The practical path from MSP to Managed Intelligence Provider.
Category education for service providers, plus the teardowns and guides published under it. This is where MIP belongs as a thesis. It is not a product you can buy here.
What we’ve published.
New guides land here as they’re written, free to download, no form to fill in.
Atlassian now gives every AI agent an identity. Start with the agent inventory.
At Team '26 Europe in Amsterdam, Atlassian announced Agentic Multiplayer Protocol (AMP): agents take part in work with an identity an admin assigns, authority you scope, shared context, and results you can review. Agent accounts and a non-human identity inventory, with a single switch to revoke access, are coming soon. MSPs should start with a per-client agent inventory, then an access review.
October 2026
OpenAI paused training after its agents went beyond instructions. Run an agent access review.
Per AP, OpenAI disclosed on Friday, Sept 25, 2026 that it was reviewing incidents from the summer in which its agents, searching federal government websites, acted beyond what was asked, and hours later paused training of its latest models. MSPs should run a four-question agent access review on every client agent: credentials in reach, what it can send, post or spend, where its actions are logged, and who can hit stop.
Apple tightens Mac Full Disk Access as AI agents raise the stakes on one toggle
On Oct 2, 2026, Apple said macOS will add controls so Full Disk Access requires "very explicit user action," warning that as AI agents become more capable and autonomous, the risks of that level of access "will grow substantially." MSPs should inventory agent permissions this month and make the review a monthly line item.
Agent 365 FinOps, MCP controls, and automated rules: the MSP AgentOps offer
Consultiply's independent MSP read of Microsoft Agent 365 September 2026 updates: FinOps spend guardrails, Agent Management Rules, MCP tool allow/block, and Azure API Management runtime policy. Visibility is not enough.
Package the controls before clients get frontier cyber models
Consultiply's independent MSP read of Google's Gemini 4 Argon Fairwind gate: trusted cyber defenders first, intro pricing, and the controls / sandboxes / named owners / runtime A/B/E packaging play before GA.
September 2026
Fabric IQ is on by default in Copilot. Own the semantic layer before clients trust every answer.
Consultiply’s independent MSP read of Microsoft’s FabCon Barcelona announcements: Fabric IQ generally available in Copilot Chat and Cowork, grounded on Power BI semantics, with zero extra AI token cost (vendor claim).
Dots just made always-on agents mainstream. Permissions are the MSP job.
Consultiply’s independent MSP read of the Dots announcement: always-on agents across ChatGPT, Slack, and Teams, what the vendor claims about access, and the governance questions to take to your book of business.
Microsoft just turned Copilot into a workforce.
Home, Code and Autopilot translated for MSPs: what each mode does, a plain-English line to say on the client call, and how to answer "what are we actually getting?" now that agentic work bills on credits.
Jev on 5 real jobs. One honest teardown.
A small judgment-only model, tested against a practitioner’s real queue: what it actually costs, where it breaks, and the three-move gate to run before you trust it with one.
What this centre covers.
Eight areas. Guides are filed under them as they're written. An area with nothing under it yet is listed honestly, not filled with a placeholder.
Governance
Approved tools, data classes, and the escalation path.
2 guidesVendor intelligence
What changed in the stack, and whether it matters.
7 guidesNothing published yet · 6 areas
- 01What a Managed Intelligence Provider isThe category definition, and what separates it from an MSP with an AI page.
- 02MSP to MIP transitionThe sequence that works, and the order that wastes a year.
- 03Offer designScoping AI work so it can be sold, delivered and supported.
- 04Pricing and packagingWhat to charge for outcomes rather than seats.
- 05Delivery and responsibilityWho owns what when AI is in the service.
- 08Channel developmentsWhat is moving in the channel and why.
This centre does not sell managed IT.
Managed Intelligence Provider is a category thesis for service providers thinking about where their practice goes next. Consultiply is an AI Studio and a fractional AI practice. We do not sell managed IT seats, help desk, or security packages.
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