Create agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio

This course is intended for app makers, business users, and IT professionals who want to build and extend AI-powered agents using Microsoft Copilot Studio

After completing this course, learners will be able to:

• Create and configure agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio.
• Design conversational experiences using topics and conversation flows.
• Enhance agents with knowledge sources and generative AI capabilities.
• Test, publish, and optimize agent performance.

Module 1: Get started with Microsoft Copilot Studio

• Compare the GitHub Copilot, standard, and Copilot chat harnesses
• Compare the classic, or standard harness, and new GitHub Copilot harness authoring experiences
• Create and configure agents
• Work with topics and generative AI orchestration
• Test, publish, and analyze agents

Module 2: Design agent conversations using topics

• Use topics to create and manage conversation paths in an agent.
• Work with topic triggers.
• Work with conversation nodes.
• Add branching to a topic.
• Manage topics.
• Work with variables.
• Work with entities.
• Work with system topics.

Module 3: Build intelligent agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio

• Knowledge sources and their impact on agent intelligence.
• How to configure knowledge sources to create smarter agents.
• Generative answers for contextual responses.
• Conversational boosting for enhanced interactions.

Module 4: Add structured automation to agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio

• Explain how workflow tools add structured automation to Copilot Studio agents.
• Create and configure Copilot Studio workflows as tools.
• Add workflow tools at both the agent and topic levels.
• Use input and output variables to pass data between topics and workflows.
• Test and validate workflow tool behavior by using the activity map and run history.

• Familiarity with Microsoft Copilot Studio.

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