MC1471573 - Copilot Studio - Use MCP-compliant tools in agent workflows
Microsoft 365 Message Center announcement MC1471573.
MS Message Center's Summary
Microsoft announces general availability for model context protocol compliant tools within Microsoft Copilot Studio agent workflows, allowing administrators and developers to integrate proprietary systems and custom actions without building bespoke connectors. This functionality rolled out globally on July 15 2026. Review your current agent development strategies to determine how standardized tool integration might streamline your workflow automation and reduce custom integration overhead.
- Administrator impact
- No direct administrator action is required.
- End user impact
- End users will experience more capable and integrated agent workflows when creators implement model context protocol compliant tools.
- Importance
- 3/10: This update introduces new functional capabilities for agent development as an informational change with no mandatory administrative tasks.
- Message Center ID
- MC1471573
- Category
- stay Informed
- Severity
- normal
- Services
- Microsoft Copilot (Power Platform)
- Tags
- New feature
- Published
- 2026-09-14
- Last updated
- 2026-09-14
- Expires
- 2026-10-14
We are announcing the ability to use MCP (model context protocol) - compliant tools in agent workflows in Microsoft Copilot Studio. This feature reached general availability on July 15, 2026. How does this affect me? How does this affect me? This feature allows users to integrate proprietary systems, dynamic knowledge sources, and custom actions into agentic workflows with MCP support. Agent workflows can pass structured inputs to MCP-compliant tools and consume structured outputs downstream, enabling deterministic orchestration around agent-extensible capabilities. This functionality allows usage of the same MCP server across multiple agents and workflows, avoiding bespoke connector development for every system. MCP tools execute under existing workflow governance, monitoring, and lifecycle management. What action do I need to take? This message is for awareness, and no action is required.