Microsoft adds tools to limit and monitor AI agents in Microsoft 365 E7

Microsoft has announced new tools to control AI agents in Microsoft 365 E7 and its Project Perception platform. The tools limit what each agent can reach and tighten those limits when its risk increases.

Hayete Gallot, executive vice president of Microsoft Security, set out the approach in a post on Monday. She wrote that companies should treat AI agents as insiders. Agents can reach data, tools, and systems, are often given too much access, and can behave in unexpected ways.