Excessive draft agent creation pattern
AI summary
Identifying users who have created five or more unpublished Copilot agents can reveal training gaps or accumulated clutter requiring cleanup. Excessive draft accumulation often signals experimentation without clear objectives or insufficient understanding of agent development best practices. You can help by providing targeted training, establishing creation governance, and reviewing drafts with users to determine what should be completed versus deleted.
What it detects
Flags users creating 5+ unpublished agents, indicating potential training needs or cleanup requirements.
Why it matters
Address users creating 5 or more unpublished agents by providing targeted training and implementing creation governance, as excessive draft accumulation typically indicates either experimentation without clear objectives or lack of understanding about agent development best practices. Review existing drafts with users to identify which should be completed versus deleted, establish structured training on agent design and development workflows, and create templates or starter agents to reduce trial-and-error creation patterns.
The rule
Every User that has more than 5 Copilot Agents where Is Published is false
In Rencore Governance
Details
| Applies to | User |
|---|---|
| Connector | Copilot Studio |
| Severity | Medium |
| Category | Sprawl |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Recommended automation | None |
| License type | Standard |
Related policies
Other policies that check User objects:
- Copilot adoption opportunity - E3/E5 users (Medium)
- Copilot license assigned to disabled account (High)
- Inactive Copilot users - 30 days (Medium)
- External users (Information)
- External users with pending acceptance (Low)
- Users with Power Platform Premium license (Information)
- Users with E3 license not using Outlook in last 12 month (Low)
- Users with passwords not changed in last 6 months (Medium)
- Disabled user accounts (Medium)
- Admin accounts with an Office 365 E3 license assigned (Medium)
- Administrators without MFA (High)
- External users invited 3 month ago with pending acceptance (Low)
- Disabled user accounts with assigned licenses (High)
- Global administrators without MFA (High)
- Guest users with a Dynamics license assigned (Medium)
- Inactive external users (Medium)
- Inactive internal users (Medium)
- Over-licensed user accounts (High)
- Users who are creating Microsoft Loop Teams components (Medium)
Frequently asked questions
What does the excessive draft agent creation pattern policy detect?
The Excessive draft agent creation pattern policy flags users creating 5+ unpublished agents, indicating potential training needs or cleanup requirements.
Which objects does the excessive draft agent creation pattern policy check?
The Excessive draft agent creation pattern policy checks User objects from the Copilot Studio inventory and reports each one that matches its rule as a violation.
How severe is a violation of the excessive draft agent creation pattern policy?
Violations of the Excessive draft agent creation pattern policy have Medium severity. The policy is in the Sprawl category.
Which module includes the excessive draft agent creation pattern policy?
The Excessive draft agent creation pattern policy comes with the Copilot Studio connector in the AI & Agents module of Rencore Governance, an add-on module on the Premium and Enterprise Plans.
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