Microsoft unveils Agent 365 to help companies control, track AI agents

Microsoft It has made it easier for corporate employees to go and create AI agents that do work. Now shown is a tool that IT professionals can use to view and manage these agents.

According to Microsoft’s statement on Tuesday, the software called Agent 365 provides a list of artificial intelligence agents in companies’ systems, even if they are from other companies. The company will present the product to business leaders and information technology practitioners at the Ignite conference in San Francisco this week.

“Just as you provide identity to a new employee or contract worker, you will provide identity and access controls for your agents,” Judson Althoff, CEO of Microsoft’s business business, told CNBC in an interview.

With Agent 365, managers will be able to approve new agents, see which ones are becoming popular, and find out how much employee time they save each week. They will also be able to detect security risks and block intermediaries. End users will be able to analyze the activities of agents.

Following the rise of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in late 2022, software companies have created AI agents that can develop software, create ads, and perform other simple tasks. Traditional companies began to acquire.

Representatives AdobeCognition, Databricks, Aggregation, ServiceNow And Working day It will automatically appear in Agent 365. The software will also showcase agents customers create with Microsoft’s Azure AI Foundry and Copilot Studio. Other companies selling AI agents can integrate with Agent 365, said Ray Smith, Microsoft’s vice president of autonomous agents.

EY, one of the world’s top accounting firms, has created an internal catalog of AI agents but has begun implementing Agent 365 to gain greater control, said Mark Luquire, the company’s chief executive.

Companies that sell cybersecurity software understand the complexity that can arise from the proliferation of agents. oktaSelling software to manage employee access, in question In September, it will unveil tools to discover agencies and monitor their activities.

To get early access to AI features, customers enrolled in Microsoft’s Frontier program can request to try Agent 365, Smith said. Microsoft hasn’t finalized pricing.

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