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## From shell to agent console

Microsoft’s Intelligent Terminal, shown at Build 2026, is Windows Terminal rebuilt for the agent era. You invoke agents in plain English, watch their output in real time, and chain them together like Unix pipes — except the “commands” are autonomous agents. A built-in agent called ShellMgr turns vague requests like “move anything in Downloads older than a week to archive” into real shell or PowerShell scripts, then waits for your confirmation before it runs anything.

## Built for fleets, not just one machine

It runs on the same Execution Container runtime as the rest of Windows’ agents, so `agent run` works directly from the prompt. For IT admins, it doubles as a console for Windows 365 for Agents, surfacing fleet health, agent status, and cost metrics across an entire org. Microsoft is positioning it as the lightweight counterpart to its VS Code agent IDE — good for quick tasks and servers. It ships with Windows 11 version 26H2 in Q4 2026.