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

Course MS-4014: Build a foundation to build AI agents and extend Microsoft 365 Copilot

Get ready to build AI agents and extend Microsoft 365 Copilot using Copilot Studio , Azure AI Foundry , Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit , and more. Explore agent use cases, development paths, tools, and related considerations.

Level: Beginner - Role: Developer, Application Creator - Product: Azure, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, Microsoft Copilot Studio

Course aimed at

This course is role-independent and appropriate for any student who wants to learn the basics of extending the functionality of Microsoft Copilot 365.

Objectives of the MS-4014 course

• Understanding the extensibility of Microsoft 365 Copilot
• Introduce Microsoft Graph connectors
• Implement custom engine copilots
• To guide the choice of the appropriate development approach
• Ensuring data privacy and security
• Manage agents in Microsoft 365

MS-4014 Course Content

Module 1: Introduction to the development of artificial intelligence agents

• Introduction
• AI and Agent Transformation
  
• AI Agent Use Cases
  
• AI agent components

Module 2: Introduction to Microsoft's AI Agent Solutions

• Introduction
  
• Microsoft's AI agent ecosystem
  
• Maximize Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Chat, and agents
  
• Customize and extend Microsoft 365 Copilot
  
• Create custom AI apps and agents
  
• Compare AI agent solutions

Module 3. Choose the best Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility path for the scenario

• Introduction
  
• Identify extensibility options
  
• Analyze the decision criteria
  
• Expand your Copilot knowledge with Copilot connectors
  
• Creating declarative agents in Copilot Studio
  
• Create declarative agents with Visual Studio Code and Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit
  
• Implement custom agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot

Module 4. Choosing a development path for a custom artificial intelligence agent

• Introduction
  
• Identify options for developing custom AI agents
  
• Analyze the decision criteria
  
• Create custom agents with Copilot Studio
  
• Create custom engine agents for Microsoft Teams
  
• Create multichannel agent solutions with the Microsoft 365 Agent SDK
  
• Build scalable, enterprise-grade generative AI solutions on Azure

Prerequisites

• Familiarity with Microsoft 365 Copilot
• Basic knowledge of generative artificial intelligence concepts (agent, model, orchestration, etc.)
  
• Familiarity with the main Microsoft Cloud platforms (Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Azure)

Language

• Course: English / Spanish