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The Frontier Firm Report · prepared exclusively for Contoso

You are Advancing — 78 of 100.

Aristo makes this score, not Microsoft. How it's made

estimate from Contoso's illustrative records — a pillar is self-reported until it is read from a signal · run 4 · 24 September
1 · Stand
Advancing, 55–84
2 · Waiting
$43,200 a month in licenses waiting
3 · Used
2,760 people · in the last 14 days
4 · Next
7 points to Frontier
5 · Proof
14 points ahead
6 · Coming
One rollout selected
Report 2 of 3 — the License Report found the money, this report turns it on, the Value Report says what came back.Cover · 1 of 8   ← →
1 · Where do we stand?Advancing, 55–84
2 · What is waiting to be switched on?$43,200 a month in licenses waiting
3 · What is actually used?2,760 people · in the last 14 days
4 · What do we do next?7 points to Frontier
5 · Is it working?14 points ahead
6 · What is coming?One rollout selected
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The Frontier Firm Report
Are you a Frontier Firm? You are Advancing (55–84 of 100).

Aristo makes this score, not Microsoft. How it's made

Frontier Firm: Microsoft’s name for an organization rebuilt around AI — not just using it, but delegating real work to it.

What is a Frontier Firm?

Covers Microsoft’s definition, the three pillars and the four bands

How this score is made

Who makes it. Aristo makes this score. Microsoft defines what a Frontier Firm is; Aristo measures how close this organization is, out of 100. It is not a Microsoft benchmark.

From what. Three parts, read from your organization's own Microsoft 365 once it is connected: Adoption, how far AI use has spread among your people (50 of the 100 points); Activation, how many of your assigned Copilot seats are in use (25); Security, your Microsoft Secure Score (25). This run: Adoption 78 of 100, Activation 68, Security 88. All three are illustrative.

What you control. Your organization sets the target and approves each move. No one can type the score in. Your target: 85 of 100, Frontier, by 1 February 2027.

When it is counted again. About every four weeks: Aristo starts a new count once the last one is 27 days old and the new figures are in. Last count: run 4 on 24 September 2026.

This reading is 78 of 100 — Advancing; up 4 points from 74 at the counted run on 25 August 2026. Source: Frontier Firm Report, run 4, 24 September 2026.

A Frontier Firm (Microsoft, 2025 Work Trend Index) is an organization rebuilt around AI — intelligence on tap, human-agent teams — not just using AI but delegating real work to it.

Aristo does not re-define the term — it measures it, for your tenant, from your own counted signals. Here is the arithmetic, in full.

100 points, counted Adoption — 50 pts of 100 Adoption 50 pts Activation — 25 pts of 100 Activation 25 pts Security — 25 pts of 100 Security 25 pts
Fig · The three pillars and their fixed weights. A pillar that is not available is dropped and the remaining weights re-normalized — never silently scored zero.
Adoption · 50 pts
How far AI has actually spread — your readiness score: real activation, real engagement, real outcomes.
Activation · 25 pts
How much of the assigned Copilot estate is in use — one minus the share of assigned seats ready to activate.
Security · 25 pts
Your Microsoft Secure Score — counted only once you have consented to share it, never assumed.
0305585100EmergingDevelopingAdvancingFrontier 78
Fig · The four bands, at their true widths on the 0–100 scale. Versioned with every run, so a month-over-month comparison always states the scale it was scored on.
Emerging
0–29 of 100
The licenses are in place; everyday AI use is just beginning.
Developing
30–54 of 100
Adoption is climbing, but genuine activity is still the minority.
Advancing · you
55–84 of 100
Counted adoption taking hold, proven lift under way.
Frontier
85–100 of 100
AI is how the everyday work runs.

Counted where a signal is connected. At least one pillar above is answered by your team rather than read from a signal, so the whole score is labeled self-reported until that signal is connected. Where a number can only be estimated, this report says so on the number itself.

Microsoft’s own words
2025: The Year the Frontier Firm Is BornMicrosoft WorkLab · the canonical report, 23 April 2025The 2025 Annual Work Trend IndexThe official Microsoft blog announcementWork Trend Index (the hub)Microsoft’s research home for the index
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I scored you 78 — $43,200 a month in licenses, each waiting for a user — rerouted, never removed.

78 Advancing 55–84 0 100
78 / 100
Frontier score
counted · 24 September 2026
65.7%
Seats active
2,760 of 4,200 paid seats are active (65.7%)
$43,200
Seats waiting for a user
1,440 paid seats · your Copilot money / month
4
Agents built
governed agent packages in your register
0305585100EmergingDevelopingAdvancingFrontier 78
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Frontier score · Run #4, counted on 24 September 2026 · ▲ 4 points since Run #3, counted on 25 August 2026

Seats active · 2,760 of 4,200 paid seats are active (65.7%) · Illustrative · read-only · 24 September 2026

Seats waiting for a user · 1,440 paid seats · your Copilot money / month · assumption: seat cost · Illustrative · read-only · 24 September 2026

Take this to your meeting BoardFinanceDepartment leadersITSellerPrint One deck per room, or the whole document as paper — the same counted numbers as this page, never re-typed. A spoken brief is one press away below.
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In Teams. When Teams delivery is configured, sponsor cards use this same counted summary.
In Copilot. Aristo Spark is a Microsoft 365 Copilot agent — ask it in Copilot Chat or Word.
In your deck. Every report leaves as a PowerPoint for the room you are walking into.

Copilot is in an Advancing position. Today, 2,760 users are active on 2,760 seats, with 186 wins recorded this week.

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Illustrative records composed 24 September 2026 · Last counted Run #4 24 September 2026 · next assessment due 21 October 2026