At a recent event, intelligent automation technology provider UiPath unveiled a new partnership with Microsoft. Under the agreement, which the company describes as a bi-directional integration, UiPath and Microsoft users can orchestrate agents built on both platforms. UiPath users can manage agents created on Microsoft Copilot Studio the UiPath Maestro orchestration tool and Microsoft users can do the same with UiPath-created agents.
In a statement announcing the expansion of UiPath’s partnership with Microsoft, the New York City-based automation software provider emphasized the importance of creating a more open environment enabling increased interoperability between tools.
“You cannot automate a process in isolation,” said Ramnath Natarajan, Director of Global Intelligent Automation & Integration at Johnson Controls, in the statement. “Integrating across technology boundaries is necessary for real business impact.”
UiPath said it is committed to building an open ecosystem so customers can focus on business outcomes without getting bogged down by technology limitations. In this case, the company said, enabling UiPath Maestro to leverage the integration with Copilot Studio will give customers of both companies built-in capabilities to build, manage, and orchestrate agents built in either platform in a controlled and scalable way.
The integration builds on a previous agreement between the two companies that enabled collaboration between UiPath agents and Microsoft’s Team and Microsoft 365.