MC1518036 - Microsoft Copilot - Admin controls to manage Business Applications in Work IQ
Microsoft 365 Message Center announcement MC1518036.
MS Message Center's Summary
Microsoft is launching public preview administrator controls for managing Business Applications in Work IQ starting November 2026. This capability lets business applications data ground artificial intelligence experiences while preserving current security permissions. Administrators must coordinate across platform layers to govern environment access and app participation. We recommend reviewing existing data permissions and defining which environments should join the preview before rollout concludes in December 2026.
- Administrator impact
- Administrators must configure settings across the Microsoft 365 admin center and the Power Platform admin center to govern environment participation and app access.
- End user impact
- End users will experience enhanced artificial intelligence insights that draw upon business applications data within established permission boundaries.
- Importance
- 4/10: This is a standard feature rollout introducing new administrative controls for artificial intelligence data grounding that requires proactive governance.
- Message Center ID
- MC1518036
- Category
- stay Informed
- Severity
- normal
- Services
- Microsoft Copilot (Power Platform)
- Tags
- New feature
- Published
- 2026-10-20
- Last updated
- 2026-10-20
- Expires
- 2026-12-18
We are announcing the public preview of admin controls for managing Business Applications in Work IQ. This feature enables business applications data to help ground AI experiences alongside Microsoft 365 productivity data, while providing layered controls over which experiences, environments, apps, and data can participate. This feature will reach public preview by November 17, 2026. How does this affect me? Your organization will be able to make business applications data available to Work IQ experiences while maintaining control over how the data is accessed and used. Work IQ respects existing permissions for business applications data and AI experiences. Enabling this feature does not replace or expand existing user, agent, application, or data permissions. Governance is managed across the following administrative layers: AI admins: Manage whether business applications are available in Copilot through Copilot > Settings in the Microsoft 365 admin center. They can also manage availability through the Work IQ Model Context Protocol (MCP) under Agents > Tools . Platform and environment admins: Use the Power Platform admin center (PPAC) to select which environments receive Work IQ features and which environments Work IQ can reason over and act on. They can also manage access to environment data for users, agents, and applications. Makers: Select the individual apps and data that participate within enabled environments. Enabling an environment does not automatically include every app or all its data. What action do I need to take? To prepare for this feature, we recommend that your organization: Review existing permissions for business applications data. Determine which AI experiences should have access to business applications. Select the environments that should participate through PPAC. Review environment data access for users, agents, and applications. Coordinate with makers to determine which apps and data should be included or excluded. This message is for awareness, and no immediate action is required.