Microsoft Teams: Governance for built-in agents in the Teams admin center

Microsoft Teams is introducing a centralized governance experience in the Teams admin center for built-in agents like Channel Agent, Facilitator, and Copilot Agent. This allows admins to manage these agents separately from traditional apps, with precise policy controls, user/group access assignment, and improved compliance visibility. What and Why We are introducing a new governance experience in the Teams admin center that enables admins to manage built-in Teams agents in a dedicated, centralized location. These built-in agents, including Channel Agent, Facilitator and Copilot Agent in Teams are integrated directly into core Teams experiences and do not require installation from the app store. This update improves administrative clarity and control by separating governance for built-in agents from traditional apps and bringing them into a single, dedicated management surface. This enables more precise policy management and supports enterprise-ready AI governance at scale. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 564766. Rollout Schedule General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): Early July 2026 through mid-July 2026 Impact on Your Organization Who is affected Microsoft 365 tenant admins managing Teams apps and experiences Platforms/Services Teams admin center (web) Microsoft Teams What will happen A new admin experience will be available at: Teams admin center > Teams apps > Built-in Teams agents View image in new tab  Built-in agents will be managed separately from traditional apps and agents. Admins will be able to: Allow or block individual built-in agents Assign access to specific users or groups Configure agent-specific settings Built-in Teams agents will no longer be governed by the Org-wide app setting for Microsoft apps. Existing agent-level configurations will remain unchanged after rollout. The feature will be available by default as part of the updated admin experience. Action Required / Recommendations No action is required before rollout. We recommend that you: Review your current org-wide app settings for Microsoft apps, as they will no longer apply to built-in Teams agents. Review and update agent-level permissions and configurations as needed in the new admin experience. Inform your admins and helpdesk teams about the new management surface and controls in the Teams admin center. Update internal documentation that references Teams app […]

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