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automation
A technical deep-dive into connecting legacy desktop applications to Microsoft Copilot Studio agents - exploring how a Separation of Concerns pattern lets you reuse your existing RPA stack today, and how Computer Use Agents (CUA) enable a fully agentic alternative.
mcp
Create your first MCP connector in Copilot Studio in five minutes, then understand what was created behind the scenes: custom connectors, connection references, and solution structure.
knowledge
Five ways to retrieve Dataverse data from Copilot Studio agents — Knowledge, List Rows, MCP Server, Search Query, and Prompt Tool. A decision guide with setup steps and trade-offs, flow charts and a handy interactive widget to help you pick the right method.
channels
Master the three deployment paths for Copilot Studio agents in Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot. Learn how to customize manifests for DEV/TEST environments, leverage Setup Policies for auto-install and pinning, and deploy to M365 Copilot through the Admin Center.
channels
Eight production patterns for designing Copilot Studio agents that work well in Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot - handling reinstalls, context management, error handling, and self-service troubleshooting with diagnostic cards.
testing
We added a publish command to the Copilot Studio plugin, enabling an automated edit-push-publish-test loop. A trial run on a D&D rules agent shows the progression from blank instructions to a stable 60% pass rate across 7 iterations.
mcp
How to route a single Copilot Studio connector to multiple MCP endpoints using a catalog service, dynamic Swagger dropdowns, and C# URL rewriting.
mcp
Watch a full live demo of building a complex Copilot Studio agent from scratch using the Claude Code plugin - from cloning to pushing, all in one session.
knowledge
Build fuzzy, ranked search over Dataverse structured data with zero user sign-in. A step-by-step guide from indexing to a working agent, with progressive enhancements for OData filtering, pagination, and full record retrieval.
testing
How to extract, read, and understand Copilot Studio conversation transcripts so you know what your agent is doing and why.
orchestration
Topics are where the secret switches are hidden in Copilot Studio. Two under-the-radar tricks: surfacing the orchestrator's chain of thought as it works, and pulling the full conversation transcript into a variable on demand.
channels
The Copilot Studio + Salesforce Einstein Bot integration docs got a major overhaul: full Apex code samples, Named Credentials for secure auth, and deployment scripts that do everything for you.