Require Users to Register Agents in Agent 365 Registry Before Use
Implementation Effort: Low –
User Impact: Low –
Overview
Requiring agents to be registered in the Agent 365 Registry ensures that every agent used in the organization is tracked, governed, and identity‑bound. The registry acts as the single source of truth for agent metadata, ownership, identity mapping, and policy enforcement. It integrates with Microsoft Entra ID and Core Directory to apply identity-driven controls and enforce discovery rules for all enterprise AI agents. If this step is skipped, organizations face significant risk: unregistered agents may operate without governance, lack clear ownership, bypass Zero Trust controls, or operate with ambiguous or duplicated identities, making threat detection and auditing much harder.
Registering agents in the registry, even when using non-Microsoft platforms is important for inventory and attribution of ownerships.
This activity supports the Zero Trust principle of Verify explicitly, because registration enables identity validation, policy checks, and governance before an agent is allowed to operate.