Data Governance
The latest Data Governance coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Why Your Microsoft Copilot Pilot is Stuck and How Data Governance Can Fix It
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 represents a monumental leap in productivity, promising to revolutionize how we interact with our data across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams. The...
New Azure study: Single-cloud AI can cut latency and costs—but only if you test the fine print
IT leaders weary of multi-cloud complexity got fresh ammunition this week. A benchmark report from Principled Technologies (PT) argues that consolidating AI workloads onto Microsoft Azure can deliver...
OPM Grants Staff Copilot and ChatGPT Access via GSA's OneGov: A Practical Guide for Federal Workers
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has flipped the switch on generative AI for its employees, granting immediate access to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and preparing to roll out an...
Hospitals Turn to Microsoft 365 AI to End Supply Shortages and Canceled Surgeries
Medline, the largest private U.S. distributor of medical supplies, began piloting Mpower—an AI-powered supply chain orchestration platform built entirely on Microsoft 365 and Azure AI—with two...
Why Microsoft Copilot Might Soon Use Anthropic’s Claude on AWS — and What It Means for You
Microsoft is preparing to break its exclusive reliance on OpenAI for the AI smarts that power Copilot, and its eye is on Anthropic’s Claude models. The twist? Those models run on Amazon’s cloud,...
Riverty's Rapid Microsoft AI Rollout Unifies Customer Service Across 8 Markets in 100 Days
Riverty, the financial services arm of Bertelsmann, and systems integrator Cluster Reply have delivered a unified, AI-first customer service platform built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Copilot...
PrintVis Debuts Copilot-Driven Tool to Balance Print Workloads and Cut Downtime
PrintVis, the printing industry ERP built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, has introduced a new AI-assisted module that promises to reshape how print shops manage machine capacity. Called...
Your Teams Meetings Now Have an AI Facilitator—and It Can Assign Tasks for You
Microsoft is shipping an AI agent that automatically takes meeting notes, captures decisions, and hands out follow‑up tasks—and it’s hitting general availability in Teams today. Alongside it, a...
Zoom’s AI Companion 3.0 Will Now Take Notes in Microsoft Teams and Google Meet — Here’s What That Means for Your Workflow
Zoom’s annual Zoomtopia event this week delivered a clear message: the company is done being just a video service. AI Companion 3.0, a new cross-platform notetaking tool, and photorealistic avatars...
Microsoft Fabric Adds Near Real-Time Mirroring for Oracle and BigQuery, Native Graph Engine
Microsoft this week significantly expanded its Fabric data platform, adding native mirroring support for Oracle databases and Google BigQuery, and introducing a new graph database built from...
Microsoft Accidentally Reveals 'Windows AI Labs' Program in Paint, but Backend Remains Offline
On September 18, some Windows 11 users encountered an unexpected pop-up in Microsoft Paint: "Try experimental AI features in Paint: Sign up for Windows AI Labs programme for Paint in Settings." The...
Your iPhone Copilot App Will Stop Editing Office Docs on September 15 – Here’s What You Must Do
Microsoft will disable all editing capabilities for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files inside its Microsoft 365 Copilot app for iPhone on September 15, 2025, forcing users to switch to the standalone...