Design and build integrated AI agent solutions in Copilot Studio

By the end of this module, you'll be able to:

• Explain the role of a harness in Copilot Studio.
• Compare the GitHub Copilot, standard, and Copilot Chat harnesses.
• Identify the components and lifecycle of an agent powered by the GitHub Copilot harness.
• Select a harness based on business and technical requirements.
• How knowledge, tools, and connected agents each meet a different kind of need.
• How to compare agent tools: a connector, a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, a workflow, or Foundry IQ, Fabric IQ, or Work IQ.
• The identity and access checks that determine whether an approach is viable.
• How to help the agent choose the right capability.
• You're able to recommend a supported integration approach for an agent powered by the GitHub Copilot harness, explain its access constraints, and draft descriptions that help the agent choose the right capability.
• When to use multiple agents instead of one, and the tradeoffs that come with them.
• How to choose a coordination pattern.
• How to identify implementation options by harness.
• How the Copilot Studio governance model places controls at the tenant, environment, and agent levels.
• How to apply a zoned governance strategy.
• How to design an identity and authentication strategy.
• How to evaluate channel options and pre-deployment readiness.
• How to monitor and govern agents by using Agent 365 and agent inventory.

This course is designed for advanced builders and professional developers who want to design, extend, and integrate Copilot Studio agents. Your goal is to automate real business processes by connecting agents to enterprise data, systems, and services—while applying sound design, security, governance, and responsible AI practices. You should already have hands-on experience building agents in Copilot Studio, an intermediate understanding of generative AI concepts, proficiency working with REST APIs, and familiarity with the broader Microsoft cloud platform.
 

• Ability to create and publish an agent in Microsoft Copilot Studio
• Access to Microsoft Copilot Studio
• Basic familiarity with Markdown syntax.
• Permissions to create solutions and agents in a Power Platform environment
• Ability to create, configure, test, and publish an agent in Microsoft Copilot Studio
• Familiarity with agent topics, knowledge sources, and tools in Copilot Studio
• Access to Microsoft Copilot Studio
• Permissions to create solutions and agents in a Power Platform environment
• Conceptual familiarity with REST APIs and web services

• Design agent conversations and responses using topics in Microsoft Copilot Studio
  • Explore Microsoft Copilot Studio and agent harnesses
  • Manage usage and cost for agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio
  • Create instruction-driven agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio
  • Design reusable behavior with skills in Microsoft Copilot Studio
• Automate business processes with workflows and agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio (GitHub Copilot)
  • Design integration strategies for agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio (GitHub Copilot)
  • Automate agent tasks with workflows in Microsoft Copilot Studio
  • Add human-in-the-loop steps to workflows in Microsoft Copilot Studio
• Integrate agents with enterprise systems in Microsoft Copilot Studio (GitHub Copilot)
  • Design integration strategies for agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio (GitHub Copilot)
  • Ground agents in enterprise knowledge in Microsoft Copilot Studio (GitHub Copilot)
  • Extend agents with tools in Microsoft Copilot Studio (GitHub Copilot)
  • Connect agents to MCP servers in Microsoft Copilot Studio (GitHub Copilot)
  • Connect agents to Microsoft IQ in Microsoft Copilot Studio (GitHub Copilot)
• Design and build connected agent solutions in Microsoft Copilot Studio (GitHub Copilot)
  • Design multi-agent solutions in Microsoft Copilot Studio
  • Build connected agent solutions in Microsoft Copilot Studio (GitHub Copilot)
• Evaluate, publish, and manage agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio (GitHub Copilot)
  • Design a governance and security strategy for agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio
  • Design a responsible AI strategy for agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio
  • Evaluate agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio (GitHub Copilot)
  • Monitor and improve agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio (GitHub Copilot)
  • Implement application lifecycle management for agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio with Power Platform