Build a Foundation to Build AI Agents & Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot
Course Code: MS4014
Duration: 1 day
Price: £625.00
Upcoming Events
- Virtual Classroom
- Mon 14 September 2026
- 1 day
- £625.00
Course Overview:
Prepare to build AI agents and extend Microsoft 365 Copilot using Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit and more. Explore agent use cases, development paths, tools and related considerations.
Target Audience:
This course is designed for administrators, Microsoft 365 administrators and IT professionals who are interested in learning how to manage and extend Microsoft 365 Copilot. This course also helps Functional Consultants, Solution Architects and Technology Managers.
Course Objectives:
By actively participating in this course, you will learn about the following:
- Understand the fundamentals of AI agents and their role in digital transformation.
- Explore the Microsoft AI agent ecosystem.
- Maximize and extend Microsoft 365 Copilot.
- Build custom AI agents and applications.
- Choose appropriate development paths for AI agent scenarios.
- Apply foundational knowledge of generative AI concepts.
Course Content:
Module 1: Introduction to developing AI agents
- AI transformation and agents
- AI agent use cases
- AI agent components
Module 2: Introduction to Microsoft AI agent solutions
- The Microsoft AI agent ecosystem
- Maximize Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Chat, and agents
- Customize and extend Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Build custom AI agents and applications
- Compare AI agent solutions
Module 3: Choose a Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility development path for your scenario
- Identify extensibility options
- Analyse the decision criteria
- Extend Copilot's knowledge with Copilot connectors
- Build declarative agents in Copilot Studio
- Build declarative agents with Visual Studio Code and Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit
- Deploy custom agents to Microsoft 365 Copilot
Module 4: Choose a custom AI agent development path
- Identify custom AI agent development options
- Analyse decision criteria
- Build custom agents with Copilot Studio
- Build custom engine agents for Microsoft Teams
- Build multi-channel agent solutions with the Microsoft 365 Agents SDK
- Build scalable, enterprise-grade generative AI solutions on Azure
Prerequisites:
- Familiarity with Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Basic knowledge of generative AI concepts (agent, model, orchestration, etc.)
- Familiarity with core Microsoft Cloud platforms (Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Azure)
Certification / Exam:
There is no exam relating to this course.
Further Information:
For more information or to book this course, please contact our Course Enquiries Team on 0117 3701970 or email us at enquiries@skilltec.co.uk
