Introduction
Microsoft Agent 365 became generally available on May 1, 2026. Contoso Financial Services holds a Microsoft 365 Copilot licensing agreement and is rolling out AI agents across its advisory, compliance, and operations teams. Department heads are already requesting agent approvals—but there's no formal process. Agents are being deployed without review, and the security team has no central view. There's no visibility of which agents are active, who approved them, or what they're accessing.
Managing AI agents at scale requires more than knowing they exist. Organizations need a way to review and approve agents before they're used. You need to apply access controls that align with organizational policies, and monitor agent activity to detect violations and enforce accountability.
Microsoft Agent 365 provides that governance layer directly in the Microsoft 365 admin center. You can enable and navigate the management interface, register agents through an approval workflow. Then you can apply usage policies and scope restrictions, and review activity data to enforce governance across your agent estate.
Learning objectives
In this module, you learn how to:
- Enable and navigate the Microsoft Agent 365 management interface in the Microsoft 365 admin center
- Register agents and apply access controls to enforce organizational policies
- Monitor agent activity and enforce governance controls using Microsoft Agent 365
Prerequisites
Before you begin, you should have:
- Experience administering Microsoft 365 with Microsoft 365 Copilot licensing
- Familiarity with Microsoft agent concepts and governance requirements
- Understanding of organizational AI governance policies