FMW Research

Research notes, not workbook guidance

This site holds research that sits beside the Federal Modernization Workbook. Nothing here is part of the workbook, and nothing here is a recommendation for any organization. Findings can change as sources change. Check each source before you rely on it.

The project asks questions about what cloud and service-management tools can do for federal modernization work, and records the answers with their sources. Some findings may later be rewritten into the workbook. Until that happens, they stay here. See How this project works.

All research assumes Microsoft 365 GCC Moderate or an equivalent tenant. GCC High and DoD appear only as side notes.

Topics

Topic	Question	Status
AI bot costs	What does an AI bot or agent cost, by service?	Findings
Microsoft 365 Copilot compared with AI agents	What does Copilot already cover in GCC Moderate, and when is a separate agent needed?	Findings
Scheduling a daily report job	Can a daily report job that runs as a gMSA move to a cloud schedule or to ServiceNow?	Findings

The research log lists each question in date order. Sources lists every page the research used.