Welcome to the 76th 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 Microsoft AI: Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Foundry, Github Copilot and Microsoft Copilots delivered weekly to your inbox.
Build news
Introducing Microsoft Scout: Your always-on personal agent | Microsoft 365 Blog
Microsoft is introducing a new category of agents called Autopilots. Autopilots are always-on agents that work autonomously, with their own identity, and act on your behalf. The first Autopilot agent is Microsoft Scout.
Microsoft Scout is integrated across the Microsoft 365 apps you use every day, keeping it grounded in your flow of work. It operates across cloud, desktop, and web, connecting to Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, and SharePoint, and to the data that powers your day, including chats, email, calendar, and contacts. You interact with it in Teams, and extend its reach through the desktop app to your browser, local resources, and model context protocol servers. It is powered by OpenClaw open-source technology
Over time, Microsoft Scout builds context powered by Work IQ, learning how you work.
Microsoft IQ | Unified Enterprise Intelligence for AI
Microsoft IQ brings together four integrated layers that power enterprise intelligence across Microsoft.
Work IQ
Delivers workplace intelligence—data, context, and tools—designed for the unique needs of agents.
Fabric IQ
Provides a shared semantic foundation of your business—aligning data, entities, and rules so agents reason consistently and drive accurate, context-aware decisions.
Foundry IQ
Transforms fragmented data into governed, reusable knowledge—connecting agents to the right data, systems, and context to act effectively.
Web IQ
Delivers fresh, real-world intelligence from across the web – including web pages, news, images, and videos.
Building a hill-climbing machine: Launching seven new MAI models | Microsoft AI
Microsoft just launched seven AI models built in-house at Microsoft AI.
The AI compute used to train frontier models has grown by a factor of one trillion, and Microsoft expects another thousand-fold increase in the next three years. To stay ahead of that curve, the Microsoft AI team has just released seven new MAI models spanning reasoning, coding, image generation, transcription, and voice.
Frontier Tuning — a reinforcement-learning approach that lets organizations train MAI models on their own workflows and data, within the environments controlled by them. Frontier Tuning: Teaching AI to work the way you do - Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
Composing a new platform for agent-first devices - Command Line
Microsoft announced Project Solara, a new software platform coupled with tailored hardware solutions, is to pioneer agent-first experiences that are shaped around you: your agents, your tasks, your environment, under your control.
It introduces Agent-driven interaction model with just-in-time UI
Two concept devices a portable Badge concept device for information workers and frontline workers and a stationary Desk concept device that can work stand-alone, serve as a companion to your Windows PC, or even become your cloud PC through Windows 365 when connected to an external display and interact with Microsoft 365 Copilot.
What’s New in Microsoft 365 Copilot | May 2026 | Microsoft Community Hub
Two new AI models Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.8 for Microsoft 365 Copilot for multi-step tasks and long-running workflows and OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 Instant is now available in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot Studio. Refreshed design in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app delivers a more streamlined, chat-centered experience.
Microsoft Work IQ API (preview)
The Work IQ API is an enterprise intelligence layer for Microsoft 365 that enables developers to build AI agents capable of securely reasoning over organizational data, workflows, and collaboration patterns. It handles data extraction, permission-enforcement, and contextual grounding automatica
Introducing a new design for Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft 365 Blog
Microsoft redesigned the Copilot app and how Copilot shows up across Microsoft 365 apps to better move with it: cleaner, faster, and in the flow of work.
What’s new in Microsoft Foundry | Build Edition | Microsoft Foundry Blog
Agent development got faster: Microsoft Agent Framework adds stable orchestration building blocks, and Foundry Toolkit for VS Code is now generally available.
Production agent hosting matured: hosted agents are expected to reach general availability by early July 2026, with sandboxed sessions, state, filesystem access, and framework flexibility.
Agents can connect to more tools and channels: Toolboxes in Foundry is in public preview, Voice Live adds real-time voice paths, and Foundry agents can publish to Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot, planned for general availability in June 2026.
Agent memory expanded: Memory in Foundry Agent Service, in public preview, now includes procedural, user, and session memory.
Foundry IQ became a broader knowledge plane: serverless retrieval, new knowledge sources, knowledge bases, Web IQ, security updates, and agentic retrieval improvements reduce custom retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) plumbing.
