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Windows 365 for Agents integrates with Microsoft Agent 365 to provide centralized governance, auditability, and visibility across all agent activity. Every interaction performed by an agent is captured, correlated, and made available to your security and compliance tools, which enables a unified view of how agents operate in your environment.
Agent 365 acts as the control plane for AI agents, which allows organizations to deploy, govern, and manage agents at scale, regardless of where they're created. It delivers these capabilities through three core pillars (observe, govern, and secure), which ensures that agent workloads on Windows 365 for Agents Cloud PCs are managed consistently from day one.
Because of this integration, telemetry from agent Cloud PCs connects natively with Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Purview, which enables built-in threat protection and data governance without additional integrations.
How Agent 365 provides governance for Windows 365 for Agents
Agent 365 enables organizations to observe, govern, and secure agents centrally. For Windows 365 for Agents, every agent Cloud PC session automatically inherits these capabilities.
| Pillar | What it enables for Windows 365 for Agents |
|---|---|
| Observe | Gain real-time visibility into agent usage, performance, and risk signals. A centralized registry provides a unified view of agent adoption, activity, and health. |
| Govern | Apply consistent lifecycle management, access control, and compliance guardrails by using Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Purview, and the Microsoft 365 admin center. |
| Secure | Enforce risk-based access with Microsoft Entra, detect threats with Microsoft Defender, and protect data with Microsoft Purview through DLP, information protection, and risk controls. |
Governance
Governance for Windows 365 for Agents ensures that agents are securely managed throughout their lifecycle, from onboarding to ongoing operation. Administrators can onboard agents through IT-controlled workflows, enforce consistent policies, and manage agent identities by using Microsoft Entra. This approach supports least-privilege access by restricting agents to only the users, data, and tools they require, while ensuring that every agent has a designated owner responsible for its lifecycle.
Policy-driven controls continuously monitor and enforce governance at scale, which helps identify unmanaged or risky agents. Administrators can take actions such as approving deployments, assigning ownership, and reviewing flagged agents to maintain compliance and operational health. These capabilities help reduce security and compliance risks while ensuring that agents operate within defined organizational guardrails.
Auditability
Windows 365 for Agents provides end-to-end auditability by capturing detailed telemetry across agent interactions, identity, and execution. Agent activity, including prompts, tool usage, and outcomes, is recorded and correlated across Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Defender, and Microsoft Purview, which creates a unified audit trail from user request to agent action.
This data is surfaced through tools such as the Microsoft 365 admin center, Microsoft Defender, and Microsoft Purview, which enables security and compliance teams to monitor activity, investigate risks, and meet regulatory requirements. Built-in capabilities such as auditing, data classification, and data loss prevention help detect sensitive data usage, enforce policies, and retain records for investigation. This integrated approach ensures that agents remain transparent, accountable, and secure at scale.
Next steps
- Learn about pricing for Windows 365 for Agents.
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