Microsoft has introduced new collaboration-focused agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot, transforming AI from an individual assistant into a true team player. These purpose-built agents are embedded directly into Teams, SharePoint, and Viva Engage to help groups plan, coordinate, and execute work more effectively.
Key highlights:
- Project-specific agents in Teams can summarize threads, draft plans, schedule checkpoints, and manage tasks.
- Facilitator for Teams meetings prepares agendas, takes notes, tracks decisions, and assigns follow-ups—now generally available.
- Community agents in Viva Engage manage announcements, answer FAQs with citations, and keep discussions active.
- Knowledge Agent in SharePoint organizes files, applies tags, and pulls authoritative content across workspaces.
- Agents collaborate with each other and with partner-built solutions through Model Context Protocol (MCP).
These features, now in public preview, extend Copilot beyond personal productivity, enabling AI-powered teamwork while maintaining Microsoft’s enterprise-grade security and compliance standards.