Build a foundation to build AI agents and extend Microsoft 365 Copilot (MS-4014)

Course Overview

1 - Examine the Microsoft 365 Copilot design

• 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

2 - Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility fundamentals

• 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

3 - Choose a Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility development path

• 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?

4 - Introduction to Graph connectors

• Add a connection
• Configure the connection settings
• Set up the search schema attributes
• Set the refresh and crawl schedules
• Deploy and monitor your connection

5 - Introduction to declarative agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot

• What are declarative agents?
• How declarative agents work
• When to use declarative agents

6 - Manage agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot

• Manage agents for Copilot in the Microsoft 365 admin center
• Enable or disable Copilot extensibility

Prerequisites

Students should have basic functional experience with Microsoft 365 services