Enterprise Automation
The latest Enterprise Automation coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Copilot Studio Run-Only Sharing Preview Set for August 2026: What It Means for Enterprise Automation
Microsoft has quietly added a beacon to its public roadmap that could reshape how enterprises adopt AI-driven automation. Roadmap item 567894, published July 20, 2026, previews a new "Share...
Business Users Can Now Build AI Agents Inside Oracle Fusion—Without Breaking Governance
Oracle on July 14 opened the door for business users to create AI applications that can actually execute enterprise processes—not just suggest actions—directly inside its Fusion Cloud...
ChatGPT's New Task Control Center Puts Your Automated Workflows in One Place—But IT Needs to Pay Attention
OpenAI has quietly launched a dedicated management page for ChatGPT's Scheduled Tasks, giving users a centralized dashboard to create, pause, and delete recurring AI workflows. The update, available...
Microsoft Azure First Hyperscaler to Deploy 3M's Dust-Resistant Fiber Tech, Aiming to Slash AI Data Center Build Times
Microsoft’s Azure cloud will become the first publicly announced hyperscale platform to deploy 3M’s Expanded Beam Optical (EBO) fiber connectivity technology, a move designed to accelerate the...
Indra Group’s AENOR Certification Signals a New Compliance Era for Copilot Studio Agents
On 13 July, Indra Group became the first Spanish company to receive AENOR’s “Responsible AI Technology based on Microsoft tools” certification. The assessment validates the operational controls...
AI Agents That Run for Days: Microsoft Foundry’s Managed Hosting Goes Live
Microsoft moved its hosted agent service to general availability this week, giving developers a managed runtime for AI workflows that need hours, days, or weeks to complete. The release, part of...
Microsoft’s Project Sico Equips AI Agents with a Safety Harness for Enterprise Work
Microsoft Research has quietly released Project Sico, an open-source framework that treats AI-driven “digital workers” as structured labor units with built-in guardrails. Unveiled through a...
AI Agent Builders Compared: Microsoft Leads on Governance, Open-Source Gains in Cost Control as of Mid-2026
Microsoft’s Copilot Studio has emerged as the governance gold standard for enterprise AI agents, but a new wave of open-source orchestration frameworks and no-code tools is challenging its cost and...
2026 AI Agent Builder Guide: Finding the Right Mix of Control, Governance, and Cost
As of June 2026, selecting an AI agent builder is no longer a matter of picking a single tool from a short list. The landscape has fractured into a sprawling stack of developer frameworks,...
Anthropic and OpenAI Pioneers Launch Loop Engineering, Redefining AI Agent Automation
Three of the most influential voices in AI development — Boris Cherny, creator of Anthropic’s Claude Code; Peter Steinberger, a senior engineer at OpenAI; and Addy Osmani, Google Cloud’s head...
Microsoft's Agentic AI Pivot: How Autonomous Agents Are Poised to Eclipse Copilots by 2026
The era of the AI copilot is already giving way to something far more transformative. By 2026, enterprises won’t just be chatting with assistants; they’ll be deploying legions of autonomous...
Microsoft Spotlights Worlds: The Startup Turning Security Cameras into AI-Powered Observers with Azure
On June 17, 2026, Microsoft’s Bay Area team published a profile of a quietly disruptive startup that is reshaping how enterprises bridge the gap between digital dashboards and the physical, messy,...