Closing the AI-readiness gap with agentic modernization (opens in new tab)

Legacy debt is widening the AI-readiness gap Legacy systems and mounting tech debt aren't just slowing your AI agenda — they're quietly stealing its potential. Aging architectures, and complex, decades-old applications, databases, and infrastructure weren't designed for high performance, complex, dynamically scaling agentic workloads. The longer legacy lasts, the wider the gap between AI ambition and AI-readiness. This year at Microsoft Build 2026, we're taking our biggest step yet toward clo...