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Reed M. Wiedower (CTO_Reed)
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Working hard to automate myself out of a job.

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Okay it is #MSIgnite time.
A stage with many TV screens above it A series of colorful screens saying Microsoft Ignite above a large auditorium
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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WorkLab from Microsoft just released their 2025 Work Trends Index and it introduces a new concept of "Frontier Firms" when it comes to Copilot.

Worth reading in full - these changes are coming right now!

www.microsoft.com/en-us/workla...
a three phase graphic; phase 1 is a human with an assistant; phase two is human agent teams; phase 3 is human-led but agent operated
April 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Am enjoying this session right now.
Martina Grom and Manpreet Singh speaking from two chairs in front of a large monitor screen that says "Our journey"
November 20, 2024 at 7:17 PM
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Yes Cognizant is here in full force at Microsoft Ignite - all of us enjoying it and educating other partners and clients:
Picture of Prasad Sankaran on a large screen - the leader of SPE at Cognizant A picture of three Microsoft Partners and Nick Parker of Microsoft The Cognizant booth at Microsoft Ignite Me in the Ignite Hub sporting a purple lanyard
November 19, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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Time for the keynote at #MSIgnite - even the "priority" seating prestaging is filling up 45 minutes before they let us sit down which is 1.5 hours until showtime!
A picture of a large hall full of Microsoft Ignite attendees waiting to sit down for the keynote
November 19, 2024 at 12:38 PM
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Want a good summary of yesterday's (non-hardware) news from Microsoft? This post lays it out:

www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...

The one graphic I wish more folks had seen? This one:
A matrix comparing the features in Microsoft Copilot, Bing Chat Enterprise, and Microsoft 365 Copilot. The first has two features (Copilot UX + Bing CHat (LLM+Web), the second three (adds Commercial Data Protection) and the third all of them (adds Enterprise Security, Privacy and Compliance, Microsoft 365 Chat and Microsoft 365 App integration).
September 22, 2023 at 6:36 PM
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Amusing juxtaposition:
July 27, 2023 at 3:39 PM