M365 Ottawa 2026
25/09/2026, Microsoft Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
From Assistant to Autopilot: Deploying Microsoft 365 Copilot CoWork and Scout
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This session delivers a technical and architectural deep dive into Microsoft’s next-generation autonomous AI agents: Copilot CoWork and Microsoft 365 Scout. As workplace AI evolves past basic text generation, this session explores how these advanced tools transition teams from manual, interactive prompting to secure, background process automation.
Who Should Attend:
This session is designed for IT Professionals, Enterprise Architects, Change Managers, Collaboration Leads, and Security Compliance Officers who are preparing to plan, govern, and deploy next-gen agentic workflows within their organizations.
Session Agenda:
The Architecture of CoWork & Scout: Understanding how Copilot CoWork orchestrates complex, cross-app workflows using Work IQ, and how Scout acts as an "always-on" background agent.
Identity & Security Guardrails: Mapping out how Scout utilizes dedicated Entra identities to execute tasks independently without sacrificing compliance.
Deployment & Licensing Blueprints: Navigating the technical prerequisites, tenant readiness requirements, and the Agent 365 licensing baselines.
Adoption & Change Management: Best practices for preparing users to collaborate with autonomous digital coworkers.
Key Learning Outcomes:
Participants will walk away with a comprehensive understanding of the new Microsoft 365 agentic ecosystem. You will gain a practical deployment roadmap, a clear architectural checklist for tenant readiness, and a robust security governance framework. Ultimately, you will learn exactly how to safely transition your enterprise from simple "help me write this" AI assistants to a secure, automated digital workforce that safely runs entire processes in the background.