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The AI Strategy Roadmap

Discover the five drivers of AI readiness and proven strategies from business leaders.

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AI Decision Brief for Frontier Transformation

Get executive insights to assess AI readiness and focus transformation where it matters most.

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Four curated resources for AI transformation leaders

Get expert insights and practical guidance from four resources designed to drive AI impact.

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Products

Explore Microsoft AI products for every business need

Enrich employee experiences, reshape business processes, and accelerate innovation with Microsoft AI—embedding trusted intelligence into everyday workflows. Move beyond task automation to connect knowledge, improve decisions, and achieve measurable outcomes with enterprise‑ready AI.

Activate

Give AI a shared understanding of your business to deliver consistent impact.

Accelerate

Transform work with AI embedded in everyday apps and trusted intelligence.

Microsoft Copilot

Create

Build and extend AI agents in the flow of work to automate with control.

Govern

Manage the AI agent lifecycle with a secure foundation for building, testing, and scaling intelligent systems.

Microsoft Foundry

Unify

Connect data and intelligence to power AI across the business.

Microsoft Fabric

Control

Secure and scale AI agents with unified security, observability, access, and compliance.

Scale

Bring AI to every project with the infrastructure and tools to grow.

Build business value with trusted AI

Microsoft AI is built on trust—powered by decades of research and responsible innovation. With enterprise-grade security, privacy, and observability, we help you scale confidently and achieve measurable outcomes across your organization.

Secure and govern AI

Explore how Microsoft helps you safeguard AI with comprehensive security and governance solutions.

Data protection and privacy

Understand Microsoft’s commitment to protecting and defending data privacy.

Empowering responsible AI

Discover how Microsoft is committed to responsibly developing and advancing AI.

INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS

Innovation that moves industries forward

Explore Microsoft's industry-specific solutions to help your organization solve real challenges and accelerate meaningful outcomes.

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Consumer goods

Drive growth and build customer loyalty by connecting your brands and employees with consumers.

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Education

Empower education with future-ready, AI-powered solutions to achieve more academically, operationally, and organizationally.

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Energy and resources

Deliver safe, reliable, and clean energy with technology that helps you power a more sustainable future.

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Financial services

Deepen customer relationships in the era of AI with solutions for:

Banking
Insurance
Capital markets

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Government

Empowering governments with technology for:

Government operations and infrastructure
Public finance
Public health and social services
Public safety and justice
US Government

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Healthcare and life sciences

Provide better experiences and care with solutions for:

Providers
Payors
Life sciences organizations

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Manufacturing

Build intelligent factories, modern customer experiences, and resilient supply chains.

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Media and entertainment

Reimagine content creation and distribution and deliver immersive experiences that deepen audience engagement.

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Mobility

Transform to smart mobility with solutions for automotive, travel, and transportation companies.

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Retail

Maximize the value of your data by using it to elevate the shopping experience and empower associates.

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Telecommunications

Accelerate your network transformation and make your telco a technology leader.

AI news, events, and insights

Explore Microsoft’s perspective and latest updates highlighting our commitment to transformative innovation.

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Explore the people and decisions behind AI breakthroughs

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Responsible AI in 2026: How we are adapting for what’s ahead

Turn ideas into action at Frontier Transformation Week

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Build skills, explore frontier innovation, and connect at Microsoft Ignite

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See AI innovation in action and accelerate transformation at Microsoft AI Tour

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Join Microsoft Discovery Sessions for real-world examples, expert insights, and live Q&A

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Build AI agents with guided learning and live support at Microsoft Agent-a-Thon

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You’re not late to AI—you’re early to Frontier Transformation

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Build practical AI skills for real work at AI Skills Fest

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Work Trend Index 2026: Agents and the human agency opportunity

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Learn how nurses are helping to shape the future of AI in nursing

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Learn how global leaders at Hannover Messe are using agentic AI

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How to introduce agents into your workforce: 5 actions leaders can take

Navigating digital sovereignty at the frontier of transformation

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Introducing the First Frontier Suite built on Intelligence + Trust

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How to bring human expertise and AI together: 3 impactful initiatives

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Discover what’s new with Microsoft Dragon Copilot

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How to start your Frontier Transformation: 3 strategies to start with people

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Beyond Davos 2026: 5 practices to align AI transformation and sustainability

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Becoming a Frontier Firm: Unlocking the business value of AI

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Microsoft Ignite 2025 Book of News

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Microsoft Ignite 2025: Copilot and agents built to power the Frontier Firm

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Microsoft Agent 365: The control plane for AI agents

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Ambient and autonomous security for the agentic era

Bridging the AI divide: How Frontier Firms are transforming business

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Introducing Microsoft Marketplace — Thousands of solutions. Millions of customers. One Marketplace.

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Join the free Microsoft AI Tour—learn, connect, and lead the future of innovation.

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Discover three skilling insights that set Frontier Firms apart

Sharing updates to our practices in the 2025 Responsible AI Transparency Report

Microsoft announces new European digital commitments

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4 real business benefits of Microsoft AI

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Accelerate employee AI skilling: Insights from Microsoft

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Maximizing AI’s potential: Insights from Microsoft leaders on how to get the most from generative AI

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Innovating in line with the European Union’s AI Act

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Fortune Brands Innovations unifies their brands under one portal with Microsoft Power Pages

Fortune Brands Innovations created a more streamlined customer experience using Microsoft Power Pages and Dynamics 365 Customer Experience.

Solv eliminates 98% of clerical errors with Dynamics 365 Business Central

Solv improved report accuracy and efficiency by switching to Dynamics 365 Business Central, saving 40 man-hours monthly and enhancing financial controls.

