Interactive: Code-First Agent Delivery

🖥 Developer Workstation

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VS Code + GitHub Copilot Chat

Primary development environment. Copilot generates agent code from natural language prompts.

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Teams Toolkit Extension

Scaffolding, local debug, and deployment via azd up. Manages app registration and manifest.

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Bicep / IaC Templates

Infrastructure-as-Code definitions. Provision and tear down Azure resources deterministically.

azd up ↑ azd down ↓

☁️ Azure Resource Group

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Azure Functions Runtime

Agent execution runtime. Hosts the declarative agent's API plugin endpoints. Serverless, auto-scaling.

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Azure OpenAI

GPT-4o language model. Processes prompts and generates responses.

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Azure AI Search

Vector + keyword hybrid search. Grounds agent responses in customer documents.

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Azure Blob Storage

Document store for PDFs, reports, and source materials. Feeds the AI Search index via integrated indexer.

🔮 M365 Copilot Platform

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Copilot Chat User-Facing

End-user interface in Microsoft Teams and M365. Users interact with the agent through natural conversation.

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Declarative Agent

Teams app manifest + OpenAPI plugin spec. Defines agent capabilities, instructions, and API surface.

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Copilot Studio Optional

ZIP import path. Export from VS Code → import into Studio for low-code teams to customize.

VS Code + Copilot → Copilot generates full agent project scaffold from natural language → Teams Toolkit

Teams Toolkit → azd up — provisions Azure resources via Bicep, deploys Functions code, registers app → Azure Resource Group

Azure Functions ⇄ API Plugin (OpenAPI spec) — bidirectional request/response ⇄ Declarative Agent

Teams Toolkit ⇢ Optional: Export as ZIP → import into Copilot Studio for low-code customization ⇢ Copilot Studio