How to use SharePoint Agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot

[@DarrellaaS]

Fantastic walkthrough Nick and relatable examples. It helped me get up to speed with SharePoint Copilot Agents.

[@brightideasagency]

Thanks Darrell. Definitely lots of new agents stuff right now.

[@ezabinski]

Will the Sharepoint agents be available for both Teams sites and Communication sites, or just Teams sites? At my company we use Communication sites and I don’t see Sharepoint agents/copilots button. Thanks!

[@brightideasagency]

Thanks for watching. Yes. For Microsoft 365 Copilot licensed users, these capabilities will be available across SharePoint. The exception is if you are accessing SharePoint content from Teams, in which case these capabilities do not show up there.

[@trevoranderson1604]

I made custom copilots and was able to share with my team who don't have copilot licences. I made an agent and they were unable to use it because they don't have licences. What's the point of a sharepoint wide agent if those without copilot licences can't use it? Should be anyone who has the link and permissions like with a custom copilot. Any idea how this will be managed in the future?

[@brightideasagency]

Thanks for watching. SharePoint is regarded as a Microsoft 365 app, and just as you need a Microsoft 365 Copilot license to use Copilot in apps like Word or Excel, equally you need a Microsoft 365 Copilot license to use Copilot features in SharePoint. If you use Copilot Studio to build a custom agent, you can publish these to channels available to non-Microsoft 365 Copilot licensed users, but Copilot Studio licensing is needed for many features. I am aware of no plans to change this: For a full Copilot/agent experience, users should have Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses. For tailored custom-purpose Copilots or agents, use Copilot Studio custom agents but Copilot Studio licensing requirements may apply (see Pg 20 of the current PP Licensing Guide to work out what features are available in Copilot Studio with certain M365 licenses without additional license upgrades - learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/pricing-billing-skus)

[@MarcRohde]

The point is increasing MS revenue. 😊 If there is enough value generated eventually users will pay the price for efficiency