Agent Identity & Access Management
Give every agent a first-class identity, then govern what it authenticates as and what it can reach — registering agents in Microsoft Entra, assigning owners, right-sizing access with packages and reviews, and enforcing risk-based Conditional Access.
An agent is only as safe as the identity it runs under. Once agents become first-class identities in the tenant, the question shifts from "what agents exist" to "what can each one authenticate as, and what is it allowed to reach." This topic makes that domain concrete: it starts from the agent identity itself — every agent registered as a first-class Microsoft Entra principal — then gives each one a responsible owner, grants access through packages and reviews so entitlements stay right-sized and time-bound, and enforces Conditional Access that weighs context, device, and identity risk before an agent touches a resource or another agent.
How to address Agent Identity & Access Management
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Govern Agent Identity and Access
Give every agent a first-class Entra identity, then govern what it authenticates as and what it can reach — assign a responsible owner, right-size access with packages and reviews, and enforce risk-based Conditional Access before it touches resources.
Control coverage
Identity & Access5
Controls that ensure only authenticated and authorized principals can access AI models, APIs, data pipelines, and management planes.
Discovery1
Capabilities for discovering and inventorying AI assets, workloads, shadow AI usage, connected applications, and data sources — providing visibility as the foundation for securing what you can see.
Governance1
Organisational and technical controls for managing the lifecycle of AI models, agents, and workloads — including inventory, policy, and accountability frameworks.
Threat Detection1
Capabilities that identify, alert on, and help respond to threats targeting AI models, inference endpoints, training pipelines, and supporting infrastructure.