Microsoft has added source control to the Researcher Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. Users can now choose where Copilot searches (for example, Web, Work, SharePoint, Emails, Meetings, or Chats) for more targeted and transparent results.
Microsoft has introduced a dedicated Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat environment for all Copilot Studio Lite Agents. Older agents may still reside in the default Power Platform environment, while new ones are automatically created in the new environment.
Admins can now restrict who can share Copilot Studio Lite agents with the entire organization, improving governance and alignment with organizational policies.
Microsoft is integrating the Researcher agent into Copilot Notebooks, enabling multi-step, enterprise-grade research directly within Notebook cells. All chats remain stored in the Notebook, and responses can be refined, exported, or shared as Loop pages for collaboration.
Microsoft is rolling out Researcher and other prebuilt Copilot agents in Word for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. The rollout applies to Word on Windows, the web, and Mac.
Microsoft is rolling out the ability to add multiple SharePoint Agents in Teams group chats, channel conversations, and meeting chats. Responses require a Microsoft 365 Copilot license or a PAYG setup.
Microsoft 365 admins can now pin Copilot Agents for users, groups, or the entire organization. This enhancement improves discoverability and ensures high-value agents are placed directly where users work.
SharePoint Agents are now available in the Teams App Store. Users can access up to 25 recently used agents, add them to chats or channels, and work with SharePoint content directly in Teams.
The Project Manager Agent in Planner is getting new features. Admins can manage access by disabling or restricting it through PowerShell.
SharePoint Agents can now be added to Microsoft Teams Standard Channels. Users can @mention agents in conversations and receive responses.
The new Copilot Studio agent inventory page for the Power Platform allows quick discovery and management of agents, improving support response times, preventing orphaned agents, and ensuring compliance.
SharePoint now offers a SharePoint Agent insights report that allows administrators to track where agents have been created or modified in the last 28 days. To use this report, your tenant must have at least one SharePoint Advanced Management license add-on or a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.
You should not trust the cost management overview in the Microsoft 365 admin center for Pay-as-you-go (PAYG) services.
Pay-as-you-go billing for SharePoint Agents through the Copilot Control System is available, but it has the same limitations and interface bugs.
Microsoft 365 Copilot users can now access the new Researcher and Analyst agents in general availability.