Microsoft launches Scout, an AI agent in Teams that automates office tasks, schedules meetings, and drafts emails while workers are offline—starting with limited rollout to select customers in 2026.

Meet Microsoft Scout, Your AI Coworker That Never Logs Off

Soon, your coworkers in Microsoft Teams might not all be human. Scout, an always-on AI agent announced at Microsoft’s Build developer conference on Tuesday, can go through your work messages, calendar, and email inbox to automate tasks, reschedule meeting conflicts, and draft professional-sounding responses.Microsoft more or less built an enterprise agent on top of OpenClaw, the AI tool that riveted San Francisco’s early adopters at the start of 2026. Scout is designed specifically to be an assi...