agents in Microsoft Copilot: what does this AI read, and can you turn it off?
Checked on October 22, 2026 by verification chain vchain-1
Whether it is on by default is not yet verified; whether it can be turned off is not yet verified.
The facts, edition by edition
| All editions | |
|---|---|
| What the AI does | Act “Agents use AI to automate and execute business or education processes, working alongside or on behalf of a person, team, or organization.” “Agents are designed to automate and execute business processes using AI, based on predefined instructions and access to organizational data.” “When agents are enabled, Microsoft Copilot determines whether it needs to use a specific agent to help provide a relevant response to the user.” [1] dated copy |
| Model | Not yet verified |
| What it reads | Not yet verified |
| Where the data goes | Not yet verified |
| Trains on your data | Not yet verified |
| On by default | Not yet verified |
| Can be turned off | Not yet verified |
| Billing | Not yet verified |
| Feature type | Not yet verified |
| Frameworks the catalog links to it | Not yet verified |
All editions
- What the AI does
- Act “Agents use AI to automate and execute business or education processes, working alongside or on behalf of a person, team, or organization.” “Agents are designed to automate and execute business processes using AI, based on predefined instructions and access to organizational data.” “When agents are enabled, Microsoft Copilot determines whether it needs to use a specific agent to help provide a relevant response to the user.” [1] dated copy
- Model
- Not yet verified
- What it reads
- Not yet verified
- Where the data goes
- Not yet verified
- Trains on your data
- Not yet verified
- On by default
- Not yet verified
- Can be turned off
- Not yet verified
- Billing
- Not yet verified
- Feature type
- Not yet verified
- Frameworks the catalog links to it
- Not yet verified
To turn it off
- All editions: Not yet verified
Frameworks the catalog links to it
Linked frameworks will appear once the reference set is published.
- All editions: Not yet verified
Sources
- Agents in Copilot Chat, Microsoft, October 22, 2026
- Data, Privacy, and Security for Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft, October 22, 2026
- Application card: Microsoft Copilot (for organizations), Microsoft, October 22, 2026
Change log
No change since first publication.
This fact sheet says nothing about your setup: the free readout, in French for now, reads it in your tools.