article thumbnail

SharePoint Premium Makes Its Debut At Microsoft Ignite 2023

Forrester IT

Amid all of the buzz around Copilot at Microsoft Ignite last week, SharePoint Premium was revealed. While this is partially a branding and licensing streamlining effort, SharePoint Premium will continue to evolve into an AI-powered content platform with document automation, metadata enrichment, and other intelligent content services.

Microsoft 409
article thumbnail

Unity’s Marc Whitten shares apology note following backlash to controversial licensing policies

GeekWire

(LinkedIn Photo) After more than a week of controversy, Unity Technologies posted an apology letter to its community and promised to undo or rollback many of the changes it had planned to make to the licensing agreements for its game engine Unity. Whitten is a Microsoft veteran and one of the founding members of the Xbox design team.

Licensing 102
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Microsoft earnings preview: Tech giant’s results will test AI traction

GeekWire

Satya Nadella speaking at Microsoft Ignite 2016. GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) How many points will AI add to Microsoft’s financial scoreboard? That lift came primarily from Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI service , which provides access to models from Microsoft’s key AI partner.

article thumbnail

Microsoft Ignite 2023: 11 takeaways for CIOs

CIO Business Intelligence

This year’s Microsoft Ignite developer conference might as well be called AIgnite, with over half of the almost 600 sessions featuring artificial intelligence in some shape or form. Here’s some of the top AI news CIOs will want to take away from Microsoft Ignite 2023. The new Copilot will be generally available from Dec.

Microsoft 128
article thumbnail

Windows and Microsoft Office are being replaced with Linux and LibreOffice in this German state

TechSpot

Alongside open-source software development, the goal is to release future development results of the country under free licenses." "In addition to improved IT security, cost-effectiveness, and data protection, the use of open-source software also enables seamless collaboration between different systems," officials said.

article thumbnail

Interview: Microsoft President Brad Smith supports plan for AI ‘safety brakes’ in U.S. Senate hearing

GeekWire

Microsoft President Brad Smith testifies Tuesday before the U.S. Brad Smith, the Microsoft president and vice chair, drew that comparison Tuesday in his testimony before the U.S. Smith: As a company, Microsoft is very supportive of the framework that Senators Blumenthal and Hawley have put together.

Microsoft 126
article thumbnail

GitHub previews upcoming ‘Copilot Workspace,’ catering to AI-hungry software developers

GeekWire

GitHub says Copilot Workspace will debut in 2024, using AI to help developers from the outset of a project. Bouyed by the growing wave of software developers adopting artificial intelligence, GitHub is previewing a system called Copilot Workspace that uses natural language to help developers plan and implement projects.