GitHub Copilot Harness Now GA in Studio

Key insights

• GitHub Copilot harness in Copilot Studio is now generally available as the most capable runtime for agents.
  Microsoft says parts of the wider Copilot Studio rebuild remain in preview, so some features are still rolling out.
• The harness targets long-horizon work and uses frontier reasoning models to plan, break tasks into steps, and handle complex, multi-step problems.
  It can run agentic loops and produce rich, multi-part outputs.
• It integrates with enterprise data and tools, including connectors and SharePoint knowledge sources, and can create or export files like Word, PowerPoint, PDF, and Excel export directly from prompts.
  A demo showed a Sales Insight agent querying SharePoint and exporting results to Excel.
• The harness is the orchestration layer that controls planning, tool calls, error handling, and task completion.
  It runs in a secure sandbox and supports skills and memory to improve reusable behavior.
• Agents and workflows on this harness consume Copilot Credits, and Microsoft and third parties describe billing as usage-based.
  Choosing a harness affects cost and runtime behavior, so treat it as an architecture decision, not just a UI option.
• Choose the GitHub Copilot harness for autonomous, reasoning-rich automation.
  Use the Standard harness for simpler rules or chat scenarios to keep costs and complexity lower. Review licensing and migration implications before you switch.

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