Age of Copilots #30
Welcome to the 30th edition of Age of Copilots newsletter! Merry Christmas to all!
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
A new Copilot tool will give Institut Curie researchers more time to focus on cancer - Source EMEA
Microsoft’s vision for generative AI: How Copilot and autonomous agents lead a new era of business
Write effective instructions for declarative agents | Microsoft Learn
Look back at the biggest AI takeaways of 2024—and get a peek at what’s coming next | LinkedIn
Articles
Code interpreter for BizChat Agents
In this episode of A Feature-a-Day with Copilot Studio, Katerina talks about how to configure and utilize the Code interpreter to run scripts, analyze data and solve complex equations in real time.
Scott Durow shares that Data Workspace just got an AWESOME upgrade to add and join to existing tables.
Enhanced Search for Sharepoint
In this article, Henry James shares that Enhanced search for Sharepoint and GraphConnectors is now globally available in Copilot Studio.
Unprompting cheat sheet.
Abram Jackson from Microsoft shares his Unprompting cheat sheet and how good conversation practices will get you 95% of the way there.
In this Copilot prompt of the week, Rabia Williams shares a prompt for Geo Locator Game agent by Ayca Bas.
In this article, Vinoth Selvam shares about Image uploads in Copilot Studio.
How to invoke Copilot Agent directly from Power Automate Cloud or Desktop.
In this article, Deenuji Loganathan shares how to invoke Copilot Agent directly from Power Automate Cloud or Desktop.
In this article, Dhruvin shares about the new free tier for Github Copilot.
Videos
In this video, Daniel Christian walks through how to build autonomous agents with Copilot Studio.
This video by Audrie Gordon shares how easy it is to search for and display NASA images in the conversation for your student using Copilot Studio.
In this video, Ambesh Singh and Bulent walk through best practices for entities and slot filling in Copilot Studio.
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