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Age of Copilots · Dec 18, 2025

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Welcome to the 67th edition of Age of Copilots newsletter!

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 Foundry, Microsoft Copilots and Microsoft AI delivered weekly to your inbox.

What’s New in Copilot Studio: November 2025 Updates and Features

November 2025 was a busy month for Microsoft Copilot Studio, marked by major announcements at Microsoft Ignite 2025 and a wave of new features now rolling out to makers.

The agentic future: How we’re becoming an AI-first frontier firm at Microsoft - Inside Track Blog

This article walks through the path of becoming a AI-first frontier firm.

Plan and create a conversational agent performance test - Microsoft Copilot Studio | Microsoft Learn

Are you a developer or solution architect creating conversational agents and need guidance on how to test them? Manuela Picher shares that CAT team published just the thing for you: https://lnkd.in/ehgf4FvE - a set of great articles authored by Adi Leibowitz!

Handing Over to Live Agents Without Losing Control | The Custom Engine

Henry Jammes shares a post by Mateusz Wasilewski breaking down live agent handoff patterns with Microsoft Copilot Studio.

Give your AI strategy a holiday glow-up—and step into Frontier Firm territory | LinkedIn

This edition of The Shift takes you inside that mindset: what separates Frontier Firms from the pack, what they’ve learned from early AI adoption, and how you can start operating with the same clarity, creativity, and momentum.

Becoming a Frontier Firm: Our IT playbook for the AI era - Inside Track Blog

Microsoft Digital is propelling Microsoft into the future on our journey to becoming a Frontier Firm. Learn how we’re doing it—and how the same principles can support your own journey.

Designing a Multi-Agent System in Copilot Studio for Dynamics 365 Customer Service & Sales

This article from Holger Imbery shows you how to architect, deploy, and govern specialized agents that integrate with Dynamics 365 Customer Service and Sales, cutting response times and freeing your teams for high-value work.

Human in the Loop(HITL) using "Request for Information" action

Derah Onuorah shares an important 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: Your agents can now involve humans in the loop!
At MS Ignite, Microsoft unveiled a powerful new capability that enables your agents to request information from humans, ensuring proper oversight and governance in agentic workflows.
Introduction to request for information in Copilot Studio agent flows

PnP Copilot Pro Dev Samples

PnP Copilot Pro Dev Samples is a repository to share your Microsoft 365 Agents with the community! [Next on Resources]

Source: https://lnkd.in/e8UvbQzY

New Agent on PnP Copilot Pro Dev Samples 🎉 - Microsoft Learn Search Agent, an agent that uses the Microsoft Learn MCP Server to search and improve quality of responses using a Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit Declarative Agents, MCP actions (preview) by Paul Bullock

Metrics for AI Agents

Saumya Smriti shares about the metrics for AI Agents that she cares about.

What is Agent 365 – All Agents? | LinkedIn

In this article, Dr Umesh Pandit discusses about Agent 365, the control center behind Microsoft Copilot for modern admins.

In this video by Reza Dorrani, you’ll learn how to connect the Microsoft Dataverse MCP Server to Microsoft Copilot Studio and Power Apps, explore how the Dataverse MCP tools work, and understand why this new protocol is a game-changer for AI-powered development.

In this video Daniel Christian walks you through how to run a report to see when a Copilot Studio Lite agent was created and last used. This is very important to maintain the ALM of your lite agents.

Automating decision-making with AI approvals in Microsoft Copilot Studio

📺 Derah Onuorah shows how AI approvals in Microsoft Copilot Studio let teams automate everyday decisions without losing human control. The session walks through multi‑stage workflows, AI‑driven reasoning, and how approvals can analyze real documents and context to speed up business processes.

📺 Derah Onuorah walks through how request for information in Copilot Studio agent flows brings humans directly into AI-driven processes, enabling precise data capture, better oversight, and more reliable automations. The demo shows how RFI actions pause a flow, gather structured input from assigned reviewers, and resume with validated data to keep business processes accurate and efficient.

Build Holiday Agent and Create Dynamic Email Responses with Adaptive Cards | Its Easy

In this video, Reshmee, shows you how to make your Copilot Studio agents plan your holiday and use Adaptive Cards to craft rich, dynamic responses in emails.

Intro to Adaptive Cards (Power Automate + Copilot Studio)

In this video Shane Young explains what are Adaptive Cards for Power Automate and Copilot Studio, how to easily create your own, and then we look at two advanced examples of Adaptive Cards to stretch your imagination.

How To Dynamically Shift Tools and Knowledge in Copilot Studio

In this video Dewain Robinson walk you through how to group knowledge and tools and then based on a variable dynamically leverage the correct one. This allows you to make it where you agent uses the right content and tools for the right place.

Give your copilot agent a body, face and a voice (Copilot Agent + Avatar)

📺 Marc André Schröder-Zhou shows how to give your copilot agent a realistic body, face and voice using the Microsoft 365 Agents SDK, Azure AI Speech and a real-time avatar pipeline. The demo walks through embedding an agent on a webpage, capturing message events, routing them to a speaking avatar and synchronizing text and speech for a human-like interaction experience.

Connected Agents in Declarative Agents

In this video, Abram Jackson shows you how to use connected agents in Declarative agents

Introduction to SharePoint Agents

Vesa Juvonen shows how SharePoint Agents turn your SharePoint files into focused, task-ready AI assistants

Copilot Chat API Deep Dive | Build Custom Copilot Experiences with Microsoft Graph

In this video, Milad, a Microsoft CRM and Power Platform enthusiast from Germany, takes us through an exciting demo of the Copilot Chat API, part of the new Microsoft M365 Copilot APIs, and explains how you can integrate Copilot chat into third-party applications.

Copilot Studio Architecture Bootcamp by Power CAT

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.

Mastering Copilot: Practical AI for Business Productivity

In This podcast Mark Smith has a chat with Daniel Brown where they discuss practical insights on adopting Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI tools for real business impact. Learn how to identify quick wins, improve productivity, and master prompt engineering for better results.

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!

Create your AI strategy - Cloud Adoption Framework | Microsoft Learn

A successful AI strategy requires structured planning in four core areas. Identify AI use cases that deliver measurable business value, select Microsoft AI technologies that align to your team’s skills, establish scalable data governance, and implement responsible AI practices that preserve trust and meet regulatory requirements

Select the appropriate AI service model. Microsoft offers three service models with varying levels of customization and shared responsibility: Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

Use the Microsoft AI decision tree to guide your selection process.

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.

MCS + Azure AI Workshop | Microsoft Copilot Studio Labs

Comprehensive hands-on workshop combining Microsoft Copilot Studio with Azure AI services for building intelligent, enterprise-grade AI solutions.

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

The Custom Engine

CAT’s technical blog focused on deep-dive guidance, examples, and patterns for Copilot Studio.

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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