Microsoft introduces Scout, its first always-on Autopilot agent, and sandboxed hosted agents in Foundry at Build 2026

On June 2, 2026, at Build, Microsoft introduced Autopilots, a category of always-on agents that work in the background under their own identity and within the permissions an organization sets. The first is Microsoft Scout, which connects to Teams, Outlook, OneDrive and SharePoint, reaches the browser, local resources and MCP servers through a desktop app, and can coordinate meetings across time zones, block calendar time for upcoming deliverables and flag stalled decisions. It is built on the open-source OpenClaw project and draws context from Work IQ.

Scout launched as an experimental release for Frontier customers and in private preview; access requires Frontier enrollment, an Intune policy and an opt-in attestation. Each agent gets its own Entra identity, and Purview labels and data loss prevention apply before anything is sent. In Microsoft Foundry, hosted agents in Foundry Agent Service, due for general availability within 30 days, run each session in its own sandbox and accept agents built with Microsoft Agent Framework, GitHub Copilot SDK, LangGraph and other SDKs.