Age of Copilots #33
Welcome to the 33rd 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
Copilot for all: Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat | Microsoft 365 Blog
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and Agent Starter Kit | Microsoft Community Hub
Microsoft 365 Copilot vs Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat in 60 seconds
Enabling agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat | Microsoft Copilot Blog
The Great Microsoft 365 Copilot Journey: Empower Your Team with Copilot | Microsoft Community Hub
Articles
Copilot Studio Implementation Guide Updates
In this article, Henry James shares the updated Copilot Studio Implementation Guide and updates made in this version.
PowerFx comes to autonomous agents
In this article,Nathan Rose shares that he discovered that PowerFX can be used in Agents instructions
Microsoft Copilots (All Copilots) - Unified Architecture
In this article, Mahmoud Hassan shares Microsoft Copilots (All Copilots) - Unified Architecture
Copilot Prompt of the week by Rabia Williams, features a prompt which helps in creating a new record in Power Apps using PowerFx
From SaaS to Agents with Satya Nadella
In this article, Jack Rowbotham shares his takeaways how agents will transform workflows.
Knowledge Copilot Agents – To use or not to use Azure AI Search? |
This article discusses some of the things to consider when deciding whether to use Azure AI Search as the data source for Copilot Agents.
Copilot Chat Extensibility in Model Driven Apps
In this article,Kim Brian shares about Copilot chat extensibility for model-driven apps.
In this article, Abram Jackson shares his first impressions of Copilot Vision.
Top 5 Agentic AI design patterns, visually explained!
In this article, Askhay Pachar explains the Top 5 Agentic AI Design patterns.
Videos
With the Copilot Control System, you can control Copilot experiences spanning IT administrator tools used every day across the Microsoft 365, Microsoft Purview, and Power Platform admin centers.
In this video, Daniel Christian has a conversation with Joe Unwin over the new billing option available for Copilot Studio. They also go over the agent consumption rates for messages and also share some examples.
In this video, April Dunnam shows you how to customize copilot chat in your model driven Power App.
In this video, Reza Dorrani shows how to configure a row summary in main forms for a model-driven Power App with Copilot AI Insight Cards.
In this video, Jeremy Thake shows how to build agents on Microsoft 365 Developer Program tenants
Microsoft Learn and other Learning Resources
Use Copilot in Power Automate MS Learn course
Microsoft Copilot in Power Automate course to build flows simply by describing your automation scenario.
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