Microsoft Agent 365 GA May 1 at $15/User/Month: Enterprise Control Plane for AI Agent Governance Across Entra, Purview, and Defender

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Microsoft 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.'