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Copilot governance
without the per-user tax.

Agen is the identity-native agentic governance platform. Every agent tied to the human behind it, every action governed at runtime — for Copilot, Copilot Studio, and every agent outside the Microsoft stack.

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Built for the Microsoft stack

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Works with Entra ID

Copilot Studio · M365

<30ms

per-action verdict at runtime

1:1

a named owner for every agent

1 day

from connect to governing

150+

governed connectors out of the box

Watch it happen

Every agent discovered. Including the ones no registry sees.

Copilot Studio agents, custom agents, shadow AI — inventoried and owner-mapped without SDK self-registration.

agent discovery · live product scene

The suite gap

The suite gives you a registry. Not governance.

Agent 365, Copilot Control System, Entra Agent ID, and Purview add up to inventory and posture — and leave the governance question open.

Registered ≠ governed

Copilot Studio and Foundry agents get an identity automatically. Everything else has to arrive through the SDK or a pre-integration — and an agent with no Entra Agent ID can't be scoped into a policy at all.

auto-enrolled shadow agents0

Per-user pricing, per-agent reality

Agent governance is licensed per seat, on top of a premium suite tier and Copilot licenses. Agents don't run per seat.

licensedevery seat

Six consoles, one unanswered question

Governance spans M365 admin, Power Platform, Copilot Studio, Entra, Purview, and Defender. None of them answers: who is accountable for this agent?

admin surfaces6

Copilot inherits your permissions debt

Copilot honors your existing SharePoint permissions — including the overshared ones. Years of governance debt becomes instant exposure.

oversharing surfaced atruntime

The three tests

Three tests any agent-governance layer has to pass.

Be at runtime. Know the identity. Cover everything — plus what it costs to run. Scored 0–5 on capability depth, capability by capability, including the rows Microsoft wins.

Capability depthNoneComplete	Microsoft
01 · Runtime enforcement
Verdict rendered at the moment of action	MicrosoftBlocks flagged threats pre-executionCapable3/5	Agen.coPer-action verdicts, <30msComplete5/5
Policy scope — what you can write a rule about	MicrosoftFour preset detection typesPartial2/5	Agen.coAny policy you writeComplete5/5
Blocks a single action without disabling the agent	MicrosoftCustom rules block the actionCapable3/5	Agen.coAction-level enforcementComplete5/5
Human-in-the-loop approval on a risky action	MicrosoftApprovals at access-request timePartial2/5	Agen.coBuilt in, per actionComplete5/5
02 · Identity & accountability
A named human accountable for each agent	MicrosoftSponsor, transfers automaticallyStrong4/5	Agen.coNamed owner, every agentComplete5/5
Each individual action attributed to that human	MicrosoftNot resolved per actionPartial2/5	Agen.coAttributed per actionComplete5/5
03 · Coverage
Endpoint enforcement	MicrosoftDefender for Endpoint, active modeStrong4/5	Agen.coAgenShield on the deviceComplete5/5
Browser enforcement	MicrosoftEndpoint DLP, Windows devicesCapable3/5	Agen.coBrowserShield, early accessCapable3/5
Network-layer enforcement	MicrosoftEntra Internet AccessStrong4/5	Agen.coNot our layer — works alongsidePartial2/5
Agents carrying no vendor identity object	MicrosoftOutside governance scopeBasic1/5	Agen.coDiscovered, owned, governedComplete5/5
External customer-facing agents	MicrosoftInternal workforce agentsPartial2/5	Agen.coCustomer-facing agents, same planeComplete5/5
Data-loss protection on agent actions	MicrosoftPurview DLP, agent unaware of blockCapable3/5	Agen.coLeak blocking at action timeComplete5/5
04 · Operate & buy
Pricing unit	MicrosoftPer user, on top of E5Partial2/5	Agen.coPer governed agentComplete5/5
Platform cost to govern every agent	MicrosoftScales with headcount, plus creditsCapable3/5	Agen.coScales with agents, not headcountStrong4/5
First-party depth inside Teams & Outlook	MicrosoftAgents run inside the clientComplete5/5	Agen.coGoverns the suite, doesn't live in itPartial2/5
Consoles to operate	MicrosoftSix admin surfacesPartial2/5	Agen.coOne console, one policy planeComplete5/5

13 rows Agen.co leads1 tied2 rows Microsoft leads

Levels reflect capability depth and supporting evidence. Capability descriptions based on vendor public documentation, August 2026.

Watch it happen

The risky action pauses. The owner decides. On their phone.

Per-action verdicts under 30ms; step-up and human-in-the-loop only when an action crosses policy.

brokered access · live product scene

Platform capabilities

Find every agent. Decide every action. Enforce everywhere.

Three capabilities on one identity fabric, covering Copilot, Copilot Studio, and every agent outside the Microsoft stack. Keep Entra as your IdP; Agen governs on top of it. Days to a first governed agent, no agent recreation, no rip-and-replace.

Select a capability

Continuous discovery across your IdP, gateway, devices, cloud, and registries. Nothing has to self-register: agents are found, risk-scored, and resolved to a named human before they act.

