Microsoft, based in Redmond, Washington, also announced that Charles Lamanna will join Jha’s organization. A corporate vice president, Lamanna runs the Dynamics 365 line of sales and business planning software and some Copilot-branded AI tools for corporate technologists, among other teams. He previously reported to cloud-computing chief Scott Guthrie.
Like its biggest rivals in corporate software, Microsoft is betting that artificial intelligence bots powered by large language models will shake up how office workers get things done. The company has been rapidly deploying new tools, many under the Copilot brand, that are designed to automate or streamline tasks previously done manually.
