Judson Althoff, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Microsoft, emphasized at the conference: "Frontier transformation is a holistic reinvention of the enterprise that deeply combines AI with human creativity to unlock an organization's highest vision and growth potential. Built on the foundation of Intelligence and Trust, and leveraging Microsoft's complete cloud and AI solution portfolio, enterprises can advance the large-scale adoption of AI in a secure and responsible manner."
The most pivotal breakthrough of this conference is that Microsoft has officially upgraded Microsoft Copilot from an intelligent assistant to an action-oriented enterprise-grade agent system, launching a unified intelligent architecture layer:
Work IQ: Enables AI to deeply understand real-world work collaboration pattern
Fabric IQ: Provides AI with trusted and traceable business data semantics
Foundry IQ: Allows AI to perform reliable reasoning based on enterprise knowledge and rules
Meanwhile, Microsoft announced a series of major product launch plans:
Microsoft Agent 365 (International Version): To be officially released on May 1 as the control and governance hub for enterprise-grade AI agents. Tens of thousands of customers have adopted it since its preview at Ignite 2025
Microsoft 365 E7 (International Version): To be launched simultaneously on May 1, deeply integrating E5, Copilot and Agent 365 to provide comprehensive security and governance capabilities
Microsoft Foundry (International Version): Now hosts over 11,000 models, serving as the core engineering foundation for enterprise AI
Currently, 90% of Fortune 500 companies are using Microsoft Copilot, with paid users growing by more than 160% year-over-year and daily active usage increasing nearly 10-fold. AI has fully transitioned from pilot phases to core enterprise business processes.
Novatech: A Core Partner for Microsoft AI Implementation in Chinese Enterprises
As a Microsoft CSP Tier 1 Core Partner and Gold Partner, Novatech has always focused on deeply integrating Microsoft's world-leading cloud and AI technologies with the actual business scenarios of Chinese enterprises, providing full-lifecycle services from AI strategic planning and solution design to development, deployment and operation governance.
Through its in-depth participation in Microsoft AI Tour Shanghai, Novatech conducted extensive exchanges with Microsoft technical teams, industry experts and numerous enterprise clients, reaching broad consensus on the following core areas:
Enterprise-grade Agent Building: Helping enterprises rapidly build customized agents based on Copilot Studio and Microsoft Foundry, embedding them into core processes such as sales, operations, customer service and R&D
AI Security and Governance: Leveraging Agent 365 and Microsoft 365 E7 to establish a unified AI agent management and control system for enterprises, ensuring transparent, auditable and compliant AI applications
End-to-End AI Capability Building: Integrating products such as Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Fabric and GitHub Copilot to build a full-stack AI solution covering data, development, application and governance
AI Empowerment for Enterprise Global Expansion: Combining Microsoft's global cloud infrastructure and AI capabilities to help Chinese enterprises build an agile, intelligent and resilient global operation system
Industry Practices: The Real Value of AI Transformation Has Fully Emerged
At the conference, leading enterprises including Duodian Digital Intelligence, Geely, TCL, Insilico Medicine and Chow Tai Fook shared their successful transformation practices based on Microsoft cloud and AI technologies:
Chow Tai Fook: Deployed over 400 customized agents covering 24,000 employees, achieving more than 70% efficiency improvement in key business processes
Geely Auto: Built a unified global digital foundation based on Microsoft 365 and Azure to support business expansion in European, American and other markets
Duodian Digital Intelligence: Developed the "AI Intelligent Clearance" solution in conjunction with Azure OpenAI to solve the long-standing problems of high loss and low efficiency in the retail industry
Insilico Medicine: Uses AI to drive drug discovery, significantly reducing the time and cost of projects from concept to pre-clinical candidate stage
Novatech has successfully translated these industry best practices into replicable solutions, serving clients across multiple industries including manufacturing, retail, finance, healthcare and technology. With its deep understanding of the Microsoft technology ecosystem and rich implementation experience, Novatech helps enterprises avoid common pitfalls in AI transformation and achieve a smooth transition from "AI pilot" to "large-scale application".
Joining Hands with Microsoft to Build the AI Future for Chinese Enterprises
Dr. Hou Yang, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft and Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Greater China, stated: "As one of the most dynamic markets in the world, an increasing number of Chinese enterprises are proactively embracing the agent era to reshape their long-term competitiveness. Microsoft has always adhered to an open product ecosystem and technological foresight, and built a trusted AI innovation foundation for enterprises based on strict data privacy and security standards."
As a core partner of Microsoft in China, Novatech will continue to deepen its strategic cooperation with Microsoft, bringing Microsoft's latest AI technologies and products to the Chinese market as soon as possible, and providing enterprises with:
- Free AI transformation assessment and strategic consulting
- POC verification services based on real business scenarios
- Customized agent development and deployment
- Enterprise AI governance system construction
- Company-wide AI skill training and empowerment
Looking ahead, Novatech will continue to uphold the philosophy of "Technology Empowers Business, Intelligence Drives Growth", walk hand in hand with Microsoft, and help more Chinese enterprises seize the historic opportunities of the agent era, translate cutting-edge AI technologies into tangible business value, and achieve long-term, stable and high-quality development.
This article references the official WeChat Official Account of Microsoft Technology.
