Foreword. xiii Introduction. xxi Part 1: Introducing Copilot Studio and agents Chapter 1: Understanding Copilot Studio and agents . 1 Practice files. 1 Get started with Copilot Studio. 2 Understand the capabilities of Copilot Studio. 11 Explore use cases for Copilot Studio agents. 18 Skills review.
26 Practice tasks . 27 Chapter 2: Designing effective agents . 29 Practice files. 29 Choose the type of agent. 30 Select the agent''s orchestration model . 36 Design the agent''s capabilities. 45 Understand and calculate agent costs. 54 Skills review.
59 Practice tasks . 60 Part 2: Building agents with Copilot Studio Chapter 3. Building agents with the lite experience of Copilot Studio . 63 Practice files. 63 Describe and configure an agent. 64 Build an agent from a template . 83 Share and manage agents . 87 Skills review.
94 Practice tasks . 95 Chapter 4: Building agents in Copilot Studio . 97 Practice files. 97 Understand environments and solutions. 98 Configure a new agent . 103 Manage agent settings. 111 Edit the Conversation Start topic. 115 Start with an agent template.
118 Install a managed agent. 121 Skills review. 124 Practice tasks . 125 Chapter 5: Building autonomous agents . 129 Practice files. 129 Identify use cases for autonomous agents . 130 Build an autonomous agent. 135 Publish and monitor an autonomous agent.
161 Skills review. 165 Practice tasks . 166 Chapter 6: Grounding agents in knowledge . 169 Practice files. 169 Understand how knowledge works in Copilot Studio. 170 Connect to public websites as a knowledge source. 182 Add files as a knowledge source. 188 Add SharePoint as a knowledge source.
208 Add real-time connectors to enterprise data. 218 Skills review. 228 Practice tasks . 230 Chapter 7: Authoring topics . 233 Practice files. 233 Create and edit topics. 234 Use message nodes and adaptive cards. 253 Use questions, variables, and entities.
266 Use formulas, logic, and generative answers . 281 Manage topic transitions and internal triggers . 300 Skills review. 311 Practice tasks . 312 Chapter 8: Extending agents with tools . 317 Practice files. 317 Use connectors and REST APIs . 318 Create agent flows.
336 Add tools to a topic . 363 Use a prompt as a tool. 368 Add tools from a Model Context Protocol server. 377 Sk.