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Microsoft has expanded Copilot agentic AI capabilities — Researcher, Analyst, Agent Builder, and Copilot Studio — to GCC, GCC-High, and DoD environments. Federa…
Microsoft 365 Copilot has reached general availability in GCC-High, bringing AI-powered productivity tools to DOD and cleared personnel. The rollout covers Team…
The White House released a National AI Policy Framework in March 2026 recommending Congress preempt state AI laws in favor of a unified federal, innovation-orie…
NIST announced that Microsoft, Google, and xAI will share unreleased versions of their AI models with the U.S. government for cybersecurity threat evaluation. T…
Copilot Studio Wave 1 2026 introduces Model Context Protocol (MCP) support, enabling federal agencies to connect Copilot agents to external data sources and too…
Microsoft announced Anthropic's Claude will be available within Microsoft 365 Copilot for commercial tenants. GCC and GCC-High availability has not been confirm…
Microsoft Build 2026 is scheduled for June 2-3 in San Francisco and online. Expected themes include agentic AI development, Azure AI Foundry advances, and devel…
Microsoft Foundry documentation The AI app and agent factory - build, optimize, and govern AI apps and agents at scale. !(/en-us/media/hubs/shared/icon-ov…
Microsoft Foundry documentation The AI app and agent factory - build, optimize, and govern AI apps and agents at scale. !(/en-us/media/hubs/shared/icon-ov…
Microsoft 365 Copilot has reached general availability in GCC-High, bringing AI-powered productivity tools to DOD and cleared personnel. The rollout covers Teams, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
Azure AI Foundry (formerly Azure Machine Learning) has received FedRAMP High authorization, enabling federal agencies to build and deploy AI models in compliant government clouds. This unlocks enterprise AI development pipelines for civilian and defense agencies.
Microsoft has announced plans to bring GitHub Copilot to IL5-authorized environments, enabling DoD software development teams to leverage AI-assisted coding in classified workflows.
Security Copilot is rolling out to GCC and GCC-High tenants, bringing AI-powered threat investigation and incident response capabilities to federal cybersecurity teams.
Microsoft published updated guidance for criminal justice agencies choosing between Azure Government and Azure Commercial for CJIS 6.0 compliance. The guidance clarifies data boundary requirements and available security controls.
Microsoft has released Copilot Agent Builder for SharePoint Online, enabling government teams to build Q&A agents grounded in agency SOPs and policy documents without coding.
Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Energy are co-developing the Genesis Mission initiative to accelerate scientific AI on Azure's supercomputing infrastructure.