Microsoft Expands Copilot Agent Mode for Outlook Inbox and Calendar Tasks

Microsoft announced an agentic upgrade to Copilot in Outlook that shifts the tool from a passive assistant to an autonomous agent capable of inbox triage, drafting follow-ups, creating dynamic rules, negotiating meeting times, resolving scheduling conflicts, and generating agendas. The features are rolling out via the Microsoft 365 Frontier program with some capabilities limited to Outlook for Windows and the web; the article advises IT and security teams to monitor how these autonomous actions interact with existing data governance policies.