AI BriefingMicrosoft Unveils 'Scout,' an Autonomous AI Agent Built on OpenClaw
Key point
Microsoft has unveiled 'Scout,' an AI agent built on the OpenClaw framework that operates autonomously across Microsoft 365 apps.
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At its Build event, Microsoft announced 'Scout,' a new type of always-on agent built on the OpenClaw agent framework. This agent acts as an 'autopilot' that performs tasks on the user's behalf using the user's Entra identity.
Scout connects to Microsoft 365 apps such as Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, and SharePoint, leveraging chat, email, calendar, and contact data. It can also interact with browsers and external apps via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), and operates across cloud, desktop, and web environments.
Key capabilities include:
- Scheduling meetings and coordinating times with colleagues
- Automatically blocking calendar time based on work commitments
- Detecting and alerting on blockers to work, such as delayed decision-making
It is currently in an experimental release stage for Frontier program customers, and requires Intune policy configuration and opt-in approval to use.
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