Contoso Technology Programme — Status Dashboard

Prepared for Corey Gray (Marketing, Paris) · Reporting date Monday 7 September 2026 · Sources: Outlook, Teams, SharePoint/OneDrive, Planner & Jira notifications, public web
Overall: Amber — decisions & remediation overdue
5
Workstreams tracked
2
Red
2
Amber
11
Open tasks (6 Sep digest)[1]
5
High-priority open[1]
19 Sep
Next hard deadline[6]

Programme health

Red

Cloud ERP Implementation (S2P procurement)

Owner
Corey Gray + Executive Sponsor; budget with Finance Director[2][4]
Scope
SaaS ERP — Finance, HR, CRM; ~350 EMEA users; est. budget €250,000; go-live target 24 months from contract signing[7]
Stage
Vendor selection — 3 proposals evaluated (ERPMax Solutions, IntegraPro Systems, CloudFirst ERP)[8]
  • Blocker: executive budget decision and ERPMax preferred-vendor approval outstanding since 26 Feb 2026; CloudFirst disqualification unconfirmed[2]
  • Blocker: S2P agent status update requested by Adil Eli on 22 Apr 2026 — still awaiting reply[1]
  • Internal briefings pending: Finance Director, Legal, CISO, Compliance Officer (GDPR)[2]
Amber

Enterprise AI / Agentic Roadmap & Governance (AI Agent Central · ZAVA AI Governance)

Owner
Corey Gray (Jira ZAG-1 → ZAG-5 assigned)[1]
Artefacts
Roadmap milestones, KPI linkage and leadership review documents drafted; AI Agent Central v3 hub live with Agent 365 integration[9]
Stage
Governance definition (scope, compliance criteria, agent registration)
  • Overdue: ZAG-5 "Draft compliance criteria for agent behavior" flagged overdue since mid-August[3]
  • ZAG-6 "Set Up Agent Registration & Verification" unassigned since 11 Aug; still open in the 2 Sep Jira digest[5]
  • Governance automation degraded: flow "When agent is added or updated" disabled 24 Aug after 14 days of failures[10]
Red

Platform Integrations & Connectors

Owner
Corey Gray (M365 admin notifications)[1]
Stage
Remediation required
  • Deadline 19 Sep 2026: ServiceNow Copilot connector failed ("Data Source Instance is hibernated") — indexed items deleted if unresolved[6]
  • Jira Copilot connector flagged 12 Aug — data-integrity risk[2]
  • Cowork Plan Approval flow failing weekly (latest alert 31 Aug)[1]
  • Azure OpenAI Assistants API retired 26 Aug 2026 for the tenant subscription — migration to Foundry Agent Service not yet confirmed[11]
Amber

Absolute Technology R400 Infrastructure

Owner
Corey Gray (Planner assignee)[12]
Stage
Delivery — communications
  • Late: Planner task "Communication Error Communication" due 18 Aug 2026, reported 7 days late on 25 Aug[12]
  • No status posts in the team's General channel since creation (23 Feb 2026) — status visibility gap
No data

FCS Application Upgrade

Owner
[Not identified in sources]
Stage
Unknown
  • Team exists but its General channel contains no messages; no related email, files or transcripts were found. Owner to confirm status.

Milestone timeline

CompleteOverdue / blockedUpcoming deadlineExternal vendor eventNot yet scheduled

Risk & blocker register

#Risk / blockerWorkstreamImpactSeverityOwnerDue / ageNext action
R1ServiceNow Copilot connector hibernated; indexed items at risk of deletion[6]IntegrationsLoss of ServiceNow ticket grounding for Copilot/agentsHighCorey Gray19 Sep 2026Resolve via M365 Admin Portal connection panel
R2ERP budget decision & ERPMax approval outstanding[2]Cloud ERPVendor selection stalled; 24-month go-live clock not startedHighCorey Gray + Finance DirectorOpen since 26 Feb (6+ months)Present analysis to Finance Director; confirm vendor decisions in S2P chat
R3S2P status update owed to Adil Eli[1]Cloud ERPStakeholder confidenceHighCorey GraySince 22 AprReply with current status and decision ETA
R4Jira Copilot connector failure[2]IntegrationsData-integrity risk; ZAG work items not syncedHighCorey GrayFlagged 12 AugRe-authenticate connection Jira2606051042
R5ZAG-5 compliance criteria for agent behaviour overdue[3]AI GovernanceAgents deployed without agreed behavioural controlsMediumCorey GrayOverdue since AugDraft criteria; align with Agent Readiness Framework pillars
R6"When agent is added or updated" flow disabled[10]AI GovernanceAgent inventory/registration not automatedMediumCorey GrayDisabled 24 AugFix flow, re-enable, resubmit failed runs
R7Assistants API retirement — migration status unconfirmed[11][14]IntegrationsAny agent still on Assistants API stopped working 26 AugMedium[Subscription owner — confirm]Passed 26 Aug; classic retires 31 Mar 2027Audit workloads; migrate to Foundry Agent Service
R8R400 Planner task "Communication Error Communication" late[12]R400 InfrastructureStakeholder comms delayedMediumCorey GrayDue 18 AugComplete or re-baseline in Planner
R9Cowork Plan Approval flow failing weekly[1]IntegrationsApprovals not createdMediumCorey GrayRecurring Jul–AugReview run history; fix Approvals step
R10FCS Application Upgrade has no visible statusFCS UpgradeUnknown schedule exposureLow[Unassigned]—Owner to post status in team channel

External signals — vendor roadmaps & benchmarks

Microsoft

Agent 365 generally available

Microsoft announced GA of Agent 365 on 1 May 2026 alongside previews of capabilities to discover and manage shadow AI agents; community sources cite pricing of $15 per user per month[13][15].

