As organizations embrace AI agents and Copilot Studio, one question keeps CISOs and CIOs up at night: Who’s watching the bots? With AI agents becoming part of everyday workflows, governance and security are no longer optional. This blog dives into how Microsoft is giving you back control — securely and at scale.
With new updates across Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Power Platform Admin Center, and Microsoft Purview, IT leaders can now govern agents confidently — with deep visibility, auditability, and controls to match.

As organizations scale their use of Copilot Studio and custom AI agents, the question of security, governance, and oversight becomes central. With new updates across Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Power Platform Admin Center, and Microsoft Purview, IT leaders can now govern agents confidently — with deep visibility, auditability, and controls to match.

This blog unpacks the latest updates and visuals around agent governance, inventory, reporting, and control, answering key customer questions around security, compliance, and risk mitigation.

1. Inventory Management for Agents

◾Power Platform Admin Center enables admins to view and manage all custom agents created across environments.

◾Microsoft 365 Admin Center now provides a unified agents tab to track usage, reporting, and inventory.

2. Security, Governance & Compliance with Microsoft Purview

◾Audit Logs, eDiscovery & Communication Compliance: Every interaction with Copilot or agent is logged.

◾DLP & Sensitivity Label Support: Block access to sensitive files using DLP and honor sensitivity labels during AI responses.

3. Environment Governance and Routing

◾Admins can route Copilot makers to personal developer environments, configure environment groups & rules, and deploy only certified agents to production environments.

4. Measurement, Alerts & Analytics

◾Track your agents' value with usage metrics, risk detection in Purview, Sentinel alerts, and ROI insights from Viva.

5. Role-Based Governance: CISO, CIO, and Makers Alike

◾Empowers Agent Makers to focus on productivity, CISOs on data security, and CIOs on visibility and ROI.

6. Agent Control System and Maturity Zones

◾Agents operate across three zones: Retrieval, Task Automation, and Autonomous Agents.

◾Control sharing, deployment, and licensing using the Agent Controls Model.

7. What’s Coming: Roadmap Highlights for CY25H1

◾Upcoming governance includes IP Firewalls, transcript sharing blocks, connector-level controls, and Viva ROI insights.

Agent sprawl, data oversharing, and unmanaged access are real concerns. But Microsoft’s latest advancements provide a clear, powerful governance toolkit that lets IT teams support innovation — without sacrificing control.

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