Get started with Frontier
The Frontier program allows you to opt in to innovative and emerging AI features before general availability. Access varies depending on your role and subscription.
ACCESS REQUIREMENTS
How to access the Frontier program
Frontier access depends on role and subscription. Find out what you need to start using experimental features.
Enable Frontier across your org
Frontier is managed at the tenant level.
- Admins turn on Frontier in Microsoft Admin Center
- Access is limited to users with Copilot licenses
- Admins control which agents and features are available
- Some features require additional configuration
Prerequisites
Before enabling Frontier, ensure that you:
- Assign Copilot licenses
- Have Admin Center access
- Meet feature-specific requirements
- AI Cloud PCs Eligibility: To use AI-enabled Cloud PCs during Frontier Public, the following needs to be complete
- Meet user and cloud specification requirements
- Assign AI-enablement to Cloud PCs in Microsoft Intune
- Enroll in the Windows Inside Program’s Beta Channel
- Detailed onboarding steps can be found http://aka.ms/AICloudPCs or http://aka.ms/AICloudPCsLearn
- Microsoft Agent 365 (Modern billing and terms acceptance)
- To manage Frontier agents, admins must be enabled in the Frontier Admin Control. Tenant‑level Frontier enablement alone does not grant agent management access
Where to find Frontier
How to enable Frontier features across your organization
Once Frontier is enabled, you can manage access and configuration across your organization in Microsoft Admin Center.
Frontier Features
See the latest Frontier features
The Microsoft Frontier program includes an ever-growing set of experimental AI features across Microsoft 365 and Copilot.
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Enable Frontier access
Turn on Frontier access in the Microsoft Admin Center.
Frequently asked questions
- Frontier is a tenant-managed early access program. You control who in your organization can use Frontier features and agents, based on your admin settings and users’ licensing.
- You decide which eligible users can access Frontier by enabling Frontier at the tenant level and assigning access per your organization’s policies and settings.
- You manage access for web apps in the Microsoft admin center (Copilot settings), and you manage agent access via agent settings and permissions.
- Frontier access is tied to tenant configuration and licensing—ensure eligible users have the required Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses before you expand access.
- Frontier is tenant managed—admins can choose who has access, including keeping access off by default and enabling it for a targeted set of users.
- Frontier is enabled by an IT administrator at the tenant level. Once enabled, eligible users automatically get access to Frontier features as they become available. For more details, see the features section above.
- Yes. Admins can grant access to specific users (and adjust enrollment over time). Note: Group-based access isn’t available yet but is coming soon.
- Yes. Admins can return to Frontier settings at any time to update who is enrolled. For desktop channel scenarios, moving users out of Beta/Insider channels removes early feature delivery.
- Even with Frontier enabled, access can differ by user eligibility, admin policy, and feature category