Microsoft AI Updates: August 27, 2026

1. Intelligent Discovery Comes to Microsoft Marketplace

Microsoft. Microsoft made intelligent discovery generally available in Microsoft Marketplace, an AI-powered capability that lets organizations describe business challenges in natural language rather than searching by product name or keyword. The feature interprets context to surface relevant solutions, supports AI-assisted side-by-side comparison, and adds conversational chat on product detail pages to answer questions about capabilities and integration requirements. Microsoft cited early results showing users are 68% more likely to find solutions that meet their needs, positioning the launch against a projected base of more than one billion AI agents in use by 2028. Source