Agent365 Lifecycle and Policy Controls

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Last updated: 2026-08-04

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References

• Agent management overview
• Agent settings and lifecycle actions
• Microsoft Agent 365 overview

Lifecycle objective

Apply repeatable controls from registration through retirement so every agent is observable, owned, policy-compliant, and reversible.

Source: Microsoft Agent 365 documentation.

Lifecycle states

State	Entry criteria	Exit criteria
Proposed	Business case and owner identified	Risk classification complete
Pilot	Controls configured in limited scope	Pilot evidence and sign-off complete
Production	Monitoring and policy baselines active	Decommission trigger reached
Suspended	High-risk issue or policy breach	Remediation verified and approved
Retired	Usage ended and records preserved	Archival and revocation complete

Policy domains

1. Identity and access policy.
2. Data source and destination policy.
3. Tool and connector policy.
4. Runtime behavior and safety policy.
5. Logging, retention, and audit policy.

Required policy artifacts

• Standard onboarding checklist.
• Risk-tier matrix and required approvals.
• Exception process with expiry and owner.
• Incident linkage and rollback procedure.
• Decommission process for identity and access cleanup.

Governance review cadence

Cadence	Scope
Weekly	New production requests and exceptions
Monthly	High-risk agent lifecycle review
Quarterly	Policy template baseline update

Business example

A procurement agent enters production with approved policies. Later, a new tool integration raises its risk profile. The lifecycle framework automatically moves the change through risk review and controlled reapproval before reactivation.