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Microsoft is unveiling new AI agent customization and oversight features at Build 2025, marking a significant step towards making AI agents more trustworthy and secure. This move aligns with the company's broader strategy of empowering businesses and individuals with custom-made AI systems. A core component of this initiative is extending Zero Trust principles to the agentic workforce, ensuring that AI agents operate within a secure framework. The announcements point to the tech giant's broader strategy of equipping businesses and individuals with their own, custom-made AI systems.
Microsoft is introducing Microsoft Entra Agent ID, a feature that extends identity management and access capabilities to AI agents. This aims to enhance trust when AI agents handle user data, addressing a critical concern as AI becomes more integrated into daily operations. The era of AI agents is upon us, driven by advancements in reasoning and memory, making AI models more capable and efficient. We’re seeing how AI systems can help us all solve problems in new ways.
Microsoft is also launching tools to streamline AI agent development. One notable announcement is the general availability of the Azure AI Foundry Agent Service, which was announced last fall. The platform allows developers to build, manage and scale up AI agents that automate business processes. To that end, Microsoft is previewing several new developer tools for building agentic applications in Microsoft Teams. They support secure, peer-to-peer communication via the A2A protocol, agent memory for contextual user experiences and improved developme
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References :
- The Microsoft Cloud Blog: Microsoft Build 2025: The age of AI agents and building the open agentic web
- Microsoft Security Blog: Microsoft extends Zero Trust to secure the agentic workforce
- www.zdnet.com: Microsoft unveils new AI agent customization and oversight features at Build 2025
- blogs.microsoft.com: Microsoft Build 2025: The age of AI agents and building the open agentic web
- news.microsoft.com: Microsoft Build 2025: The age of AI agents and building the open agentic web
- www.microsoft.com: Microsoft extends Zero Trust to secure the agentic workforce
- Source Asia: Microsoft Build 2025: The age of AI agents and building the open agentic web
- THE DECODER: Microsoft Build 2025 showcases new AI agent tools and open interfaces for developers
- Ken Yeung: Microsoft Introduces Entra Agent ID to Bring Zero Trust to AI Agents
Classification:
- HashTags: #MicrosoftBuild #AIAgents #ZeroTrustAI
- Company: Microsoft
- Target: Businesses and Individuals
- Product: Entra Agent ID
- Feature: AI Agent Customization
- Type: AI
- Severity: Informative