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Explore the landscape of agentic computing, learn key concepts, and find resources to begin your organization's journey with AI agents.

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Microsoft Agent 365
Learn what's new in Microsoft Agent 365, the control plane for agents.
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Learn the latest ways to extend Microsoft 365 Copilot and your AI productivity tools for work.
Microsoft Copilot Studio
Learn what's new in Microsoft Copilot Studio to customize Copilot and create agents.
Microsoft Foundry
Learn what's new in Microsoft Foundry, the AI app and agent factory.

Find your place in the agent ecosystem

From high‑level, guided experiences to fully customizable agent platforms, choose the right level of abstraction and control—whether you’re building, customizing, or adopting agents.

Ready-made and no-code agents

Use built-in agents in Microsoft products, acquire agents from the Agent Store, or create new agents through guided, no‑code experiences.
Agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Agents in Dynamics 365 apps Agent Builder in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Low-code agents

Build and customize agents by combining visual design, data, actions, and workflows to shape behavior with low‑code tools.
Choose how to build your agent Copilot Studio overview Build an AI agent in Power Apps
Pro-code agents

Build fully custom agents with code‑first tooling, from multi‑channel experiences to deeply integrated workflow automations.
Microsoft Foundry agents overview GitHub Copilot agents overview Microsoft 365 Agents SDK

Explore agentic computing concepts

Explore the key concepts that shape how agents are built, coordinated, trusted, and managed across the Microsoft agent ecosystem.

Agent capabilities

Agents in the Microsoft ecosystem go beyond generating responses—they interpret intent, plan work, and take action on your behalf. Work IQ powers their reasoning, tool use, and persistent memory of how your teams work.
Work IQ overview Extend the capabilities of your agent
Identity and access

Microsoft agents have first‑class identities, distinct from users and apps. Microsoft Entra Agent ID provides agent‑specific identity, ownership, and access controls for consistent authentication, logging, and governance.
What is Microsoft Entra Agent ID? What is Microsoft agent identity platform?
Orchestration and workflows

Orchestration coordinates agent behavior and can be invisible or core to your design. Microsoft supports built‑in, customizable, and external orchestration.
Agent orchestration patterns Microsoft Agent Framework overview
Trust, safety, and governance

Microsoft enables secure AI agent adoption through visibility, governance, and enforceable controls—spanning identity, runtime safeguards, and data protection aligned with security, compliance, and Responsible AI principles.
Secure agents at scale with Agent 365 Manage AI data security and compliance

Start your agent journey

Plan for business value, implement the right foundations, drive adoption through people and processes, manage agents at scale, and continuously improve outcomes.

Plan

Align technology investments to high‑value business outcomes by defining success criteria a prioritized implementation plan.
Copilot extensibility planning guide Architecting agent solutions
Implement

Build, configure, and deploy your solution with the right operating model, security posture, and enablement foundations.
Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot Foundry agent lifecycle
Adopt

Drive sustained adoption through onboarding, training, feedback loops, and change management that reshapes daily work habits.
Agentic AI adoption maturity model AI agent adoption
Manage

Operate and govern your service at scale by monitoring health, security, and performance.
Agents in Microsoft admin center Agents in Foundry Control Plane
Improve

Continuously increase return on investment by using insights to drive optimization and expansion.
Agent 365 observability Microsoft Foundry observability