Agentic AI: Why It’s the Next Big Shift in Tech

Get featured on the show by leaving us a Voice Mail: https://bit.ly/MIPVM 👉 Full Show Notes https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/768   Agentic AI is transforming enterprise technology by moving beyond content generation to autonomous actions. In this episode of Copilot Show, Mehrnoosh Sameki explores the risks, guardrails, and governance frameworks needed to deploy AI agents safely and effectively.   🎙️ What you’ll learn • How agentic AI differs from generative AI and why it matters  • Key risks: task misalignment, prohibited actions, sensitive data leakage  • Practical guardrails and evaluation strategies for AI agents  • How to manage agent sprawl with Microsoft Foundry Control Plane  • Why red teaming and observability are critical for AI safety  👉 Chapters • 04:36 The Shift to Agentic AI • 06:17 New Safety Challenges • 08:51 Top Risks for Enterprises • 12:18 Managing Agent Sprawl • 15:51 Building Robust Guardrails • 20:14 Red Teaming for AI Systems • 24:33 Humans + AI: Augmentation, Not Replacement ✅ Highlights  • “Everything that I hear at work is about agentic AI.”  • “Agents don’t just output text or image. They take actions.”  • “Task alignment and staying on task is a huge one.”  • “Sensitive data leakage is more and more important.”  • “Bad actors could overwrite those information with different techniques.”  • “If you don’t know how many agents are out there, huge safety risk.”  • “We released something called Foundry Control Plane.”  • “Each agent gets a unique identity to suspend, quarantine, or stop.”  • “You can set org-wide policies against your agents.”  • “Red teaming is huge for identifying the risks.”  • “Our AI red teaming agent gives you a scorecard of vulnerabilities.”  🧰Mentioned  • Microsoft Foundry Control Plane: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/control-plane/overview  • Entra: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-entra  • Azure AI Foundry: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ai-foundry (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ai-foundry/)   • Pyrit (open-source toolkit): https://github.com/Azure/PyRIT   • AI red teaming agent: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/ai-red-teaming-agent  • OpenAI partnership: https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/01/21/microsoft-and-openai-evolve-partnership-to-drive-the-next-phase-of-ai (https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/01/21/microsoft-and-openai-evolve-partnership-to-drive-the-next-phase-of-ai/)   • Credo AI: https://www.credo.ai (https://www.credo.ai/)   🔴 Subscribe for all the latest Microsoft Power Platform News: https://www.youtube.com/nz365guy?sub_confirmation=1 🔴 Share this video with a Youtuber friend: https://youtu.be/_YJTw98_1pE ✅ Recommended Playlist: Copilot Show. Hear the latest from Senior Microsoft Staff - https://studio.youtube.com/playlist/PLzf0yupPbVkqPyRqPii192UiJuT-SQHw-/videos ✅ All our Microsoft Business Applications Podcasts: https://studio.youtube.com/playlist/PLzf0yupPbVkoEIfkNYZ0dModTR5aLbRh3/videos ✅ Let’s Connect: Collaborate with me here – https://cloverbase.com YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/nz365guy Website - https://podcast.nz365guy.com/ LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/nz365guy X – https://twitter.com/nz365guy Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nz365guy Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nz365guy Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.nz/nz365guy ✅Keywords  agentic ai, generative ai, responsible ai, guardrails, observability, task misalignment, sensitive data leakage, agent hijacking, foundry control plane, entra, red teaming, ai governance  Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nz365guy) If you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nz365guy). Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith