Microsoft launches 4 AI agents to automate Teams meetings and workflows

Microsoft has launched a suite of AI agents for Teams that will join meetings, answer channel questions, and automate various workplace tasks. The rollout represents Microsoft’s most comprehensive integration of AI assistants into its collaboration platform, targeting the growing demand for AI-powered workplace automation among enterprise users.

What you should know: Four distinct types of AI agents are now available across Microsoft’s collaboration ecosystem, each designed for specific workplace scenarios.
• Facilitator agents sit in Teams meetings to create agendas, take notes, answer questions, and suggest time allocations for different topics.
• Channel agents respond to questions based on previous conversations and meetings within specific Teams channels, plus generate project status reports.
• Community agents operate within Viva Engage (Microsoft’s enterprise social network) to support community administrators and answer user questions.
• Knowledge agents work behind the scenes in SharePoint to organize, tag, and summarize files automatically.

How it works: The agents leverage Microsoft 365 Copilot capabilities and are designed for seamless integration into existing workflows.
• Facilitator agents can create documents and tasks directly from meeting discussions, with a mobile version that activates “with a single tap” to capture impromptu conversations.
• Channel agents draw from historical channel data to provide contextual responses and generate comprehensive project updates.
• All agents work across Teams, SharePoint, and Viva Engage platforms simultaneously.

Availability timeline: Facilitator agents are available immediately for Microsoft 365 Copilot users, while advanced features remain in testing phases.
• The document and task creation capabilities for Facilitator agents are currently in public preview.
• Channel agents, community agents, and knowledge agents are all in public preview status.
• Microsoft is also previewing a redesigned Workflows tool for creating AI task automations and an audio recap generator based on meeting notes.

The big picture: This launch positions Microsoft to compete more aggressively in the AI-powered workplace automation market, where companies are increasingly seeking integrated solutions that reduce manual administrative tasks while maintaining context across different collaboration tools.