Microsoft has announced Work IQ APIs, a new way for developers to build agents and applications that can understand and work with Microsoft 365 data.
The APIs provide access to the same intelligence layer used by Microsoft 365 Copilot, allowing applications to reason over workplace information while preserving existing permissions, governance policies, and compliance controls. Work IQ supports multiple integration methods, including REST, Agent-to-Agent (A2A), and Model Context Protocol (MCP), making it easier to build connected workflows and enterprise agents.
The release reflects Microsoft's broader push toward AI systems that can operate with business context rather than isolated data sources.
