{
  "id": 13903703,
  "title": "MCIT, Microsoft review Copilot Adoption Programme across govt entities",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/mcit-microsoft-review-copilot-adoption-programme-across-govt-entities",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-12T07:24:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Peninsula Qatar",
    "slug": "the-peninsula-qatar",
    "url": "https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/12/10/2026/mcit-microsoft-review-copilot-adoption-programme-across-govt-entities"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Doha, Qatar witnessed a preparatory meeting on the Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption Programme's second cohort. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) partnered with Microsoft to facilitate the meeting, attended by leaders from 17 government and semi-government entities.\n\nAssistant Undersecretary for Infrastructure and Operations Affairs at MCIT, Sami Mohammed Al Shammari, opened the event. He highlighted the progress made in adoption, usage, training, AI agent use cases, and experiences from participating entities. Shammari emphasized the importance of leadership in sustaining progress and developing high-value applications to enhance government efficiency.\n\nThe meeting revealed that active users surpassed 8,000, representing a 69.6% adoption rate among licensed users. Approximately 2.1 million actions and tasks were recorded using the tool. Discussions also covered 96 AI agent use cases, practical demonstrations, and success stories from participating entities.\n\nRepresentatives shared challenges and the need for leadership support to maintain skills, ensure data protection, verify outputs, manage permissions, and maintain human accountability in AI technology use. The meeting aimed to strengthen AI technology use, develop digital skills, and advance Qatar's digital transformation journey.",
  "summary": "<p>Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), in collaboration with Microsoft, held a preparatory meeting for leaders and representatives of 17 government and semi-government entities participating in the second cohort of the Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption Programme, implemented through Qatar Digital Academy.</p> <p>Assistant Undersecretary for Infrastructure…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}