Microsoft’s Copilot Managed Runtime Inventories AI-Built Apps. Your Portfolio Still Needs a Rule

Microsoft put Copilot Managed Runtime into public preview on 25 September 2026. Apps built with Copilot now land in a Microsoft 365 admin inventory by default. What that inventory settles for application portfolio management, what Microsoft says it does not show, and a promotion rule for your EA repository.

In this analysis

• What Microsoft shipped, and in what state
• What the inventory settles, and what it does not
• A promotion rule for the EA repository
• What to verify before you plan an integration
• What this does and does not change

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Copilot Managed Runtime: What AI-Built Apps Mean for Application Portfolio Management — Vantograph