Microsoft predicts that at least 3 billion AI agents will be deployed globally by 2030. And, given the pace of technology development, even that number may be pessimistic. Regardless, IT administrators will find themselves dealing with another headache. You thought a whole bunch of canvas apps and cloud flows in the default environment was bad? Think again. Therefore, the need for proper governance, control, and security, particularly in the context of Copilot Studio agent development, moves from a nice-to-have to an absolute essential. In this session, we’re taking a completely un-agentic view on all of this. In fact, the word agent is completely banned. Instead, we’re going back to the fundamentals: what you need to do to get yourself ready for the future. At the heart of this foundation sits Agent 365 - not just a configuration step, but a fully realised governance model that provides the structural backbone for how your organisation discovers, registers, monitors, and controls its agentic AI workloads end to end. We’ll be unpacking everything from Power Platform environment strategy to the Agent 365 governance model in depth, Microsoft Purview configuration, and more, showing you how to create the solidest of solid foundations for your agentic AI efforts. Agent 365 becomes your organisation’s single source of truth — a governed registry and operational framework that ensures every Copilot Studio workload is accounted for, secured, and aligned to policy before it ever reaches production. Rather than having everything sink into the sand, learn everything you need to support your organisation’s journey into agentic AI development using Copilot Studio, and provide a safe space for your new agentic AI “colleagues” to drive business benefit, without causing a huge governance or security nightmare. Key Takeaways • Understand why governance, security, and solid foundations are the biggest “elephant in the room” right now, and why you should be ignoring this at your peril. • Learn how Agent 365 functions as a governance model providing a structured framework for lifecycle management, access control, and policy enforcement across all Copilot Studio workloads in your tenant. • Learn the key technology areas across the Microsoft cloud platform that you need to grapple with successfully when considering governance, security, and scalability for your agentic AI development efforts. • Walk away with a blueprint, anchored by Agent 365, that consultants, IT administrators, and senior IT leaders can start applying in their own organisations, providing a solid foundation for Copilot Studio agent development.
