Age of Copilots #23
Welcome to the 23rd 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 announcements and articles
🎂 Happy 1st Birthday, Copilot! 🎂
It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year, Copilot joined the Microsoft family, and it’s already changing the game.
Inspired by AI: Six Copilot Use Cases
AI copilots are revolutionizing businesses, giving sectors like insurance a huge competitive advantage by freeing up agents from manual tasks and simplifying claims processes.
Copilot Edits feature in VS Code
Rory Preddy shared the preview for Copilot Edits feature in VS Code
1️⃣ AI-driven, multi-file code editing.
2️⃣ Inline suggestions with conversational flow.
3️⃣ Quick setup, targeted code prompts.
Articles
Copilot Agent Builder First look
In this article, Daniel Rohregger shares his initial thoughts of Copilot Agent Buiider.
Semantic Kernel is changing the game
In this article, Mark Smith outlines how Semantic Kernel is changing the Game and the benefits of Semantic Kernel.
How to create and use no-code SharePoint Copilot Agents – Vesa Nopanen – Future Work today
In this article, Vesa Nopanen walks through how you can create Sharepoint Copilot Agents and use them in action.
How to Build a Copilot for Accurate AI Driven Diagnoses | by James Berger | Oct, 2024 | Medium
In this article, James Berger shares about building a Copilot for AI driven diagnoses
Unlocking Business Value with Copilot Studio Agents
In this article Jens Bocking walks through how to unlocking Business Value and Boosting Productivity with Copilot Studio Agents
In this article, David Fortin shares the free Copilot video course.
Orchestrating awesome using Semantic Kernel
In this part one of "Orchestrating Awesome" Nathan Rose explains what Semantic Kernel is and how it make Copilots amazing.
Copilot Studio for employees and HR
In this article, Jens Bocking walks through how Copilot Studio help your employees and HR.
In this article, Renato Romao outlines the high level steps to enable a Microsoft Copilot Studio copilot for voice capabilities.
Copilot Agents in SharePoint | LinkedIn
In this article, Mikko Koskinen shares that Copilot Agents in SharePoint have landed in our tenants today! 🎉 He shares some notes regarding Copilot Agents is Sharepoint based on his initial testing.
In this article, Lisa Crosbie discusses about the new Lead Intelligence Agent for Dynamics 365 Sales announced during the Microsoft Business Applications Launch event
Building Your Own Copilot Using Microsoft Copilot Studio: A Step-by-Step Guide
In this article, Raiyan Bin Sarwar walks through how to build a personalized AI Copilot using Copilot Studio.
Create a Custom Copilot Agent for a SharePoint Online Site
This article talks about creating a custom copilot agent for a sharepoint site.
Videos
In Scottish Summit closing keynote, Dona Sarkar walks through
1. What exactly IS Copilot?
2. How does it work with your own data, step-by-step through the whole process from prompt to response?
3. Why does it give you some random answers?
4. What’s up next that we need to know about?
Become a ProPilot: Lesson 01
Victor Dantas shares the first video of “Become an AI Propilot membership” Understanding AI Fundamentals with April Dunnam, is now available on YouTube! Whether you're diving into Large Language Models, exploring Prompt Engineering, or getting started with AI principles, this session has all the essentials to get you up to speed.
In this video, Dewain Robinson provides an overview of how to use the new planner in Copilot Studio to do Dynamic Chaining
In this video, Daniel Christian walks through the new Agent Builder experience in Bizchat.
In this video, Nick Decourcy talks about the Microsoft 365 extensibility options
Discover how to share your prompts within your team using Power Apps and Dataverse for Teams from Stuart Ridout from the Microsoft 365 & Power Platform community call on June 6, 2024.
Microsoft Graph OpenAPI + Semantic Kernel Plugins Demo | Send & Retrieve Emails Seamlessly
In this video Fabin Williams dive into how to leverage Microsoft Graph and OpenAPI specifications to create powerful plugins with Semantic Kernel.
Preview on creating Copilot extensibility using SPFx and Adaptive Cards
Get a preview of creating Copilot extensibility using SPFx and Adaptive Cards. This demo explores how to extend Microsoft Copilot functionalities with SharePoint Framework and Adaptive Cards. 📽️ This demo is from the from the Microsoft 365 & Power Platform weekly call on June 18, 2024
Events
Microsoft 365 Copilot: Developer Camp 2024 | Microsoft Learn
Microsoft 365 Developer is hosting Microsoft 365 Developer Camp on November 7th. You'll learn how to build Microsoft 365 Copilot agents and hear from the leaders behind Microsoft's developer tools, including Azure AI Search, Teams Toolkit, M365 Copilot, and more. Plus, get a sneak peek of our newly launched Copilot Developer Camp.
Developer's guide to customizing Copilot agents - ESPC Conference, 2024
Join Fabian and Vesa and level up your builder and maker journey in developing Copilot Agents at this essential session. Learn to navigate the development landscape with a focus on customization through Declarative agents and your own Copilot Agents. You will also learn when to customize vs. build your own. This foundational breakout is your gateway to maximizing Copilot’s potential.
Microsoft Learn and other Learning Resources
Microsoft Copilot Studio guidance documentation - Microsoft Copilot Studio | Microsoft Learn
Microsoft Copilot Studio guidance documentation provides best practices, implementation, and architecture guidance information from the team that works with enterprise customers.
Copilot Developer Camp (microsoft.github.io)
Microsoft is introducing a new virtual workshop called "Copilot Developer Camp" where you can find hands-on labs to build declarative agents with API plugins! Visit Copilot Developer Camp to get started building copilot agents today.
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