Singin’ the Agentic Windows blues

Abstract

Microsoft’s been hinting at it for a while, but on Nov. 10, Pavan Davuluri, Microsoft’s president of Windows, tweeted: “Windows is evolving into an agentic OS, connecting devices, cloud, and AI to unlock intelligent productivity and secure work anywhere.” Agentic Windows 11 will include features such as Model Context Protocol (MCP) and agent connectors for apps like File Explorer and System Settings. (If you have an AI-chip-equipped PC, of course.) However, to really get the most of AI, you’ll need access to cloud-based large language models (LLMs) If you drink Microsoft’s Kool-Aid, you’ll see Agentic Windows as the next frontier in desktop computing.