Age of Copilots #37
Welcome to the 37th 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
Announcing Copilot Studio Custom Agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot!
Jack Rowbotham announces custom agents can now join the Copilot Chat agent pane (Preview), alongside agents built in agent builder
Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility samples | Microsoft Learn
In this article, Charles Lamanna shares how Microsoft is making big strides with Copilot and agents – both for customers and inside Microsoft.
Two new models in the Phi family
Ashish Bhatia shares two new models to the Phi family. Phi-4-multimodal and Phi-4-mini, the newest SLMs from Microsoft.
Phi-4-multimodal is a 5.6B parameter model, that seamlessly integrates speech, vision, and text processing into a single, unified architecture
Agent development with the Microsoft 365 Agents SDK
Simplify agent development with the Microsoft 365 Agents SDK.. It combines core components to help you build and publish agents to Microsoft 365 Copilot, Teams, the web, and more: https://msft.it/6046U4K74
Introducing GitHub Copilot agent mode (preview)
Articles
Traditional Automation vs Agents
In this article, Nathan Rose discusses when to use Traditional automation and when to use Agents.
Copilot Studio Agent builder available for all Microsoft 365 users
Mahmoud Hassan shares Copilot Studio agent builder now available for all Microsoft 365 Users
Webchat Playground in Copilot Studio KIt
Adi Leibowitz shares about 'WebChat Playground' is one of my favorite capabillites available with the new release of the Copilot Studio Kit.
Rabia Williams shares the new "Maker" labs in Copilot Camp by my colleague Paolo Pialorsi 🚀 Fantastic set of labs where ever you are in the journey of building agents!
Do check it out 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gJddvniN
AI Agentic Design Patterns with AutoGen - DeepLearning.AI
In this course AI Agentic Design Patterns with AutoGen from the creators of Autogen, you’ll learn how to build and customize multi-agent systems, enabling agents to take on different roles and collaborate to accomplish complex tasks using AutoGen, a framework that enables development of LLM applications using multi-agents.
Shared Agent section in Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Mikko Koskinen shares the new Shared Agent section in Microsoft 365 Admin Center provides visibility into individually shared agents across the entire tenant. This includes agents created with Copilot Studio and Agent Builder in Copilot chat.
#PromptWithPal Episode 25 AI & Productivity: A leadership perspective with Sandeep Alur, explores real-world examples of AI unlocking productivity.
Copilot Prompt of the week by Rabia Williams
Rabia Williams shares a prompt from Stephanie Marshall to Optimise daily work schedule
Strategy for secure Adoption of Microsoft Copilot Chat
Graham Hosking shares a video to address both opportunities and challenges, providing a comprehensive strategy to promote the secure adoption of Microsoft Copilot Chat while educating organisations on how to monitor and mitigate shadow AI risks.
SharePoint Agents are one of the simplest ways for organizations to start using Generative AI Agents. Bence Orban shares list of materials to support organizations' onboarding and adoption of Sharepoint agents.
In this video Graham Hosking explores how we can streamline legal, compliance, IT policy inquiries through a self-serve Agents.
Enhance IVR systems using Generative AI
In this article, Peter Ruiter shares about how to enhance IVR systems using Generative AI
Agentic capabilities in the model
In this article,Victor Dibia shares about a continuation of trends with AI agents is efforts to lift "agentic capabilities" up into the model itself.
Videos
In this video Dewain Robinson walks over what a Copilot agent is and how you can use Copilot Studio to extend the M365 Copilot with them to control the experience for your users.
Creating an agent with Copilot Studio based on your files in SharePoint - YouTube
This demo by Paolo Pialorsi explores how to leverage SharePoint as a knowledge source for building tailored Copilot experiences in Microsoft 365.This demo is from the Microsoft 365 & Power Platform weekly call on December 10, 2024
Microsoft Learn and other Learning Resources
Unlock the Power of AI Agents with Our Comprehensive 10-Part Course
AI Agents for Beginners(https://aka.ms/ai-agents-beginners) is designed to teach you everything you need to know to start building AI Agents. This comprehensive course consists of 10 lessons, each focusing on a specific topic, enabling you to jump in wherever you feel most comfortable.
Introduction to custom engine agents - Training | Microsoft Learn
New Microsoft Learn module to start building agents for Microsoft 365
Publish and Manage Copilot Studio Agent Builder Agents | Microsoft Learn
Microsoft Copilot Studio Resources Hub
Copilot Studio Resources Hub is your go-to destination for resources to help you build, scale, and optimize AI-powered agents.
Copilot Studio Implementation Guide Updates
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and Agent Starter Kit | Microsoft Community Hub
The Great Microsoft 365 Copilot Journey: Empower Your Team with Copilot | Microsoft Community Hub
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
Copilot Studio Implementation Guide Updates
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