Autopilots

Microsoft Scout and the Rise of Autopilots: What Always-On Agents Mean for Your Microsoft 365 Stack

At Build 2026, Microsoft introduced Scout — its first "Autopilot," an always-on personal agent that works in the background with its own governed identity. Here is what Scout actually does, how OpenClaw powers it, what the new Autopilot category means for the Microsoft 365 agent stack, and how mid-sized companies should prepare now.