Microsoft Unveils Tools to Connect Company-Specific Data to AI Across Its Platforms

At a glance

Microsoft has introduced new features that help AI use a company's own data and business context. At an event in Barcelona, it announced related capabilities for Fabric and Azure databases. The main idea is to not tie AI to a single model, and instead let it answer based on company data.

Key points

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   Fabric IQ, a feature that connects company data context, is now generally available in Microsoft Copilot chat and Cowork.

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   Copilot can answer questions such as sales forecasts by drawing on the same data models behind a company's reports.

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   Power BI (a data visualization tool) customers can use this feature while keeping their existing access permissions and security settings.

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   Microsoft also introduced IQ sharing, which lets companies share data with partners or other companies while keeping control over it.

Why it matters

It reduces long meetings caused by different companies having different numbers, and it helps AI answer using real business data.