Amber Hickman

Microsoft has introduced new adapted artificial intelligence models in collaboration with select partners to help organisations better meet their specific industry needs.

Jamf, a provider of management and security services for Apple devices, has launched its Jamf Pro solution on the Azure Marketplace.

Accenture, Microsoft and their joint venture Avanade are launching a new Copilot business transformation practice and co-investing in new capabilities, solutions and training to help organisations to securely and responsibly reinvent their business functions with artificial intelligence.

Jamf, a provider of management and security solutions for Apple devices, has launched Jamf Pro and its full commercial product bundle on the Azure Marketplace.The device management solution hosted on the Azure allows customers to deploy at scale and ensure integration with existing enterprise architects and IT environments.Jamf also revealed its new status as a ‘Microsoft top tier co-sell partner’, which unlocks incentives for Microsoft sellers to collaborate...

Microsoft is launching new artificial intelligence-powered agents across Microsoft 365 Copilot to help organisations better manage daily tasks.The purpose-built agents work alongside various applications in the Microsoft ecosystem, including SharePoint, Teams, Business Chat and Planner.For example, SharePoint agents will be able to provide employees with real-time insights into stored content. Users will be able to create their own agents, tailored to specific files, folders or sites...

Nicole Herskowitz, corporate vice president of modern work and business applications at Microsoft, took to the stage at Microsoft Ignite to showcase new features in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio to help attendees better understand their use cases.“As IT pros, you are being bombarded with new innovations, it can’t be easy,” she said. “While AI is an exciting opportunity, we know it is a huge responsibility.”She outlined the three key challenges...

Microsoft has launched Microsoft Places, a new artificial intelligence-powered solution designed to streamline hybrid work environments.Lars Johnson, general manager of collaboration copilot at Microsoft, introduced the solution at Microsoft Ignite 2024 during a session focused on modern work solutions and strategy.The solution works with Microsoft Teams and Outlook and supports users in making decisions regarding their in-office workdays.For example, Copilot...

A variety of sessions at Microsoft Ignite 2024 focused on key partner impact and new opportunities available for the partner ecosystem.In ‘Driving Growth Together’, a session hosted by Judson Althoff, executive vice president and chief commercial officer, and Nicole Dezen, chief partner officer and corporate vice president of global partner solutions at Microsoft, the pair highlighted recent partner success, including the 2024 Partner of the Year...

At a large technology event such as Microsoft Ignite, many attendees seek a hands-on experience with new tools and solutions. There were over 140 lab sessions available for guests at this year’s Ignite, but what goes into the delivery of these?Virtual lab provider Skillable has provided lab environments for Microsoft events for the past 20 years including Ignite, where it delivered a range of practical sessions focusing on different topics and new features in Azure, Microsoft...

Microsoft 365 Copilot Government Community Cloud (GCC) will be made generally available from 13 December 2024 for qualifying GCC environment customers.The solution builds on existing features in Microsoft 365 Copilot, but with additional security compliance established from existing Microsoft 365 GCC tenancies.Phase one of the release will include Copilot features in Microsoft 365 applications including Word, Excel and PowerPoint to help government organisations create documents and...