What are AI agents?

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AI agents are AI assistants that can take actions, not just answer questions. An agent can follow a process: read an email, look up a customer record, draft a reply and book a follow-up, asking a person to approve key steps.

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Microsoft 365 now includes ready-made agents, and businesses can build their own with Copilot Studio. Agents can save a lot of admin time. Each one should have clear limits, the minimum access it needs, and a named person responsible for it.

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