Secure and Govern Your AI Agent Workforce (AB-6007)
Course 8780
1 DAY COURSE

This course teaches learners how to administer, secure, monitor, and govern AI agents in Microsoft 365 using Microsoft Agent 365. Participants learn how Microsoft Agent 365 extends existing Microsoft 365 management, security, and governance capabilities to AI agents, helping organizations gain visibility, reduce risk, and maintain control as agent adoption grows.

Through focused instruction and hands-on labs, learners explore agent discovery, identity governance, data protection, security monitoring, agent inventory, usage insights, and risk signals across the Microsoft 365 admin experience.

Secure and Govern Your AI Agent Workforce (AB-6007) Benefits

• Course Benefits

  • Helps IT teams prepare for the governance and security needs of AI agent adoption
  • Provides practical experience monitoring and managing agents in Microsoft 365
  • Supports responsible AI deployment by extending oversight, guardrails, and security controls to agents
  • Introduces Microsoft Agent 365 as a control plane for observing, securing, and governing agents across the organization
  • Helps administrators identify agent sprawl, monitor usage, review risk signals, and take action when needed
  • Builds practical knowledge for organizations adopting Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Chat, and AI agents at scale

  Prerequisites

  • Learners should have working familiarity with Microsoft 365 administration, including the Microsoft 365 admin center, Microsoft Entra basics such as users, groups, and Conditional Access, and core Microsoft Purview concepts.
  • Prior experience with AI agents is not required.

Secure AI Agent Governance Training Outline

Learning Objectives

Microsoft Agent 365 Foundations

In this section, learners are introduced to Microsoft Agent 365 and how it helps organizations adopt AI agents at scale with oversight, governance, and security guardrails. Learners explore the challenges organizations face as AI agents become more common and how Microsoft Agent 365 helps administrators observe, govern, and secure agents across the organization.

Lessons

Get started with Microsoft Agent 365

• Understand the challenges organizations face as AI agent adoption grows
• Describe Microsoft Agent 365 and its role as a control plane for AI agents
• Identify the benefits of using Microsoft Agent 365
• Explore agent observability capabilities
• Understand governance across the agent lifecycle
• Review security capabilities used to help protect agents
• Identify who uses Microsoft Agent 365 and how it supports different roles

Agent Monitoring, Inventory, and Risk Management

In this section, learners use Microsoft Agent 365 to monitor and manage agents across the organization. Learners explore agent inventory, usage, performance, effectiveness, risk signals, connected platforms, and agent exceptions so administrators can maintain visibility and take action when needed.

Lessons

Monitor and manage agents with Microsoft Agent 365

• Explore agents across the organization
• Understand Microsoft Entra Agent ID
• Monitor agent usage, performance, and effectiveness
• Use the agent registry to review inventory
• Use the agent map to understand agent relationships and activity
• View agents with exceptions and take action
• Review security risks associated with agents
• Monitor connected platforms from the overview page