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OpenAI’s Data agent could investigate company data and build shareable interactive dashboards. Access controls and source trails needed to follow analysis and action through the workflow.

WEM MCP tools enabled time-off requests, shift swaps and shift bids in Service Agent. Administrators could enable each tool for a role, team or pilot group.

DynUG brought the Dynamics 365, Power Platform and Fabric communities together in Oslo.

On 2 September 2026, the EU NIS Cooperation Group published responses following a survey on the roadmap for transitioning to post-quantum cryptography. The 97 submissions informed an FAQ covering risk, milestones, hybrid schemes, crypto-agility and the division between EU and national roles.

Power BI reports and semantic models became grounding in Copilot Chat and Cowork. Shared chats, synced notebooks and Planner status connected analysis with collaboration.

Microsoft replaced twice-yearly release waves with continuous roadmap publication. Customer processes needed to track status from development through rollout to launch.

On 4 August 2026, the Norwegian government announced that its proposed AI Act would return to consultation after changes in the EU simplification package.

Copilot Notebooks and Cowork gained more ways to share project context. Agent metrics and cost controls expanded in the admin centre.

Sales and Service Agent became generally available in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Dynamics described MCP actions across sales, service, field work and projects.

The EDPB published new guidelines on web scraping for generative AI and adopted final blockchain guidelines.

Copilot administrators gained central controls for consumption-based cost. Purview controls extended to Cowork, and agent metrics could connect with organisational context.