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Age of Copilots · Jan 8, 2026

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Sriram Balaji · Age of Copilots

Welcome to the 68th edition of Age of Copilots newsletter! Hapy New Year 2026 to all my readers.

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.

Top 10 Copilot Studio Articles Of 2025

Matthew Devaney shares his favourite Copilot Studio articles for the year 2025.

Create High-Precision Custom RAG with Copilot Studio and Microsoft 365 Copilot Retrieval API | LinkedIn

In this article, Isha Kapor shows how to build a Custom RAG using Microsoft 365 Copilot APIs leveraging Copilot Studio’s UI along with the builtin Topics and Triggers

Understanding Model Context Protocol (MCP) in Copilot Studio: The Future of AI Integration (Chapter 11) | LinkedIn

In this article, Kunal Patil talks about MCP in Copilot Studio

Dynamic Adaptive Cards via Email in Copilot Studio Using Prompts | Blog about anything related to my learnings

In this article, Reshmee Auckloo shows how to send Dynamic Adaptive Cards via email

Exam AB-900: Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals » The CRM Ninja

In this article Ey Kalman shares his experience on AB-900 exam.

Copilot Studio MCP limitations

In this article, Nathan Rose shares some limitations of MCPs in Copilot Studio

Building Intelligent, Agentic Applications in VS Code - A Technical Deep Dive into the AI Toolkit Extension Pack

In this article Holger Imbery shows you how to use Visual Studio Code AI Toolkit Extension Pack for interactive prototyping and multi-agent visualization to single-click deployment on Microsoft Foundry.

Copilot UI Launchpad

Darshan Magdum shares Copilot UI Launchpad for designing custom chatbot UIs and integrating them with platforms like Copilot Studio or Direct Line API

Balancing innovation and Governance in Enterprise AI

In this article Griffin Lickfeldt talks about Balancing Innovation and Governance in Enterprise AI

In this video Matthew Dewaney looks at using Copilot Studio to generate an MS Word Document and then return it back to the chat window.

In this video Shane Young answers the question What is the difference between Power Automate Cloud Flows and Copilot Studio Agent Flows.

In this walkthrough Damien Bird tackles a common challenge in Copilot Studio: returning a dynamically generated document directly to a user.

In this complete Microsoft Copilot Studio beginner guide for 2026 by Anders Jensen, you will learn how Copilot Studio works from start to finish.

This video series by Sriram Balaji covers various agent orchestration patterns and how you can implement each pattern using Copilot Studio.

It covers orchestration patterns like Sequential, Concurrent, Group chat, Handoff and Magentic patterns.

How to connect to tool (REST API) in Microsoft Copilot Studio?

This video by Girish Uppal shows you how to connect to Tool (REST API) in Microsoft Copilot Studio while building your agents.

In this video Rafsan Huseynov, shows you—step by step—how to create and connect Azure AI Search to an autonomous Copilot Studio agent so it can work on its own and find the answers you need from your own data.

This video by Sriram Balaji walks through how to implement Sequential Agent Orchestration pattern in Copilot Studio. It shows 2 examples of implementing sequential orchestration pattern: one using Agent instructions and other using Topic.

In this video Daniel Christian compares Google’s Gemini Agent Designer head-to-head with Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Agent Builder.

Copilot Studio: Connect to Foundry Agent, Fabric Data Agent and Agents using A2A protocol.

In this video Parag Dessai shows how to build robust multi agent architecture in copilot studio by connecting your copilot studio agents to other agents in Azure Foundry, Fabric Data Agents and any Agent using A2A protocol.

In this video Jay Padimiti shows how to connect a Microsoft Foundry agent in Copilot Studio.

This video shows you how to set up a logistics assistant agent in Microsoft Copilot Studio that handles shipping price requests end-to-end using external API calls and smart routing logic.

This demo from Microsoft 365 & Power Platform weekly community call shows how to consume an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server in Copilot Studio, letting agents dynamically discover and invoke external tools via a standardized interface.

In this video Rachit Garag demonstrates how to enable and configure the Anthropic model in Microsoft Copilot Studio, with a focus on enterprise and Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (F&O) scenarios.

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.

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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