SharePoint Tools in Work IQ let agents create content

Key insights

• SharePoint Tools in Work IQ are in public preview and include more than 60 operations.
• Copilot Chat can create SharePoint pages, lists and folders, as well as find and share documents.
• Actions run with the signed-in user's delegated SharePoint permissions.
• Admins can control allowed SharePoint actions through tenant policy.
• Work IQ use is billed through Copilot Credits, separate from Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses.

SharePoint Tools in Work IQ let Copilot Chat and connected agents read and act on SharePoint content, including creating lists, folders and pages. The public preview matters to SharePoint users and administrators who want to delegate routine content work while keeping actions within existing permissions and admin controls. Daniel Anderson [MVP] demonstrates the tools in Copilot Chat and a Copilot Studio agent.

What's new

Work IQ now exposes more than 60 SharePoint operations to Copilot Chat and agents connected to Work IQ. Rather than stopping at answering questions about SharePoint, an agent can use the tools to perform tasks such as finding content, creating structures and sharing a document. The operations cover work with sites, lists, libraries, files and folders, among other capabilities.

The practical change is that a user can describe an outcome in chat and have the agent carry out SharePoint work. In the demonstration, Copilot turned a list into an HTML dashboard page saved to a site's Pages library, with cards, filters and a calendar view. It also planned a folder structure before creating it in a Projects library, and created a project-tracking list after proposing its schema.

Other demonstrated tasks included finding a Code of Conduct document and sharing it view-only, and using a simple Copilot Studio agent to create a list and add ten items. These examples show both reading and modifying content; they are demonstrations, not a guarantee that every request will work the same way in every tenant. The operations can be used from Copilot Chat and from agents that have Work IQ connected.

Who it is for and what you need

This preview is relevant to SharePoint users who want to delegate content tasks, and to makers or developers building agents that need to work with SharePoint. The demonstrated agent was built in Copilot Studio with Work IQ connected as its tool. The material does not specify a required Microsoft 365 or Copilot license for using these SharePoint tools.

Microsoft describes the tools as being in public preview, so capabilities may change and may differ by tenant. The video does not establish a rollout schedule, supported regions or universal tenant availability. Administrators need to enable Work IQ, consent to the app and use tenant policy to choose which SharePoint actions agents may take.

There are two named scopes: WorkIQ.Read for searching, reading and summarizing SharePoint content, and WorkIQ.Act for creating, updating and moving content. The older WorkIQAgent.Ask permission alone does not expose the SharePoint tools, according to the demonstration. Use of the capability is billed through Copilot Credits, separately from Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses, and the transcript says admins can set spending policies and monitor usage in the Microsoft 365 admin center.

How it works

From the user's perspective, the starting point is a request in Copilot Chat or an agent with Work IQ connected. The agent identifies the relevant site or content and invokes an appropriate SharePoint operation. The video describes the SharePoint tools as operating through MCP, a mechanism that lets agents access the available tools.

1. Ask Copilot to locate the SharePoint site, library, list or file you need. If there are similarly named sites, check which one it has selected before asking it to make changes.
2. For a task involving a new structure, ask for a plan first. The demonstration shows Copilot proposing a project folder structure before the user approved its creation.
3. Review and approve changes when prompted. Creating the project list involved human approvals for creating the list, updating it and adding columns.
4. Check the result in SharePoint. The created dashboard appeared in the Pages library and could be opened and published; the project folders and list were also inspected in the site.

For a custom agent, connect Work IQ as a tool and make sure it has the required access. In the example, an agent with no added instructions could list document libraries, create a list and add items. That is a demonstration of what the connected tool can do, not evidence that an agent should be allowed to perform every action without review.

Limitations and open questions

Public preview status means the experience may change, and the demonstration may not match a particular tenant. It does not provide a complete setup guide for enabling the feature, consent configuration or policy settings. Organizations should verify those controls and availability in their own environment before designing a process around the tools.

Delegated permissions limit the agent to what the person using it can already see and do in SharePoint. That constrains access, but admins still need to decide which actions to permit through tenant policy and consider Copilot Credits consumption. The video does not describe a method to disable individual operations beyond the stated tenant-policy controls.

The examples also show approval prompts for consequential changes, but the material does not define a universal approval rule for every operation. Nor does it specify which licenses are required, which regions are included or when the preview will reach general availability. Treat the examples as proof of the demonstrated tasks, not a complete list of supported scenarios.

Sources

• Microsoft Tech Community: Introducing SharePoint tools in Work IQ
• Microsoft Learn: SharePoint tools in Work IQ
• Daniel Anderson [MVP] demonstration of SharePoint tools in Work IQ

Frequently asked questions

What can SharePoint Tools in Work IQ do?

The preview includes more than 60 SharePoint operations. Demonstrated tasks include finding libraries and lists, creating pages, folders and lists, and sharing a document.

Are SharePoint Tools in Work IQ generally available?

The material identifies the tools as a public preview. It does not state a general availability date or confirm availability in every tenant or region.

What permissions do Work IQ agents use for SharePoint?

Actions run with the signed-in user's delegated SharePoint permissions, so an agent can only see and do what that user can. The demonstration identifies WorkIQ.Read and WorkIQ.Act scopes.

Do SharePoint Tools in Work IQ require a separate license?

The material does not specify a required license for access. It says usage is billed through Copilot Credits, separately from Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses.