Course Overview
Learn how to administer and secure AI agents in Microsoft 365 with Microsoft Agent 365. This course combines focused instruction with hands-on labs covering agent discovery, identity governance, data protection, and threat monitoring across the Microsoft 365 admin experience.
Course Content
Get started with Microsoft Agent 365
- Introduction to challenges for frontier firms
- What is Microsoft Agent 365?
- What are the benefits of using Microsoft Agent 365?
- Explore agent observability
- Implement governance across the agent lifecycle
- Protect agents using security capability
- Who uses Microsoft Agent 365?
- Check your knowledge
- Summary
Monitor and manage agents with Microsoft Agent 365
- Introduction
- Introduction to Microsoft Entra Agent ID
- Monitor and manage agents
- Scenario
- Exercise – Monitor agents from the overview page
- Exercise - Monitor agents inventory in registry
- Exercise - Monitor agents using the agent map
- Exercise - View agents with exceptions and take action
- Exercise - Measure agent effectiveness
- Exercise – Monitor connected platforms from the overview page (preview)
- Check your knowledge
- Summary
Govern agents using Agent 365
- Introduction
- Govern agents scenarios
- Exercise – Set up agent settings and access
- Security and governance policies
- Exercise – Set up policy template
- Exercise – Set up permissions using access packages
- Exercise – Onboard an agent
- Exercise – Deploy and activate agents
- Exercise - Assign owners to agents to prevent agent sprawl
- Exercise - Block agents with security risks
- Exercise – Use rules and automate agent management
- Check your knowledge
- Summary
Who should attend
Learners are expected to have working familiarity with Microsoft 365 administration — including the Microsoft 365 admin center, Microsoft Entra basics (users, groups, Conditional Access), and core Microsoft Purview concepts. Prior experience with AI agents is not required. This course is intended for IT professionals responsible for administering Microsoft 365 environments that use AI agents, including:
- Microsoft 365 administrators
- Identity and access administrators
- Security and compliance administrators
- Cloud and platform administrators expanding into AI governance
Prerequisites
Learners are expected to have working familiarity with Microsoft 365 administration — including the Microsoft 365 admin center, Microsoft Entra basics (users, groups, Conditional Access), and core Microsoft Purview concepts. Prior experience with AI agents is not required.