After this day you can build your own agent in Microsoft Copilot Studio: you set instructions, steer conversations with topics, variables and entities, connect knowledge sources and let the agent carry out tasks through workflows. You test how it behaves, share it and publish it. You also learn when the standard harness fits and when the new GitHub Copilot harness is the better choice. The course suits business users and app makers who want an agent to support work in their own area.
What you’ll take away.
- Create an agent in Copilot Studio and choose the right harness: the standard harness or the GitHub Copilot harness
- Design conversations with topics, variables and entities
- Ground answers in knowledge sources and generative orchestration
- Add deterministic workflows as tools and check them in the test pane
- Share an agent and publish it to channels
Your training in detail
- Who is it for?
- Business users, app makers and Power Platform owners who want to build their own agents for departmental tasks without traditional code.
- Prerequisites
- You have used Copilot Studio before and know the basic ideas of Power Platform and generative AI. For the exercises you need access to a Copilot Studio environment with Copilot Credits.
- Format & planning
- Standard length: 1 training day. A different length can be arranged for companies.
Agenda: from understanding to application
Our independently developed agenda proposal. Focus areas, lab environment and scope are agreed before booking.
Copilot Studio at a glance: standard harness, GitHub Copilot harness and environments
Creating an agent: instructions, greeting and basic settings
Designing topics: triggers, questions, conditions, variables and entities
Knowledge and generative AI: adding sources, checking answers and setting limits
Structured automation: workflows as tools in agents and topics
Testing, sharing and publishing
You build an agent for a fictional internal helpdesk that answers questions from a policy collection, captures a request through a topic and passes it to a team through a workflow.
Exams, licences & credentials
The course follows Microsoft's PL-7008 learning paths and fits the Microsoft Applied Skills assessment "Build an agent in Microsoft Copilot Studio", which runs as a hands-on lab. Microsoft is currently moving the content to the GitHub Copilot harness, so check the current status of the assessment before booking. An assessment is part of the offer only if this is confirmed explicitly. Microsoft issues the credential. This is not an official Microsoft course unless the offer states otherwise.
Vendor references & review date
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Your learning content
These objectives describe the training topic. The specific syllabus, dates and trainer are agreed before booking; the written offer is binding.
Frequently asked questions
Which harness does the course cover?
The exercises mainly use the standard harness. You compare it with the GitHub Copilot harness so you can choose the right option for your use case.
Do I need to be able to code?
No. Copilot Studio is a low-code tool, and you work mostly in its graphical interface.
Does PL-7008 Create agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio: building and publishing your own agents include a certificate?
The course follows Microsoft's PL-7008 learning paths and fits the Microsoft Applied Skills assessment "Build an agent in Microsoft Copilot Studio", which runs as a hands-on lab. Microsoft is currently moving the content to the GitHub Copilot harness, so check the current status of the assessment before booking. An assessment is part of the offer only if this is confirmed explicitly. Microsoft issues the credential. This is not an official Microsoft course unless the offer states otherwise.