How to share a new Agent

Hey Rob,

Good catch. it’s a bit messy at the moment and you’re not imagining things. 😅

Here’s the deal:
When you create an agent through SharePoint, it behaves more like a "lightweight" agent. You can easily add it to Teams group chats and "@-mention" it, just like you experienced.

However, when you create an agent from Copilot Chat (using the "Create Agent" button on the right sidebar), it’s actually built in the background using Copilot Studio (which, by the way, was previously called Copilot Chat Agent Builder during previews, but now it’s all under the Copilot Studio name).

Even though it feels like you’re still inside Copilot Chat when creating it, it’s a Copilot Studio agent under the hood.

Quick mental shortcut I use myself:
- SharePoint Agents → Addable into Teams group chats
- Copilot Studio Agents → Available inside Copilot Chat
- Copilot Studio portal → Full control (Teams apps, intranet web parts, external bots etc.)

You can still manage sharing and visibility (for yourself, selected users or the whole organization) inside Copilot Studio.

Agents might not appear immediately in the full Copilot Studio portal (https://copilotstudio.microsoft.com/) unless properly published.

If you want to share an agent you built via Copilot Chat, here’s how to do it:
1. Press Create Agent
2. Select the agent you want to share(left top corner).
3. Press Share (top right corner).
4. Choose Specific users in your organization.
5. Select the users you want to give access to.

They'll then be able to open the agent inside Copilot Chat, under the "Agents" section on the right-hand side.

Hopefully I did understand your questions correctly. :)