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SharePoint Agents Are Coming to Teams — Here’s How to Get Ready

Microsoft is making SharePoint agents discoverable directly inside Microsoft Teams — in chats, channels, and the Teams Store. If your organization is deploying Copilot agents, this changes how your users find and use them. Here’s what’s happening, when, and what to do before it lands.

TL;DR — What you need to know
  • SharePoint agents can now be found and added directly in Microsoft Teams chats and channels — no need to go to SharePoint first
  • Agents appear in the Teams Store under a dedicated “Agents” category, making discovery much easier for end users
  • Users on Desktop and Mac can add agents via the “Add Agents and Bots” option in the chat roster dropdown
  • No admin action required — the feature is on by default and respects existing policies
  • Rollout is targeted for mid-July to August 2026 for general availability

What’s actually changing

Until now, if you wanted to use a SharePoint agent, you had to go to SharePoint to find it. That friction is being removed. Microsoft is bringing SharePoint agent discovery into Teams itself — where most of your employees already spend their day.

With Roadmap ID 515465, users can open any Teams chat, click “Add Agents and Bots” from the chat roster dropdown, and see an in-context store populated with SharePoint agents available to them. They can discover, add, and start using an agent without ever leaving the Teams interface.

At the same time, SharePoint agents will appear in the main Teams Store under a dedicated “Agents” category — sitting alongside other Microsoft and third-party agents in a single, discoverable location.

Feature breakdown

FeatureDetailStatus
Agent discovery in Teams chatAdd agents via chat roster dropdown → “Add Agents and Bots”Rolling out
Teams Store — Agents categoryDedicated “Agents” tab in the Teams app store for browsing and adding agentsRolling out
Desktop & Mac supportAvailable on Teams Desktop (Windows) and Mac clients at launchRolling out
In-context storeFiltered store view scoped to available SharePoint agents, opens inline in chatRolling out
Policy complianceExisting Teams app policies are respected — no new controls neededConfirmed
Admin action requiredNone — enabled by default for users with appropriate licensingNo action needed
Mobile supportNot confirmed at initial rollout — Desktop and Mac only at launchPlanned

Why this matters for your intranet

The biggest challenge with any Copilot agent deployment isn’t building the agent — it’s adoption. People don’t use things they can’t find. If your HR Assistant agent lives in SharePoint and your employees live in Teams, you have an adoption problem baked into your architecture.

This update closes that gap. By making SharePoint agents a first-class citizen in the Teams Store — sitting alongside apps your employees already use — Microsoft is removing the biggest structural barrier to agent adoption in the modern workplace.

For organizations that have already deployed SharePoint agents (or are planning to), this is a meaningful upgrade to your distribution model. Your agents become as discoverable as any other Teams app. That’s a significant shift.

What this means for your team

IT Admin
Review your app policies
No action required, but check that your Teams app governance policies are configured to allow the agents you want to surface. If you’ve locked down the Teams Store, agents won’t appear until you allowlist them.
Intranet Manager
Audit your deployed agents
Any SharePoint agent you’ve deployed will now be visible in Teams. Review your existing agents — their names, descriptions, and scopes — to make sure they’re ready for broader discovery and use.
Comms & Change
Prepare user communications
When agents appear in Teams, users will notice. Have a comms plan ready — a brief announcement explaining what the agents do, which ones are available, and how to use them effectively.

How to prepare — 5 steps before rollout

01
Audit your deployed SharePoint agents
List every agent currently active in your SharePoint environment. Review their names, descriptions, scopes, and knowledge sources. Make sure they’re accurate and production-ready before they get more visibility.
02
Check Teams app governance policies
In Teams Admin Center, review your app permission policies. Confirm that SharePoint agents are allowed, or create an allowlist if you want to control which agents appear in the store.
03
Verify licensing coverage
Users need E3 or E5 with Teams plus either a Microsoft 365 Copilot license or pay-as-you-go set up for SharePoint agents on Mac. Check that your target audience has appropriate licensing before rollout.
04
Brief your helpdesk
Inform IT support staff about the change — what agents are available, how to add them, what licensing is required, and what to do when users have trouble. Reduce ticket volume before it starts.
05
Prepare your user comms
Draft a short announcement for when agents appear in Teams. Include what’s available, what it does, and a link to a guide or FAQ page. Champions can amplify it in their channels.

Roadmap details

M365 Roadmap · ID 515465
Feature name
Find SharePoint agents in Teams chats and Teams Store
Products
Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Microsoft 365 Copilot
Release target
Mid-July to August 2026
Platforms
Teams Desktop (Windows), Teams for Mac
Admin action
None required — on by default
Licensing
E3/E5 with Teams + M365 Copilot or PAYG

The intranets.ai take

We’ve been saying for a while that agent adoption is a distribution problem, not a technology problem. Your agents can be brilliant — perfectly scoped, accurately grounded, well-governed — and still fail if users can’t find them in their daily flow.

Putting SharePoint agents in the Teams Store is the right call. It meets users where they are rather than asking them to change their behavior. For organizations that have done the hard work of building and governing their agents, this is the distribution upgrade they’ve been waiting for.

If you haven’t deployed SharePoint agents yet — or if your existing agents need cleanup before more people see them — now is the right time to get that done. The window before rollout is your runway.

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