🟢 Just shippedGA 2026-09-30
Tools management in Agent 365 is now generally available and reaches beyond MCP servers to plugins, skills and connectors. From one pane admins discover connected tools, review key metadata and usage, and apply tenant-wide allow or block controls across all four types. Power Platform connectors governance is still in progress.
Why it matters: One allow/block surface for every tool type replaces chasing plugin and connector governance through separate admin centers.
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🟢 Just shippedGA 2026-09-30
Cost management in Agent 365 expands beyond Copilot Cowork and Work IQ and now supports Code and Copilot Managed Runtime. Support for agents built with Microsoft Copilot Studio is planned for October, with more AI workloads to follow.
Why it matters: Usage-based spend for the new Copilot surfaces lands in one place, and Copilot Studio agents join it next month.
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🟢 Just shippedGA 2026-09-30
The Consumption Dashboard in Insights shows trends across active users, credits and tasks, organizes work by task category, and estimates Cowork-assisted value in time and dollars.
Why it matters: It supplies the usage-to-value numbers that Copilot business cases normally have to be reconstructed by hand.
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🟢 Just shippedPreview 2026-09-30
In public preview, admins create rules in the Microsoft 365 admin center that automatically block agents, reject publication requests or apply policy templates when conditions are met. Criteria include ownership status, agent tags, Microsoft Entra Agent ID, publisher, risk signals and usage activity.
Why it matters: Governance scales with agent count instead of per-agent admin review, and unowned or untagged agents can be blocked on arrival.
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🟢 Just shippedPreview 2026-09-30
In public preview in September 2026, developers register custom MCP servers through the Agent 365 CLI and submit them for administrator review before agents may invoke them. In the Microsoft 365 admin center the admin inspects the server description, publisher, requestor, endpoint and capabilities, then approves or rejects.
Why it matters: Custom MCP servers get a documented submission route, so partner tooling can ship into a tenant without a standing exception.
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🟢 Just shippedPreview 2026-09-30
Beginning September 30 the Agent 365 and Azure API Management integration starts rolling out. AI assets onboarded to API Management - agents, tools, models and MCP servers - are automatically discovered in Agent 365, while API Management applies authentication, routing and runtime controls to AI traffic.
Why it matters: Inventory stops depending on manual onboarding, and runtime enforcement sits in front of the agent rather than only in policy.
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🟢 Just shippedPreview 2026-09-30
When configuring a spending policy in cost management, admins can give different groups access to specific models and effort levels. The policies also shape which models Auto can select in Cowork. Rolling out for Cowork, with additional workloads planned.
Why it matters: Advanced models can be reserved for the groups that justify them without blocking everyone else's Cowork access.
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