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Microsoft appears to be settling into a more deliberate AI strategy with increasing focus on data governance, security, and Fabric as a central component for AI implementation. The recent clarity around Microsoft's vision suggests a transition from reactionary AI deployment to a more considered approach for long-term value.

TAKEAWAYS
• Microsoft Fabric and OneLake emerging as an "AI landing zone" for consolidating multi-cloud data
• Free mirroring technology for AWS and other platforms reduces barriers to cross-cloud data integration
• Business Applications division potentially facing reorganization within the next five years
• Dataverse likely moving to Fabric while Copilot Studio shifts to Microsoft 365
• Traditional UI paradigms may disappear as AI interfaces replace menus and navigation elements
• Legal involvement becoming critical in AI development for the first time in software history
• Increased focus needed on the social and governance aspects of ESG in AI implementation
• Serious concerns about AI's potential to facilitate cybercrime and human rights violations

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