Age of Copilots #1
Welcome to the Age of Copilots newsletter!
This newsletter has a curated list of articles and videos to update developers with latest and upcoming developments in Microsoft Copilots and Microsoft AI delivered weekly to your inbox.
Copilot Resources from Microsoft
With so many Copilots announced from Microsoft, it is difficult to keep up with Copilot information. The first two links are living documents that will be updated regularly.
Adopt, extend and build Copilot experiences across the Microsoft Cloud | Microsoft Learn
The above article highlights the differences between the adopt, extend, and build options showcasing the breadth of possibilities that Copilot offers.
Adopting Extending and Building Your Own Copilots | BRK401 (youtube.com)
In this Ignite session, you will learn no-code, low-code and pro-code ways that you can use the Microsoft Copilot stack. You will also be exploring the Power Platform Copilots, Dynamics Copilots, Windows Copilot, M365 Copilots and more!
Microsoft announcements and articles
Azure OpenAI Service Launches GPT-4 Turbo and GPT-3.5-Turbo-1106 Models - Microsoft Community Hub
Global availability of GPT-4 Turbo and GPT-3.5 Turbo 1106 on Azure OpenAI Service,
Expanded region availability of Generative AI in Microsoft Copilot Studio was announced.
New Microsoft Copilot Studio implementation guide | Microsoft Power Virtual Agents
Microsoft Copilot Studio Implementation Guide is designed to help customers, partners, and Microsoft teams review copilot projects and architectures for a smooth and effective implementation journey.
Build your own copilots with Azure AI Studio (microsoft.com)
This article walks through how to build, test, deploy, and monitor generative AI apps at scale from one place with Azure AI Studio.
Microsoft Learn and other Learning Resources
Create Power Platform solutions with AI and Copilot - Training | Microsoft Learn
It introduces you to creating Power Platform solutions with Copilot to speed up development and add AI functionality to make your solutions more intelligent.
This Learning Path covers the new GPT powered experiences for Power Platform including:
· Excel to Power App
· Power Apps Copilot
· Power Automate Copilot
· AI Builder create text with GPT
This video series walks through building your own copilots using Microsoft Copilot Studio.
Articles
Create Plugin Actions(preview) with Power Automate in Copilot Studio – Dynamics 365 Talk (d365goddess.com) By Dian Taylor
This article walks through how to use a Power Automate flow to build a plugin action and how to invoke the flow from Copilot.
Build your own service copilot with Copilot for Service (Preview) – Dynamics 365 Talk (d365goddess.com) By Dian Taylor
This article walks through the difference between Copilot for Service and Copilot for Dynamics 365 Customer Service and how to create your first copilot with Copilot for Service.
Videos
This video by Dewain Robinson goes over the differences between what used to be Power Virtual Agents and Microsoft Copilot Studio.
This is an introductory video of the evolution of Power Virtual agents to Microsoft Copilot Studio.
This video by Reza Dorrani is an introduction to Microsoft Copilot Studio where you will learn how to get started with creating your own custom Copilot experience using Microsoft Copilot Studio.
In this video Lisa Crosbie takes you through how to get started with Microsoft Copilot Studio
In this video, Damien Bird shows how to use and build dynamic chaining and generative actions in Copilot Studio to create a conversational bot that can answer questions, provide weather information, generate slides, and tell jokes.