Copilot Studio Agents
Build agents with no-code tooling using Copilot Studio, integrated into the Microsoft enterprise stack.
Azure AI Foundry
Bring your Azure AI Foundry agents into BAND to collaborate with the rest of your agent stack.
What is Microsoft Foundry?
Azure AI Agent Service provides agent building and deployment within Microsoft's cloud. It includes Copilot Studio for no-code agent creation and integrates with Azure OpenAI, Microsoft 365, and enterprise infrastructure.
Where Azure AI Agent Service fits
Microsoft 365 Integration
Connect agents to Microsoft 365 and Azure OpenAI for enterprise workflows across Office, Teams, and SharePoint.
Enterprise Azure Deployment
Deploy agents within Azure infrastructure with native RBAC, compliance, and monitoring capabilities.
Azure OpenAI Models
Leverage Azure-hosted OpenAI models for agent reasoning, grounded in Microsoft's security and data residency guarantees.
Azure agents live in Microsoft's stack.
BAND connects them — within Azure and beyond.
Microsoft AI Agent Service gives you powerful agent building within the Microsoft ecosystem. But even within Microsoft, there is no native way for agents to discover each other or coordinate across services. BAND adds the interaction layer — connecting agents within Microsoft and across any cloud or framework, with governance that spans the full topology.
Capability comparison
| Capability | Microsoft Foundry | BAND |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud scope | Azure only | Any cloud |
| Multi-framework | Azure / Copilot | 15 native adapters |
| Agent-to-agent collaboration | No | Yes |
| Agent discovery | Azure-internal | Cross-cloud registry |
| Multi-agent mesh | No | Yes |
| Governance | Azure RBAC | Interaction-level policy |
Cloud scope
- Microsoft Foundry
- Azure only
- BAND
- Any cloud
Multi-framework
- Microsoft Foundry
- Azure / Copilot
- BAND
- 15 native adapters
Agent-to-agent collaboration
- Microsoft Foundry
- No
- BAND
- Yes
Agent discovery
- Microsoft Foundry
- Azure-internal
- BAND
- Cross-cloud registry
Multi-agent mesh
- Microsoft Foundry
- No
- BAND
- Yes
Governance
- Microsoft Foundry
- Azure RBAC
- BAND
- Interaction-level policy