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🚀 Explore Microsoft Scout ​

Your AI teammate. Scout is a powerful agentic desktop app, built on the Openclaw framework and secured by Microsoft. It can drive your browser, talk to M365, file your expenses, build custom dashboards, and stitch your whole day together.

NOTE

This is an internal Microsoft tool. Scout requires approval, which takes 4–24 hours after you submit your request.

What Sets Scout Apart? ​

🖥️Sees your screenScout can see and drive your browser — navigate portals, fill forms, and interact with web apps on your behalf.
🔌MCP-powered integrationsConnect MSX, Power BI, Gmail, your car, smart home — anything with an MCP server becomes part of your workflow.
⚡Scheduled automationsTurn any successful prompt into a recurring automation — Monday pipeline reviews, weekly expense drafts, daily deal dashboards.
🧠Deep reasoning with Work IQSame engine as GitHub Copilot CLI with deep reasoning, planning, and research grounded in your M365 data.

How Scout Compares ​

ToolBest forUsage costs
M365 CopilotQuick 30-second answers over your M365 content — summarize a meeting, rewrite an email.M365 Copilot Add-on license
Copilot CoworkMulti-step M365 delegation — calendar optimization, meeting prep with deck + briefing + follow-up.Copilot Credits
GitHub Copilot CLIPure-terminal coding and deep reasoning over datasets with Work IQ.GitHub Copilot AI Tokens
ScoutEverything else — drives your browser, updates MSX, files expenses, builds dashboards, runs scheduled automations.GitHub Copilot AI Tokens

Getting Started ​

Getting up and running takes about 5 minutes for the core install.

What you'll need ​

  • Your @microsoft.com account
  • A Windows PC (x64 or ARM64) or Mac
  • Early access approval via My Access — takes a few hours

Quick install steps ​

  1. Request access — Go to My Access and request access into the Scout inner ring. It takes a few hours to process. You'll receive an email once access is granted.
  2. Download Scout — Go to aka.ms/clawpilot and sign in with SSO. Scroll through to find the latest release and click on the release title.
  3. Find the installer — Scroll to the bottom of the release notes and click the appropriate download file for your computer type (Windows x64, Windows ARM64, Mac Apple Silicon, or Mac Intel).
  4. Install and launch — Follow the download instructions. If launching doesn't work right away after access is granted, give it a little time to finish provisioning, then try again.
  5. Sign in — Settings → Sign in to Microsoft 365
  6. Test it — ask Scout "What's on my calendar today?"

TIP

If you get stuck at any point, join the Scout Teams Community channel and ask for a 15-minute install buddy.

The One Prompt Everyone Should Try First ​

Before you tell Scout what to do, ask it what it sees:

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Look across my current work context: open windows, today and next week's
calendar, my last 50 emails, and Teams chats from the last week. Identify
the 3 highest-leverage tasks or automations you could handle for me, where
your help would save significantly more time than me doing it manually.

For each recommendation, include:

- What you would do
- Why it matters now, based on the signals you found
- Estimated hours saved per week
- Exact workflow, including which apps/data sources you would use
- What you would need from me before acting

Rank the recommendations by estimated weekly time saved. Prioritize
cross-app synthesis, follow-up drafting, calendar/email/Teams triage,
document/deck/spreadsheet updates, and recurring workflows. Avoid generic
productivity tips; only recommend actions grounded in my actual current
context.

NOTE

This calibrates Scout to your actual workflow in 90 seconds, surfaces the automations worth building first, and trains you to think in outcomes instead of tasks.

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