Age of Copilots #41
Welcome to the 41st 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 Studio curriculum within the Microsoft Power Up Program!
We are thrilled to announce the upcoming launch of the new Copilot Studio curriculum within the Microsoft Power Up Program! This cutting-edge curriculum focuses on conversational and autonomous agent creation, empowering you to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Get started: https://msft.it/6041qxuRB
Leyre de La Calzada shares the architecture for Copilot Studio.
Agent debugging experience in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Semantic Kernel Agents are now Generally Available | Semantic Kernel
Semantic Kernel’s Agent framework is now Generally Available! Available as part of Semantic Kernel 1.45 (.NET) and 1.27 (Python), the Semantic Kernel Agent framework makes it easier for agents to coordinate and dramatically reduces the code developers need to write to build amazing AI applications.
Announcing the winners of the 2025 Powerful Devs Hack Together | Power Platform Developer Blog
April Dunnam announces the winners of the 2025 Powerful Devs Hack Together!
The 2025 Powerful Devs Hack Together brought developers together to build secure and scalable AI-powered solutions using Power Platform, Azure, AI Builder, and more.
If you missed the event, you can still catch up on all the sessions covering AI, automation, security, extensibility, and more!
🎥 Watch here: aka.ms/powerfuldevs/ondemand
Articles
Difference between Apps and Agents
In this article, Steven Abrahams covers the difference between “apps” and “agents”.
Agent and Agent Governance Quick Guides
Mikko Koskinen shares the Agent and Agent Governance quick guide.
Nathan Rose shares about how we need to be aware of Message capacity when developing and demoing Agent Flows.
Developer mode for Copilot Agents
Matteo Pagani shares about a new developer mode for debugging Copilot agents.Now you can track:
- 🤙The API calls that are performed by the agents, using actions or API plugins, including the HTTP request and response
- 🧑💻The usage of capabilities like Code Interpreter or Image Generator
- 📖 The keyword used to search for results in SharePoint sites or Graph Connectors
Guest Blog: Semantic Kernel and Copilot Studio Usage Series - Part 1 | Semantic Kernel
Sasa Juratovic shares a story of when pro-code (Microsoft Semantic Kernel) based solution comes together with low-code (Microsoft Copilot Studio) based solution.
Videos
In this video Dewain Robinson goes over the key concepts of Generative Orchestration in Copilot Studio and how you can hook the processing of requests with new Topic Triggers that are specific to this configuration. This greatly allows people to build amazing experiences while including their customizations they need to make sure that their agent is exactly what they need.
In this video, Graham Hosking walks through AI-driven autonomous agent that intelligently manage and respond to your emails — saving time, boosting productivity, and transforming how businesses communicate.
Power Platform Community AMA: Microsoft Copilot Studio | April 2025
Catch up with Jack Rowbotham and Lisa Crosbie on our recent "Ask Me Anything" live session focused on Microsoft Copilot Studio as Jack and Lisa were joined by members of the product team to answer questions from the Microsoft community.
Seena Khan shows how to build and deploy a healthcare copilot agent using Microsoft Copilot Studio and Azure Healthcare Agent Service. 📽️ This demo is from the Microsoft 365 & Power Platform community call - 16th of January 2025.
How you can use prompts in Copilot Studio
Check out the latest video in Power Platform “Getting Started With” series, as we take a look at how you can use prompts to make your agent perform specific tasks in Copilot Studio.
Create your own onboarding agent for new hires with Copilot Studio
This video covers how to creating your own onboarding agent for new hires with Copilot Studio.
Customer Stories
Learn how T-Mobile is efficiently driving customer conversations with Microsoft Power Apps and Copilot Studio by updating frontline retail employees about promotional offers and other key sales information.
The app, called PromoGenius together with the new AI agent, is the second most popular app at T-Mobile, supporting all T-Mobile retail outlets and call centers, with over 83,000 unique users and 500,000 launches a month.
Three enterprises reshaping business process with Copilot and agents:
It's inspiring to see AI-first companies take productivity to the next level. Highlighting three enterprises reshaping business process with Copilot and agents:
Eaton, a leader in power management based in Ireland used to take an hour to create a standard operation procedure. With Copilot, it’s now a 10-minute workstream, enabling employees to focus on more strategic, high-impact work.
Dow leveraged AI agents to save millions in supply chain costs. Within weeks, they saw remarkable savings, like correcting a $30,000 surcharge to $5,000, enhancing efficiency and preventing significant overpayments.
Vodafone transformed its sales function with an agent built in Copilot Studio, allowing them to respond faster to RFPs. The result? Each salesperson doubled or tripled weekly RFPs, giving the company a competitive advantage and happier customers.
Read more in "Agents of Change" from WorkLab https://lnkd.in/gYYkJUGr
Podcasts
Inside Microsoft’s Copilot Champs Program: Secrets to Scalable AI Adoption
In this episode of Mastering AI with the Experts, Samuel Boulanger sit down with Cadie Kneip, Senior Readiness Business Program Manager at Microsoft, to uncover the secrets behind successful AI adoption in organizations. With her innovative Copilot Champs program, Cadie has created a movement that transformed how Microsoft employees embrace and share AI tools.
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