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Age of Copilots · Oct 29, 2025

Age of Copilots #63

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Sriram Balaji · Age of Copilots

Welcome to the 63rd edition of Age of Copilots newsletter! Check out the revamped Copilot Resources section which is a one-stop source which lists training resources, official documentation, hands-on labs, adoption, governance, best practices, samples and Youtube channels.

This newsletter has a recent list of articles and videos to update developers with latest and upcoming developments in Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Copilots and Microsoft AI delivered weekly to your inbox.

Overview of Microsoft Copilot Studio 2025 release wave 2 | Microsoft Learn

In this article, you’ll find what’s new and planned for Microsoft Copilot Studio as part of 2025 release wave 2.

Role-based Copilot offerings 2025 release wave 2 plan | Microsoft Learn

The 2025 release wave 2 for role-based Copilot offerings contains new features across Microsoft 365 Copilot for Sales, Microsoft 365 Copilot for Service, and Microsoft 365 Copilot for Finance.

Explore new AI innovation for Dynamics 365, Microsoft Power Platform, and Copilot Studio at the Business Applications Launch Event - Microsoft Dynamics 365 .Blog

This article explores the upcoming capabilities for Dynamics 365, Microsoft Power Platform, and Copilot Studio at the Business Applications Launch Event.

Build smarter, test smarter: Agent Evaluation in Microsoft Copilot Studio | Microsoft Copilot Blog

Announcing the public preview of Agent Evaluation in Microsoft Copilot Studio, bringing rigor directly into the agent-building tool you already use.

Block connections from unapproved IP addresses (preview) - Microsoft Copilot Studio | Microsoft Learn

New Feature (Preview): Use IP Firewalls for Inbound Connections to Agents and Copilot Studio.
If you configure IP firewalls in Power Platform environments, connections made into your network to Copilot Studio agents from restricted or unallowed IPs or IP ranges are blocked. It helps mitigate threats, helps you apply security principles such as zero trust, and limits access to only those users who need it, when they need it.

New in Copilot Studio: Custom Selection of MCP Tools!
Zankar Desai announces a new feature in Copilot Studio - Custom Selection of MCP Tools!
This update gives makers and developers greater flexibility to enable or disable specific tools, tailoring their agent configurations to perfectly fit their use cases. By activating only the most relevant tools, users can boost efficiency, control, and overall user experience.

Introducing the new Microsoft Copilot Studio icon

Jack Rowbotham shares the refreshed icon that reflects how people discover, build, and share agents with Copilot Studio.

Microsoft 365 Copilot now enables you to build apps and workflows

Charles Lamanna announced we’re making it possible to create apps and automate workflows directly in Microsoft 365 Copilot with two new agents: App Builder and Workflows.
These agents empower even more makers to build solutions tailored to their needs. You can chat and iterate with the agents to create secure apps and workflows grounded in Microsoft 365 data.

You can read more in the blog here: https://lnkd.in/gHK8ZS-F

Human-centered AI  | Microsoft Copilot Blog

Microsoft dropped the Copilot Fall Release, a big step forward in making AI more personal, useful, and human-centered. A few highlights: 

Copilot Groups: Invite up to 32 friends, classmates, or teammates to a shared conversation and brainstorm, co-write, plan, or study together. Copilot will keep everyone on the same page by summarizing threads, proposing options, tallying votes, and splitting tasks.

Mico: A super expressive, customizable visual character - one that can listen, react, and even change colors if you opt in. And there may or may not be a pretty fun easter egg the team built in…

Copilot Mode in Edge: An AI browser built the way your brain actually works, combining Voice, Vision, and Actions for a next-level, seamless browsing experience. We’re also introducing Journeys, which organizes your history by topic and intent instead of timestamp, making it easy to jump back in and keep going.

Practical Governance for Microsoft Copilot Studio and the Power Platform

In this article, Holger Imbery goes through practical strategies for IT and business managers to implement effective governance frameworks that balance innovation with security in Microsoft Copilot Studio and the Power Platform.

How to Track and Display Your Copilot Agent Version Number | by Nilüfer Doğan | Oct, 2025 | Medium

Want better control over your Copilot Studio agents? Start by tracking version numbers Nilüfer Doğan shows her preferred method for retrieving and displaying version info, it’s simpler than you might think and adds a professional touch to your agent.

Integrating SAP with Copilot Studio Agents - Why it Matters, What to Build, and How to Deliver

In this article Holger Imbery explores how to integrate SAP systems with Microsoft Copilot Studio Agents

Make AI Agents smarter

This episode of Microsoft Mechanics covers how to make AI Agents in Copilot Studio smarter by structuring your data so agents instantly understand what matters using additional metadata to outperform what is possible with a standard API.

