By David Berlind
Publication Date: 2025-11-21 20:28:00
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ZDNET’s key takeaways
- Microsoft announced new or improved AI security agents at Ignite.
- Security agent functionality is surfaced within Microsoft’s relevant management portal.
- The agents are free to all Copilot Security customers with 365 E5 subscriptions.
Earlier this week at Microsoft’s Ignite conference in San Francisco, the overwhelming onslaught of artificial intelligence-related announcements made it easy to miss some of the company’s more significant “all-AI all-the-time” news.
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The word “Copilot” — representative of Microsoft’s flagship AI brand — made thousands of appearances across virtually every functional area of the technology firm’s offerings, a testimony to an AI-first strategy that also blanketed its portfolio of security-related solutions.
