Age of Copilots #48
Welcome to the 48th 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, Copilot Studio and Microsoft AI delivered weekly to your inbox.
Microsoft announcements and articles
Microsoft is excited to announce our partnership with LangChain! Together, we're making AI safer and more accessible for enterprises.
Copilot Agent Toolkit (CAT) extension for VS Code (Preview)
Ramakrishnan Raman Introduces the Copilot Agent Toolkit (CAT) extension for VS Code (Preview) 🤖
We're bringing the power of Copilot Studio Kit from PowerCAT directly into VS Code for developers who live in their editor.
What it does:
✅ 6 professional themes with live preview
✅ Built-in Bot Framework WebChat (mocked, no backend needed)
✅ One-click export to production-ready JSON/HTML
✅ Mock DirectLine for testing (no bot required!)
Microsoft Learn Path: Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot with declarative agents using Visual Studio Code
This free learning path teaches you how to:
▶️Get started building agents for M365 Copilot by using VS Code
▶️Get started developing actions for declarative agents with API plugin by using VS Code
▶️Use Adaptive Cards to show data in API plugins for declarative agents
▶️Add custom knowledge to declarative agents using Graph connectors and VS Code
🔗Check it out: https://lnkd.in/eixzj3fP]
Microsoft announced proactive engagement and conversational journeys with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Contact Center and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Insights – Journeys, now available in public preview. With this solution, organizations can use custom-built AI agents and service representatives to proactively reach out across channels—like informing a customer about a canceled flight and guiding them to a resolution in the same conversation
(1) Microsoft Build Agent Instructions Contest winners
At Microsoft Build, we announced the winners of the Agent Instructions Contest.
Our three winners received Surface laptops, a digital prize, and can claim a community recognition badge (if registered here: https://lnkd.in/gHa557pF):
🧹 The Hero's Chore Journey – Bruno Silva 🤖
🤝 Communication Assistant for a Kinder World – Shinichi Yamada 🤖
🎨 WarholEmojiFactory – Ryan Trad 🤖
Researcher and Analyst are now generally available | Microsoft 365 Blog
Check out Microsoft Mechanics episode on the two reasoning agents for a refresher. https://lnkd.in/gypXsuZw
MCP is now Generally Available in Copilot Studio
Daniel Laskewitz shares MCP 🧠 is now Generally Available in Microsoft Copilot Studio!
In the last couple of weeks, a bunch of improvements were made:
1️⃣ Tool listing: You can now see the tools in your MCP server details page in Microsoft Copilot Studio.
2️⃣ Streamable transport: Streamable HTTP is now supported!
3️⃣ Enhanced tracing and analytics: Activity Map now supports MCP Tools. So you can easily see what tool has been triggered.
4️⃣ Quality improvements: A lot of quality updates have been rolled out. Performance updates, bug fixes etc.
Try out MCP in Copilot Studio now!
🔗 All details 👉 https://aka.ms/mcsmcp
Use connectors in Copilot Studio - Microsoft Copilot Studio | Microsoft Learn
Articles
Set Citation to Open Specific PDF Page In Copilot Studio
In this article Matthew Devaney shares how he made Copilot Studio Agents better by navigating to the exact page when you click citations.
Group chat multi-agent architecture with Copilot Studio
In this article, Girgio Ughini shares “Group Chat” multi-agent architecture with Copilot Studio, powered by the Microsoft Agents SDK!
In this demo, he shows how to orchestrate three specialized Copilot Studio agents and an Azure Foundry orchestrator inside a single Teams chat, with the "Group Chat" architecture. Full code, architecture, and working example on Teams are included—plus thoughts on customization, authentication, and extending to other agents.
M365 Checks Copilot Agent Package.
In this article Martin Panton shares his The M365 Checks Copilot Agent Package which provides the essential building blocks for integrating and customising your own Copilot-based agent.
Code interpreter in Copilot Studio
Robert Bruckner shares how Code Interpreter in Microsoft Copilot Studio will be a Game-Changer!
