Introducing the Box AI Agent for Microsoft 365 Copilot

Last week, at Box’s Content + AI Summit, we announced the new Box AI Agent for Microsoft 365 Copilot. This powerful integration will transform how Microsoft Copilot can interact intelligently with your content in Box, across all surface areas supported by Microsoft, such as Teams, Copilot Chat, Word, and PowerPoint. This integration will empower Box and Microsoft 365 customers to leverage Microsoft Copilot to interact with all their content Box—your single source of truth for your most sensitive information.  Additionally, Box was highlighted as a Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystem partner at Microsoft Build, showcasing how developers can enable Box MCP in Visual Studio Code while building advanced AI applications using Box APIs.

Unlock intelligent interactions with the Box AI agent in Copilot

With the Box AI agent integrated into Copilot, customers will be able to easily access their Box content while working in Copilot. With this new capability users will be able to securely use Copilot to search, analyze, and act on Box content, such as:

• Analyze dense sets of documents to extract key insights and information for better decision making
• Leverage existing templates to draft new content from a simple prompt for simplified content creation
• Search and query across multiple documents to identify patterns, insights, and action items for quicker search and trend analysis
• Ask targeted questions to clearly define milestones for improved project tracking and stakeholder communication.

This new integration means users will no longer need to wonder where content lives; they can simply ask the Box AI Agent in Copilot, and the agent will surface the relevant information from Box.

“Box has been a trusted Microsoft partner for years, and we’re pleased to take our collaboration to the next level with this new Box AI Agent for Microsoft 365 Copilot,” said Dan Stevenson, General Manager, Copilot Ecosystem at Microsoft. “By bringing together Box’s enterprise-grade Intelligent Content Management platform and Microsoft’s AI-powered productivity platform, we’re making it seamless for joint customers to use the power of Copilot with all their content stored in Box, unlocking insights and taking actions across their enterprise tools.”

Secure, compliant content management for AI-powered productivity

Your enterprise needs both best-in-class productivity tools and robust, secure content management. The Box AI agent for Copilot enables you to quickly leverage all contextually relevant content, while Box unifies content across all your apps and maintains the security and compliance posture for your business. With this integration, you will be able to,

• Maintain your security and compliance posture: The Box AI Agent for Microsoft 365 Copilot operates fully within your Box security and compliance settings, such as user permissions, folder-level access controls, classification labels, and any applied retention policies or legal holds with Box Governance. So your sensitive content remains protected by these comprehensive guardrails, even when accessed via Copilot.
• Boost User Productivity: Empower users to find and utilize Box content faster via Copilot within their natural flow of work in Microsoft Teams, Word, PowerPoint and Copilot Chat.
• Enhanced Decision Making: Quickly synthesize information from Box documents using Copilot to inform critical business decisions.

Putting your Box AI agent to work across your organization

Imagine these scenarios where users seamlessly use Copilot to securely access their Box content:

• Sales Teams: Instantly pull the latest contract terms from a Master Services Agreement stored in Box while drafting an email in Outlook with Copilot.
• Marketing Teams: Ask Copilot to summarize key findings from a market research report in Box while preparing a presentation in PowerPoint.
• Legal Teams: Quickly query specific clauses across multiple NDAs stored in Box directly from Microsoft Teams using Copilot.
• HR Professionals: Find answers to policy questions based on employee handbooks in Box using Copilot without leaving their Copilot chat.

Developing new AI-powered applications with Box and Azure VSCode Agent Builder

Box was also featured at Microsoft Build as a partner in the Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystem. As an API-first company, Box enables developers to build applications using our latest tools. We recently released the Box MCP server project on GitHub, which works seamlessly with agent mode in Visual Studio Code. This gives developers flexibility to build in the environment of their choice and easily integrate Box APIs with  advanced AI and machine learning capabilities. This capability is available now.

Lastly, we’re thrilled to deepen our partnership with Microsoft, bringing you powerful new ways to work smarter and more securely. By integrating Box AI Agent with Microsoft 365 Copilot and supporting developers through the MCP partner ecosystem, we’re making it easier than ever to unlock the full potential of your content. Whether you're a user or a developer, these innovations will help you collaborate seamlessly while keeping your most sensitive information protected.

To explore how Box AI Agent for Copilot can transform your workflow or development projects, reach out to us at [email protected] or connect with your Box representative today.