Key Takeaways
- The new dashboard can track agents from Copilot Studio, Microsoft Foundry, and many more third-party partners.
- The new platform includes security tools: Microsoft Defender, Entra, and Purview.
- Roughly 1.3 billion AI agents are predicted by 2028, according to one estimate.
AI agents are so popular that businesses now need a dashboard specifically for managing all their AI agents. At least, Microsoft is betting they’ll need one, since the company just launched Agent 365 to do just that.
Agent 365 is designed to track AI telemetry and issue alerts when needed, just like many business management software do for human employees.
Microsoft just announced the new tool, which comes with built-in cybersecurity tools and can track third-party agents in addition to homegrown AI agents from Microsoft’s Copilot.
How Does Microsoft Agent 365 Work?
Microsoft announced the new tool at its conference for IT professionals, Ignite 2025.
They say that the tool aims to unify all the controls needs to safely and securely launch, govern, and integrate new AI agents into existing enterprise workflows.
It bundles in three big security tools from the tech giant: Microsoft Defender, Entra, and Purview. Users will also get access to the Microsoft 365 admin center for agentic management.
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In addition to better security, the key functions of the tool include centralization, access control, better visualization of insights, and higher interoperability with the vast array of other Microsoft software and services.
What Types of AI Agents Will the Tool Manage?
One big selling point is the broad range of types of AI agents that users will be able to track and govern with this centralized dashboard.
Here are the types of agents that can already be managed with Agent 365, according to a statement at Ignite 2025 from Microsoft’s Jared Spataro, the Chief Marketing Officer for AI at Work.
- Copilot Studio
- Microsoft Foundry
- Agents from open-source frameworks
- Agents from third-party partners, including: Adobe, ServiceNow, Manus AI, Workday
Microsoft plans to continue adding partnerships in the future, further expanding the types of agents that the dashboard can track.
Selling Shovels During a Gold Rush
Tools like Agent 365 make sense in today’s AI-frenzied work environment: When everyone has an AI agent, they all need an AI agent management tool.
Basically, Microsoft is following the advice within a classic Mark Twain quote cited at MBAs the world around: “During the gold rush, it’s a good time to be in the pick and shovel business.”
To put a number to the predictions, one estimate says that roughly 1.3 billion AI agents are predicted by 2028. The enterprise business world might be on the brink of a big shift, and Microsoft is ready to profit off of exactly that.
Granted, fears of an AI bubble pop aren’t unwarrented. However, even if consumers lose access to free gen AI tools like ChatGPT or Gemini, enterprises will likely still be interested in the potential savings offered by tools that allow them to replace workers.
Either way, Microsoft’s new Agent 365 tool seems set for success.
