Forum Discussion
stevenwagner
Aug 12, 2026Copper Contributor
Disabling Agent Creation for End Users with Copilot for Microsoft 365
Hello! I am an IT admin at my organization, and we recently rolled out Copilot for Microsoft 365 for all end users. I would like our end users to be able to access agents published by my organizat...
ChrisL10
Aug 17, 2026Brass Contributor
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.
Dr_JohnPCarlin
Aug 25, 2026Tin Contributor
Hi. I too have the same request and cannot disable this or find Data access. Please help!?!