Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella believes businesses should begin treating AI agents more like employees, complete with identities, permissions, oversight, and governance. As AI systems evolve from passive assistants into autonomous agents capable of carrying out tasks independently, a new challenge is emerging for enterprises: accountability.

We spent decades building identity governance frameworks for human access. Then we gave AI agents broader access than most employees have, and with less oversight.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella believes businesses should begin treating AI agents more like employees, complete with identities, permissions, oversight, and governance. As AI…