Microsoft sets Copilot agents loose on your OneDrive files

Microsoft has made OneDrive agents generally available, allowing users to query multiple documents simultaneously through Copilot instead of just one at a time.

Users can select up to 20 files and create an agent, saved as a .agent file in OneDrive.

Rather than teasing information out of individual documents, Microsoft says users can make cross-document queries, including “What decisions have we made so far?” and “What risks keep coming up?” The agent then generates a response based on the documents’ content.

Agents can be searched for and shared, although collaborators will need access to the source documents. Microsoft said: “The agent can provide complete, grounded responses keeping everyone aligned without extra handoffs.”