Agentic AI Private Public

Introduction to building AI agents (MS-4014)

3 hours

Explore AI agent concepts and compare Microsoft tools, extensibility options, and low-code and pro-code paths for building agents and extending Copilot.

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Course Overview

This course provides a practical introduction to building AI agents and extending Microsoft 365 Copilot. Explore agent components, business use cases, and Microsoft development solutions, including Copilot Studio, Microsoft Foundry, and the Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit. Compare low-code and pro-code approaches so you can select an appropriate development path for your goals.

Course Benefits

Explain the role, components, business value, and common use cases of AI agents
Describe the Microsoft AI agent ecosystem and options for extending Microsoft 365 Copilot
Compare Microsoft agent development solutions and low-code and pro-code approaches
Evaluate Copilot connectors, declarative agents, and custom agents for different scenarios
Select an appropriate Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility path
Select a custom AI agent development path based on solution requirements

Delivery Methods

Public Class
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Private Class
Delivered for your team at your site or online.

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Webucator is a Microsoft Certified Partner. This class uses official Microsoft courseware and will be delivered by a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT).

Course Outline

Introduction to developing AI agents
1. AI transformation and agents
2. AI agent use cases
3. AI agent components
4. Module assessment
Introduction to Microsoft AI agent solutions
1. The Microsoft AI agent ecosystem
2. Maximize Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Chat, and agents
3. Customize and extend Microsoft 365 Copilot
4. Build custom AI agents and applications
5. Compare AI agent solutions
6. Module assessment
Choose the best Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility path for your scenario
1. Identify extensibility options
2. Analyze the decision criteria
3. Extend Copilot's knowledge with Copilot connectors
4. Build declarative agents in Copilot Studio
5. Build declarative agents with Visual Studio Code and Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit
6. Deploy custom agents to Microsoft 365 Copilot
7. Module assessment
Choose a custom AI agent development path
1. Identify custom AI agent development options
2. Analyze decision criteria
3. Build custom agents with Copilot Studio
4. Build custom engine agents for Microsoft Teams
5. Build multi-channel agent solutions with the Microsoft 365 Agents SDK
6. Build scalable, enterprise-grade generative AI solutions on Azure
7. Module assessment

Class Materials

Each student receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all class examples.

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following is required for this Agentic AI class:

Basic functional experience with Microsoft 365 services.

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