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[Japan region] Copilot Cowork not showing in the agents list despite all settings enabled
Hello, I'm based in Japan and my tenant region is Japan. I'm trying to enable the now-GA Copilot Cowork for my tenant, but Cowork does not appear in the agents list in the Microsoft 365 admin center, so I can't deploy it.
Environment:
Location / tenant region: Japan
License: Microsoft 365 Copilot (assigned to target users and the admin account)
All prerequisites appear to be in place and verified:
Anthropic (AI provider acting as a Microsoft subprocessor): enabled
Usage-based billing (Copilot Credits): enabled
Discovery setting "AI experiences enabled by usage-based billing": set to allow users to discover and use
Issue: Even with all of the above enabled, searching for "Cowork" under Integrated Apps → All agents returns no result. It also does not appear under Copilot → Settings → View all. As a result, I cannot deploy it to users, and Cowork does not show up for users at m365.cloud.microsoft either.
Questions:
Is there any additional setting required to make Cowork appear in the agents list?
For a tenant in the Japan region, if there is a delay before the Cowork agent is provisioned after GA, what is the typical timeframe, and is there a way to check the rollout status for my tenant?
Is there a specific admin role (e.g., AI Administrator) I should double-check on the account performing these steps?
If anyone in the Japan region has resolved the same issue, I'd appreciate hearing how. Thank you.
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Hi, if all prerequisites and licenses look correct, I’d treat this as either a rollout/region availability issue or an admin-center visibility delay. I’d check the Microsoft 365 admin center message center and roadmap notes for Japan tenant availability, then confirm that agent-related settings are enabled for the target users and that the users are not blocked by a policy or group assignment. It is also worth waiting for propagation after policy changes, but if this has been more than a day or two, I’d open a Microsoft support ticket with the tenant region, license assignment, and screenshots of the enabled settings.