Build agents with Copilot Studio and Agent 365

Copilot Studio agents automatically integrate with Microsoft Agent 365. They appear in the agent registry and send telemetry to the Agent 365 observability backend without requiring manual SDK instrumentation.

This article explains how Copilot Studio agents integrate with Agent 365 and what you get automatically.

What Agent 365 provides for Copilot Studio agents

Agent registry visibility

Your Copilot Studio agents automatically appear in the agent registry when created.

Visible metadata:

  • Agent name, description, and publisher information.
  • Connectors used.
  • Environment details.

Admin experience:

  • View all Copilot Studio agents in Microsoft 365 admin center.
  • Monitor agent metadata and configurations.

Learn more: Agent registry integration

Automatic observability

Copilot Studio agents automatically send telemetry to the Agent 365 observability backend, so you don't need to add any manual instrumentation.

Captured automatically:

  • Agent invocations
  • Tool invocations (connector usage)

Where data appears:

  • Microsoft 365 admin center: Activity dashboard for usage patterns and performance.
  • Microsoft Defender: Security alerts and threat detection.
  • Microsoft Purview: Compliance audit logs and data loss prevention (DLP) enforcement tracking.

Unlike pro-code agents that require OpenTelemetry SDK integration, Copilot Studio handles telemetry emission automatically.

Learn more: Observability integration

Governance controls

Administrators can manage Copilot Studio agents through the agent registry.

Available actions:

  • Block: Prevent an agent from being used organization-wide.
  • Reassign: Transfer agent ownership to a different user or team.
  • Delete: Remove an agent from the registry and tenant (agent builder agents only; agents built within Copilot Studio require Power Platform environment admin).

Admin experience:

  • Centralized management in Microsoft 365 admin center.
  • Apply governance actions to individual agents or in bulk.
  • Audit trail of governance actions in Microsoft Purview.

Learn more: Agent registry integration

Integration flow

Copilot Studio agents integrate with Agent 365 automatically:

  • Identity: Agent ID created automatically when you create your agent.
  • Registry: Agent appears in agent registry automatically.
  • Approvals: Agents are pre-approved via Power Platform Admin Center policies, such as DLP and advanced connector policies. Additional approval for adding an agent to the tenant-wide agent catalog for Teams or Microsoft 365 Copilot.
  • Observability: Telemetry flows to Agent 365 observability backend automatically.

This automation enables company-wide agent development without requiring manual registration, SDK instrumentation, or per-agent admin approval.

Next steps

As a Copilot Studio agent builder:

  1. Create your agent in Copilot Studio.
  2. Learn about agent identity integration to understand authentication.
  3. Review observability integration to monitor your agent.

As an administrator:

  1. Learn about agent registry integration to view Copilot Studio agents.
  2. Review observability integration to monitor agent usage.
  3. See Microsoft 365 Admin Center guidance for registry management.
  4. Configure Power Platform governance policies for agent approvals.
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