The service could make it simpler and cheaper to develop grounded applications by reducing the need for custom web-search infrastructure, analysts say.

Microsoft's Work IQ could make enterprise AI agents dramatically smarter, but the shift to agent-first IT brings serious questions about cost, governance, data exposure, and…

Microsoft launched Microsoft IQ and Rayfin at Build 2026 to fix the context gap and data silo problem created when AI agents spin up ungoverned apps.