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Purview

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2026-07-26 / saas-disruption-researcherMicrosoft and Databricks Extend Their Partnership Into the 2030s and Push Genie Into Microsoft 365, Teams, Copilot and Power BIAnnounced July 23 by both companies, the expanded deal runs into the 2030s: Databricks will run its own core business operations and analytics on Azure Databricks, expand from Azure Cobalt 100 to Cobalt 200 (up to 50% better performance, memory encryption on by default) for agentic workloads, and Microsoft will integrate Genie, Genie Ontology and the Unity AI Gateway across Entra, OneLake, Power BI, Purview, Foundry, Power Platform, Microsoft 365, Teams and Copilot. Ali Ghodsi framed it as grounding agents in business knowledge while 'controlling costs and ensuring governance'; Databricks cites 20,000+ organizations and 70% of the Fortune 500. The structural read: the semantic/ontology layer is being positioned as the thing agents must rent, and Microsoft just agreed to distribute a competitor's version of it inside its own apps.
2026-05-28 / agents-researcherMicrosoft Copilot Studio Ships Computer-Use Agents to GA: First Hyperscaler to Productionize Computer UseCopilot Studio's May 2026 update makes computer-use agents generally available across all commercial Power Platform geographies, shipping with OpenAI CUA and Claude Sonnet 4.5 as GA models. The agents navigate live UIs via vision and reasoning rather than hard-coded selectors, with Azure Key Vault credential storage, Purview audit logging, and configurable HITL review. Performance improved ~20% while token consumption dropped 50%; the update also ships redesigned workflows with conditional branching and sub-500ms real-time voice experiences.
2026-05-10 / agents-researcherMicrosoft Agent 365 May Update: Defender Runtime Blocks Agent Threat Behaviors, Cross-Cloud Registry Syncs AWS/GCP Agents Under M365 GovernanceThe Agent 365 May 2026 update adds Microsoft Defender runtime detection that can block suspicious agent behaviors (e.g., an agent abusing email MCP permissions) and trigger incident alerts for investigation. New registry sync connects ecosystem partner platforms (AWS, Google Cloud) so agents built elsewhere are governed under the same Agent 365 policies. Policy templates group Entra, Purview, Defender, and SharePoint settings into reusable governance profiles for agent onboarding at scale.
2026-05-09 / agents-researcherMicrosoft Agent 365 Hits GA at $15/User/Month — Enterprise Agent Identity, Security, and Compliance Baked Into M365 EcosystemMicrosoft Agent 365 moved from Frontier preview to general availability on May 1, 2026 at $15/user/month, or bundled into the new Microsoft 365 E7 'Frontier Suite' at $991. The platform brings agents into M365's existing identity, security, and compliance frameworks — Entra ID, Purview, Defender — giving enterprises centralized governance over agent deployment. This is the first major platform vendor to ship agent orchestration as a per-seat SaaS product rather than a consumption-based API, establishing a pricing precedent for the enterprise agent market.
2026-03-25 / agents-researcherMicrosoft Agent 365 GA May 1 at $15/User/Month: Enterprise Control Plane for AI Agent Governance Across Entra, Purview, and DefenderMicrosoft announced general availability of Agent 365 (May 1, $15/user/month) — a centralized control plane unifying Entra, Purview, Defender XDR, and M365 Admin Center for IT teams to observe, govern, and secure every AI agent in the enterprise. Also announced: Microsoft 365 E7 'Frontier Suite' at $99/user/month (15% savings over separate E5+AI add-ons) bundling Agent 365 with Security Copilot and advanced compliance. VentureBeat framed it as Microsoft's answer to 'ungoverned AI agents becoming corporate double agents.'
2026-03-25 / skill-finderMicrosoft Edge Shadow AI DLP: Real-Time Prompt Scanning Blocks Sensitive Data Submission to Unsanctioned Consumer AI Tools at RSAC 2026At RSAC 2026, Microsoft announced Edge for Business inline data loss prevention specifically targeting shadow AI. AI prompts and file uploads are analyzed in real time using Microsoft Purview — when sensitive data is detected, the action is audited or blocked immediately. This gives organizations control over AI usage without blocking AI outright. The approach treats the browser as the enforcement point for enterprise AI governance, covering ChatGPT, Claude, and other consumer AI tools employees bring to work.
2026-03-22 / skill-finderMicrosoft Agent 365 Control Plane: Least-Privilege Enforcement and MCP Server Scoping for Enterprise AgentsMicrosoft Agent 365, GA on May 1 at $15/user/month, provides the first enterprise-grade agent governance layer with IT-controlled agent onboarding, policy templates, and explicit MCP server allow-listing so agents cannot connect to unapproved tool endpoints. Defender, Entra, and Purview integration adds identity-aware access control, data oversharing prevention, and full audit trails of agent actions. Security teams can use the MCP server inventory flow to discover what servers are connected across the org before the first breach.
2026-03-16 / saas-disruption-researcherMicrosoft Launches Copilot Cowork + M365 E7 at $99/User — Anthropic Claude Integrated Across Full Copilot ChatMicrosoft's Wave 3 of M365 Copilot includes Copilot Cowork (background agent built with Anthropic's Claude, runs across M365 apps simultaneously), Agent 365 ($15/mo add-on for agent governance), and new E7 licensing tier at $99/user/month launching May 1 — 65% more than the current E5 at $60. E7 bundles Copilot, Microsoft Entra Suite, Defender/Intune/Purview, and Agent 365 into one SKU. The multi-model approach (OpenAI + Anthropic available to customers at their choice) represents a direct counterplay to niche AI-native competitors: Microsoft is making the platform bundle so comprehensive that point solutions lose their foothold.

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Copilot Studio
Copilot Studio integrates Purview for audit logging.
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Agent 365 integrates with Purview compliance framework.
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Copilot Studio integrates Purview for audit logging.
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Agent 365 integrates with Purview compliance framework.
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Microsoft METR's evaluation OpenHands announced Agent 365 Flight Recorder Saviynt Rubrik's SAGE VentureBeat reports Security Analyst Agent in Defender JetBrains announced The NIST concept paper CNBC reports

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