At Microsoft Build, Microsoft lays out what agents and agentic AI will mean for Copilot and you, with updated apps and a future where AI can control functions on your PC.

New features focus on ease of creation, interoperability, and overall usefulness of agents, while doubling down on management, security and governance, analysts say.

Build developer conference, Microsoft announced a significant update to its AI agent platform, adding support for low-code customization, multi-agent coordination, and new security standards for inter-agent communication in Windows 11.