Ignite awash with agents as Microsoft triples down on AI

The Copilot company kicked off its Ignite shindig this week with AI, AI, and more AI. Oh, and a lot of agents.

Microsoft's Book of News mentions the words "Copilot" almost 200 times and "agent" 400 times.

As if to make clear that it really wasn't listening to user complaints about its relentless focus on AI technology, Microsoft showed off agents aplenty in San Francisco, but precious little to relieve pressure on administrators having to deal with yet another broken Windows update.

While Ignite is aimed at IT professionals, there wasn't much to interest administrators on the Windows front. While sticking Ask Copilot on the Taskbar and building in support for Model Context Protocol (MCP) might make for some good demos, it won't help with the day-to-day challenges of managing a fleet of Windows devices.

And we can imagine the horror with which admins will greet ...