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Child agents fail to find SharePoint knowledge when invoked via parent agent in Microsoft Teams

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Hello
 
We’re seeing inconsistent behaviour when prompting a parent Copilot agent (that calls multiple child agents) within the MS Teams Channel:
  • A parent agent that calls a child agent cannot read the SharePoint knowledge sources when prompted in MS Teams. The same agent works correctly when queried in Copilot app and in Copilot studio, and the child agent works fine when queried directly in all cases.
  • The quality and consistency of answers given from agents in MS Teams, are not of the same standard of answers given through studio and the Copilot app, sometimes giving slightly incorrect information.
There are no visible permission errors, and SharePoint access is confirmed (direct usage works). Screenshots are of 3 separate conversations: child agent in teams, parent agent in teams and parent agent in Copilot studio, the only failure being parent agent in teams.
 
Has anyone else seen this, or is this a known limitation with Teams, SharePoint grounding, or multi-agent orchestration?
 
Thank you
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  • UK-15011832-0 Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at
    I’m seeing the same issue in Teams: when a parent agent calls a child agent, SharePoint sources aren’t read consistently. The same setup works fine in Copilot Studio and the Copilot app, and the child agent alone works everywhere. In Teams, though, the parent+child orchestration gives lower quality or slightly incorrect answers compared to other platforms.
  • JF-18031057-0 Profile Picture
    20 on at
    I'm facing the same problem.
  • SM-22111655-0 Profile Picture
    19 on at
    I have the same issue. Also, different topics are not getting called for the child agent from the parent agent, even though child agent instructions given accordingly.

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