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Update: Release of this feature has been postponed, we will announce a new date in the future. We are announcing the ability to govern Copilot agent development in your environments and enforce governance policies for Copilot agents. This feature will reach general availability on July 31, 2025. How does this affect me? This feature allows administrators to configure authentication for all agent interactions in the environment. Admins can select one of the following options: Authenticate with Mi...
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Update: Release of this feature has been postponed, we will announce a new date in the future.
We are announcing the ability to govern Copilot agent development in your environments and enforce governance policies for Copilot agents. This feature will reach general availability on July 31, 2025.
How does this affect me?
This feature allows administrators to configure authentication for all agent interactions in the environment. Admins can select one of the following options:
Please note: If you block anonymous access in either one of the places, then at runtime the most restrictive behavior is enforced, and it will be blocked. If you're using both the virtual connector and the Authentication for agents setting in the Security area of the Power Platform admin center, then access must be allowed in both places for it to be allowed at runtime.
We recommend that you move towards using the Authentication for agents setting in the Power Platform admin center to leverage the capability of groups and rules.
What do I need to do to prepare?
This message is for awareness and no action is required.
We are announcing the ability to govern Copilot agent development in your environments and enforce governance policies for Copilot agents. This feature will reach general availability on July 31, 2025.
How does this affect me?
This feature allows administrators to configure authentication for all agent interactions in the environment. Admins can select one of the following options:
- Authenticate with Microsoft or Authenticate Manually – This allows you to force authentication through Microsoft Entra ID or set up manual authentication.
- No authentication allows anonymous access.
Please note: If you block anonymous access in either one of the places, then at runtime the most restrictive behavior is enforced, and it will be blocked. If you're using both the virtual connector and the Authentication for agents setting in the Security area of the Power Platform admin center, then access must be allowed in both places for it to be allowed at runtime.
We recommend that you move towards using the Authentication for agents setting in the Power Platform admin center to leverage the capability of groups and rules.
What do I need to do to prepare?
This message is for awareness and no action is required.
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August 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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We are announcing the ability to govern Copilot agent development in your environments and enforce governance policies for Copilot agents. This feature will reach general availability on July 31, 2025. How does this affect me? This feature allows administrators to configure authentication for all agent interactions in the environment. Admins can select one of the following options: Authenticate with Microsoft or Authenticate Manually – This allows you to force authentication through Microsoft En...
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Update: Release of this feature has been postponed, we will announce a new date in the future. We are announcing the ability to govern Copilot agent development in your environments and enforce governance policies for Copilot agents. This feature will reach general availability on July 31, 2025. How does this affect me? This feature allows administrators to configure authentication for all agent interactions in the environment. Admins can select one of the following options: Authenticate with Mi...
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Previous
We are announcing the ability to govern Copilot agent development in your environments and enforce governance policies for Copilot agents. This feature will reach general availability on July 31, 2025.
How does this affect me?
This feature allows administrators to configure authentication for all agent interactions in the environment. Admins can select one of the following options:
Please note: If you block anonymous access in either one of the places, then at runtime the most restrictive behavior is enforced, and it will be blocked. If you're using both the virtual connector and the Authentication for agents setting in the Security area of the Power Platform admin center, then access must be allowed in both places for it to be allowed at runtime.
We recommend that you move towards using the Authentication for agents setting in the Power Platform admin center to leverage the capability of groups and rules.
What do I need to do to prepare?
This message is for awareness and no action is required.
How does this affect me?
This feature allows administrators to configure authentication for all agent interactions in the environment. Admins can select one of the following options:
- Authenticate with Microsoft or Authenticate Manually – This allows you to force authentication through Microsoft Entra ID or set up manual authentication.
- No authentication allows anonymous access.
Please note: If you block anonymous access in either one of the places, then at runtime the most restrictive behavior is enforced, and it will be blocked. If you're using both the virtual connector and the Authentication for agents setting in the Security area of the Power Platform admin center, then access must be allowed in both places for it to be allowed at runtime.
We recommend that you move towards using the Authentication for agents setting in the Power Platform admin center to leverage the capability of groups and rules.
What do I need to do to prepare?
This message is for awareness and no action is required.
New
Update: Release of this feature has been postponed, we will announce a new date in the future.
We are announcing the ability to govern Copilot agent development in your environments and enforce governance policies for Copilot agents. This feature will reach general availability on July 31, 2025.
How does this affect me?
This feature allows administrators to configure authentication for all agent interactions in the environment. Admins can select one of the following options:
Please note: If you block anonymous access in either one of the places, then at runtime the most restrictive behavior is enforced, and it will be blocked. If you're using both the virtual connector and the Authentication for agents setting in the Security area of the Power Platform admin center, then access must be allowed in both places for it to be allowed at runtime.
We recommend that you move towards using the Authentication for agents setting in the Power Platform admin center to leverage the capability of groups and rules.
What do I need to do to prepare?
This message is for awareness and no action is required.
We are announcing the ability to govern Copilot agent development in your environments and enforce governance policies for Copilot agents. This feature will reach general availability on July 31, 2025.
How does this affect me?
This feature allows administrators to configure authentication for all agent interactions in the environment. Admins can select one of the following options:
- Authenticate with Microsoft or Authenticate Manually – This allows you to force authentication through Microsoft Entra ID or set up manual authentication.
- No authentication allows anonymous access.
Please note: If you block anonymous access in either one of the places, then at runtime the most restrictive behavior is enforced, and it will be blocked. If you're using both the virtual connector and the Authentication for agents setting in the Security area of the Power Platform admin center, then access must be allowed in both places for it to be allowed at runtime.
We recommend that you move towards using the Authentication for agents setting in the Power Platform admin center to leverage the capability of groups and rules.
What do I need to do to prepare?
This message is for awareness and no action is required.
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