Microsoft’s AI council playbook separates priorities from delivery

Microsoft Digital’s [October 29 playbook](https://www.microsoft.com/insidetrack/blog/deploying‑ai‑with‑employee‑councils‑an‑it‑playbook‑from‑microsoft/) puts workflow improvement ahead of automation. Its strategy council chooses priorities; product owners deliver. Teams complete an initial assessment before starting work, with deeper release assessment when the scenario requires it.

Before launch, projects need a baseline, telemetry and measurement ownership. The guide also asks where saved capacity is reinvested. For a support team, a faster summary would not alone establish a smaller backlog: that outcome needs its own measure. Microsoft’s Building 92 in Redmond, May 2016. Archival context, not an AI council meeting. [CC BY‑SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by‑sa/4.0/).