CSW Solutions

10/16/2026

CSW Solutions was founded during this week of October back in 2005, the same year the White Sox swept their way to their first World Series title in 88 years! Two Chicago legends got their start that year. 😉 Now we’re officially 21, so yes, this round’s on us. Here’s to 21 years of keeping Chicago’s businesses running with the only kind of trust and transparency we bring to the table! And another to everything coming next! 🥂 If you’ve been part of our story, thank you for being here with us. 🫶

10/15/2026

Too many Claude models, not enough time to compare them. We wrote the short answer.
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10/14/2026

What could your agents accomplish with a deeper understanding of your organization?

The Microsoft Learn post below describes how this workplace intelligence layer helps agents reason over data, context, and tools with permission-aware governance built in. 🧠

Read the post to see how Work IQ lays the foundation for faster, more efficient agents and workflows. https://zurl.co/ePhpN Copilot

10/13/2026

Spend less time explaining. Spend more time doing.
Copilot Cowork works in context, drawing on relevant information to understand what you're working on and take on tasks with less hand-holding.
Watch this short video to see how Cowork uses context to move work forward--and consider where it could save your team time and effort. https://zurl.co/8farW💡 Copilot

Work IQ is the intelligence layer that enables Microsoft 365 Copilo...

10/12/2026

Many leaders talk about AI as a trigger for immediate layoffs, but the data tells a different story. This article explains why we are still early in AI’s workforce impact and why AI-washing layoffs rarely deliver the promised returns. https://zurl.co/rK05z Share it with your network to explore how AI can reshape roles, workflows, and decision-making instead of defaulting to headcount reductions. Then contact CSW Solutions to discuss how to apply these ideas in your own organization.

AI is beginning to reshape workforce decisions, but many companies are moving faster than the evidence warrants. Early AI-driven layoffs have often failed to deliver expected returns, exposed gaps in organizational knowledge, and created new demands for human oversight—prompting some employers to ...

10/07/2026

When St. Luke's University Health Network sought to gain comprehensive, real-time insights across various security platforms, it implemented Security Copilot in Microsoft Defender to mitigate attacks more proactively. As a result, the health network now saves nearly 200 hours each month on managing phishing alerts and can generate incident reports in just minutes rather than hours.
Explore St. Luke's experience further and connect with CSW Solutions to discuss how agentic security could benefit your team. https://zurl.co/Co32J 🩺 Security

10/06/2026

When your data is spread across various applications, cloud services, and devices, tracking where sensitive information is stored can be a constant challenge. Microsoft Purview brings together data security, governance, and compliance on a single platform, featuring tools like Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention, Audit, eDiscovery, Data Mapping, and Data Security Posture Management. Check out the blog post to discover how a cohesive approach minimizes data risks and readies your environment for AI. https://zurl.co/AycEc 🔐 Security

10/05/2026

Grant reports, program budgets, and board decks all start from nothing, and that first draft can eat up the most time. This one-pager introduces the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint agents in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, which create a new file from your prompt using web information and the files you include.
Read it to see how your staff can start from a draft instead of a blank page. https://zurl.co/NYge2 📄 for Nonprofits

10/02/2026

Happy ~ Each of the four red stars on the Chicago flag stands for a big moment. The second one represents the Great Chicago Fire of October 1871. The other three are for Fort Dearborn, the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, and the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition. And here's a bonus fact: the flag started out with just two stars in 1917, and the city added the other two later, in 1933 and 1939. ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐

09/30/2026

Agentic AI is introducing a new challenge for Zero Trust: securing identities that aren't human. Autonomous agents may need broad access to data, tools and systems, making identity and fine-grained permissions increasingly important. This article looks at how security leaders are rethinking identity and policy enforcement as AI agents become more autonomous.
Check it out 👉 https://zurl.co/HoIJg

A top Intelligence Community official said the government may need to develop digital birth certificates for AI agents.