What is Gemini Enterprise?

Gemini Enterprise is Google's agent platform that updated in late April 2026 with new tools for IT teams to govern agents and new ways for office workers to build, manage, and interact with them. It includes the new Gemini Enterprise platform — Google's bid for the agentic enterprise control plane against Microsoft Agent 365 and AWS Bedrock Managed Agents. The platform unifies agent identity, governance, and workflow inside Google Workspace and Google Cloud.

Which hyperscaler agent control plane should I pick?

Pick based on where your data and identity already live. If you're a Microsoft 365 / Entra shop, Microsoft Agent 365 is the path of least resistance — bundled in M365 E7. If you're a Google Workspace shop, Gemini Enterprise wins because it integrates with Google identity and Workspace. If you're an AWS-anchored engineering org, Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents (limited preview, April 28, 2026) keeps everything in your AWS account with OpenAI frontier models. Most enterprises end up with two of the three because they have multi-cloud.

Are these three competitors or complements?

Mostly competitors at the control-plane level — each wants to be your single agent governance layer. But many large enterprises will run two: Agent 365 to govern agents inside the Microsoft tenant, plus Bedrock Managed Agents or Gemini Enterprise for cloud-native custom agents. The interop story is weak — agent identities and policies don't yet flow between control planes, which is why the next 18 months will see standards work (likely around MCP and agent identity protocols) to unify them.

What does Microsoft 365 E7 cost?

Microsoft 365 E7 is $99 per user per month and bundles Microsoft 365 E5, the Microsoft Entra Suite, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and Agent 365 into a single SKU. It went generally available May 1, 2026. The bundle is Microsoft's bet that enterprises want one procurement rather than four — and the E7 price is roughly the sum of the previous individual SKUs, making it cost-neutral for orgs that were buying all four anyway.

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Gemini Enterprise vs Agent 365 vs Bedrock Agents (May 2026)

Published: May 4, 2026

Gemini Enterprise vs Agent 365 vs Bedrock Managed Agents (May 2026)

Three hyperscaler agent control planes launched within 10 days at the end of April 2026. Microsoft Agent 365 (GA May 1), Google’s updated Gemini Enterprise platform (late April), and Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents (limited preview April 28). Each one wants to be the place where enterprise agents live, get identities, are governed, and run. Here’s how they actually compare.

Last verified: May 4, 2026

At a glance

Platform	GA status	Identity	Native runtime	Best for
Microsoft Agent 365	GA (May 1, 2026)	Entra agent identities	Microsoft Foundry + 3rd party	Microsoft 365 enterprises
Google Gemini Enterprise	GA (April 2026 update)	Google Cloud IAM	Vertex AI + Workspace	Google Workspace shops
Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents	Limited preview (Apr 28, 2026)	AWS IAM	Bedrock	AWS-anchored engineering orgs

Sources: Microsoft Security Blog (May 1, 2026), Computerworld “Google pushes Gemini toward ‘agentic enterprise’” (April 29, 2026), AWS What’s Next 2026 announcements.

Microsoft Agent 365 — the broadest control plane

Microsoft Agent 365 reached GA on May 1, 2026 alongside Microsoft 365 E7 ($99/user/month). The pitch: governance for any agent in your tenant — Microsoft Foundry, AWS, Google, third-party — with Entra-issued agent identities as the unifying primitive.

Wins:

Entra agent identities — every agent is a first-class identity with conditional access, lifecycle, audit trail.
Cross-vendor governance — governs agents from Foundry, AWS, and third parties.
Defender + Intune controls — context mapping, policy-based controls, runtime blocking, alerts (public preview June 2026).
M365 E7 bundle — single $99/user SKU with E5, Entra Suite, Copilot, Agent 365.
Largest enterprise install base — 400M+ M365 commercial seats.

Loses:

M365 dependency — only relevant if you’re committed to Microsoft 365.
Defender / Intune agent controls still in preview, not GA.
E7 SKU only makes financial sense if you were already buying E5 + Entra + Copilot.

Best for: any enterprise with a meaningful Microsoft 365 footprint that wants a single agent governance layer.

Google Gemini Enterprise — the Workspace-native play

Google’s late-April 2026 Gemini Enterprise update added new tools for IT teams to govern agents and new ways for office workers to build, manage, and interact with them — Google’s pitch for the agentic enterprise.

Wins:

Native Workspace integration — agents work cleanly with Docs, Sheets, Gmail, Drive, Calendar.
Gemini 3.1 Pro inside — Google DeepMind’s most advanced model (released Feb 19, 2026), 1M token context.
Strongest model on long context — Gemini 3.1 Pro / Deep Think handles 500K+ token reasoning best.
Tight Google Cloud + Workspace identity — single Google identity governs both.
Deep Research agent included — autonomous research baked in.

