Introduction
Organizations are under pressure to help employees accomplish more while managing growing workloads and increasing demands for productivity. According to Microsoft's 2025 Work Trend Index, 80% of workers report lacking the time or energy to complete their work, while 53% of leaders say productivity must increase. To address this challenge, 82% of executives plan to use AI agents to expand workforce capacity.
Microsoft refers to organizations that successfully combine human expertise with AI-powered assistance and agents as Frontier Firms. Rather than treating AI as a separate destination, Frontier Firms embed AI into existing workflows, helping employees access information, take action, and stay productive within the tools they already use.
This shift has important implications for the operating system. As AI becomes part of everyday work, the operating system can serve as the foundation for delivering intelligent experiences where employees already spend their time. Windows 11 is designed to help bring AI into familiar workflows, making it easier for users to access information, take action, and stay focused on their work.
Windows 11 supports AI-powered productivity in three ways:
Enable people to interact with AI naturally.
Help users get to what matters faster.
Keep intelligence within the flow of work.
In this module, you'll explore how Windows 11 integrates AI experiences into common workflows and how these experiences can help users work more efficiently throughout the day.
Important
Some features discussed in this module might require specific hardware, subscriptions, or future feature updates. Refer to Microsoft documentation for current availability, requirements, and supported scenarios.