MS-4014 Build a foundation to build AI agents and extend Microsoft 365 Copilot

Introduction:

Curious about building AI agents but unsure where to start? MS-4014: Build a foundation to build AI agents and extend Microsoft 365 Copilot offers a clear and practical introduction to the tools and strategies available for creating agents and/or extending Microsoft 365 Copilot. You’ll explore the core components of AI agents and gain insight into the business value and real-world use cases they support. Through practical guidance, real-world use cases, and demos, you’ll compare Microsoft’s agent solutions—including Copilot Studio, Microsoft Foundry, and the Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit—and evaluate both low-code and pro-code development approaches. By the end of the course, you’ll be equipped to choose the right development path for your goals.

Objectives:

Course Outline:

1 – Introduction to developing AI agents

  • AI transformation and agents
  • AI agent use cases
  • AI agent components
  • Module assessment

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 assessment

3 – Choose the best Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility path for your scenario

  • Identify extensibility options
  • Analyze 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 assessment

4 – Choose a custom AI agent development path

  • Identify custom AI agent development options
  • Analyze 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
  • Module assessment

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£397.24

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