Welcome to the 72nd 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.
Copilot Studio Resources | The Custom Engine
Your guide to Microsoft Copilot Studio documentation, training, tools, and best practices from Microsoft CAT team.
Guidance hubs to help you plan, build, and operate agents | Microsoft Copilot Blog
Manuela Pichler shares the launch of Guidance hubs, new agent architecture guidance hub and a refreshed Microsoft Copilot Studio guidance hub. These on-demand resources offer end‑to‑end documentation across the agent lifecycle—from design and planning through operations, governance, and advanced architectural patterns.
Microsoft‘s agent ecosystem overview
Jack Rowbotham shares Microsoft’s agent ecosystem overview showing the full breadth of the agent ecosystem.
Power Apps MCP Server is now in Public Preview
Hemant Gaur shares 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐬 𝐌𝐂𝐏 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫 is now in public preview, bringing a new level of 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧–𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 directly into Power Apps.
✨ 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞:
🤖 Automation of repetitive data‑entry tasks using proven MCP tools
👀 Built‑in human review, guidance, and supervision
🧭 Granular control over what appears in the agent feed
🔗 Seamless integration into existing Power Apps
Read the full announcement - https://lnkd.in/g4anmrH8
Scott Durow shares about the episode of The Low Code Revolution, where Elaiza Benitez and Claudio Romano provide some great live demos of the collaboration surfaces across PowerApps and Microsoft 365 plus the Agent Feed in action!
https://lnkd.in/gySYZPEm
When to use MCP Server vs Power Platform Connectors | The Custom Engine
This article from CAT team covers when to use MCP Servers vs Power Platform connectors
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) in Microsoft Copilot Studio
Manuela Pichler shares a new article in Copilot Studio Guidance documentation that covers RAG in Copilot Studio
From AI Experiments to Production: Agentic AI the Well‑Architected Way
In this article, Venkat K shares about Agentic AI through the Azure Well‑Architected Framework Lens.
This month we have a special announcement to share: we’ve refreshed the Microsoft 365 Roadmap to make it easier to stay on top of the latest announcements —from core apps to Copilot and agents.
Agent Evaluation in Copilot Studio
In this CAT AI Webinar, “Agent Evaluation in Copilot Studio - Ensuring Quality and Reliability for Your Agents,” the speakers break down what effective agent evaluation looks like and why it’s crucial for building reliable, high‑quality AI agents.
AI agents do not behave the same way twice. Their responses shift with model updates, data changes, prompts, tools, and context. What works today may drift tomorrow. Thankfully, agent evaluations reinforce confidence in the agents you build. This article walks through how you can make the most of this capability.
In this article, Rafsan Huseynov talks about rubrics in Copilot Studio Kit.A rubric is a structured set of natural-language instructions that tells an AI judge what a “good” response looks like. In simple terms, we’re teaching the AI how to grade another AI.
Ricardo Calejo shares about Dynamics Knowledge URLs in Copilot Studio
Copilot Studio OR Foundry = Copilot AND Foundry
In this article Jens Bocking discusses answer to the question: “Should we start with Azure AI Foundry or with Copilot Studio?”
Microsoft Frontier Agents: A Deep Technical Overview
This article from Holger Imbery offers an in-depth exploration of Microsoft Frontier Agents, their architecture, capabilities, and impact on enterprise AI transformation.
In this article, Isha Kapoor Introduces “Copilot Connector Checker”, a self‑service tool that helps you quickly validate your third‑party connectors before adding to your Copilot. Currently, available for ServiceNow.
In this article Pamela Fox shares GitHub Copilot has a memory system now, and the engineering team wrote a blog post above on how they implemented and evaluated it.
Copilot’s cross-agent memory system lets agents learn and improve across your development workflow, starting with coding agent, CLI, and code review.
Check it out if you’re implementing memory for your own agentic systems, or just curious how Copilot memory works.
