Age of Copilots #16
Welcome to the 16th edition of 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.
Microsoft Articles
Introducing: Copilot Page in Power Platform Admin Center (Preview) - Microsoft Power Platform Blog
The Copilot page is a place for Power Platform admins to go for information, visibility, and controls for Power Platform Copilots.
What's New in Copilot | August 2024 - Microsoft Community Hub
August 2024 edition of What's New in Copilot for Microsoft 365 is here! Every month, it highlights new features and enhancements for Copilot for Microsoft 365.
Microsoft Copilot Adoption Kit – Microsoft Adoption
Microsoft Copilot Adoption Kit is here to help an organization kickstart the AI journey. With customizable training, email templates, handouts, and interactive experiences, organization will have everything they need to boost productivity and make every workday smoother.
Top 10 things prompts to try with Copilot for Microsoft 365
In this article, Jack Rowbotham outlines top 10 prompts to try with Copilot for Microsoft 365.
Articles
Top 3 questions to ask yourself before starting a Copilot Studio project
In this article, Joe Unwin outlines the 3 questions to ask before starting a Copilot Studio project.
Rename an existing node in Copilot Studio
In this article, Renato Romao shows how rename an existing node in Copilot Studio using the Editor panel or via YAML.
AI Copilot with SAP as datasource
In this article, David Philip walks through how to build AI Copilot which uses SAP to query information from a Knowledge base and a Power Automate workflow to upload the information to Microsoft SharePoint List.
In this sample, Andreas Aschaeur shows how to connect Bot Framework v4 bot to a Copilot Studio bot. The goal of this sample is to have a Speech Enabled Copilot Studio bot published on a DirectLine Speech Channel.
In this sample, Ferran Chopo shows a Relay Bot that allows to connect an Amazon Alexa Skill to a Power Virtual Agents chatbot
Videos
In this episode of Power Talks, Griffin talks with Dian Taylor on how businesses can begin utilizing Copilot Studio to build advanced, generative, chatbots through a low code tool.
In this video Monica Perez explains how with a few simple steps you can create your own copilot and add knowledge.
Events
Enhance Customer Experience and Agent Productivity with Dynamics 365 Service Copilot
A session by Rakesh Darge at Mumbai, India Dynamics 365 and Power Community to provide you with new skills or a foundation for improving Customer Service and Agent productivity by using Dynamics 365 Customer Service Copilot.
Build Custom Copilots with Copilot Studio | Microsoft
Watch this Microsoft webinar by Dewain Robinson to learn how to use Microsoft Copilot Studio to build a custom copilot that can help your organization respond to customer and employee needs more efficiently.
Expanding the Boundaries of Copilot Studio with Azure AI
In this upcoming session on Wednesday, September 4 Nico Sprotti will show you how to expose your own proprietary AI to your end users wherever they are (Teams, custom app, text, IVR…).with Copilot Studio. For the demo, he’ll show how to deploy Phi3 and Llama 3.1 models in Azure AI and use it in Copilot Studio to surface them in Teams.
Microsoft Learn and other Learning Resources
Copilot for Microsoft 365 Pathway.
In this learning pathway Paul Griffith outlines the learning content for exploring Copilot for Microsoft 365.
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.
Create a chatbot with Microsoft Copilot Studio and Dataverse for Teams - Training | Microsoft Learn
This MS Learn module walks through creating a chatbot with Microsoft Copilot Studio and Dataverse for Teams
Extend Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 with Copilot Studio - Training | Microsoft Learn
This MS Learn module walks through how to extend Copilot for Microsoft 365 using Copilot Studio.
Create your first chatbot in Microsoft Copilot Studio - Online workshop - Training | Microsoft Learn
This walks through how to create your first chatbot in Microsoft Copilot Studio.
A collection of videos and demos created by passionate Power Platform advocates who love how Copilots are democratizing our abilities! This 25 day series will focus on value-adds within the Power Platform, and will highlight scenarios and solutions which you can customize further for your own purposes.
This video series walks through building your own copilots using Microsoft Copilot Studio.
Build AI Assistants with PowerApps, AI Builder and Copilot Studio Introduction - YouTube
This video series walks you through how to build your own GPT Assistants using PowerApps, AI Builder, Custom Prompts, GPT and Copilot Studio.
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.
Discover the Copilot Learning Hub – your one-stop source for all things Microsoft Copilot!
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!
Copilot Studio Cookbook - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com)
The Copilot Cookbook Gallery is a curated gallery that shows you how to use Copilot Studio.
New Microsoft Copilot Studio implementation guide
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.
copilotstudioguidebook/README.md at main · sarahcritchley/copilotstudioguidebook (github.com)
Introducing the Copilot Studio Guidebook. This collection of information is designed to be a goal based starting point for professionals who want to learn how to use Microsoft Copilot Studio to build custom copilots.
Transform copilot development with Microsoft Copilot Studio | BRK212H (youtube.com)
This Ignite video shows you can extend Microsoft copilots or build your own, all in one end-to-end Copilot studio