What’s New in Copilot Studio: November Highlights

Welcome to the What’s New in Copilot Studio series! Each month, Microsoft brings the latest updates and announcements from Microsoft Copilot Studio, a SaaS product designed to make your agents more intelligent, powerful, and capable.

With new features lighting up every month, you can continuously transform your organization’s productivity.

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Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot with Embedded Agents

Microsoft 365 Copilot just got smarter. You can now extend its capabilities with specialized agents tailored to your organization’s needs. Here’s how:

Empower agents with enterprise-specific knowledge by integrating data from Dynamics 365, SharePoint, or line-of-business systems.
Enable actionable capabilities like sending emails, updating records, or creating support tickets.
Easily build custom agents using the new Copilot Studio experience, leveraging natural language instructions and minimal setup.

Users can now access a variety of pre-published agents or create their own through an intuitive, embedded interface. This feature is generally available—learn more here.

Introducing Autonomic Agentic Capabilities

Copilot Studio has taken a leap forward by enabling autonomous agents. These agents don’t just respond to users but can act proactively in the background, managing tasks independently.

New features include:

Autonomous triggers: Set agents to react to events, such as a new row added in an SAP table, and automate workflows using Power Automate.
Detailed activity logs: Review an agent’s decision-making, including its steps, APIs called, and variables used. This makes debugging and refining agents simpler.
Broad deployment: Publish agents to Microsoft Teams, websites, mobile apps, and more.

These updates ensure that agents don’t just work with you—they work for you.

📂 Reasoning Over Media-Rich Files

Agents can now analyze large, media-rich files (up to 512 MB) for more informed responses. Copilot Studio understands the context of images, charts, and diagrams alongside text, offering deeper insights into complex documents.

Key capabilities include:

Understanding visual relationships within a document.
Generating nuanced answers by analyzing images, graphs, and their surrounding context.
Securely indexing and storing files in Microsoft Dataverse with enterprise-grade compliance and governance.

This enhancement makes agents indispensable for handling sophisticated knowledge sources.

🛡️ Enhanced Admin Controls for Secure Deployments

Admins now have greater visibility and control over their organization’s agents, thanks to new management and security features:

Enforce DLP policies across knowledge, connectors, and actions via Power Platform Admin Center.
Monitor agent activity in real time using audit logs in Purview and Sentinel.
Support secure agent interactions with sensitivity labels and Entra ID authentication.
Use environment routing to ensure safe agent development and deployment.

These updates empower admins to enforce robust security while simplifying compliance management.

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Stay tuned for more updates in the next edition of What’s New in Copilot Studio! Let us know how these new features are helping your organization innovate and streamline workflows.

FAQs

What is the purpose of the November updates for Copilot Studio?

The November updates aim to enhance Copilot Studio’s functionality, making it easier for organizations to build, deploy, and manage autonomous, intelligent agents. These updates empower users with advanced customization, broader deployment capabilities, and improved security features, helping businesses streamline workflows and maximize productivity.

What are autonomous agentic capabilities, and how do they work?

Autonomous agentic capabilities allow agents to operate independently by responding to events without direct user input. Using event triggers, such as a new row being added to a database, agents can execute predefined workflows, including retrieving data, generating reports, or sending notifications. This makes agents proactive problem-solvers, not just reactive assistants.

Can agents now work outside of Microsoft 365?

Yes, the updates allow agents created in Copilot Studio to be deployed to external platforms, including Microsoft Teams, websites, mobile apps, and social media. This expands their reach and usability, making them versatile tools for various business needs.