Microsoft Agent 365 Launches May 1: A Dedicated Control Plane for Enterprise AI Agents at $15 Per User

Microsoft launched Agent 365 on May 1, 2026 — a standalone enterprise product priced at $15 per user per month that acts as a control plane for managing, deploying, and orchestrating AI agents across an organization. Unlike Copilot Wave 3, which updated the existing Microsoft 365 experience in March, Agent 365 is a separate product designed specifically for enterprises that want to run multiple AI agents simultaneously across different business workflows. The headline feature is multi-model orchestration: Agent 365 can route tasks to Claude, GPT-5.5, or Microsoft's own MAI models depending on what the task requires, switching between models automatically based on cost, speed, and capability trade-offs. For IT departments, the governance layer is the practical selling point — administrators get visibility into every agent session, can set access policies by department or user role, and receive audit logs that satisfy the documentation requirements of enterprise compliance teams. Business application teams can also use Agent 365 to build agents directly in SharePoint through a public preview powered by Claude, without writing code. Microsoft is framing Agent 365 as the management layer that sits above all the individual Copilot and third-party AI tools a company might use — a single control point rather than a fragmented collection of AI subscriptions. For companies already running Microsoft 365, the $15 per user monthly add-on price is positioned to be easier to justify than standalone agent platforms from new entrants. This is one of the most significant Microsoft product launches of 2026 for enterprise AI adoption.