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Disabling Agent Creation for End Users with Copilot for Microsoft 365
Hi Jamony, thanks for your answer and I was keen to look at this myself, but unfortunately I can't follow your instructions. In M365 Admin Center, under Copilot > Settings, there is no option for 'Data access'. Could you please confirm what you're referring to?
On the default Optimize tab, there are suggestions relating to 'Data security', but nothing about 'Data access'. Same on the 'View all' tab; there is an option for Agents and in there you can define who can access and share agents, but nothing around setting who can build/approve agents.
Hi. I too have the same request and cannot disable this or find Data access. Please help!?!
- Dr_JohnPCarlinOct 29, 2026Tin Contributor
Hi, I don't believe there has been any resolution to this issue. Is it possible to have an update as, at the moment, we are unable to proceed with testing the 'Study and Learn' agent with real students as we do not want them to have the ability to create their own agents using Copilot Chat (see image below) using their school Microsoft account?