Microsoft introduced Agent 365 in the quarter ended December 2025, letting organizations extend governance, identity, security and management to agents.

Judge as of 2026-01-28. True: Microsoft announced or launched a product named Agent 365 during its fiscal quarter of October to December 2025, and Microsoft's descriptions present it as letting organisations apply their existing governance, identity, security and management capabilities to AI agents. Mostly true: Agent 365 was introduced with that purpose, but a minor detail differs, for example it was announced in preview in that quarter with general availability later, or one of the four capabilities is not explicitly covered. Mostly false: Agent 365 exists and serves that purpose, but was first introduced outside that quarter, or its purpose is materially different from what is described. False: no product called Agent 365 was introduced by Microsoft.

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1. E1 Microsoft Ignite 2025: Copilot and agents built to power the Frontier Firm | Microsoft Copilot Blog Microsoft Copilot Blog (Microsoft) · 18 November 2025 Own record

   “Whether your agents are created using Copilot Studio, Microsoft Foundry, open-source frameworks, or from a growing ecosystem of partners, including Adobe, Manus, SAP, ServiceNow, Workday, and more—Agent 365 helps you deploy, organize, and govern them securely.”

2. E2 Microsoft Agent 365: The control plane for AI agents | Microsoft Copilot Blog Microsoft Copilot Blog (Microsoft) · 18 November 2025 Own record

   “Agent 365 is the control plane for AI agents. Whether your agents are created with Microsoft platforms, open-source frameworks, or third-party platforms, Agent 365 helps you deploy, organize, and govern them securely.”

3. E3 Microsoft Agent 365: The control plane for AI agents | Microsoft Copilot Blog Microsoft Copilot Blog (Microsoft) · 18 November 2025 Own record

   “This gives IT a single control plane to manage users, apps, and agents, while enabling security, identity, and compliance teams to operate confidently within their existing environments.”

4. E4 Microsoft Agent 365, now generally available, expands capabilities and integrations | Microsoft Security Blog Microsoft Security Blog (Microsoft) · 1 May 2026 Own record

   “General availability starts today for Agent 365.”

Microsoft blog posts dated 2025-11-18, which falls in the October–December 2025 quarter, announced Agent 365 as "the control plane for AI agents" that helps organisations "deploy, organize, and govern" agents (E1, E2). E3 says it gives IT a single control plane to manage users, apps and agents, and lets security, identity and compliance teams work within their existing environments, which matches the stated purpose. E4 shows general availability began on 2026-05-01, so in that quarter Agent 365 was announced but not generally available. The criteria list this case as an example of a minor difference.