Microsoft unveiled Scout at its Build conference, an autonomous AI agent that runs continuously across the Microsoft 365 suite. Built on the open‑source OpenClaw framework, Scout acts as an “autopilot” with its own Entra identity, allowing it to operate without user prompting. Azure hosts the service, using LLMs to interpret user intent.

Through Teams, Scout can read chat, email, calendar and contacts, then schedule meetings or block time based on upcoming commitments. It also flags stalled decisions that could become blockers. Accessed via a Teams tab, the agent reaches a user’s browser and external apps via the model context protocol (MCP), working across cloud, desktop and web environments. All actions comply with compliance policies and generate audit logs.

Scout launches as an experimental feature for customers in Microsoft’s Frontier program, requiring Intune policy setup and explicit opt‑in. Pricing remains undisclosed, leaving uncertainty about its inclusion in existing Microsoft 365 Copilot subscriptions. The move mirrors Google’s Spark agent and signals Microsoft’s push to embed autonomous assistants while pledging enterprise‑grade security and upstream contributions to the OpenClaw project.