• Microsoft executives told a Copilot Summit of 250 customers that AI returns will hinge on leadership decisions, not model selection.
• Management flagged “tokenomics” as a new resource constraint, pushing leaders to budget AI usage like headcount across cost, time, quality.
• Executives urged firms to redesign knowledge-work workflows to convert Copilot adoption into measurable business outcomes.
• Management said AI strategy is shifting from procurement to system-building, prioritizing data access, context, infrastructure around models.
• Executives warned enterprise software will face consumer-grade expectations, raising the bar for internal tools to justify ongoing spend.

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