Enterprise AI agents are creating data silos as they start from scratch, lacking knowledge of business operations and data locations. This leads to ungoverned applications and silos outside the data layer. Microsoft is addressing these issues at Build 2026 with Microsoft IQ and Rayfin. The problem is significant, as indicated by a tripling of hybrid retrieval intent among large organizations from January to March, signaling a shift in focus to underlying architecture.

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