Agent Sprawl Is Coming: A Governance Model for Copilot Studio and Microsoft 365 Copilot
Friday 12 February 2027, 11:30–12:30
Speakers
- Matias Julian Christoffersen
About this session
Copilot Studio and Microsoft 365 Copilot have made it possible for any maker to publish an agent that reads company data, calls tools, and acts under someone's identity. That same ease is what makes agents dangerous to leave ungoverned: unlike a Power App, an agent decides what to do next. This session lays out a governance model built for that reality. It covers environment strategy and Managed Environments, DLP and connector policy for agent-specific risk, a zoned approach that separates citizen, partnered, and professional development, Entra Agent ID and lifecycle ownership from pilot to retirement, and the Center of Excellence structure that keeps all of it running without slowing makers down. Takeaways: - How to structure environments and DLP policy specifically for agent workloads, not just apps and flows - What belongs in a tenant settings decision register before your first agent reaches production - How to run a Center of Excellence operating model that scales oversight without killing maker velocity