Microsoft Copilot Studio made it easy to create a first agent from a plain-language description, but SharePoint-backed knowledge required extra connection setup. A SharePoint-hosted Excel workbook did ...

Copilot Chat gains an Agent preview built on the GitHub Copilot SDK. Visual Studio adds opt-in .NET and Azure skills tied to installed workloads. Branch context and cross-install C++ toolset discovery ...

Microsoft is expanding the role of AI agents in Visual Studio, allowing companies to distribute their own custom GitHub Copilot agents across repositories and giving development organizations a new ...

Visual Studio 2026 v18.8 includes built-in Agent Skills created by Microsoft's .NET and Azure teams. Skills provide reusable, task-specific instructions, workflows and guardrails that Copilot loads ...

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When Microsoft first introduced Copilot, it was as a helpful companion -- an AI assistant that could summarize meetings, draft emails and clean up documents. Critics derided it as a glorified version ...

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Microsoft adds computer-using AI agents and real-time voice features to Copilot Studio. Updated workflows and Work IQ APIs simplify enterprise AI automation and operational integration. New Copilot ...

Microsoft has unveiled a public preview of its collaborative agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot, bringing a array of "always‑on" agents grounded in context for channels, meetings, SharePoint sites, Viva ...

Identity security company Silverfort Inc. today launched an integration that applies its identity and access controls to artificial intelligence agents built into Microsoft Corp.’s Copilot Studio, ...