Microsoft Unveils Agent 365 To Secure Agents

Microsoft today announced a suite of security capabilities to protect agentic AI at RSAC 2026, including the general availability of Agent 365 on May 1 and new Microsoft Defender, Entra, and Purview integrations. The additions — backed by more than 100 trillion daily signals and protections for 1.6 million customers, one billion identities, and 24 billion Copilot interactions — aim to give CISOs unified visibility, adaptive identity controls, and data loss prevention across AI workflows.
Key Points
- 1Announces Agent 365 GA May 1 to observe, secure, and govern agents at scale
- 2Provides unified AI risk visibility and adaptive identity controls to address emerging agent threats
- 3Enables security teams to detect shadow AI, prevent data leakage, and accelerate incident response
Scoring Rationale
Significant enterprise security rollout with actionable controls; promotional framing and vendor-specific scope limit broader novelty.
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