Welcome to the 78th 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.
Meet the Agent Academy Hackathon Winners | Power Platform Developer Blog
From May 12 to June 2, 2026, builders from around the world put their Agent Academy learning to the test by designing, building, and shipping real, working AI agents with Copilot Studio. After two weeks of judging, Microsoft has announced the Agent Academy Hackathon winners. Check this out!
Microsoft introduced SharePoint Copilot Apps, bringing interactive SPFx components directly into the Copilot canvas.
✅ Use the web stack you already know
🤖 Build with your favorite AI coding tools
⚙️ Enterprise-hosted with security and governance built in
🔁 Reuse across Copilot, SharePoint, and Teams
Request for every Microsoft Copilot Studio agent maker
Daniel Christian has a request for every Microsoft Copilot Studio agent maker in our community. If we want the new Copilot Studio experience to become the best platform it can be, we need to do more than discuss concerns on social media.
We need to provide clear, actionable feedback directly to the Microsoft Copilot Studio Product Group.
Agentloop middleware in Microsoft Agent Framework
Pamela Fox shares Microsoft agent-framework now has an AgentLoop middleware with three options- .ralph(), .with_predicate(), and .with_judge().
Microsoft Scout vs Copilot Cowork
In this article, Mattia De Rosa compares Microsoft Scout and Copilot Cowork.
In this article, Daniel Anderson shares why model choice matters in Copilot Cowork.
In this article, Arafat Tehsin explains what Agent Harness is, what it is not, how it relates to Microsoft Foundry and Microsoft Agent Framework, why it matters for production-grade agents, and when he would or would not use it.
What Is Copilot Cowork? Long-Running, Multi-Step Work Comes to Microsoft 365 | LinkedIn
In this article Marcel Broschk talks about how Copilot Cowork brings long-running, multi-step work into Microsoft 365 Copilot, moving beyond prompts and responses toward execution that unfolds over time.
In this video Daniel Christian shows you how you can take an autonomous agent from the classic agent and rebuild it in the new modern Copilot Studio. I will show you how the trigger feature can be rebuilt in a workflow
NEW Copilot Studio Agents: Working with SharePoint Lists & Work IQ
In this video Reza Dorrani puts the new agents to work with SharePoint Lists and SharePoint Work IQ.
Copilot, Microsoft 365 & Power Platform weekly call – 23rd of June, 2026
Microsoft 365 & Power Platform community call on June 23rd 2026 covers
Call included three demos:
• Anshul Jethwani & Harish Swaminathan - Getting started on using Agent Builder templates to kick start your agent journey
• Paolo Pialorsi - Understanding Work IQ
• Bert Jansen & Vesa Juvonen - Getting started with building SharePoint Copilot Apps
How to call Microsoft 365 Copilot Agent from a workflow in Microsoft Copilot Studio?
In this video Girish Uppal shows you a technique through which you can call an already built Microsoft 365 Copilot agent using new workflow in Microsoft Copilot Studio.
Confused by Microsoft Scout, Copilot Cowork, Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio? You’re not alone. In this video, April Dunnam breaks down what each Microsoft AI tool does, how they’re different and which one you should use for your specific scenario.
Using references in Copilot Studio Skills
In this video Sriram Balaji walks through how to use references in Skills in Copilot Studio. References usually contain additional documentation that an agent can use when needed. This video walks through a HR agent which answers policy questions by loading the right policy document which are part of skills references.
Agent 365 Explained — The M365 Admin Center for AI Agents (Part 1 of 5)
In this episode Wario walk through where agents live, the agent registry, ownerless-agent risks, and how the admin center ties together identity, licensing, security and governance for every agent in your tenant.
Copilot Cowork Is Finally GA (Big Changes)
Copilot Cowork is finally Generally Available, and Microsoft made some big changes along the way. In this video, Shane Young provides a practical walkthrough of what changed, why it matters, and what it means for your organization.
Copilot Cowork Costs Explained (With Real Examples)
In this video, Lisa Crosbie walks through how Cowork pricing works, what affects the number of credits used, and most importantly, how to decide when Cowork is worth using versus when standard Microsoft 365 Copilot tools may be enough.
Real-world agent case studies: how organizations are using AI agents
In the CAT AI Webinar –“Real-World Agent Case Studies: How Organizations Are Using AI Agents,” we show how organizations turn AI ambition into business transformation with Microsoft technologies.
Closing the Copilot Agents adoption gap with templates
In this CAT AI Webinar, “Closing the Copilot Agents Adoption Gap with templates — Putting your licenses to good use,” Lester Hewett and Rima Reyes show how Microsoft 365 Copilot users can move from licensed access to active agent usage with Agent Builder templates.
The Most POWERFUL Way to Build a Team of AI Employees (Microsoft Scout Autopilot Tutorial)
In this video, Shervin Shaffie, shows how to build an AI-powered Dream Team using Microsoft’s first Autopilot agent, Scout. The team consists of seven specialized AI agents managed by an AI chief of staff named Major, who coordinates the work across the entire organization.
Build Beyond the Chatbot with Copilot Studio
In this CAT AI Webinar,”Build Beyond the Chatbot with Copilot Studio”, the speakers Lester Hewett and Rima Reyes show how Copilot Studio and Agent Builder can help organizations move beyond simple chatbot experiences into more useful, business-connected agents.
Future Ready AI Summit 2026
📅 27 June 2026
📍 CGI, Bengaluru
🎟️ Register: https://lnkd.in/g3cpdsdS
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.
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.
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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