Managing endpoints at scale has long required technical skill, manual effort, and complex processes. By leveraging Tanium’s real-time capabilities, users have traditionally worked directly with sensors, packages, and query logic to build precise investigations and operational workflows. However, while this approach offers deep control and insight, translating business goals into technical actions can be challenging, especially in fast-paced environments.
Tanium Ask Agent changes that. Building on Tanium’s existing natural language interface, it introduces agentic AI workflows where users no longer need to manually configure queries or sequences. Instead, they describe their goals, and Tanium Ask Agent determines the optimal path to achieve them.
This release marks a significant evolution in Tanium’s Autonomous Endpoint Management platform, streamlining access to powerful capabilities and making endpoint management more intuitive, scalable, and accessible across roles and skill levels.
In this episode of Tanium Tech Talks, Steven walks through live demos of Tanium Ask Agent in action. You’ll see how it identifies poorly performing devices, surfaces root causes, deploys software using ring-based strategies, and even pulls in documentation to guide users through unfamiliar processes.
If you’ve ever wished Tanium could handle more of the heavy lifting, this episode offers a clear look at how the new Tanium Ask Agent makes that possible.
Key takeaways
- Agentic AI workflows in action: Tanium Ask Agent uses goal-oriented AI to gather insights and take multi-step actions that help users achieve outcomes with greater speed and precision.
“It’s almost automation on steroids, but a lot more dynamic in nature.”Tanium Senior Director of Product Steven Yang
- Natural language interface for endpoint management: Users can now ask questions like “What devices are performing poorly?” and receive actionable insights without needing to know which sensors or queries to run.
“Whether you're an advanced Tanium user, whether you're a management stakeholder, whether you're a more junior analyst, this just makes the platform so much more accessible to you to figure out the information that you need.”Tanium Senior Director of Product Steven Yang
- Transparent reasoning and drilldowns: Tanium Ask Agent shows its work by allowing users to view the action plan, see which sensors were used, and drill down into source data for validation.
“Being able to see an endpoint with a particular application drawing a ton of memory… right in front of you without having to mess around in the console… is the coolest thing I will see this week.”Tanium Product Enablement Architect Alex Miller
- Context-aware conversations: Tanium Ask Agent remembers previous prompts and builds on them, allowing for deeper investigations without starting over.
- Multi-session support: Users can run multiple workflows simultaneously, revisit session history, and toggle between investigations with ease.
- Dashboard summarization with AI: Tanium Ask Agent can summarize complex dashboards, highlight risks, and recommend next steps to make reporting faster and more insightful.
“Because this is the power of AI, right? It’s the non-determinant signature that is tailored to your environment, dynamically understands what’s going on in your estate, and provides the most important authorization for you.”Tanium Senior Director of Product Steven Yang
- Human-in-the-loop software deployment: Tanium Ask Agent sets up deployment forms, selects packages, and configures targeting, but leaves final approval to the user, ensuring governance and control.
- Built-in documentation guidance: Users can ask it to explain features like ring deployments, and Tanium Ask Agent will pull the most up-to-date content from Tanium’s user guides.
Additional resources
- Technical documentation: Working with Tanium Ask Agent
- Tanium Ask Agent data sheet
- Learn more about Tanium’s AI features (login required)
- Watch Tanium Ask: AI-powered question bar - Tanium Tech Talks #111