Copilot Studio: RAG authoring, Outlook automation, SP/Dataverse/Lists, RPA and Code Interpreter
Key Questions
What are the recent enhancements in Copilot Studio multi-agent systems?
Multi-agent systems are now generally available with new AI orchestration, faster prompts, and Azure AI Search quick-win integration for vector index plug-ins. Built-in evaluations include live demo test cases for quality, similarity, and exact scoring with SP grounding.
How can knowledge agents be built in Copilot Studio?
Knowledge agent tutorials cover Q&A on SP docs with auto-Word reports, Agent Flows, Excel auto-replies, and parameters. PL-7008 Lab 5 handles entities (prebuilt/custom/regex) for NL-to-structured variables.
What performance improvements have been achieved with Copilot Studio agents?
The Ask Microsoft web agent reduced latency by 61% and escalations by 70%. State Farm accelerated translation from 12 months to 24 hours using Copilot Studio.
What integrations does Copilot Studio support for Outlook and Lists?
Outlook email drafting uses Power Automate, SP/Dataverse RAG, dynamic tools, child agents, PAYG, Agentic Agents, and Dataverse Business Skills. Lists Copilot handles NL for lists, columns, views, and reminders.
What are Declarative Agents and their tools?
Declarative Agents are built with VS Code and Foundry, supporting Pages/Notebooks and multi-model (Claude/GPT/Grok). Gov clouds allow publishing to Teams/M365.
What demos and trainings are available for Copilot Studio?
Demos include CollabDays, AB-730, RefineM, YT, AMA, Dataverse, procurement, Power Minutes, Pragmatic Works previews, basic no-code builds, and a 2-hour course. Thai Agent Flows and customer stories like Amgen and Morningstar highlight adoption.
How does Copilot Studio address governance and security?
It includes Prompt Editor/governance, OWASP mitigations, and SP/Dataverse RAG/governance webinars. PL-7008 Lab 4 covers nodes/topics for predictable workflows.
What customer successes are noted with Copilot Studio?
Amgen built an agent in 6 weeks for R&D acceleration, Morningstar advanced wealth advisory, and State Farm improved translation speed. Partners like AlfaPeople promote its use.
Multi-agent GA/enhancements: AI orchestration/Azure AI Search RAG (quick vector index/gov); evals (quality/similarity/SP); knowledge agents (SP Q&A/Word reports/Agent Flows/Excel replies); PL-7008 Labs (entities/nodes); State Farm 12mo->24h; Amgen 6wk R&D agent; Morningstar 20-30% savings MCP; Princeton extensions (Azure Functions/Power Automate images); Ask Microsoft 61% latency cut; Lists/Outlook/Prompt Editor; no-code (RAG/tools/child agents/PAYG); Foundry/VS Code/Declarative; multi-model; gov clouds/Teams publishing; demos (CollabDays/AB-730/YT/AMA/Pragmatic/Thai/2hr course). OWASP/SP RAG webinars.