What Agent 365 actually is
A control plane for enterprise AI agents, not an agent itself. IT admins get a console showing every agent in the org — who built it, what it can touch, whether anyone still owns it. The platform flags risky or orphaned agents, enforces lifecycle policies, and pipes audit logs into existing security tools. June adds runtime blocking and alerting via Intune and Defender, so admins can kill misbehaving agents in production, not just inventory them.
The wrinkle: Agent 365 governs agents built on Foundry, Copilot Studio, and third-party frameworks — including local agents from OpenClaw. Microsoft is betting enterprises will run heterogeneous, multi-vendor agent fleets and need neutral governance.
API surface and why it matters
Control happens through Microsoft 365 admin, Intune, and Defender APIs. You don’t build agents on Agent 365 — you submit yours to be governed. Typical use case: an enterprise with 200 agents across Foundry, LangChain, and OpenClaw wants one place to enforce data rules and revoke compromised agents without rebuilding each one.
At $15/user/month across 50K seats, that’s $9M/year — agent compliance is becoming the next line item next to email and endpoint security.
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