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(Updated) Microsoft OneDrive for Business: Agents in OneDrive
MC1181765 · build prod-20251231-200323
Category
stayInformed
Severity
normal
Major change
False
Last modified
2026-02-13 23:02:22
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Azure OpenAI (gpt-4.1)
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Action by (AI)
Services
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365)
Tags
Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact
Master tags
User, Admin, Copilot License
Roadmap IDs
469503

One-line summary

Agents in OneDrive let Copilot-licensed users group files for AI-powered Q&A, summaries, and sharing as .agent files; now generally available to eligible users.

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RoadmapIds
469503
Summary
Agents in OneDrive let users group files for AI-powered project assistance, enabling questions, summaries, and collaboration. Saved as .agent files, they integrate with Microsoft 365 Copilot and are available to licensed users worldwide. No admin action is needed; users can create, edit, and share agents to improve efficiency.
Platforms
Web

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Updated February 13, 2026: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.

Agents in OneDrive lets you group files and folders together, so you can ask questions, get summaries, and find key details across your project—without having to reselect items each time. Agents are saved in your OneDrive and can be shared with your team, making collaboration and staying up to date easier. This new capability helps users work more efficiently by turning OneDrive into a workspace for AI-powered project assistance.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 469503.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): This is now generally available.

[How this affects your organization:]

Who is affected: Users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license assigned to either work or school accounts (Microsoft 365 commercial or education tenants). 

What will happen:

Users will see a new agent option in OneDrive.

How to use Agents in OneDrive:

  • Create your Agent: When users first select the Copilot button in OneDrive or the +Create or upload button, a guided experience will introduce agents and walk users through how to create and use them. From there, users can create an agent from their OneDrive using the +Create or upload option and then select the Agent option (screenshot 1):
  •  user settings

  • Alternatively, users can select the files to include in an agent, then choose Create an agent from the Copilot toolbar dropdown menu (screenshot 2):
  •  user settings

  • Access your agent as a file in OneDrive (.agent extension), filter by file type "agent" (screenshot 3):
  •  user settings

  • Open the agent to ask questions and get answers from your documents.
  • Edit or update your agent anytime to change its sources, name, or instructions (screenshot 4):
  •  user settings

  • Share your agent with your team to collaborate and keep everyone informed (screenshots 5 & 6):
  •  user settings

    user settings

[What you can do to prepare:]

No admin action is required at this time.

You may wish to:

[Compliance considerations:]
QuestionAnswer
Does the change store new customer data, if so, where, and is the data cached or permanently stored?Yes. Agents are saved as .agent files in OneDrive and may contain metadata or instructions. These are stored permanently unless deleted by the user.
Does the change introduce or significantly modify AI/ML or agent capabilities that interact with or provide access to customer data, if so summarize changes?Yes. Agents use Microsoft Copilot to interact with and summarize user documents grouped within OneDrive.
Does the change provide end users any new way of interacting with generative AI, if so how?Yes. Users can ask questions and receive answers from grouped documents via agents, enabling a new AI-powered interaction model.
Does the change include an admin control and, can it be controlled through Entra ID group membership?No. Admins can assign licensing to manage who has access to the feature . No other admin controls.
Does the change allow a user to enable and disable the feature themselves?Yes. Users can choose whether or not to create and use agents in OneDrive.

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