Age of Copilots #40
Welcome to the 40th 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
Agents are incredibly powerful because they can self-assemble steps and actions to complete a task. But this variability does not work for every process! We know that it is not one size fits all, and sometimes businesses need to combine the predictability of workflows with the flexibility of agents to fully automate a process. That is why we introduced the new agent flows capability to Copilot Studio – it provides structured, rule-based workflows that incorporate AI actions.
Autonomous Agents Now Generally Available in Copilot Studio
50 days of AI discovery and learning: April 8th - May 28th, 2025 including hackathons, live in-person and virtual events, self-paced tutorials, community events, Microsoft Learn Challenges, and more.
Knowledge in Microsoft Copilot Studio - Microsoft Power Platform Blog
This article by Srikumaran Nair explores how "Knowledge" in Microsoft Copilot studio works under the hood.
Analyst agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft Community Hub
Agentic Organisational Blueprint
How to best view the Microsoft Copilot layer cake from personal productivity to customizations.
What are agents and how can you use them to support your business?
In this video, you'll discover what makes up an agent, where to build them, and which agents can help you streamline your operations.
Articles
Updated Pricing for Copilot Studio
In this article, Henry Jammes shares the updated pricing for Copilot Studio.
Data agent using Copilot Studio
In this article, Terho Antila shows an agent that understands natural language questions about business data, translates them into SQL, runs them against an Azure SQL database, and explains the results in plain English.It also visualizes the data through dynamic graphs.
Copilot Actions in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Ami Diamond shares his first overview of the new Copilot Actions in Microsoft 365
In this article, Charlie Main shares a video walkthrough of a Copilot Agent I've pulled together to demonstrate how easy it is to streamline the digitisation of handwritten notes utilising Copilot.
Build an AI agent before lunch | LinkedIn
In this 12-minute video Anders Jensen Walk you through creating, testing, and publishing an agent in Copilot Studio. With zero coding.
Error Handling in Copilot Studio
In this article, Mikko Koskinen walks you through error management in Copilot Studio.
Let the AI Work for You – Copilot Actions – Enabling the Future of Work with Matti
In this article, Matti shares his first impressions of Copilot actions.
Copilot Prompt of the day for Power Automate by Shantha Kumar
Automate your reminder emails using filtered data from a SharePoint list.
In this article, Srikanth Paladugula introduces mcp-dynamics365-server: A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables seamless integration with Dynamics 365. This tool allows any MCP-compatible agent (Claude Desktop or LLM Agents or command-line interface) to connect effortlessly with Dynamics 365.
Videos
In this detailed tutorial, Dhruvin Shah walks through how to build an Autonomous AI Agent using Copilot Studio designed specifically for customer service scenarios.
In this video, Daniel Christian walks through the new Billing Changes for Copilot Studio.
Model Context Protocol (MCP) enables makers to connect to existing knowledge servers and data sources directly from Copilot Studio. When connecting to an MCP server, actions and knowledge are automatically added to the agent and updated as the functionality evolves. Building agents is simplified and time spent maintaining the agent is reduced.
Microsoft 365 & Power Platform community call - 27th of March 2025
Call included three demos :
• Seena Khan - Building a Smart Feedback Agent with Copilot Studio, Adaptive cards and Power Automate
• Chris Hansen - Power Apps chess - but there's business value too!
• Sriram Balaji - AI assisted Power Platform development using Power Platform AI Assistants Toolbox
In this session video, Rajaniesh Kaushikk walks through how to build multi-agent systems using Azure AI and Autogen.
Podcasts
Microsoft Copilot’s New Agents: Insider tips how to make them work for you
Events
𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗔𝗜 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 - 𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜!
Building Declarative Agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio & Teams Toolkit
Daniel Laskewitz will be presenting "Building Declarative Agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio & Teams Toolkit" together with Garry Trinder on April 16 as part of AI Agents Hackathon 2025!
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