Microsoft Drops Scout: An AI Coworker That Lives in Teams
Microsoft's new always-on AI agent Scout shows up in Teams like a colleague and handles your boring office work.
Microsoft just unveiled Scout, an always-on AI agent that slots directly into Microsoft Teams as a contact — right alongside your actual human coworkers. Built on OpenClaw, Scout is designed to tackle the mind-numbing tasks nobody wants to do, starting with scheduling automation.
The approach is deliberate. Instead of stuffing AI into a separate app or dashboard, Microsoft is embedding it where workers already spend their time. Scout behaves like a colleague you can message, making the interaction feel natural rather than like wrestling with a new tool.
It's a clear signal that Microsoft sees the future of workplace AI not as flashy standalone products, but as quiet agents woven into existing workflows. The boring stuff — calendar juggling, task coordination — gets handled automatically while you focus on work that actually requires a brain.