Course MS-4015: Build custom agents for Microsoft Teams

Build intelligent Microsoft Teams apps with your preferred LLMs and AI components using the Teams AI Library . These custom copilots can also be used to extend Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365.

Advanced - Developer - Microsoft Teams

Course aimed at

This course is aimed at developers, technology consultants, Microsoft Teams administrators, and business analysts interested in improving collaboration and productivity in their organizations by creating custom virtual agents.

MS-4015 Training Objectives

• Design and build virtual agents: You'll learn how to use tools like Power Virtual Agents and Microsoft Bot Framework to create intelligent agents that interact with users within Teams.
• Deploy applications: You will deploy applications using Azure OpenAI resources.
• Improve collaboration and productivity: These agents help automate tasks, answer frequently asked questions, and improve collaboration in business environments.
• Using the Teams AI Library: You'll explore how to use the Teams AI library to build intelligent apps.
• Set up and use the Teams Toolkit: You will set up and use the Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code.

MS-4015 Course Content

Module 1 Exploring the Copilot Stack

• Explore custom agents for Teams with the Teams AI library
• Leveraging the Copilot stack to accelerate AI development
  
• Description of the different Copilot extensibility options

Module 2 Using an Azure OpenAI model to create an application

• Access to the Azure OpenAI service
  
• Understanding Recovery Augmented Generation (RAG) with the Azure OpenAI service
  
• Exercise: Implementing RAG with your own Azure OpenAI data and models
• Incorporating the Azure OpenAI model with data into Teams
  
• Exercise: Installing and Configuring the Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code

Module 3 Building the Custom Agent for Teams

• Exercise: Preparing for the Guided Project
  
• Exercise: Creating the Custom Engine Agent Teams App
  
• Exercise: Configuring the Custom Engine Agent

Prerequisites

• Familiarity with the Teams toolkit, Visual Studio Code, Microsoft Teams, and chatbot creation.

Language

• Course: English / Spanish
  

Microsoft Applied Skills

This course is part of the Microsoft Applied Skills Credentials.

To earn this Microsoft applied skills credential, students must demonstrate the ability to secure resources using Azure virtual networking solutions.

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