Data Governance
The latest Data Governance coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
AI Meets the Gridiron: How Microsoft Copilot and Azure Are Overhauling NFL Sideline Analytics
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No Azure for Apartheid: Microsoft Employees Stage Sit-In to Halt Israel Cloud Contracts
A sustained sit-in by dozens of Microsoft employees has transformed the company’s Redmond, Washington campus into a high-stakes standoff over cloud ethics, corporate accountability, and the limits...
Excel’s New =COPILOT() Function Embeds Generative AI Directly Into Spreadsheet Formulas
Microsoft just turned the Excel formula bar into an AI prompt box. The company’s new =COPILOT() function, now rolling out to Insider/Beta Channel users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license, allows...
Microsoft Unveils COPILOT Function: AI-Powered Natural Language Formulas Come to Excel Cells
Microsoft has embedded a COPILOT function directly into Excel’s formula engine, enabling users to turn plain-English instructions into live, reactive cell outputs. The feature, already rolling out...
Excel's New COPILOT Function Turns Natural Language Into Live, Spillable Formula Results
Microsoft has quietly rolled out one of the most significant architectural changes to Excel in decades: a native COPILOT function that lets users type plain‑English prompts directly into cell...
BMW Cuts Vehicle Data Analysis from Days to Hours Using Azure, Paving Way for Cloud AI in Manufacturing
BMW’s Mobile Data Recorder (MDR) program has slashed the time it takes to analyze test-fleet telemetry from a day or more down to mere hours—in some cases minutes—by moving its data pipeline to...
McGill’s Secure Microsoft Copilot Deployment Exposes Canadian Higher Education’s AI Balancing Act
McGill University has quietly become a bellwether for how Canadian higher education is embracing generative AI: not with blanket bans or open-arms acceptance, but through carefully managed, centrally...
Microsoft Excel's =COPILOT: In-Cell AI That Recalculates on Data Changes
Microsoft has folded generative AI directly into Excel’s calculation engine with a native =COPILOT formula that lets users type natural‑language prompts into cells, reference worksheet ranges for...
76% of Australian SMEs Have No AI Strategy Despite Rampant Tool Adoption, Decidr Report Reveals
A staggering 92% of Australian small and medium enterprises are already using generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, but 76% have no formal AI strategy or roadmap. That chasm between...
Secure Copilot Goes Live at McGill as Canadian Universities Leap into AI, But Not Everyone Cheers
McGill University flipped the switch on a secure, enterprise-grade version of Microsoft Copilot this week, giving its community a shielded AI assistant that meets the school’s privacy standards....
Free Cheltenham Workshop Shows Gloucestershire SMEs How to Pilot AI in 60 Days
On Thursday, 25 September 2025, senior business leaders from across Gloucestershire will gather at The Site coworking space in Cheltenham for a two-hour breakfast workshop designed to turn AI...
Navatar Embeds AI-Powered Deal Intelligence into Outlook, Slack, and Salesforce for M&A Advisors
Navatar on August 19, 2025, launched a fully AI-powered CRM designed to meet merger and acquisition advisory professionals where they already work—inside Microsoft Outlook, Slack, and Salesforce....