Microsoft wants to make building digital twins as easy as dragging and dropping, and it has a new tool to do it. At its 2025 Build conference, the company previewed its digital twin builder that will be available in Fabric, its data and analytics platform.
A digital twin is perhaps a virtual replica of a knowledge worker in an organization. It isn’t sentient or intended to replace the human being. Companies can use this AI to simulate, monitor, and optimize the bot’s physical counterpart in real time.
This builder’s no-code/low-code interface enables anyone to create a digital twin. No technical skills are required. Users can connect and map data from physical assets, processes, or systems, before contextualizing the information into a functional model.
Subscribe to The AI Economy
Microsoft boasts that this tool will make digital twin technology more generally available, moving beyond developers and data scientists to include frontline workers and decision-makers. This could accelerate the adoption and application of digital twins across various industries and use cases.
And because the builder is part of Fabric’s Real-Time Intelligence, it can leverage the platform’s other capabilities. This means that digital twins created in the builder can tap into Fabric’s real-time analytics, machine learning, and data integration features. This could allow organizations to build more sophisticated digital twins that provide deeper insights and drive more effective decision-making.
Featured Image: An AI-generated image of a person being projected as a 3D digital model with data overlays. Credit: Adobe Firefly
Subscribe to “The AI Economy”
Exploring AI’s impact on business, work, society, and technology.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.