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As agents take on more autonomous roles, the data they touch becomes one of the most critical questions an enterprise has to answer. Agents read documents, summarize emails, query databases, and move information across systems at a scale and speed beyond human activity.
This shift expands the data risk surface. Sensitive information that was once locked behind defined access patterns can now move through agents in ways that are harder to predict and harder to trace. Without a consistent approach to data security and compliance for agent activity, organizations face challenges similar to those addressed for users at machine speed.
AI moves fast. Purview keeps it secure and compliant.
What customers consistently tell us is that they don't want a separate security andcompliance model for agents. They want the same sensitivity labels, the same data loss prevention (DLP) policies, the same retention rules, and the same audit posture they already trust to extend to agents automatically. They want to know which agent accessed which document, whether confidential data was shared with an external system. They also need to prove their AI deployments comply with regulatory and internal data handling requirements. Anything less creates a parallel risk plane that's impossible to secure and govern at scale.
Microsoft Purview provides the data observability foundation that makes this possible. Sensitivity labels applied to documents, emails, and other content guide how protection policies are applied when agents interact with that data. DLP policies apply to agent actions the same way they apply to user actions, blocking or warning when an agent attempts to share regulated data inappropriately. Purview's audit and eDiscovery capabilities capture agent activity alongside user activity, giving compliance teams a single, searchable record of who, or what, accessed sensitive information.
Consistent data observability
Agent 365 builds on this Purview foundation to provide consistent data security and compliance for agents in the enterprise. Information protection policies extend across users and configured agents. Communication compliance, insider risk management, and records management constructs all incorporate agent activity into their existing workflows. For regulated industries, this means agents can be deployed in scenarios involving financial data, health information, or intellectual property with the same security and compliance posture as the rest of the environment.
By anchoring agent data interactions in Purview, Agent 365 ensures that agents inherit the full strength of an organization's existing protection and compliance investments. The result is an environment where agents can operate with the data they need, but never outside the policies that secure and govern it.