Build a Foundation to Build AI Agents and Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot

• Introduction

• Examine the Microsoft 365 Copilot logical architecture

• Examine the key components of Microsoft 365 Copilot

• Explore the Microsoft 365 Copilot service and tenant architecture

• Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot with plugins and Microsoft Graph connectors

• Knowledge check

• Summary

• Describe the prerequisites for Microsoft 365 Copilot

• Explain how Microsoft 365 Copilot works

• Understand the Microsoft 365 Copilot service and tenant logical architecture

• Describe how Microsoft Copilot generates searches

• Explain how Microsoft 365 Copilot generates responses

• Introduction

• Add knowledge with Graph connectors

• What is Copilot extensibility?

• Add skills with plugins

• What are agents?

• Knowledge check

• What are declarative agents?

• Summary

• What are custom engine agents?

• Explain how Copilot and agents work together to create a personalized, intelligent assistant with the knowledge and skills unique to your business

• Describe the types of agents and the wide spectrum of capabilities with which they can be customized

• Explain how to ground your Copilot responses with multiple enterprise data sources for more relevant and reliable responses

while emphasizing the importance of data privacy and security practices.

• Introduction

• Why extend Copilot?

• Which path for extensibility should you choose?

• Which development approach should you take?

• What development tools are available to extend Microsoft 365 Copilot?

• How are companies extending Microsoft 365 Copilot?

• How can I secure my data and ensure privacy?

• Knowledge check

• Summary

• Decide whether to extend Microsoft 365 Copilot using its existing orchestrator or to build a custom engine agent, based on their specific needs and goals

• Gain insights into the various development tools and methods available, whether they prefer pro-code or low-code/no-code solutions, and how to set up their development environment for building these extensions

• Understand the different ways to extend Microsoft 365 Copilot, including using declarative agents, custom engine agents, plugins, and connectors

• Explain data privacy and security considerations for developing each extensibility option

improving query understanding.

• Introduction

• Set the refresh and crawl schedules

• Add a connection

• Deploy and monitor your connection

• Configure the connection settings

• Knowledge check

• Set up the search schema attributes

• Summary

• Understand how to set up and configure connections for Microsoft Graph connectors to enhance search within Microsoft 365 Copilot

• Understand what the semantic search index is, and how it relates to Microsoft Graph connectors

• Describe the importance of search schema attributes, refresh intervals, and crawl scheduling for efficient data synchronization

• Introduction

• When to use declarative agents

• What are declarative agents?

• Knowledge check

• How declarative agents work

• Summary

• Evaluate whether a declarative agent is appropriate to extend Microsoft 365 Copilot for your   scenario

• Describe how the components of a declarative agent work together to create agents that  run on Microsoft 365 Copilot

• Introduction

• Knowledge check

• Manage agents for Copilot in the Microsoft 365 admin center

• Summary

• Enable or disable Copilot extensibility

• Describe how to enable or disable Copilot extensibility

• Understand how to manage permissions and control data access to your extensions