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A company is evaluating AI agent capabilities for opportunity management.
Sales managers require insights about deals. You must ensure that the system does not perform automatic outreach to buyers.
You need to determine whether proposed solutions meet the requirements.
Solution: Use Research mode and allow sellers to review insights manually.
Does the solution meet the goal?
Yes, the solution meets the goal. The requirement has two parts: sales managers need deal insights, and the system must not automatically perform outreach to buyers. Sales Close Agent in Research mode is the correct fit because it researches opportunities, calculates importance and risk, generates summaries, and provides actionable recommendations for sellers to review manually. Microsoft states that the opportunity research experience shows a summary and a See full research page with complete opportunity insights and recommendations.
Research mode is intentionally different from Engage mode. Engage mode is the autonomous customer-interaction mode; Microsoft describes Sales Close Agent Engage as managing customer interactions and driving sales for high-velocity deals. By contrast, Research mode focuses on research, opportunity insights, risks, and seller guidance. Microsoft's configuration guidance for Sales Close Agent Research describes selecting opportunities to research, configuring refresh frequency, and providing company context so the agent can curate research insights. Therefore, using Research mode while requiring sellers to manually review the insights satisfies both requirements: the organization receives AI-generated deal intelligence, but buyer outreach remains under human seller control.
References/topics: Sales Close Agent Research mode; opportunity research insights; manual seller review; Engage mode versus Research mode; AI-supported opportunity management.