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Virtual agent can launch executable (S.A.R.A.)

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I need to understand if the virtual agent can launch an executable on the user's PC.
Specifically the Microsoft Support and recovery assistant for Office.

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timl 36,411 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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@gterrasi

No, this is not possible.

Let's say that you publish your PVA to a 'website' channel.

In this scenario, the bot would operate under the same boundaries of any browser app. Because it would be a security vulnerability for a web page to launch executables on the local computer, this action is disallowed.

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Ok, what if my PVA would run in MS Teams desktop app, same issue? thanks

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@gterrasi

Yes, you would have to same issue in Teams.

The only action in PVA that comes close to accomplishing this would be to call a Flow. With a cloud Flow, it isn't possible to start a process on the local machine.

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