Agents and travel may come to mind, or perhaps a well-dressed English spy. However, the name has a whole new meaning that is reshaping our interactions with technology and automation in the fast evolving world of AI.  ,  ,
New Microsoft AI officials unveiled over the past few days can assist individuals daily with topics like security, study, and more as technology develops.  ,  ,
What is an Artificial representative, first things first?  ,
Picture having a personal assistant who anticipates your needs, performs difficult tasks, and learns from each discussion over time, which in turn improves.  ,
assess their surroundings, make decisions, and taking actions based on their needs and scaffolding, tackling tasks on your behalf or with your help. That implies that you can save time and concentrate on more imaginative and proper function rather than performing repetitive tasks.  ,
Agencies that use reason to motivate you to complete more
You can increase your productivity in the office thanks to the addition of two new argument officials that Microsoft 365 Copilot . Named Researcher and Analyst, both can provide very proficient knowledge on demand by properly analysing your work information, including emails, meetings, files, chats, and other forms of data.  ,
assists you in carrying out difficult, multi-step research at work. It may develop a comprehensive marketing strategy based on your personal data and more in-depth information from the web, identify potential opportunities for a new product based on emerging trends and domestic data, or produce a complete quarterly report for client review. Additionally, Microsoft 365 Copilot can integrate data from sources other than Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Confluence.  ,
Researcher combines Microsoft 365 Copilot’s advanced orchestration and deep search capabilities with OpenAI’s deep research model.  ,
Analyzes data in a manner similar to that of a virtual data scientist, using OpenAI’s o3-mini reasoning model. It can use raw data from multiple spreadsheets to create a visualization of customer purchasing patterns or forecast how much demand there will be for a new product.  ,
Agents that aid in the automation of cybersecurity tasks
Other new agents can assist organizations in preventing cyberthreats by performing specific security tasks to improve the effectiveness of human teams.  ,
, which were released on March 24, are designed to perform tasks independently in areas like identity management, data security, and phishing.  ,
For instance, a brand-new phishing triage agent in Microsoft Security Copilot can handle routine phishing alerts and cyberattacks, freeing up human cybersecurity teams to concentrate on more intricate cyberthreats and proactive security measures.  ,
And ‘s new Alert Triage Agents can prioritize critical incidents, triage data loss prevention and insider risk alerts, and continuously improve accuracy based on administrator feedback.  ,
Agents to aid in the development and secure deployment of AI
Agents are also providing developers with new options.  ,  ,
Azure AI Foundry, a platform where developers and organizations build, deploy, and manage AI apps, provides the infrastructure developers need to create intelligent agents on a large scale. Two new ones are accessible.  ,
enable developers to connect custom, conversational agents created in Microsoft Fabric using Azure AI Agent Service in Azure AI Foundry. These data analysts can reason over and discover insights from a variety of sources to make better, data-driven decisions.  ,
For instance, Japanese IT and consulting firm NTT DATA is utilizing Microsoft Fabric data agents to converse with HR and back-office operations data to learn more about what is happening.  ,
Additionally, the new , which is currently available for public viewing, routinely examines AI models to find safety gaps. Creates an AI safety-testing ecosystem that develops alongside your system by creating comprehensive reports and tracking improvements over time.  ,  ,
Register now for Microsoft Build 2025 to learn more about the most recent agents.  ,
An AI-powered graphic design program called Microsoft Designer was used to create the image.