Microsoft Agent 365: Active Users export for agent usage reporting

🚨 The Signal: Microsoft Agent 365 now offers an exportable report of active agent users. This provides AI and Global Admins visibility into who is using AI agents, aiding in licensing and governance, but also revealing potential shadow AI usage.

The Impact

AI Admins and Global Admins are affected, gaining visibility into agent usage, which can expose unapproved AI agent adoption.

  • AI Admins: Gain visibility into agent usage for governance.
  • Global Admins: Can identify users interacting with AI agents.
  • Security Teams: Can use reports to detect unapproved AI agent use.
  • Compliance Teams: Can verify adherence to AI usage policies.

The Action

  1. Review the 'Active Users' export in Microsoft 365 admin center > Agents > All Agents > Export.
  2. Establish a process to regularly review agent usage reports for compliance with AI governance policies.
  3. Communicate with business units regarding approved AI agent usage and the monitoring capabilities.

Domain: Agentic-AI · Impact: medium · Workload: Other