Agents & Apps¶

Explore labs, session repositories, and additional resources from Microsoft Build 2026 focused on AI agents, copilots, and intelligent applications across platforms and tools.

Session Repositories¶

Session	Presenters	Repo	Session Page
Build context-aware agents: From data to decisions	Amanda Silver, Marco Casalaina	Repo	BRK240
From prototype to production: build and run agents at scale	Tina Schuchman, Jeff Hollan	Repo	BRK241
Turn your agents into action: Connect tools, APIs, and documents	Joe Filcik, Ronak Chokshi, Maria Naggaga	Repo	BRK242
Scott and Mark learn...how agents reshape software engineering	Scott Hanselman, Mark Russinovich	Repo	BRK247
Turn APIs, tools, and data into real agent velocity	Chu Lahlou	Repo	DEM331
From zero to teammate in 25 minutes: Build a Teams agent live	Aamir Jawaid, Umang Sehgal	Repo	DEM332
How Foundry integrates with open-source frameworks and tools	Nagkumar Arkalgud, Facundo Santiago	Repo	DEM333
Build agents where work happens: chats, channels, and meetings in Microsoft Teams	Lily Du, Umang Sehgal	Repo	DEM334
AI Skills Navigator: Accelerate tech skills with personalized learning	Matt Erni, Shreenidhi Bindinganavile Ramanuja	Repo	DEM351
Understand and fix Agent Framework apps with observability and evals	Jim Bennett	Repo	DEM361
Engineering agents that reason, act, and adapt	Anthony Bartolo, Henk Boelman, Gustavo Cordido	Repo	LAB530
From data to context: Agent‑ready knowledge with Foundry IQ	Ayca Bas, Pamela Fox	Repo	LAB532
From Test Kitchen to Table: A Demo-driven Tour of Foundry Portal for AI Developers	Carlotta Castelluccio, Nitya Narasimhan	Repo	OD836
AI solutions built to power industrial innovation and sovereign control	Inbal Sagiv	Repo	OD839

📚 Additional Resources¶

Agents Hub¶

Agents Hub — Microsoft Learn hub for agentic computing documentation
Design guidelines for agents — Review the design fundamentals of agents in the Microsoft ecosystem

Microsoft Foundry¶

What is Microsoft Foundry Agent Service? — Overview and key capabilities of Foundry for building, testing, and deploying agents
Agent development lifecycle — End-to-end lifecycle from creation through production monitoring
Connect to an A2A agent endpoint from Foundry Agent Service — Context-sharing and communication between multiple agents
Agent identity concepts in Microsoft Foundry — Identity and security management for agents

Copilot Studio¶

Copilot Studio overview — Low-code platform for building custom AI agents
Microsoft Copilot Studio implementation and adoption guidance — Provides guidance for organizations to design, build, and deploy custom conversational agents using Microsoft Copilot Studio
Copilot Studio and agent samples — Collection of samples and learning resources for Copilot Studio
Choose between Agent Builder in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio to build your agent — Choose the right tool to build your declarative agent

Microsoft Teams¶

Microsoft Teams Platform and Teams SDK — the platform and tools for building agents that collaborate in Teams
Teams features for conversational agents:
Adaptive Cards — Create rich, interactive UI in Teams and other Microsoft platforms with declarative JSON

Agent 365¶

Microsoft Agent 365 SDK and CLI — Extend agents built using any agent SDK or platform, with enterprise‑grade identity, observability, notifications, security, and governed access to Microsoft 365 data
Get started with Agent 365 development — Build the right type of agent and progressively enable capabilities like identity, governance, observability, and tool access

Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility¶

Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork (Frontier) — Copilot Cowork enhances productivity by automating routine tasks and projects across your Microsoft 365 environment. Users must be part of the Frontier preview program to access Cowork.
Build agents with Agent Builder — Use Agent Builder in Microsoft 365 Copilot to build agents using natural language
Build agents with Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit — Use TypeSpec or JSON to build enterprise-ready agents for Microsoft 365
Add knowledge with Copilot connectors — Use connectors to enhance knowledge in Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents
Use the Work IQ API (preview) — Build agentic and AI-powered applications that reason over Microsoft 365 data
Use Copilot APIs — Bring Copilot's functionality into your own apps and agents

Learning & Development¶

Orchestrate a multi-agent solution using Semantic Kernel — Training module on building multi-agent solutions with Semantic Kernel SDK
Adopt, extend and build Copilot experiences across the Microsoft Cloud — Comprehensive guide to building Copilot solutions