In this video, Dhruvin walks through how to connect external data and APIs to your Copilot using an MCP Server, making your copilots smarter, contextual, and enterprise-ready.

In this tutorial, Microsoft Principal Engineer Shervin Shaffie shows how Copilot Agents can interact with computers using natural language to click buttons, fill forms, and perform tasks automatically.

This video by Girish Uppal demonstrates list management activities in Microsoft Copilot Studio.

In this video Matthew Devaney shows you how to install the Copilot Studio Kit, configure an agent for testing with Microsoft authentication, create a test set/explore the types of tests and finally run test automation.

See Workflows agent in action—create flows in Microsoft 365 Copilot with just a prompt! In this demo, discover how Workflows agent empowers anyone to automate everyday tasks across Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and Planner—no code required.

Microsoft Agent Framework - AI Foundry (Overview and portal walkthrough) [AI in C#]

In this video, Rasmus Wulff Jensen will give you an overview of the Azure AI Foundry and a walkthrough of the Portal.

Microsoft Agent Framework WorkFlows Explained

In this video we deep dive into the main and advanced Microsoft Agent Framework concepts with Evan Mattson and an amazing demo with Victor Dibia on the Workflow Web UI and all feedback from developers.

Copilot Studio Architecture Bootcamp by Power CAT

📅 Upcoming Session: London, UK / EMEA

Dec 2-4, 2025; 9 AM–4 PM GMT

Agent Build-A-Thons

Dimpi Gandhi shares starting September 2025, Power CAT team will be hosting monthly virtual Agent Build-A-Thons. This is a hands-on, team-based experience designed to provide ongoing technical advisory support to teams learning & building agents with Copilot Studio!

Read more here https://lnkd.in/g4yxABhH
Gather your team, your proposed use-cases, pick a month and sign up today by visiting https://lnkd.in/gzY5RpRN

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.

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.

Copilot Learning Hub

Discover the Copilot Learning Hub – your one-stop source for all things Microsoft Copilot!

Microsoft Copilot Studio Resources

Resources to help you on your Copilot Studio journey, curated by Power CAT and updated regularly

CAT Copilot Studio Blog

The Custom Engine - the technical blog of the Microsoft Copilot Studio Customer Advisory Team (CAT). It is focussed on deep-dive guidance, examples, and patterns for Copilot Studio.

Microsoft Copilot Studio Official Documentation

In this learning path, you'll learn how to create custom agents in Copilot Studio and practice your skills with a guided project.

Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot in Copilot Studio - Training | Microsoft Learn

Build agents that extend Microsoft 365 Copilot with additional knowledge and capabilities. Use Copilot Studio to build declarative agents, add knowledge, add tools, and publish agents to Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Build a foundation to build AI agents and extend Microsoft 365 Copilot - Training | Microsoft Learn

Prepare to build AI agents and extend Microsoft 365 Copilot using Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit, and more.

Build Agents with Copilot Studio in Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft Learn

This MS Learn article walks through how to build agents using Microsoft Copilot Studio Lite(formerly Agent Builder)

Copilot for Microsoft 365 Pathway.

In this learning pathway Paul Griffith outlines the learning content for exploring Copilot for Microsoft 365.

Copilot Studio Agent Academy

This hands-on training is your entry point into the world of agents: from grounded prompts to Adaptive Cards and agent flows, you'll learn how to build, scale, and deploy intelligent agents using real-world tools and use cases.

Create agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio - Online Workshop - Training | Microsoft Learn

In this learning path you complete hands on activities using Microsoft Copilot Studio and Power Automate.

AI Agents for Beginners - A Course | ai-agents-for-beginners

This course has lessons covering the fundamentals of building AI Agents. Each lesson in this course includes code examples.

Copilot Developer Camp

Copilot Developer Camp is a self-paced learning resource, designed to help you build agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot. It provides practical guidance and real-world examples to support your development journey.

Microsoft Copilot Studio ❤️ MCP | Power Platform Developer Blog

This lab gives you a hands-on understanding of MCP and how it works with Microsoft Copilot Studio

Microsoft Applied Skills: Create agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio - Applied Skills | Microsoft Learn

To earn this Microsoft Applied Skills credential, learners demonstrate the ability to create custom agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio.

Microsoft Copilot Studio – Microsoft Adoption

Your one-stop hub for Copilot Studio adoption

AI Agents Hub – Microsoft Adoption

Your one-stop hub for getting started and scaling agents!