Agentless and API-based across five surfaces
Copilot Studio, custom, and third-party agents alike
Every agent mapped to an owner, approver, and escalation

Agen Discover AI agent discovery flow: Microsoft Entra ID and any IdP, Microsoft 365 and Copilot Studio, cloud, gateway, endpoints, and MCP server registries all feed one agent registry where every AI agent is inventoried, risk-scored on arrival, given a named human owner, and shadow AI is surfaced. — Discovery pulls from five surfaces into a single agent registry — no SDK self-registration required.

ClosesWhich agents are running that nobody registered?

no SDK required5 surfacesowner-mapped

Discover in depth →

Every request is evaluated against the identity behind the agent and answered in under 30ms: allow, mask, step up, hand to a human, or deny. The action is where the risk lives, so the action is where the decision happens.

Per-action verdicts anchored to the human behind the agent
Step-up and human-in-the-loop only when policy is crossed
Evidence generated at action time, not reconstructed later

Agen Govern runtime AI agent governance flow: an attempted action such as Microsoft 365 Copilot reading a document, a Copilot Studio agent exporting records, or a custom agent writing to production is resolved to the identity behind the agent and checked against policy in 22 milliseconds, returning a per-action verdict of allow, mask, step-up, human-in-the-loop, or deny. — Every agent action is judged in-line against the human behind it, and answered in under 30ms.

ClosesWho approved this action, and who is accountable for it?

<30ms verdictstep-uphuman-in-the-loop

Govern in depth →

One policy plane enforced identically on the endpoint, in the browser, at the gateway, and in the cloud. Agent risk lives in the gaps between point tools, so there are no gaps to live in.

AgenShield stops dangerous local actions before they execute
BrowserShield catches company data at the paste (early access)
One policy, one identity chain, enforced the same way everywhere

Agen Shield AI agent enforcement flow: one policy plane written once in Govern and anchored to the same identity is enforced identically on the endpoint with AgenShield, in the browser with BrowserShield, at the gateway across 150+ connectors, and in the cloud across SaaS and internal apps. — One policy, written once, enforced the same way on every surface where agents actually run.

ClosesWhat happened on the laptop and in the browser that no log saw?

endpointbrowsergateway · cloud

Shield in depth →

The cost-savings analysis

Same governance question. A fraction of the licensing.

No premium suite prerequisite. No per-user governance SKU stacked on Copilot licenses. You pay to govern agents, not to re-license every seat.

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30%+

typical reduction in agent-governance licensing spend

Savings depend on seat count and current licensing. The analysis shows your number.

Their stackPER SEAT · EVERY USER

Microsoft 365 E5prerequisite tier

× every seat

M365 Copilotper-user license

× every seat

Agent 365per-user governance SKU

× every seat

Consumption creditsCopilot Studio · Foundry

AgenPER GOVERNED AGENT

Identity-native governanceevery agent · every action · one platform

no suite prerequisite · no per-user governance SKU

Before Agen.co by Frontegg, we felt forced to make impossible compromises between moving fast or protecting our product's trust and quality. Agen gave us a clear way to enable AI workflows for employees without losing control.

RACISO & CIO · RapydIn production

Agen for Work · internal workflowsAI assistants · workflow builders · custom agentsGuardrails · data masking · audit

Outcome 100% adoption across internal AI workflows.

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Free Copilot governance cost-savings analysis.

Tell us your seat count and Copilot footprint. We return a line-item comparison against your current agent-governance licensing within 48 hours.

turnaround48 hours

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

Does Agen replace Entra?

No. Agen works with your IdP, including Entra. Identity stays where it is; Agen governs what agents do with it, per action.

Does this cover Copilot and Copilot Studio agents?

Yes. Copilot, Copilot Studio, and custom agents are discovered, owner-mapped, and governed per action.

What about agents outside the Microsoft stack?

Same platform. Claude, custom agents, MCP servers — internal and external — governed on one policy plane across endpoint, browser, gateway, and cloud.

What does the cost-savings analysis include?

A line-item comparison of your current agent-governance licensing against Agen for your seat count and agent footprint, with the savings number made explicit. Delivered within 48 hours.

How long to a first governed agent?

Days. Connect your IdP and cloud, build the inventory, set the first policies. No agent recreation required.

Copilot governancewithout the per-user tax.

Every agent discovered. Including the ones no registry sees.

The suite gives you a registry. Not governance.

Registered ≠ governed

Per-user pricing, per-agent reality

Six consoles, one unanswered question

Copilot inherits your permissions debt

Three tests any agent-governance layer has to pass.

The risky action pauses. The owner decides. On their phone.

Find every agent. Decide every action. Enforce everywhere.

DiscoverFind every agent, including the ones no registry sees.

GovernDecide every action at runtime, not at review time.

ShieldEnforce on the surfaces where agents actually run.

Same governance question. A fraction of the licensing.

Free Copilot governance cost-savings analysis.

Questions, answered.

Copilot governance
without the per-user tax.