Microsoft’s new AI employees might be joining your team soon, IRL

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Forget Copilot. Microsoft’s next big idea is less “assistant” and more “coworker.” 

The company is reportedly building AI agents that act like full-fledged employees, complete with their own company email, Teams account, and even an official ID badge. 

Yep, your next watercooler chat might be with an algorithm.

According to internal documents spotted by The Register, these “Agentic Users” could make their debut later this month, possibly under a new license called Agent 365 (A365). (Via: Digital Trends)

They’ll even get their own marketplace, the “M365 Agent Store,” where businesses can buy and deploy digital workers as easily as installing an app.

But these bots aren’t your average Copilot or ChatGPT clone. Microsoft’s new breed of AI won’t just help you write an email. It’ll send it. 

They can join Teams meetings, edit documents, handle customer tickets, generate reports, and complete tasks without human intervention. Microsoft is building digital employees.

That could mean huge productivity gains, AI coworkers who don’t need coffee breaks, PTO, or small talk, but it also opens a Pandora’s box of workplace chaos. 

Who supervises an AI that sends out meeting invites or expense reports? What happens if it spams the entire company or accidentally fires off confidential data? 

And how do you discipline a bot that technically doesn’t exist in HR’s database?

For now, Microsoft is staying quiet, but all signs point to Ignite 2025 (Nov 18–21) as the likely launch stage for this next-gen tech. 

Expect early trials in admin work, customer support, or maybe even coding, basically, any job that makes humans sigh and reach for more coffee.

Pricing is still a mystery, but if Agent 365 gets its own license, your company’s next budget meeting might include line items for “AI salaries.” 

And once these agents start behaving like coworkers, brace yourself for a new wave of HR, legal, and compliance rules.

The future of work is here, and it might just cc: you on its next email.