Microsoft launches Agent 365 to manage Copilot agents
Microsoft has launched Agent 365 in general availability. This new service provides a central dashboard for Copilot agent inventory, permissions, behavior monitoring, and activity logs across Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and partner applications. A new Analytics Viewer role now allows read-only access to agent analytics. The agent usage estimator has expanded to cover Dynamics 365 agents, helping predict costs and scale.
Before Agent 365, admins tracked custom Copilot agents in silos, with no unified view of permissions or usage. This left gaps in oversight, much like unchecked Teams sites where ex-users retain access and sprawl builds unnoticed. Now a single control plane enforces DLP policies and lifecycle rules across all agents. It separates monitoring from changes, letting small IT teams audit security posture without full admin rights and head off the next wave of M365 clutter.
Analysis
Copilot agents will sprawl just like your 300-plus Teams if you sleep on this – it's the permission audit tool you've begged for, wrapped in AI governance. Enable Agent 365 in the Microsoft 365 admin center today and run a full agent inventory to revoke any with external sharing enabled.
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