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Microsoft · Agent Capability
Can it actually do work? · updated 2026-06-01
Copilot agents and autonomous task flows are shipping across the M365 surface.
Can the system take a goal and complete multi-step work autonomously (browse, write code, operate tools, recover from errors), not just answer questions? Measures shipped agentic behavior, not demos.
- PrimaryBuild and run agents at scale with Microsoft Foundry (Build 2026)Microsoft Foundry · 2026-06-02
A framework-agnostic agent platform with enterprise tools, real-time voice, and production observability.
- AnalysisThe Agentic Enterprise Arrives: Microsoft's Copilot and Agent Breakthroughs of 2025Cloud Wars · 2025-12-22
A year-end case that Microsoft's 2025 agent and Copilot work positions it to lead enterprise agentic AI.
- PrimaryMulti-agent orchestration and more: Copilot Studio at Build 2025Microsoft Copilot · 2025-05-19
Copilot Studio's shift to a true agent platform: multi-agent orchestration, computer use, and A2A support.
- AnalysisOpenAI, Microsoft and The State of AIStratechery · 2025-04-01
Delivering agentic products enterprises pay for forces Microsoft off model-agnosticism; models aren't commodities.