Your Copilot agents can generate and execute Python code in real-time, built atop GPT-4.1 underneath
📊 Upload CSV/Excel files → Get instant visualizations and analysis
🧮 Solve complex math problems with natural language prompts
📈 Access pandas, matplotlib, etc. without coding skills
👉 Watch here: https://lnkd.in/gFX6ZGi2
Two powerful modes:
- Static: Pre-built logic for deterministic, repeatable tasks in Prompt Builder
- Dynamic: Live Python execution during conversations
Microsoft 365 Copilot - Chat with your Enterprise Data
Microsoft 365 Copilot - Chat with your Enterprise Data
In this article, Mahmoud Hassan walks through demonstrate how you can chat with your enterprise data across major platforms including Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks and Snowflake.
Power CAT Code sample for document citations
Remi Dyon shares Power CAT team has just dropped a new code sample that will simplify how you handle document citations in your Generative Orchestration agents. Say goodbye to the ugly Dataverse popup when you click on a citations and hello to dynamic, clickable citations that point directly to the source documents on your website!
Github repo: https://lnkd.in/eitxdkHd
Videos
In this step-by-step beginner tutorial Reza Dorrani walks you through how to build your very first Agent flow which will including calling AI actions & the new Advanced Approvals feature. Video also covers how to call flows from topics and triggers - The trigger part is one which enables you to create an autonomous agent experience in Copilot Studio.
In this video Daniel Christian will walk you through how to migrate a Power Automate cloud flow to a Copilot Studio agent flow.
In this Microsoft Reactor session video Jeevarajan and Dharanidharan walk you through how to create and enhance custom AI agents using Microsoft Copilot Studio.
In this video from Microsoft 365 Community Conference 2025 April Dunnam walks you through how to build your own agent using the latest features and updates from Copilot Studio. Explore how to leverage generative AI to create engaging, intelligent and connected assistants for your employees and customers.
Events
Microsoft Power CAT AI Webinars
Microsoft Power CAT AI Webinars are a series of interactive virtual sessions designed to help your organization adopt Microsoft Copilot Studio and agents.
Upcoming webinars
Elevate your Copilot Adoption
📅June 25th 9AM PDT
Curious about boosting Copilot adoption in your organization? Join our upcoming webinar to discover how Microsoft's Customer and Partner Solutions organization is driving successful adoption and transformation with Copilot. Learn proven strategies and change management techniques that can enhance your journey.
Copilot Studio Architecture Bootcamp
Henry Jammes shares that the Copilot Studio Architecture Bootcamp is no longer reserved for partners but is now open to architects on the customer side as well!
📍 May 28–30 – Hyderabad, India
📍 June 25–27 – Lyngby, Denmark
🆕 You can now choose to join on-site or remotely!
Register today! https://lnkd.in/e3-egD6p
Copilot Studio Enterprise Agent Challenge
Copilot Studio Enterprise Agent Challenge is here! From May 28 – June 13, we're inviting enterprise teams to build custom AI agents tailored to real business needs using Microsoft Copilot Studio.
Sign up now 👉 https://lnkd.in/eTAe_Aei
Learn Live: Master the Skills to Create AI Agents | Microsoft Reactor
This series is designed to help you complete the official Microsoft Plan on Learn for mastering the latest agentic AI technologies.
Customer Stories
Having transformed interactions with students through the deployment of Microsoft Dynamics 365, the University of Leicester is now taking innovation a step further with Microsoft Copilot Studio.
The university has developed a digital coach and AI-powered agent which provides instant access to key university information. It reduces staff workload and ensures students get the support they need, whenever they need it.
Transform customer experience with AI agents!
See how the latest Customer Experience apps help Intralox grow its pipeline cost-effectively, enhancing quality, productivity, and relationships, and allow Apollo Travel to proactively address customer needs by automating tasks and offering insights.
Create your own autonomous agents with Copilot Studio
See how Eneco uses the new capabilities of Copilot Studio to create agents that automate large portions of their customer service operations, with no coding needed.
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
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 ❤️ MCP | Power Platform Developer Blog
Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP Lab announcement
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