Scoped knowledge support in Microsoft 365 Copilot's declarative agents for VIP connectors (Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence) enables precise, personalized query responses by limiting accessible information. Available to Microsoft 365 E5 tenants, it rolls out globally from late August to early September 2025. Configuration involves selecting connectors and scoping attributes.
Introduction
Scoped knowledge is now supported in declarative agents (DA) for VIP connectors such as Azure DevOps (ADO) Work Items, Jira, and Confluence. This enhancement enables organizations to define precise boundaries for agent-accessible information, improving relevance, reducing noise, and aligning with organizational policies and user permissions.
This feature is available to tenants with a Microsoft 365 E5 license.
When this will happenGeneral Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in late August 2025 and expect to complete by early September 2025.
How this affects your organizationOnce configured, scoped knowledge allows users to prompt Copilot with more personalized queries. This is especially useful for creating targeted agents tied to specific repositories or locations, helping reduce irrelevant results and improving agent performance. This helps you create agents that are scoped to your team's knowledge, enabling more personalized responses to queries.
Tenants without Microsoft 365 E5 will not have access to this feature unless they upgrade.
What you can do to prepare
To configure scoped knowledge in declarative agents:
Screenshot - Scoped knowledge configuration options in declarative agents for VIP connectors:
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