Microsoft AI Weekly #15: Copilot, GitHub, Azure AI & more

👋 Hi, here’s this week’s roundup of Microsoft AI news.

Halloween may be over, but Microsoft’s AI announcements are still serving up plenty of treats. From agents finding their way into business processes and development workflows to major GitHub Copilot updates and new AI model releases, there’s no shortage of exciting discoveries lurking in this week’s roundup.

Let’s dive in. 🎃✨

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⚡️ Microsoft

The latest from Microsoft on AI.

💼 Productivity & Work

• Bringing CRM into the flow of work and agents into business process for sales and service teams • Jeff Teper

• PowerPoint Copilot Interactive Slides: A Mind-Blowing New Feature • Mike Tholfsen

👩‍💻 Coding & Developer Tools

• The new primitives of agentic software delivery • Tim Bozarth

🐙 GitHub Changelog

• Route and orchestrate models with GitHub Copilot Fusion

• GitHub Copilot app, Universe releases

• GitHub Enterprise now includes access to GitHub Copilot

• Security extension for the GitHub Copilot app

• Build shared workflows for your team with Copilot Automations

• GitHub Copilot in VS Code, Universe releases

• Generate and edit images directly in Copilot

• GitHub Copilot Fusion now supports selection of local models

• GitHub Copilot supports server-to-server authentication

• GitHub Copilot assisted permissions generally available

• GPT-6.1 Terra in GitHub Copilot

🏗️ AI Apps, Agents & Platform

• Introducing the Microsoft Copilot harness in Foundry Agent Service • Jeff Hollan, Viswajeet Balaji and Anthony Chu

• Copilot UX components are generally available: bring interactive experiences into Copilot • Vesa Juvonen

• MAI Cyber 1.1 Flash: Sharper findings and fewer tokens inside MDASH • MAI Superintelligence Team

• MAI Image 2.7 debuts above GPT Image 2.5 Flare on Artificial Analysis and #3 on Arena • MAI Superintelligence Team

• The AI advantage your company can keep • Jared Spataro

• How to Use Database Agents in Microsoft Fabric • Microsoft Developer, Anna Hoffman and Patrick LeBlanc

• Stop wiring infrastructure, start building agents. • Microsoft Developer and Bethany Jepchumba

🧩 Business Apps & Low Code

• Dataverse plugin for Copilot Cowork: one prompt, governed app • Suyash Kshirsagar

• Invite agentic coauthors to collaborate with you directly in canvas studio! • Tasha Scott

• Prompt Columns: Pre-computed AI insights, ready for every agent • Microsoft Power Platform

🛡️ Security, Governance & Admin

• Managing open-weight model risk in enterprise deployments • Michael Scovetta

• Introducing the Power Platform Admin Plugin in Cowork: Agentic Governance with Natural Language • Thomas Zou

• Dataverse Security via coding agent for IT admins • Paul Liew

• My agent said something it shouldn’t have • Bethany Jepchumba

Copilot Studio

• Deploying AI with employee councils: An IT playbook from Microsoft • Jason Kellington

Upcoming Events

• More Than a Conference: Connect with the Microsoft Community at ESPC 2026 • HeatherCook

• Built by makers: Five years of Power Platform Community Conference • Bryan Goode

• New Year, New Bot • dotnet and Bruno Capuano

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🌍 From the community

Hand-picked from MVPs and AI subject-matter experts around the globe.

👩‍💻 Coding & Developer Tools

• My New Course On Pluralsight Is LIVE: Integrating AI Agents in Enterprise Systems • Jamie Maguire

• Does ‘eval’ in the workspace path change what your agent does? • Waldek Mastykarz

• Bringing Day Zero Microsoft Graph Support to Azure Bicep • Brian Veldman

🏗️ AI Apps, Agents & Platform

• AI Weekly: Cowork Builds Apps, Copilot Harness, and GitHub Universe • Josh Cook

🛡️ Security, Governance & Admin

• SharePoint AI Indexer Permissions: Is Sites.Selected Enough? • Kaspars Jurjāns

📢 Message Center

Microsoft 365 Message Center posts, via mc.merill.net.

• MC1069563 - Microsoft 365 admin center: Usage reports to manage metered consumption costs for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat (preview)

• MC1526652 - AI Builder credits retirement: Prepare to use Copilot Credits

• MC1526676 - Microsoft 365 admin center: Manage authoritative sources for Microsoft 365 Copilot Search

• MC1528003 - Microsoft Excel: Edit with Copilot in Excel on iPhone

• MC1529480 - Microsoft PowerPoint: Prepare customer review deck Copilot skill

• MC1529481 - Microsoft PowerPoint: Summarize sales for leaders Copilot skill

• MC1530595: Microsoft Copilot Feedback UX update

• MC1530611: Office in Copilot brings the full power of Office into the Microsoft Copilot app

• MC1530612: Microsoft 365 admin center: Pin Microsoft Copilot app setting for users with a paid Microsoft 365 Copilot license

• MC1530742: Copilot Studio - Task Completion Grader

• MC1530748: Copilot Studio- Tool accuracy grader

• MC1530951: Microsoft PowerPoint: Assess templates for use with Copilot in Brand Kits

• MC1530959: Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat: View memory sources used to personalize responses

• MC1531903: Copilot Studio - Evaluation for automation flows

• MC1531924: Copilot Studio - Generated custom grader

• MC1531932: Copilot Studio - Custom Graders Library and Ready-to-Use Microsoft Graders

• MC1532071: Copilot Studio - Agent status evaluation warnings announcement

• MC1532073: Microsoft Copilot Studio - Evaluation Viewer role

💭 Joanne’s Corner

One announcement I found particularly interesting this week was Copilot UX components are generally available: bring interactive experiences into Copilot.

I’ve always felt that conversational AI works best when it combines conversation with visual interaction. Being able to bring forms, buttons, and richer experiences directly into Copilot feels like a big step towards making AI experiences more intuitive and useful.

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