate dangerous...
Crow Canyon Injects AI Copilot into No-Code Workflow Automation for Microsoft 365
Crow Canyon Software has introduced NITRO Studio AI, injecting a conversational AI assistant directly into its no-code automation platform for Microsoft 365, Teams, and SharePoint. The update,...
Abnormal AI’s New Posture Management Auto-Prioritizes Microsoft 365 Risks for Faster Remediation
Abnormal AI has rolled out a substantial update to its Security Posture Management platform, embedding AI-driven automation deep into the process of identifying, prioritizing, and fixing...
NTT DATA’s New Microsoft Cloud Unit Pledges to Shrink Enterprise AI Deployments from Months to Weeks
NTT DATA has launched a new global business unit laser-focused on Microsoft Cloud and AI, promising to slash the time it takes for large enterprises to move from AI experimentation to...
Windows 11's Quick Machine Recovery Begins Gradual Rollout—But Most Users Will Wait Until 2026
Windows 11's Quick Machine Recovery (QMR) is no longer just a November 2024 Ignite announcement—it's now trickling out to production devices, starting with build 26100.4652 and higher as part of a...
Microsoft Rolls Out Free Local GPT Model for Windows 11: gpt-oss-20b Explained
A quiet August rollout is reshaping what Windows 11 can do with artificial intelligence—and it’s happening entirely on your own hardware. Microsoft has begun distributing gpt-oss-20b, OpenAI’s...
Microsoft AI Cuts BPO Service Desk Inquiries by 70% as Accenture Saves 30% IT Demand
Major business process outsourcing (BPO) firms are leveraging Microsoft’s AI stack to automate away millions of repetitive tasks, slash operational costs, and elevate their strategic role in global...
Microsoft’s Copilot Data Exposes 10 Jobs AI Can’t Replace—Yet
Microsoft’s latest deep dive into workplace AI has turned up a counterintuitive finding: while writers, translators, and customer service reps face mounting automation pressure, a distinct set of...
Microsoft’s MCP Sparks Partner Gold Rush, Promises Production-Ready AI by Year-End
Mason Whitaker, president of Volt Technologies, didn’t mince words on the AI Agent & Copilot Podcast: Microsoft’s Model Context Protocol is the “tool belt” that will redefine how...