Microsoft 365 Announcements at Ignite 2025

Ignite 2025 Keynote.

The Ignite 2025 keynote was a marathon 150-minute event, but some interesting Microsoft 365 announcements emerged, mostly centered on AI. Microsoft is obviously focused on making AI and agents a very real part of tenant activities, so there’s new agent management and a repository among other things that will roll out in the year ahead.

Bringing Artificial Intelligence to Entra ID Conditional Access

Conditional access optimization agent

The Conditional Access Optimization Agent is one of 6 Security Copilot agents unveiled by Microsoft on March 24, 2025. The idea is that the agent can optimize CA policies by observing the connectivity behavior within a tenant. The agent can suggest how to fill gaps in CA coverage, detect new users and apps, and generally be helpful. Is it worth it? Experience will tell…