Copilot agents have been talking the talk—summarizing information, drafting content, and answering questions. But soon they’ll be walking the walk—executing workflows across systems in policy-controlled Cloud PCs.
With Windows 365 for Agents (now in public preview), you can run AI agents in a secure environment and use natural language to direct them to work across software and complete tasks, such as processing invoices or updating CRM data.
What’s changing?
It may sound like a small shift, but Windows 365 for Agents introduces a fundamentally different runtime model.
For the first time, you’ll be able to automate workflows that live outside APIs across real applications—including legacy and UI-based systems—without giving up enterprise security or control.
Much of today’s work still lives in browsers, desktop apps, and legacy systems—environments that assume intentional, human behavior. But agents behave differently:
- Humans operate intermittently and with judgment
- Agents can operate continuously and at scale
Agents depend on IT-defined boundaries, such as identity, policy, access, and monitoring, to keep execution aligned with intended workflows.
Without boundaries, agents can:
- Access unintended systems
- Act beyond their intended scope
- Amplify small mistakes across workflows
Agents need a dedicated execution space designed for autonomous activity but governed by humans by default.
Windows 365 for Agents introduces the right execution environment
Windows 365 for Agents provides a dedicated Cloud PC environment that lets you define and control agents in various ways:
- Independently and continuously, or on demand
- Under your existing identity, policy, and management controls, such as Microsoft Entra ID and Intune
- As repeatable, multi-step workflows across real applications, including legacy and UI-based systems, within the boundaries you set
Running agents in this controlled environment helps isolate risk and enforce security boundaries so act autonomously while remaining fully governed by your policies and without negatively impacting production systems.
Get started with Windows 365 for Agents
Interested in how this works and what Windows 365 for Agents unlocks for your environment? Read full blog, Windows 365 for Agents: run AI agents on secure cloud PCs, to learn more.
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