Microsoft Scout

What it does

Microsoft Scout is an always-on personal agent for work, made by Microsoft. It is a desktop app for Windows and Mac: you describe a job in chat and it reads and writes your files, runs shell commands, controls a browser and works with your Microsoft 365 data (Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint), carrying on in the background. It asks before sensitive actions. It is an experimental preview: your organization has to join Microsoft's Frontier program, and you need a Copilot license.

• Creates and edits Word, Excel and PowerPoint files
• Runs commands with tiered permissions
• Browser automation
• Microsoft 365 data
• Works in the background
• Approval before sensitive actions
• Works on your files and in a browser
• Uses your Microsoft 365 data

Best for

Teams already on Microsoft 365 and CopilotRoutine work across files, email and meetings

The maker

Pricing

Prices change. Confirm on the official site.

Runs on

Lit = listed by the maker. Dimmed = not listed.

Desktop app for Windows and Mac. Available only through Microsoft's Frontier preview program.

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Sources

• learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-scout/overview
• learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-scout/admin-access-overview
• microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/blog/2026/06/02/introducing-microsoft-scout-your-always-on-personal-agent

Last verified October 16, 2026