Overview
- Microsoft introduced collaboration-focused agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot users, with channel and community agents in public preview and the Facilitator agent for Teams meetings now generally available.
- Facilitator prepares agendas, captures decisions and notes in real time, assigns follow-ups, generates documents during meetings, and can complete select tasks autonomously.
- Teams channels and Viva Engage communities can host specialized agents that summarize threads, draft plans and status reports, schedule checkpoints, answer common questions with citations, and coordinate tasks.
- A SharePoint Knowledge Agent organizes and tags project files, connects related content across meetings and channels, and surfaces authoritative answers with source citations.
- Microsoft says the agents respect existing permissions and compliance controls, with admin management available; separate reporting describes a GitHub coding agent and sizable administrative time savings, which are early claims and in preview.