Age of Copilots #43
Welcome to the 43rd edition of Age of Copilots newsletter!
This newsletter has a curated list of articles and videos to update developers with latest and upcomingย developments in Microsoft Copilots, Copilot Studio and Microsoft AI delivered weekly to your inbox.
Microsoft announcements and articles
Empowering Agent Innovation with Confidence in Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Community Hub
This whitepaper delves into the role of Microsoft 365 agents, Agent Builder agents, and Copilot Studio agents, explaining how each type can be utilized to enhance operational efficiency while maintaining stringent security protocols.
Microsoft Copilot Studio โค๏ธ MCP | Power Platform Developer Blog
Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP Lab announcement
Last week, Microsoft and UiPath announced bi-directional connectivity between UiPath Agents and & Microsoft Copilot Studio Agents.
In this article Luca Stamatescu shares ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐'๐ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น-๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ with reasoning models and how reasoning models operate, cost considerations, practical steps for prototyping.
Articles
Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP Lab
In this article, Daniel talks about the ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ lab
Guidelines for Agentic AI Design โ Data Science Frontiers
In this article Will Dorrington shares a guideline reference document on "Agentic AI Design".
Identifying and Scaling AI Use Cases
OpenAI has analyzed over 600 use cases sourced from their customers. Most use cases fall into one of six 'primitives'โfundamental use case types that apply across all departments and disciplines: Content Creation, Research, Coding, Data analysis, Ideation and Strategy and Automations.
Kickstarting this process comes down to helping your organization take three steps:
01 Understand where AI adds value Identify parts of your business that can immediately benefit from AI
02 Teach your employees fundamental use cases
Help teams explore foundational use cases, and start building their own
03 Prioritize what to scale Focus on high-impact, low-effort opportunities
Pay-as-you-go payment model for Copilot Studio Agents and Agent Flows
In this article, Holger Imbery walks through Pay-As-You-Go payment model(PAYG) for Copilot Studio Agents and Agent Flows
Upload file as a knowledge source in Agent Builder
Bence Orban shares an upcoming feature for Agent Builder. Users will be allowed to upload a file as a knowledge source to an Agent in the Agent Builder in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. Only text in the uploaded document is used for grounding. We'll support the following file types: doc/docx, ppt/pptx, xls/xlsx, pdf, txt, csv
Copilot in Dynamics 365 Field Service
In this article Sweta explores how Copilot enhances Field Service in Dynamics 365
In this article, Pascal Bornet shares a curated collection of 20 AI agent use cases to help you jumpstart your own transformation.
Microsoft Security Copilot video hub
Lizzie shares Microsoft Security Copilot video hub which has demos for Security Copllot.
Microsoft has introduced Debug-Gymโa Python-based environment designed to evaluate how AI agents perform in realistic code-repair tasks
Videos
In this video, Daniel Christian will deep-dive in how the message consumption for custom agents works
In this video, Lisa Crosbie walks you through the latest updates for Microsoft 365 Copilot and what you need to know to stay ahead
In this video tutorial Damien Bird walks you through how to build a custom agent using Microsoft Copilot Studio for automating Quote Generation
Leave Management agent in Microsoft Copilot Studio
Check out the latest video from Microsoft Power Platform Community โGetting Started Withโ series, we take a look at the Leave Management agent in Microsoft Copilot Studio.
Events
Henry Jammes shares the upcoming PowerCAT AI webinars
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Tuesday, April 29 at 9am EST
๐ฆธ Dewain Robinson and Dieter De Cock will explore how to build agents using hashtag#CopilotStudio, AI Builder, and more โ with real-world examples and interactive demos.
๐ https://lnkd.in/e6QqP_iX
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Wednesday, April 30 at 9am PST
๐ฆธ Steve Jeffery will cover how to get your data AI-ready, focusing on quality, availability, security, and classification.
๐ https://aka.ms/AIData
Copilot Studio Enterprise Agent Challenge
Copilot Studio Enterprise Agent Challenge is here! From May 28 โ June 13, we're inviting enterprise teams to build custom AI agents tailored to real business needs using Microsoft Copilot Studio.
Sign up now ๐ https://lnkd.in/eTAe_Aei
Podcasts
High Agency on the Return on Intelligence podcast
In this Return on Intelligence podcast Abram Jackson discusses about Doer mindset.
Audio or video at:
https://lnkd.in/g_REPmMQ
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 โ 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.ย ย ย ย
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 ยท 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