Microsoft Frontier innovation

Experiment early. Adopt deliberately.

Readiness and governance for evaluating Microsoft's early-access Copilot and agent features through the Frontier programme.

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The challenge

Microsoft ships new Copilot and agent capabilities to Frontier before general availability. Opting in can give your teams a head start — or expose production data to features that may change. Most organisations need a structured way to decide.

What you get

A clear opt-in decision with known risks
Small, well-designed experiments instead of ad-hoc trials
Findings that feed a scale-up roadmap for when features reach general availability

Reference topology

Frontier early-access rollout topology

Frontier early-access features and the Microsoft roadmap feed a readiness check. A small pilot ring evaluates value and risk; a governance gate decides to scale, adjust or stop. Scaling waits for general availability; training and change management run alongside.

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What we deliver

Frontier readiness and adoption

Licensing and eligibility assessment
Tenant and administrative readiness
Copilot readiness
Preview feature discovery
Business use-case identification
Pilot design
Security and governance
AI usage and cost controls
User enablement
Pilot evaluation
Scale-up roadmap

Experimentation programmes

Emerging AI capability assessment
Preview adoption planning
Agentic workflow pilots
Governance and rollout planning

Architecture layers

Decide

Eligibility and licences
Risk appetite
Admin opt-in settings

Contain

Named pilot group
Scoped data and permissions
Monitoring

Learn

Scenario tests
User feedback
Cost and usage

Adopt at GA

Go / wait / skip decision
Rollout plan
Training

A guarded path from early access to general availability

Technologies and availability

Frontier programme features
Early access (Frontier)
Pre-release Copilot and agent capabilities. Not intended for production; no SLA; functionality, licensing and billing can change before general availability. Tenant admins control opt-in; availability varies by licence and region.
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Copilot Cowork
Generally available
Generally available since 16 June 2026. Off by default — admins enable it and choose who gets access. Usage-based billing applies. New Cowork capabilities continue to arrive first through Frontier.
Prerequisites: Microsoft 365 Copilot; tenant admin enablement.
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Microsoft Agent 365
Generally available
Control plane to observe, govern and secure agents; generally available since 1 May 2026. Integrates with Microsoft Entra, Purview and Defender. Some newer capabilities ship through Frontier first.
Prerequisites: Separate licence or an including suite.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot
Generally available
Licensed add-on for eligible Microsoft 365 plans.
Prerequisites: Eligible Microsoft 365 plan plus Copilot licence.
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Availability checked against official vendor sources on 11 October 2026. Features, licensing and regional availability change — we confirm them for your tenant during assessment.

How we work

Stage 1
Readiness
Confirm eligibility, licensing and admin controls; agree risk boundaries.
Stage 2
Pilot design
Choose features, users, scenarios and measures.
Stage 3
Run and evaluate
Run the experiment with monitoring and gather evidence.
Stage 4
Roadmap
Decide what to adopt at general availability and how.

Security and governance, built in

No production processes depend on Frontier features
Pilot users and data scope are documented
Preview-feature data handling reviewed against your policies
Usage and any usage-based charges monitored

Ways to engage

Readiness assessment: Eligibility, controls and an opt-in recommendation.
Guided pilot: We design and run the experiment with your team.
Ongoing radar: Periodic briefings on what's new in Frontier and what it means for you (contracted).

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