Microsoft on June 2 unveiled an AI agent called Scout, built on the OpenClaw framework, for its cloud-based productivity platform Microsoft 365 at its annual Build developer conference.

According to TechCrunch, Scout is an always-on agentic assistant that users can name themselves and personalize through continuous feedback. Omar Shahine (오마르 샤힌), vice president in charge of Scout, said, "Each person has unique patterns in how they work, and we store those as agent memory and skills so the agent increasingly understands the user and develops judgment."

Scout is cloud-based but also works on desktops and web browsers, allowing it to connect to systems such as inboxes and calendars. It offers pre-packaged skills such as calendar management and drafting meeting agendas, but Shahine sees greater value in skills users create themselves.

It also has security features. It includes a built-in "policy compliance system" that continuously checks whether the agent complies with policies and generates an audit record for each check.

Scout is available through the Microsoft Frontier program and requires a GitHub Copilot subscription.

Microsoft also announced Project Solara, Copilot updates and new reasoning AI models at the event.