Copilot & Agents Bootcamp
Copilot & Agents Bootcamp
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Three days, 17 modules, and 11 guided labs across Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft Copilot Studio: Copilot Chat, Work IQ, Cowork, declarative agents, harnesses, skills, knowledge, tools, apps, workflows, and agent integration. Close with lifecycle management, analytics, coding agents, AI FinOps, agent identity, and the Copilot Agent Kit.
Report an issue- 17Modules
- 11Labs
- ~15.3hContent
- 100–200–300 Levels
Agenda
- Day 1 — Framing, On-ramp, Harnesses & Deep Dives
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09:00Welcome
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09:15Introduction to Hands-On Labs
Lab environment, tenant setup, and how the hands-on flow works across the three days.
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09:30
Explore the Microsoft Copilot agent ecosystem, the role of Microsoft Copilot Studio, and how harnesses, knowledge, tools, skills, instructions, and plugins work together.
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10:15Coffee break / Q&A
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10:30
Explore Copilot Chat in Microsoft Copilot: public-web grounding, work-context retrieval with Work IQ, response modes, model selection, Researcher, and Analyst.
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11:00
Build a cited Zava DIY decision brief with Copilot Chat, deeper reasoning and Work IQ, then optionally explore Pages, Researcher and Anal...
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11:15
Explore Cowork in Microsoft Copilot, how it differs from Copilot Chat, and how skills, plugins, and code support multi-step work.
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11:45
Find a proposal in Copilot Chat, act through the Zava Sales Hub agent and its MCP App, then delegate a branded pipeline review to Cowork ...
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12:15Lunch break
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13:15
Build, refine, and publish a Bootcamp Lab Tracker through four sequential prompts, checking its schedule, progress, and accessible day tabs.
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13:45
Build declarative agents for Microsoft Copilot with Agent Builder, Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit, or Microsoft Copilot Studio. Explore how instructions, knowledge, and skills shape a focused chat experience.
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14:15
Reuse a hotel-briefing skill in Agent Builder, ground it in the annual report, and verify an evidence-backed team handoff.
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14:45Coffee break / Q&A
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15:00
Explore the Standard harness in Microsoft Copilot Studio and how instructions, topics, knowledge, tools, and variables shape agent behavior.
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15:30
Assemble a Standard harness agent from instructions, topics, knowledge and tools, then optionally inspect state, delegate to a child agen...
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16:00General Q&A
- Day 2 — Knowledge & Tools and the Dedicated Harnesses
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09:00Re-Welcome / Re-cap
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09:15
Compare harnesses, orchestration, and component models in Microsoft Copilot Studio, preparing for the deep dives on instructions, skills, knowledge, tools, and hooks.
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10:15Coffee break / Q&A
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10:45
Use instructions to define an agent's role and skills to package reusable procedures in Microsoft Copilot Studio. Ground generated proposals and charts in source material.
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11:30
Build an RFP Response agent, inspect its reusable Skill, verify a proposal and chart against source data, then optionally author and test...
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12:00Lunch break
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13:00
Connect grounding and action in Microsoft Copilot Studio: knowledge retrieval, connectors, agent flows, prompts, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, and hooks.
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13:45
Load traveler context at session start and verify location-filtered policy answers, then optionally redact prompts and guard a simulated ...
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14:15Coffee break / Q&A
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14:30
Build Customer Assist agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio for customer-facing chat and voice. Explore instructions, knowledge, tools, specialist agents, and escalation.
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15:00
Build a Zava Coffee concierge, connect a cancellation specialist, and try the conversation in chat and voice.
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15:30
Build apps in Microsoft Copilot Studio for Microsoft Copilot Managed Runtime. Explore generated interfaces, connector-backed data, previews, and persistence.
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16:00
Build a preview from the live bootcamp schedule, prepare OneDrive CSV storage, and test the app's read, save, reload and failure behavior.
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16:30Social / Networking
- Day 3 — Workflows & Operations
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09:00Re-Welcome / Re-cap / Quiz
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09:30
Build workflows in Microsoft Copilot Studio that combine agents, tools, scheduled or event-driven triggers, and human review to automate business processes.
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10:15Coffee break / Q&A
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10:30
Build a task-planning workflow, classify incoming email, and approve an AI-drafted reply.
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11:00
Connect agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio, delegate work to specialists, and integrate an external agent through Agent-to-Agent (A2A). Define clear responsibilities and approval boundaries.
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11:30
Build a Skill-backed stock specialist, verify connected-agent delegation, and connect an external A2A dispatch agent, and prove each dele...
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12:00Lunch break
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13:00
Manage the application lifecycle in Microsoft Copilot Studio with solutions and component collections, then use reporting, analytics, and evaluations to assess agent behavior.
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13:30
Use the Microsoft Copilot Studio plugin with GitHub Copilot CLI or Claude Code to migrate existing agents and create new agents from the terminal.
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14:00Coffee break / Q&A
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14:15
Plan and manage Microsoft Copilot Studio consumption: optimize creation and execution, allocate Copilot Credits, and monitor capacity and usage.
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14:45
Understand agent identities, authentication, and access in Microsoft Copilot Studio. Distinguish the agent's identity from the user or connection used to access a resource.
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15:15
Develop, govern, and test Microsoft Copilot Studio agents with the Copilot Agent Kit: validate AI-generated content, optimize prompts, and track key performance indicators.
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15:45General Q&A