Here’s what you’ll find:
✅ Step-by-step setup and deployment guidance
✅ Role-based training for different users
✅ Best practices and support documentation
✅ Tools to help you build and scale agents

Whether you’re a business user, developer, or admin, this resource is designed to help you succeed from day one.

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 Governance guide designed by Power CAT team for Copilot Studio projects.

Governing Agents in a Low Code World ebook

Agent Governance Whitepaper

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.

Security and governance - Microsoft Copilot Studio | Microsoft Learn

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 PowerCAT team that works with our enterprise customers.

  • Key concepts: Learn about key architecture concepts that help you build robust, efficient, and maintainable solutions with Copilot Studio.

  • Solution ideas: Discover a range of solution ideas that demonstrate the versatility and power of Copilot Studio.

Copilot Studio implementation guide (PDF)

The Copilot Studio implementation guide offers in-depth guidance, best practices, and reference architectures and patterns. It is designed to help customers, partners, and Microsoft teams plan, design, and review copilot projects and architectures for a successful implementation journey.

Copilot Studio Kit

Copilot Studio Kit, published by the Microsoft Power CAT team, is a comprehensive set of capabilities designed to augment Microsoft Copilot Studio. The kit helps makers test custom agents, use a large language model to validate AI-generated content, and track aggregated key performance indicators.

This repository contains samples and artifacts for Microsoft Copilot Studio.

Galleries | Microsoft Power Platform Community

The Copilot Cookbook Gallery is a curated gallery that shows you how to use Copilot Studio.

500 AI Agents collection

Ashish Patel shares the 500 AI Agents Projects which is a curated collection of AI agent use cases across various industries. It showcases practical applications and provides links to open-source projects for implementation, illustrating how AI agents are transforming sectors such as healthcare, finance, education, retail, and more.

Official Microsoft Youtube channel for Copilot Studio

Dewain Robinson - The Copilot Studio Dude - YouTube

Reza Dorrani - YouTube

#promptwithpal - YouTube

DamoBird365 - YouTube

Parag Dessai - YouTube

Samuel Boulanger | Mastering Productivity With AI - YouTube

Lisa Crosbie - YouTube

Daniel Christian - YouTube

Shane Young-Youtube

Matthew Devaney - YouTube

Power Tech Speck (Girish Uppal) - YouTube

D365 Goddess - YouTube

Nathan Rose - YouTube

Rafsan Huseynov - YouTube

Dhruvin Shah - YouTube

Sriram Balaji - YouTube

Join Shane Young, Power Platform MVP, as he sets the stage with demos, step-by-step builds, and deep dives into product-specific features that will have you building your own agents in no time. Microsoft worked with Shane to build out Copilot Studio content for Power Platform makers as part of a paid collaboration. #PaidCollaboration

AI in Action: Building with Copilot Studio - YouTube

Copilot Studio training series from Microsoft featuring April Dunnam, Scott Durow, Daniel Laskewitz, Eliaza Benitez and others.

Demystifying Copilot Studio - YouTube

What’s new with Copilot Studio Shorts

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi9EhCY4z99U_8aQBhgnmgVWauEzz-fPL

Understanding Microsoft Agents | EP02 - YouTube

Catch up with the full recap of "Understanding Microsoft Agents" community call.

Copilot Studio Newsletter

Kickstart your path in Copilot Studio with this weekly Newsletter by Bulent Altinsoy.

The Copilot Studio | The Copilot Studio - Microsoft 365 Copilot

The Copilot Lab is a weekly newsletter by Daniel Anderson designed to help enable you to be more creative, innovative and ultimately more fulfilled at work by using Microsoft Copilot.

Copilot Studio Learning Hub

Copilot Studio Learning Hub Weekly newsletter by Kunal Patil

Holger Imbery's Blog

Dynamics 365 Talk – D365 "Taylored" to you! By Dian Taylor

Copilot Studio Community Forum

Official Microsoft Copilot Studio Forums

r/copilotstudio (Reddit)

Copilot Studio community forum on Reddit.

Learn with Creators

The Agent Creators community recognizes a dynamic, global group of agent technology experts whose passion for sharing knowledge makes a significant impact within the community.

Copilot Studio Customer Stories Listing

AI & Microsoft Copilot Customer Stories Listing

City of Montréal supports citizens with a virtual agent built using Microsoft Copilot Studio

University of Leicester transforms student services with Microsoft Dynamics 365, AI Agents and Microsoft Unified | Microsoft 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.

Copilot Studio licensing - Microsoft Copilot Studio | Microsoft Learn

This article covers Copilot Studio licensing details.

Microsoft Copilot Studio Licensing Guide(PDF)

Copilot Studio agent usage estimator (preview)

Estimator to forecast your agent's message volume

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