Microsoft is now treating AI agents as first-class identities in Entra ID. Lifecycle...

Microsoft is now treating AI agents as first-class identities in Entra ID. Lifecycle management, least-privilege assignment, and sprawl control are moving from nice-to-have to baseline requirements. The timing matters. Agents are being spun up faster than most security teams can inventory them. Once they start accessing resources and making decisions, they become part of the same attack surface as every other account. Leaders who still view Entra ID as an optional add-on are underestimating how quickly this layer becomes infrastructure. The organizations that embed agent governance now will face fewer surprises when the next wave of automation lands. How many AI agents does your environment already have that no one has formally onboarded?