Microsoft's AI Futurist explains how he uses Copilot — and the real-world problems enterprises are solving with agents

VentureBeatby [email protected] (Carl Franzen)June 5, 2026tech

Microsoft used its Build 2026 conference this week to push a clear message: agents are rapidly moving into production throughout enterprise systems, and the winning platform will be the one that gives them reliable context, governance, identity, memory — and secure access to enterprise data. The company announced Microsoft IQ as a context layer across GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Foundry and Copilot Studio; Work IQ APIs coming June 16; Fabric IQ for structured business data; Foundry IQ for retrieva

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Microsoft's AI Futurist explains how he uses Copilot — and the real-world problems enterprises are solving with agents

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