This course explores how to extend Copilot’s capabilities through Microsoft Graph connectors, declarative and custom engine agents, guiding participants through the selection of the most suitable development path. Concluding with the management and distribution of agents, this course allows learners to explore the Microsoft 365 Admin center for agent administration.
Course Outline
Lesson 1: Examine the Microsoft 365 Copilot design
- Introduction
- Examine the Microsoft 365 Copilot logical architecture
- Examine the key components of Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Explore the Microsoft 365 Copilot service and tenant architecture
- Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot with plugins and Microsoft Graph connectors
- Module assessment
- Summary
Lesson 2: Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility fundamentals
- Introduction
- What is Copilot extensibility?
- What are agents?
- What are declarative agents?
- What are custom engine agents?
- Add knowledge with Graph connectors
- Add skills with plugins
- Module assessment
- Summary
Lesson 3: Choose a Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility development path
- Introduction
- Why extend Copilot?
- Which path for extensibility should you choose?
- Which development approach should you take?
- What development tools are available to extend Microsoft 365 Copilot?
- How are companies extending Microsoft 365 Copilot?
- How can I secure my data and ensure privacy?
- Module assessment
- Summary
Lesson 4: Introduction to Graph connectors
- Introduction
- Add a connection
- Configure the connection settings
- Set up the search schema attributes
- Set the refresh and crawl schedules
- Deploy and monitor your connection
- Module assessment
- Summary
Lesson 5: Introduction to declarative agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Introduction
- What are declarative agents?
- How declarative agents work
- When to use declarative agents
- Module assessment
- Summary
Lesson 6: Manage agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Introduction
- Manage agents for Copilot in the Microsoft 365 admin center
- Enable or disable Copilot extensibility
- Module assessment
- Summary