Loses:

Smaller enterprise install base than Microsoft 365.
Workspace-centric — third-party app coverage is thinner.
Multi-cloud governance story is weaker than Microsoft’s.

Best for: Google Workspace enterprises, research-heavy teams, organizations needing 1M-token long context.

Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents — the AWS infrastructure layer

Announced April 28, 2026 in limited preview, Bedrock Managed Agents are the AWS bet — a managed agent runtime powered by OpenAI inside the customer’s AWS account.

Wins:

Powered by OpenAI’s frontier models (GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4) — strongest model story among the three.
AWS-native — agents run inside the customer’s AWS account boundary.
Bedrock APIs + AWS commitments apply — uses existing AWS contracts.
PrivateLink, IAM, KMS, CloudTrail — strongest data residency / security story for regulated industries.

Loses:

Limited preview — not yet GA, feature parity will lag.
Infrastructure layer, not application — you still build the agent UX on top.
AWS-only — no cross-cloud governance.
OpenAI dependency — if your enterprise has standardized away from OpenAI, this is wrong.

Best for: AWS-anchored enterprises building custom agents needing OpenAI frontier models with AWS-native security.

Side-by-side capability matrix

Capability	Agent 365	Gemini Enterprise	Bedrock Managed
GA status	GA	GA	Limited preview
Identity model	Entra	Google IAM	AWS IAM
Models supported	OpenAI, Claude, Gemini via Foundry	Gemini 3.1 Pro native	OpenAI frontier (GPT-5.5)
Office app integration	Word/Excel/Outlook/Teams	Docs/Sheets/Gmail	None native
Governs 3rd-party agents	Yes	Limited	No
Defender / runtime blocking	Yes (preview)	Limited	AWS GuardDuty
Pricing	M365 E7 $99/user	Gemini Enterprise per-seat	Bedrock token + agent runtime
Long-context champion	Via Mythos / Opus 4.7	Gemini 3.1 Pro 1M tokens	Via GPT-5.5

Decision tree (May 2026)

Situation	Best pick
M365 + Entra shop, broad agent governance	Agent 365
Google Workspace + Vertex AI shop	Gemini Enterprise
AWS-anchored, building custom agents	Bedrock Managed Agents
Need 1M-token long context for research	Gemini Enterprise
Need OpenAI frontier on AWS	Bedrock Managed Agents
Multi-cloud, need to govern third-party agents	Agent 365
Tightest Office productivity integration	Agent 365
Simplest procurement (one SKU)	Agent 365 via M365 E7

What’s still missing

The biggest gap across all three: interop. An agent identity issued in Entra doesn’t flow into Google IAM. Bedrock-hosted agents don’t appear in Agent 365’s governance pane. Most large enterprises will need all three control planes for different parts of the org — and there’s no standard way to unify policy across them.

Expect 2026-2027 to bring:

Cross-vendor agent identity standards (likely on top of MCP).
Agent attestation protocols.
Standardized policy-as-code so a single security team can enforce uniform behavior across all three planes.

Until that lands, plan on running multiple control planes and accepting fragmentation.

Cost reality check

For a 10,000-person enterprise:

Microsoft Agent 365 (via M365 E7) — $99/user/mo × 10K = $11.88M/year. Bundles E5 + Entra + Copilot, so net-new cost depends on what you were already buying.
Google Gemini Enterprise — depends on per-seat pricing tier; typically $20-30/user/mo on top of Workspace plans.
AWS Bedrock Managed Agents — usage-based; harder to forecast but typically tracks Bedrock token spend.

Bottom line

These three control planes are not interchangeable — they map to where your enterprise lives. Microsoft Agent 365 is the broadest and most mature (GA May 1, 2026) and the right pick for any M365-centric enterprise. Gemini Enterprise wins for Google Workspace shops and long-context research. Bedrock Managed Agents is the AWS infrastructure play for custom agents needing OpenAI frontier models. Most large multi-cloud enterprises will run two or three. The standards work to unify them is just starting — assume fragmentation through 2027.

Sources: Microsoft Security Blog “Microsoft Agent 365 now generally available” (May 1, 2026), Computerworld “Google pushes Gemini toward ‘agentic enterprise’ with new platform and workflow tools” (April 29, 2026), aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/04/bedrock-openai-models-codex-managed-agents (April 28, 2026), nerdleveltech.com “Microsoft Agent 365 Goes GA: AI Agent Control Plane 2026.”