Relevance: AI Agent Central v3 already integrates Agent 365[9] — the shadow-agent discovery preview directly supports ZAG-6 (agent registration & verification).

Microsoft Azure

Assistants API → Foundry Agent Service

Assistants API retired 26 Aug 2026; Foundry Agent Service (classic) retires 31 Mar 2027. Microsoft provides a migration guide and tool, but teams must still validate identity, persistence and external actions[14][16].

Relevance: tenant subscription received the retirement notice[11]; confirm no S2P or governance agents depend on Assistants API.

Analyst

Cloud ERP market

Gartner's 2026 Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP Services evaluates 19 providers across Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle and SAP ecosystems[17]; Workday was named a Leader in the 2026 Cloud HCM Suites quadrant (2 Sep 2026)[18].

Relevance: the Contoso RFP is vendor-neutral SaaS (Finance, HR, CRM)[7]; analyst positioning can inform the pending ERPMax vs. alternatives decision.

Benchmark

Agentic AI governance gap

A 2026 industry analysis reports 72% of firms running agentic AI in production while 60% lack formal governance[19]. Microsoft's Agent Readiness Framework notes organisations with higher self-assessed readiness scaled agents faster[20].

Relevance: supports prioritising ZAG-4/ZAG-5 (governance scope and compliance criteria). Third-party survey figures are unverified secondary sources.

Coverage note. No meeting transcripts were available for March–September 2026, and the R400, FCS and AI Agent Central Teams channels contain only system messages — status here is drawn from email digests, system notifications, the S2P Teams chat and SharePoint documents. Items marked [ ] need owner confirmation.

Sources

  1. Email "📋 Daily Task Digest – Sunday, September 6, 2026", Corey Gray, 6 Sep 2026 — Open in Outlook
  2. Email "📋 Daily Task Digest – Thursday, August 13, 2026", Corey Gray, 13 Aug 2026 — Open in Outlook
  3. Email "📋 Daily Task Digest – Monday, August 17, 2026", Corey Gray, 17 Aug 2026 — Open in Outlook
  4. Email "📋 Daily Task Digest – Sunday, August 9, 2026", Corey Gray, 9 Aug 2026 (Budget Decision — Owner: Corey Gray + Finance Director) — Open in Outlook
  5. Email "Corey Gray, here is your weekly update for 2 Sept", Jira, 2 Sep 2026 — Open in Outlook
  6. Email "Your Copilot connection ServiceNowTickets2607141032 needs immediate attention", Microsoft 365, 22 Aug 2026 — Open in Outlook
  7. Document "ERP Cloud Implementation - Statement of Work", Corey Gray — §1 Purpose, §6 Assumptions and Constraints — Open in OneDrive
  8. Teams chat, Contoso S2P, "COMPREHENSIVE VENDOR OFFER ANALYSIS – CLOUD ERP SOFTWARE PROCUREMENT", 26 Feb 2026; RFP-2026-001 response workbooks (ERPMax Solutions 25 Jan 2026, CloudFirst ERP 30 Jan 2026) — Open in Teams
  9. Files "Define roadmap milestones and deliverables", "Establish metrics and KPI linkage for roadmap", "Review and finalize roadmap with leadership" (Loop, Sales and Marketing site) and "index" (AI Agent Central v3 hub), Corey Gray — Open in SharePoint
  10. Email "Alert! We've disabled one of your flows", Microsoft Power Automate, 24 Aug 2026 — Open in Outlook
  11. Email "Retirement notice: Transition Azure OpenAI Assistants APIs to Microsoft Foundry Agent Service by 26 August 2026", Microsoft Azure, 18 Aug 2026 — Open in Outlook
  12. Email "You have late tasks", Microsoft Planner, 25 Aug 2026 (plan: Absolute Technology R400 Infrastructure) — Open in Outlook
  13. Microsoft Security Blog, "Microsoft Agent 365, now generally available, expands capabilities and integrations", 1 May 2026 — microsoft.com
  14. WindowsForum, "Assistants API Retires August 26, 2026: Migrate Foundry Agents" — windowsforum.com
  15. Microsoft Tech Community, "Agent 365 will be generally available on May 1, 2026", 9 Mar 2026 — techcommunity.microsoft.com
  16. Microsoft Learn, "Migrate to the new Foundry Agent Service" — learn.microsoft.com
  17. Gartner "Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP Services" 2026 (market definition summary) — spotlightar.com; KPMG reprint — kpmg.com
  18. PR Newswire via TMCnet, "Workday Named a Leader in 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud HCM Suites", 2 Sep 2026 — tmcnet.com
  19. Agentic AI Institute, "Agentic AI Enterprise Adoption 2026: 72% Production Proven" (secondary source, unverified) — agenticaiinstitute.org
  20. Document "The Agent Readiness Framework - Pillars & Practices", Microsoft (OneDrive copy) — Open in OneDrive