Gartner just dropped a report on AI agent governance in M365 — some useful stats inside

Sharing this because the stats are genuinely eye-opening!

Gartner published 'Close the AI Agent Governance Gap in Microsoft SharePoint With 5 Practical Steps' (G00844084, May 2026).

Key findings:

• 70% of orgs are worried about Copilot agent sprawl
• Only 14% feel they have the right governance structures in place
• 49% think IT should wholly own agent creation (outside predefined low-risk cases)

Their framework: adaptive governance tiers (IT vs. site owner ownership), content hygiene enforcement, and third-party tooling to close gaps that Microsoft's native admin tools don't cover yet.

Relevant if you're managing M365 Copilot rollout or about to. Curious whether others are seeing the same agent sprawl concerns in their environments.

Disclosure: Rencore is one of four vendors named in the report for governance tooling. We're sharing primarily because the data is useful regardless - happy to answer questions.