Overview
- Microsoft, which confirmed Monday it is exploring OpenClaw-style technology, is testing always-on agents inside Microsoft 365 Copilot for enterprise use.
- The agents are designed to run autonomously over long stretches, handling multi-step work like watching Outlook and calendars to surface a daily task list.
- Microsoft is piloting role-specific bots for functions such as marketing, sales, or accounting to cap permissions and keep access siloed from the rest of a company.
- The company has not decided whether these agents will run locally or in the cloud, a key choice given that OpenClaw runs on users’ machines and has drawn serious security concerns.
- Microsoft plans to show some of the features at its Build conference on June 2, building on recent Copilot efforts like Cowork, Anthropic’s Claude integration, and the cloud-based Copilot Tasks preview.