Agent Governance
The latest Agent Governance coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Ships Experimental Tool to Stop AI Agents from Going Rogue — But It’s Only Half the Answer
Microsoft has released an experimental security middleware designed to prevent prompt injection attacks that could trick AI agents into leaking secrets, overwriting files, or posting malicious...
Microsoft Will Let Employees Request Blocked AI Agents in Microsoft 365 Starting July 2026
Microsoft is creating a formal way for employees to ask for access to AI agents that their organization has deliberately blocked, a new feature that lands in Microsoft 365 in July 2026. The change,...
AI Agents That Run for Days: Microsoft Foundry’s Managed Hosting Goes Live
Microsoft moved its hosted agent service to general availability this week, giving developers a managed runtime for AI workflows that need hours, days, or weeks to complete. The release, part of...
BreakingAC’s 2026 Guide Ranks the AI Agents That Actually Finish the Job—Here’s Who Came Out on Top
CogniAgent, a relative newcomer to the enterprise AI space, has clinched the top spot in BreakingAC’s 2026 Conversational AI Buyer’s Guide, an influential ranking published July 3 that evaluates...
Microsoft's July Dataverse Wave Brings Business Data Directly to Copilot, Adds Semantic Models and More
Microsoft has announced a sweeping update to its Dataverse platform, set to roll out in July 2026, that will deeply integrate business data into the Microsoft 365 Copilot experience and introduce new...
Microsoft Viva Agent Dashboard Gives IT Full Control Over Copilot Agent Creations Starting June 2026
Microsoft confirmed it will roll out a new Agent Dashboard Overview page within Microsoft Viva starting in June 2026. The feature targets organizations using Microsoft 365 Copilot and aims to give...
Anthropic Unveils Claude Tag: A Persistent Slack AI Agent with Shared Enterprise Memory and Granular Controls
Anthropic officially launched Claude Tag on June 23, 2026, introducing a persistent AI agent that lives inside Slack channels and retains enterprise memory — a move that replaces the company’s...
The $10 Billion AI Insurance Gamble: Why Enterprises Are Betting on Agent Governance
When a Fortune 500 company’s AI procurement agent accidentally signed a $2 million contract for 50,000 microchips instead of 5,000, the CFO wasn’t worried—until the insurer pointed to a small...
Microsoft Build 2026: Agent-First "Agent Computer" Strategy Unveiled for Windows, Azure, and IT
Microsoft today at Build 2026 in San Francisco laid out an aggressive vision for AI agents that fundamentally reshapes Windows, Azure, and the entire Microsoft ecosystem. CEO Satya Nadella and key...
Merge Brings Governed MCP Access to Microsoft 365 Copilot Agents via Agent Store
Merge, the unified API platform, announced at its New York summit on June 2, 2026, that its Agent Handler will debut on the Microsoft Agent Store, enabling Microsoft 365 Copilot agents to tap into...
Microsoft Build 2026: New AI Security Stack with MDASH, Defender-GitHub Integration, and Agent 365 Governance
Microsoft chose its annual Build conference to reveal a comprehensive AI security framework that touches code repositories, autonomous agents, and machine learning models. On June 2, the company...
Always On, Always Governed: Inside Microsoft Scout's Agent Identity Model
Microsoft took the wraps off Scout on June 2, 2026 at its Build conference, an always-on AI agent for Microsoft 365 that operates with its own governed Entra identity—a major step beyond simple...