Collaborating with Microsoft to Bring Connectivity, Context, and Control to AI Agents

Microsoft and CData announced a collaboration at Microsoft Ignite 2025 to integrate CData’s managed MCP platform, Connect AI, with Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, and Agent 365. The partnership focuses on enterprise AI agent requirements for connectivity, context, and control, using more than 350 prebuilt connectors, semantic metadata about source systems, and identity-based security controls such as OAuth/SSO, role-based access, least-privilege permissions, and audit trails. Within Copilot Studio, the integration is intended to extend agent access to enterprise applications and databases including SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, ServiceNow, Snowflake, and legacy systems, while Azure AI Foundry users can build applications that analyze data across multiple sources. Agent 365 is positioned as the governance layer for agent behavior, complemented by Connect AI’s controlled source-system access and monitoring capabilities. CData argues that combining broad data access, system-level context, and security oversight can help organizations move AI agents from experimental demonstrations to production tools for cross-system analysis, workflow automation, and business insights.

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