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Copper Contributor

Jun 20, 2025

Disable Agent Creation for Select Users

When will we be able to allow declarative agent use but disable creation for some users? We want only selected users to be able to create agents. We currently have not way to restrict this. If user...

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PeterForster

Iron Contributor

Jun 24, 2025

Hi, this information is not accurate. There is a built-in way to restrict agent creation while still allowing usage in Copilot Studio. Please refer to the latest documentation for details

Garth_Ries

Copper Contributor

Jul 02, 2025

So far we have been unsuccessful in preventing agent creation while enabling use. We have setup a test tenant and followed the prescribed steps without any luck. We are following up with Microsoft. Very frustrating.

PeterForster
Iron Contributor
Jul 02, 2025
Which method did you use—through the license settings or the Power Platform Admin Center? Do those users you have tested with have a Microsoft 365 Copilot license assigned?
- Garth_Ries
  Copper Contributor
  Jul 02, 2025
  Setup a test tenant without M365 licenses or PAYG. Microsoft person confirmed that "that isn't possible" and referred us to https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/d72808b3-280b-f011-a4dd-7c1e52ead3c1. "That level of granularity is not available." This seems to confirm what Lalit Mohan was saying.