Syensqo.AI leverages Azure OpenAI Service to develop SyGPT chatbot in record time

Syensqo.AI, a division of the Belgian science and technology leader Syensqo, has developed SyGPT, an advanced AI chatbot using Azure OpenAI Service.

Generative AI uses deep learning to create new content in response to natural language prompts. It can also generate text, images, music, and code.

There are several types of AI, each designed for different purposes:
Traditional AI - Automates specific tasks using predefined rules and algorithms, often used in manufacturing and data processing.
Predictive AI - Analyzes historical data to forecast future outcomes, commonly used in finance, healthcare, and marketing.
Conversational AI - Powers chatbots and virtual assistants to facilitate natural language interactions, generating human-like responses.

Generative AI is different because it creates content rather than simply analyzing or predicting based on existing data.
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Copilots are chat-based generative AI interactions from Microsoft. They have specialized functionality based on their users and use cases. Some Copilots are experienced standalone, while others are integrated into Microsoft products, services, and devices.

Included in this portfolio are Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Security Copilot, and GitHub Copilot, among other generative AI solutions and experiences.

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AI can be a powerful ally in boosting productivity and efficiency. Here are some ways Microsoft AI can help streamline your daily tasks:

Microsoft Copilot understands your questions and provides direct answers, assists with writing, and even creates images. For example, Copilot can help you give your resume a quick update, craft a post for social media, or write an email. Copilot works across Microsoft 365 experiences and integrates with apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams, where it can assist with tasks like drafting emails, summarizing lengthy documents, creating reports from data, and managing your calendar.
AI features in Microsoft Teams include real-time transcription, translation services, meeting summaries, and action items following the meeting.
With Copilot Studio, you can easily design, test, and publish agents that suit your needs for internal or external scenarios across your industry, department, or role. You can build a standalone agent or publish to Microsoft Copilot.
For more customized productivity solutions, Azure offers a suite of tools to help you develop and deploy intelligent applications tailored to your needs.
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If you’re looking to use Copilot outside of work, you can start using Microsoft Copilot for free at copilot.microsoft.com or by downloading the Microsoft Copilot app on your mobile device.

If you want to use Microsoft Copilot at work, you’ll need to have an existing license for a qualifying Microsoft 365 plan and a license for Microsoft 365 Copilot. If you’re not an existing customer, you need to buy an eligible Microsoft 365 subscription.

Additional business and enterprise licenses for GitHub Copilot are available, as well as licensing plans for Microsoft Security Copilot.

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Microsoft offers several AI-powered tools to help you create and enhance visual content. Here are a few options:
Microsoft Designer allows you to create custom images from text descriptions. Just describe the visual you'd like, and Designer will generate a high-resolution image for you. You can also edit photos with AI, remove unwanted objects, replace backgrounds, and apply artistic styles to your images.
Image Creator in Bing lets you generate images based on your words.
AI Image Editor offers various tools to enhance your photos. You can remove unwanted elements, change backgrounds, and apply different artistic styles to your images.
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To have full access to Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams, your organization needs to have a license for a qualifying Microsoft 365 plan and a license for Microsoft 365 Copilot—even if you already use Copilot outside of work or have limited access in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.

AI features are available in Microsoft 365 applications through Copilot and can be used in many ways, such as:
Writing and editing. Copilot in Word can provide prompts to help you start writing quickly, help edit existing documents, and help trim down and summarize longer texts.
Data analysis. Copilot in Excel can help analyze data, write formulas, and organize unstructured data into a more digestible format.
Creating presentations. Copilot in PowerPoint can help build presentations, edit notes, and rearrange slides.
Streamlining collaboration. Copilot in Teams can summarize meetings, provide transcripts, and share insights from discussions.

There are additional partner AI solutions that tailor Microsoft 365 to individual business needs.
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Microsoft Copilot remembers details that matter to your daily life while keeping your personal data secure and protecting your privacy. You can always manage your privacy preferences in your Copilot Privacy settings.

When you’re using Copilots at work, all your existing security and compliance requirements are inherited, so only people with the right permissions can access the content it generates.

As a company, Microsoft is committed to providing trustworthy AI—with decades of research, customer feedback, and learnings informing the capabilities that deliver privacy, safety, and security.

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Implementing generative AI comes with several considerations, including data security, biases, misinformation, and regulatory compliance. Ensuring the security of sensitive data and managing potential biases in AI-generated content are critical concerns—in addition to challenges related to transparency, accountability, and the potential misuse of AI technologies. Microsoft’s strategy paper, Minimize Risk and Reap the Benefits of AI, provides a comprehensive guide to navigating the challenges and opportunities of using generative AI.

Explore responsible AI principles Visit Microsoft Trust Center
Ensuring the accuracy and reliability of AI-generated content requires evaluating and monitoring the performance of generative AI models. Microsoft Foundry offers evaluation metrics that assess the quality, safety, and relevance of generated content. Techniques such as Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) can also improve accuracy by using sourced data instead of relying solely on the model's training data.

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Microsoft offers a wide range of resources to help you get the most out of AI. The AI learning hub is home to trainings, documentation, and videos, while Microsoft Adoption can help you find out how to most effectively bring AI to your organization.

You can also find e-books, insights, use cases, and other resources for organizations on the AI for business leaders page.

Begin your AI journey

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Start learning about AI

Begin training your team with the latest resources from Microsoft Learn.

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Get best practices and insights to jump-start your AI transformation with Microsoft Copilot.

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