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Data policy example - Block event triggers in agents

Agent makers in your organization can add event triggers to agents. Event triggers allow your agents to react to external events without human prompting. However, you might want to restrict their use to, for example, prevent data exfiltration or unwanted consumption or quota usage.

You can use the Microsoft Copilot Studio connector in Power Platform admin center data policies to stop agent makers from adding event triggers to their agent.

For more information about data policy related connectors, see Configure data policies for agents.

Configure data policy to block event triggers in the Power Platform admin center

To configure the data policy to block event triggers, follow these steps:

  1. Sign in to the Power Platform admin center.

  2. On the side navigation, select Security, and then select Data and privacy. The Data protection and privacy page opens.

  3. Select Data policy. The Data policies page opens.

  4. Create a new data policy, or choose an existing data policy to edit:

    • If you want to create a new data policy, select New Policy. For detailed instructions, see Create a data policy.
    • If you want to choose an existing data policy to edit, select the data policy and select Edit Policy. For detailed instructions, see Edit a data policy.

  5. Select Next. The Add an environment page opens.

    • If you want to add an environment to your data policy, select the environment in the Available tab and select Add to policy.
    • If you want to remove an environment from your data policy, select the environment in the Added to policy tab and select Remove from policy.

  6. Select Next. The Assign connectors page opens.

  1. Use the search box to find the Microsoft Copilot Studio connector.
  2. Select the connector's More actions icon (⋮), and then select Block.
  3. Select Next.
  4. Review your policy, then select Create policy if you're creating a new policy or Update policy if you're editing an existing policy.

Confirm data policy enforcement in Copilot Studio

You can confirm that this connector is being used in the data policy from Copilot Studio.

Open your agent from the environment where the data policy is applied, and try to add a trigger to the agent.

If the policy is enforced, the Add a trigger panel reports an error and suggests you contact an admin to add event triggers to the allowlist.

Screenshot of the event trigger panel when event triggers are blocked.