Building an agentic memory system for GitHub Copilot - The GitHub Blog
This tutorial from Damien Bird explores the power of Multi-Agent Orchestration using the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol. We solve the business challenge of platform silos by demonstrating how a Microsoft Copilot Studio agent can seamlessly communicate with an external agent hosted on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
This is a beginner level tutorial from Lisa Crosbie that will teach you how to build and use agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot.
In this video Matthew Devaney shows how we are going to create our own MCP Server and use it in Copilot Studio
Marcel Broschk shares M365Con talk by Griffin Lickfeldt where he frames the session around a simple but demanding goal: design and build agents that deliver provable return on investment (ROI).
This video from Griffin Lickfeldt demystifies the correct approach to accessing and gaining insights from your spreadsheets, transforming Microsoft Copilot agents into powerful tools for data analysis.
Mastering Mermaid: Automating the Creation of Process Diagrams with Copilot Studio
In this demo from the Microsoft 365 & Power Platform Community call, Elliot Margot shows how to use Copilot Studio to automatically generate Mermaid diagrams from plain text. By feeding specifications or documentation into a Copilot agent, teams can produce reusable diagram code and visuals for processes, timelines, and workflows.
Global Secure Access for Copilot Studio | Enhanced Security Setup
This video clarifies Global Secure Access (GSA) and its benefits, including web content filtering and threat intelligence filtering. It illustrates how Copilot Studio agents can route traffic through GSA’s proxy services, enhancing overall cyber security.
RAG in Copilot Studio Explained | Retrieval-Augmented Generation with Real Data (No Code)
In this video Dhruvin explains RAG in Copilot Studio from scratch and show how AI can answer questions using your real data instead of guessing.
AI Triggers Explained: Practical Configuration for Results
This video from Girish Uppal answers question about the duplicate response that an agent provides, post intercepting response generated by LLM.
Copilot Studio Kit Explained: A Practical Walkthrough for Customers Using Copilot Studio
In this short video Wario Wario, walks through the Copilot Studio Kit, explain what it is, why it exists, and how customers can use it to govern Copilot Studio agents more effectively
Copilot Studio × MCP: From Zero to Shipping a Real Event Agent
This demo from Fabian Williams shows how Copilot Studio can be combined with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to build and ship a real-world event agent. It walks through designing an MCP-backed agent that integrates conference data, Microsoft Graph, and calendar actions to solve practical scheduling challenges.
How Microsoft uses Agentic AI to accelerate software delivery
Agentic DevOps is shaping the future of software engineering, driving productivity and innovation through automation and intelligent collaboration. Learn how to:
Use specialized AI agents throughout the development workflow to maximize impact and accelerate individual developer productivity
Scale AI-driven development practices across teams, overcoming common challenges
Effectively manage hybrid teams of humans and agents, ensuring high-quality outcomes
Copilot Studio Architecture Bootcamp V2
Dewain Robinson shares that CAT team will be launching V2 version of the Microsoft Copilot Studio Architecture Bootcamp.
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.
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
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.
Copilot Studio Resources | The Custom Engine
Your guide to Microsoft Copilot Studio documentation, training, tools, and best practices from Microsoft CAT team.
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.
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 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
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
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, 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.
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
Samuel Boulanger | Mastering Productivity With AI - YouTube
Power Tech Speck (Girish Uppal) - 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.
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 Weekly newsletter by Kunal Patil
Dynamics 365 Talk – D365 "Taylored" to you! By Dian Taylor
CAT’s technical blog focused on deep-dive guidance, examples, and patterns for Copilot Studio.
Copilot Studio Community Forum
Official Microsoft Copilot Studio Forums
Copilot Studio community forum on Reddit.
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
Who’s Using Copilot Studio? | Mercedes‑Benz Tech Innovation GmbH’s Agent Journey
Mars is expanding into Microsoft Copilot Studio, already building more than 1,000 agents and accelerating generative AI adoption across the business.
City of Montréal supports citizens with a virtual agent built using Microsoft Copilot Studio
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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