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Compare alternatives and write a risk report before switching vendors

The CIO of global technology services company LTM uses Microsoft 365 Copilot and its Researcher agent for strategic research, including assessing whether to replace an expensive software product.

What they did

To evaluate replacing a costly software product, he asked Copilot for alternatives, a product comparison and a risk report. He also uses Researcher for market research, financial checks on potential vendors and choosing which case studies to present at an industry summit, writing detailed instructions in OneNote before handing work over.

How it went

He says Researcher means he rarely has to ask colleagues to pull research or slides for him, which they found disruptive.

Worth knowing

The article is a promotional Microsoft feature with no metrics, and it does not say what the vendor review concluded or how the research was fact-checked.

Try it with Microsoft Copilot

We are considering replacing <current software> because of <reason>. Research three to five alternatives, compare them on features, migration effort, vendor stability and support in <your region>, and write a two-page risk report covering what could go wrong in a switch and how to reduce it. List your sources and mark anything you could not verify.

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