Agents Everywhere: SharePoint AI, Office ‘Vibe’ Mode and Wi-Fi 7

This Week in IT, Microsoft launched an AI assistant that lives inside SharePoint that automatically organizes your content. Redmond rolled out agents in preview that write Word reports and analyze spreadsheets. Plus, there’s a new unified Marketplace for AI tools and Windows 11 24H2 is getting enterprise‑grade Wi‑Fi 7.

Links and resources

• Microsoft Launches SharePoint Knowledge Agent in Preview
• Microsoft Introduces “Vibe Working” with Agent Mode in Word, Excel
• Microsoft Launches New AI and Cloud Marketplace
• Wi-Fi 7 Enterprise Support Comes to Windows 11

Episode overview

• SharePoint Knowledge Agent: Microsoft has launched an AI agent for SharePoint, currently in preview, that automatically organizes content, adds metadata, fixes broken links, manages tag policies, classifies documents, and helps build branded pages. The agent is designed to improve search and productivity within organizations using Microsoft 365 Copilot. General availability is expected in early 2026, and it requires IT enablement at the site level.
  
• AI Agents for Office Apps: New agents can write Word documents and analyze Excel spreadsheets, going beyond current Copilot chat capabilities. These agents use Anthropic’s Claude models for document creation and are currently available only in online versions of Word and PowerPoint, with broader rollout planned for the first half of 2026.
  
• Unified AI Marketplace: Microsoft is merging Azure Marketplace and AppSource into a single store, offering over 3,000 partner apps and AI agents. This aims to provide a trusted, secure source for enterprise AI solutions.
  
• Wi-Fi 7 and WPA3 Security: Windows 11 24H2 introduces enterprise-grade Wi-Fi 7 support, offering faster speeds, seamless roaming, reduced latency, and enhanced WPA3 security. Hardware upgrades are required to benefit from these features.