Inside Microsoft's AI IQ stack | Mondays at Microsoft (Episode 80)

In this episode, Karuana Gatimu and Heather Cook connect the dots between Microsoft's AI strategy, the evolution of Dataverse, and the emerging IQ platform vision unveiled at Build 2026.

Join Karuana and Cook for this episode of Mondays at Microsoft as they break down the biggest Microsoft announcements across AI, Modern Work, Power Platform, Business Applications, Azure, and Developer technologies.

In this episode:

🧠 Copilot's new brain—GPT-5.6: Microsoft 365 Copilot now prefers GPT-5.6 across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Cowork, while Microsoft continues expanding its MAI model strategy. What does this mean for the future of AI-powered productivity?

🔗 Dataverse becomes the agent data platform: The Dataverse plugin for coding agents now extends beyond GitHub Copilot to Claude and Cursor, alongside a growing MCP ecosystem with 60+ servers and certified partner integrations.

🧩 Welcome to the “IQ” era: From Work IQ and Foundry IQ to the introduction of Web IQ, Microsoft's next-generation knowledge and retrieval stack is taking shape. Plus, we discuss new MAI models and an early look at Project Solara.

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