Event Report - Dayforce Discover - New modules, new payroll strategy and a lot of... AI

Dayforce held its yearly user conference in Las Vegas from Ocotber 7th till 9th 2025 at the Wynn Casino and Resort. The event was very well attended, occupying the usual spaces and good representation from the analyst community.
Dayforce showed significant innovation drive at the conference, with a focus on new agents (Analytics, data, time and content) as well as an innovative AI Workspace that supports (for now) 5 use cases and are a collaborative way for people leaders to work with their teams on a variety of topics. This effectlviely changes the UX for these users from a traditional enterprise software UX, to a an AI powered UX custom for the job at hand. An innovative approach to get work done.
On the new functional module innovation track, Dayforce launched its new strategic workforce planning, powered by the acquisitiokn of Agentnoon. The ability to perform planning with an org chart centrix UX is an attractive approach that resonates well with people leader who more often than not think in org charts. Agentnoon is flexible to extend and instantly puts Dayforce in a solide position for workforce planning. It was built on the Microsoft tech stack - so integration is wasy and was ready at Discover. Talking tech stack, Dayforce being built on the Miicrosoft tech stack shows how a single stack approach makes all thing easier, and delivers functionality to users faster (comparred to a best of breed or a multi-tech-stack-support approach). This has worked well for Dayforce users all the way back to 2 years ago with the launch of AI on the Microsoft AI Stack, and at Discover both vendors deepened their relationship with a deeper partnership.
On the payroll side, Dayforce has executed something of a reset. 2 years ago the vendor laid out an ambitions payroll / workforce management strategy, of adding 30 countries to its inhouse payroll portfolio. Turns out that was too ambitious, likely both on the R&D and go to market side. In the analyst Q&A CEO David Ossip talked about more [go to market] density - referring to in country presence, availability of the full suite, implementation resources, partners etc. it will be interesting to see that a private Dayforce (the taking private with Thoma Bravo is currently pending) will be more successful at this. Nonetheless from the big economies sudes, Germany and Mexican payroll are coming next year.
Finally on the partner side, Dayforce is signing up more larger partners, offloading more and more of the implementation to partners, a good trend that will continue in 2026.
Overall a good Discover confernece, where Dayforce showed good prorgress on existing products and good promise on the innovation side. Now all eyes are on the Thoma Bravo taking private situation.
What is your take on Dayforce, Discover and overall?

1. Dayforce Discover 2025–New modules,
new payroll strategy and a lot of AI…
My POV:High speed of
innovation enabled by
single stack (Azure)
platform. Innovative ideas
with AI Workspace,
changing the UX
approach. Reset of payroll
mix likely a reflection of
business realities.
Dayforce had its yearly user conference in Las Vegas, at the Wynn,
and was very well attended by an energized & motivated user base.
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•Innovative: Dayforce AI Workspace
•Agents for Analytics, Pay, Time & Content
•Launches Strategic Workforce Planning
jumpstarted with Agentnoonacquisition
•Partnership with Microsoft for AI & stack
•More services offload to partners
•New international strategy focusing on
“density” means lessnative payrolls