Guides

Explore the concepts behind securing AI with Microsoft in a guided order.

Foundations

Orient before you implement — the landscape and the AI threat model.

  1. The agent landscape

    Introduction to Microsoft's AI Agents — where each one sits, how much of an agent you build and therefore have to secure, and how Agent 365 governs them all once they exist.

    Secure Agents Built in Microsoft Copilot Studio · Secure Agents Built in Microsoft Foundry · Agent Identity & Access Management · Agent Observability & Governance 15 min read

  2. Security frameworks & regulations

    The shared language for AI security — which acronyms are laws, frameworks, standards, and threat references, how they stack together, and how Microsoft turns them into practice.

    Agent Observability & Governance · SecOps for AI · Secure the Agent Runtime 14 min read

Zero Trust for AI

Get identity right first — the control plane everything else hangs off.

  1. An introduction to agent identities

    Understand what an agent identity represents, how Microsoft platforms create it, and when the Agent 365 SDK is needed. Learn the basic decisions about access and accountability before deploying an agent.

    Agent Identity & Access Management 6 min read