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Charles Lamanna

Executive Vice President, Copilot, Agents, and Platform, Microsoft

  • Executive Vice President, Copilot, Agents, and Platform, Microsoft124

Charles Lamanna is Executive Vice President, Copilot, Agents, and Platform at Microsoft. Microsoft's author pages say Lamanna oversees the design, product development and engineering of Microsoft Copilot, Agent 365, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, SharePoint and OneDrive, with an organization spanning Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 services, Exchange Online and Teams infrastructure, low-code platforms and agent technologies. In March 2026 Microsoft named Lamanna, with Ryan Roslansky and Perry Clarke, to lead Microsoft 365 apps and the Copilot platform as part of the Copilot Leadership Team, and an October 2026 update said Sumit Chauhan and Lan Ye would report to Lamanna.1234

At a glance

Current role
Executive Vice President, Copilot, Agents, and Platform
Company
Microsoft
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Company
Work listed
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Sources cited
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Profile reviewed

Role at Microsoft

Charles Lamanna leads Microsoft's Copilot, Agents, and Platform organization. Microsoft's author biography says Lamanna's teams cover Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 services, Exchange Online and Teams infrastructure, low-code platforms and agent technologies, and that Lamanna oversees the design, product development and engineering of Microsoft Copilot, Agent 365, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, SharePoint and OneDrive.12

In March 2026 Microsoft combined its consumer and commercial Copilot efforts into a single organization and formed a Copilot Leadership Team that includes Lamanna; the announcement said Ryan Roslansky, Perry Clarke and Lamanna would lead Microsoft 365 apps and the Copilot platform. An October 2026 leadership update said Sumit Chauhan and Lan Ye would report to Lamanna.34

Products and writing

Lamanna writes product announcements on Microsoft's Power Platform and Microsoft 365 blogs. Posts in 2024 covered autonomous agent capabilities in Copilot Studio, AI features across Power Platform and Power Apps, and the Dynamics 365 2024 release wave 2.21

In 2025 Lamanna's posts announced expanded model choice in Microsoft 365 Copilot, the ability to build apps and workflows from Microsoft 365 Copilot, and Microsoft Agent 365, which Microsoft describes as a control plane for AI agents. Later posts introduced Copilot Cowork and new Work IQ APIs.1

Work and contributions

  • Copilot Studio, Power Platform and Agent 365 Proprietary product

    Microsoft's author page says Lamanna oversees the design, product development and engineering of Microsoft Copilot, Agent 365, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, SharePoint and OneDrive.12

  • Copilot platform and Microsoft 365 apps Proprietary product

    Named in Microsoft's March 2026 Copilot leadership update, with Ryan Roslansky and Perry Clarke, to lead Microsoft 365 apps and the Copilot platform.3

Timeline

  1. Announced autonomous agent capabilities in Microsoft Copilot Studio.1
  2. Announced the Dynamics 365 2024 release wave 2 with new Copilot capabilities.2
  3. Introduced AI-first development features with agents and Copilot in Power Platform.2
  4. Announced expanded model choice in Microsoft 365 Copilot.1
  5. Introduced Microsoft Agent 365, described as a control plane for AI agents.1
  6. Named to Microsoft's Copilot Leadership Team to lead Microsoft 365 apps and the Copilot platform.3
  7. Took on Sumit Chauhan and Lan Ye as direct reports in a Microsoft 365 leadership update.4

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References

4 sources · profile reviewed Oct 21, 2026 · data updated Oct 21, 2026

  1. Charles Lamanna — author page on the Microsoft 365 BlogMicrosoft · Official page · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  2. Charles Lamanna — author page on the Microsoft Power Platform BlogMicrosoft · Official page · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  3. Announcing Copilot leadership update (The Official Microsoft Blog)Microsoft · Announcement · published Mar 17, 2026 · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  4. Microsoft 365 and LinkedIn leadership update (The Official Microsoft Blog)Microsoft · Announcement · published Oct 1, 2026 · accessed Oct 21, 2026