Microsoft just launched powerful AI ‘agents’ that could completely transform your workday — and challenge Google’s workplace dominance
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Summary
Microsoft has unveiled a major expansion of its AI tools with its Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 Spring release, adding new AI agents designed to function as digital colleagues.
These agents can carry out complex workplace tasks using deep reasoning capabilities and are aimed at optimising productivity and enabling employees to manage and collaborate with AI.
The new functionality includes Copilot Notebooks, which lets users ground AI interactions in specific collections of files and meeting notes, and Copilot Search, offering AI-powered enterprise search capabilities across multiple applications.
According to Microsoft’s 2025 Work Trend Index report, 53% of business leaders are looking to increase productivity but 80% of employees say they lack the time or energy to do their jobs.
The company predicts a fundamental restructuring of organisations around “work charts” - more fluid, outcome-driven team structures powered by AI agents that expand employee capabilities.