Nadella says AI agents need identities, security, governance

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says AI agents will require identities, security and governance like employees. He cited 20 million agents working alongside 20,000 humans in the future workplace. Microsoft is building Agent 365 with Entra for identity, Defender for security monitoring and Purview for data governance. Agents must be fully inspectable and auditable with clear reasoning traces. The shift represents a structural change to how firms operate, not just a technology update.