Publishing Agents from Microsoft Foundry to Microsoft 365 Copilot & Teams

Better Together is a series on how Microsoft’s AI platforms work seamlessly to build, deploy, and manage intelligent agents at enterprise scale.

As organizations embrace AI across every workflow, Microsoft Foundry, Microsoft 365, Agent 365, and Microsoft Copilot Studio are coming together to deliver a unified approach—from development to deployment to day-to-day operations.

This three-part series explores how these technologies connect to help enterprises build AI agents that are secure, governed, and deeply integrated with Microsoft’s product ecosystem.

 Series Overview

1. Part 1: Publishing from Foundry to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Teams
2. Part 2: Foundry + Agent 365 — Native Integration for Enterprise AI
3. Part 3: Microsoft Copilot Studio Integration with Foundry Agents

This blog focuses on Part 1: Publishing from Foundry to Microsoft 365 Copilot—how developers can now publish agents built in Foundry directly to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams in just a few clicks.

Build once. Publish everywhere.

Developers can now take an AI agent built in Microsoft Foundry and publish it directly to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Teams in just a few clicks. The new streamlined publishing flow eliminates manual setup across Entra ID, Azure Bot Service, and manifest files, turning hours of configuration into a seamless, guided flow in the Foundry Playground.

Simplifying Agent Publishing for Microsoft 365 Copilot & Microsoft Teams

Previously, deploying a Foundry AI agent into Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Teams required multiple steps: app registration, bot provisioning, manifest editing, and admin approval. With the new Foundry → M365 integration, the process is straightforward and intuitive.

 Key capabilities

• No-code publishing — Prepare, package, and publish agents directly from Foundry Playground.
• Unified build — A single agent package powers multiple Microsoft 365 channels, including Teams Chat, Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, and BizChat.
• Agent-type agnostic — Works seamlessly whether you have a prompt agent, hosted agent, or workflow agent.
• Built-in Governance — Every agent published to your organization is automatically routed through Microsoft 365 Admin Center (MAC) for review, approval, and monitoring.
• Downloadable package — Developers can download a .zip for local testing or submission to the Microsoft Marketplace.

For pro-code developers, the experience is also simplified. A C# code-first sample in the Agent Toolkit for Visual Studio is searchable, featured, and ready to use.

Why It Matters

This integration isn’t just about convenience; it’s about scale, control, and trust.

• Faster time to value — Deliver intelligent agents where people already work, without infrastructure overhead.
• Enterprise control — Admins retain full oversight via Microsoft 365 Admin Center, with built-in approval, review and governance flows.
• Developer flexibility — Both low-code creators and pro-code developers benefit from the unified publishing experience.
• Better Together — This capability lays the groundwork for Agent 365 publishing and deeper M365 integrations.

Real-world scenarios

YoungWilliams built Priya, an AI agent that helps handle government service inquiries faster and more efficiently. Using the one-click publishing flow, Priya was quickly deployed to Microsoft Teams and M365 Copilot without manual setup. This allowed Young Williams’ customers to provide faster, more accurate responses while keeping governance and compliance intact.

“Integrating Microsoft Foundry with Microsoft 365 Copilot fundamentally changed how we deliver AI solutions to our government partners,” said John Tidwell, CTO of YoungWilliams. “With Foundry’s one-click publishing to Teams and Copilot, we can take an idea from prototype to production in days instead of weeks—while maintaining the enterprise-grade security and governance our clients expect. It’s a game changer for how public services can adopt AI responsibly and at scale.”

Availability

Publishing from Foundry to M365 is in Public Preview within the Foundry Playground. Developers can explore the preview in Microsoft Foundry and test the Teams / M365 publishing flow today.

SDK and CLI extensions for code-first publishing are generally available.

What’s Next in the Better Together Series

This blog is part of the broader Better Together series connecting Microsoft Foundry, Microsoft 365, Agent 365, and Microsoft Copilot Studio.

Continue the journey:

• Foundry + Agent 365 — Native Integration for Enterprise AI (Link)

Start building today

• [Quickstart — Publish an Agent to Microsoft 365 ]
• Try it now in the new Foundry Playground