Model and compute options expanded: new MAI models, Fireworks AI on Foundry, Managed Compute, fine-tuning, and Frontier Tuning give developers more choices for inference, training, and customization.
Trust, evaluation, and observability moved closer to the development loop: ASSERT, Agent Control Specification (ACS), Guided Guardrail Setup, Rubric, tracing, Agent Optimizer, and Agent ROI help teams evaluate, govern, and improve agents.
GitHub Copilot app: The agent-native desktop experience - The GitHub Blog
The new GitHub Copilot app is the agent-native desktop experience built on GitHub. From a single My Work view, you can see work in motion across connected repositories: active sessions, issues, pull requests, and background automations. The Copilot app is now available in technical preview for existing Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise users.
Made for developers and agents, Windows 365 at Build 2026
Every dev these days is using agents and every engineering manager wants their devs to use MORE agents. That makes it critical for organizations to have a way to create secure, scalable agent execution environments. This is where Windows 365 for Agents comes into play. Agent makers can use it as part of Agent 365 tools, now generally available, or through a preview available in Microsoft Copilot Studio. It enables enterprise automation by giving AI agents secured and managed Cloud PCs that operate inside the environments where business happens.
The Agent Build-Along Series gives partners a self-serve repo of ready-to-run sessions across M365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Azure AI Foundry, curated by industry and business function.
Power Platform Governance: A Practitioner’s Reference (Part 2)
In Part 2 of a two-part guide Holger Imbery walks through managing and securing Power Platform environments within Microsoft 365 — Copilot Studio governance, agent authentication, ALM and pipelines, solution checker, licensing, and change management.
Damien Bird shares I just gave my autopilot -Microsoft Scout - a 9-minute YouTube video and asked it to “grab snippets from this video and make me say something highly amusing, grab keywords, and make up a sentence.”
He thinks Microsoft Scout bridges the gap between Cowork and GitHub Copilot - acting as both a worker and a developer in the line of work.
In this video Matthew Devaney walks through the new Workflows Feature In Copilot Studio
Lisa Crosbie walks through the key Build announcements
In this video Matthew Devaney shows how you can use Copilot to show custom UI widgets built-in Power App
In this video Girish Uppal shows you how to call an agent built using Copilot Studio in a new workflow interface.
In this video Rafsan Huseynov walk through the new UI, show you how to create and add a Skill, test it with the updated test pane, and cover where Skills live behind the scenes and how admins can control them.
In this video, Damien Bird takes a first look at the brand-new Copilot Studio Workflow Interface - a massive shift toward an agent-first development experience in Copilot Studio
In this video Daniel Christian will show you can capture advanced telemetry from copilot studio and then how to configure some important settings.
In this video Shane Young walks through what Microsoft Scout is and how it fits into the Microsoft AI ecosystem
In this video, Shervin Shaffie breaks down what Autopilots actually are, how Scout compares to Copilot Chat and Copilot Cowork, and what’s available right now versus what’s still in private preview.
Using Claude Code or GitHub Copilot CLI with Copilot Studio Plugin
In this video, Dewain Robinson shows you how to use the Copilot Studio plugin for Claude Code and GitHub Copilot CLI.
How To Use Enhanced Task Completion
In this video Dewain Robinson goes over the new Experimental Feature in Copilot Studio called Enhanced Task Completion.
Deep Dive workshop on Agentic Building
Henry James shares #CopilotStudio just took a huge leap forward – come see and experience what’s new at #EPPC26 (29 June–2 July, Copenhagen).
It’s now an AI-first platform for building enterprise agents and automations: new orchestrator, new authoring UX, new workflow designers, an agentic harness running in a container, Skills, Python, and more. It’s a lot of genuinely new ground, and if you’ve only seen the classic experience, there’s plenty to take in. We want to take you on the journey, not teleport you into it.
Register here: https://lnkd.in/ekv9YJuw
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.
Copilot Cowork at Agent Academy
Copilot Cowork is a brand new experience built on technology from Anthropic that lets you describe a task, walk away, and come back to a finished result.
🎓 Want hands-on labs? Check out the Cowork Collective at Agent Academy: 👉 https://aka.ms/agent-academy
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
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 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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