Administer computer use

Note

This article describes features used in agents or agent flows powered by the standard harness.

Administrators can control the availability and usage of computer use features. These controls help your organization manage how computer use is deployed and ensure it aligns with your security and compliance requirements.

Disable computer use

You can disable computer use in the admin center or by using the Power Platform CLI.

Use the admin center

To disable computer use in an environment by using the admin center:

  1. Go to the Power Platform admin center.

  2. Select Manage on the navigation pane, and then select Environments. A list of environments appears.

  3. Select the environment to update. The environment's details page opens.

  4. On the top menu bar, select Settings.

  5. Expand Product, and then select Features.

  6. Scroll to Computer use and turn off the toggle.

  7. Select Save to apply your changes.

Note

If you can't find the Computer use toggle in the environment settings of the Power Platform admin center, this feature might not yet be visible in your tenant. To manage this setting manually, use the Power Platform CLI.

Use the Power Platform CLI

To disable computer use in an environment by using the Power Platform CLI:

  1. If you didn't already, install the Power Platform CLI.

  2. Open a command line and run the following command:

      pac auth create

    Follow the prompts to connect to your tenant.

  3. Run the following command to disable the setting:

    pac env update-settings --environment <envid> --name iscomputeruseinmcsenabled --value false

    Replace <envid> with the environment ID, which you can find in the URL of the environment settings page.

Confirm computer use is blocked

After disabling computer use, verify that the setting is applied by checking the Tools page in Copilot Studio:

  1. In Copilot Studio, open an agent in an environment where computer use is disabled.

  2. Go to the Tools page and select Add a tool. The Add tool dialog opens.

  3. Confirm the Computer use option appears grayed out and unavailable.

Screenshot of the Add tool dialog in Copilot Studio showing the Computer use tool disabled.

Disable hosted browser

To disable the hosted browser in a tenant:

  1. Go to the Power Platform admin center.

  2. Select Manage on the navigation pane, and then select Tenant settings. A list of settings appears.

  3. Select Hosted browser in computer use. A pane opens.

  4. Turn off the toggle.

  5. Select Save.

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