In November 2024, I delivered a full-day workshop and breakout session at the TechCon365 conference in Dallas, TX to developers showing them how they can extend Microsoft 365 Copilot. These developers learned how to bring their organization’s content & data that doesn’t live in Microsoft 365 to get the most value out of their Microsoft 365 Copilot investments… and they loved it!
Not only did we have a great and engaging discussion, but 80% gave it a 10/10 “Would definitely recommend” rating, leaving comments like:
I’m not a coder, but I enjoyed the session and saw how Copilot can be coded.
I attended Andrew’s workshop on copilot extensibility at a recent conference, and I thought he did a great job of explaining these complicated topics.
I’ve done the Microsoft Learn articles and understood what must be done. Andrew does a great job of explaining the why’s and not just the how’s so that you can have those “a-ha” moments be like, “oh, that’s why I do that!” Or “That’s why that OpenAPI file is structured the way it is!” and “That’s what that setting means!”
This session answered a lot of questions my organization had about copilot and I can’t wait to bring it back to my office!
Leading up to the conference, I already had plans to create a new learning experience on this topic. I had so many conversations with attendees about extending Microsoft 365 Copilot both during my presentations and in the hallways throughout the week, it validated the idea.
So today, I’m thrilled to share with you…
Workshop - Build Declarative Agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot
This new live workshop, delivered online for the first time in mid-December 2024, we’ll start by understanding how Microsoft 365 Copilot works. From there, we’ll explore through live demos, how to teach Microsoft 365 Copilot new knowledge from sources external to your Microsoft 365 tenant, and learn new skills by interacting with line-of-business systems and real-time data.
Whether you’re looking to…
- Understand what knowledge Microsoft 365 Copilot has out-of-the-box
- Learn what extensibility options are available to you
- Create scoped agents for unique scenarios
- What are the costs associated with expanding Microsoft 365 Copilot’s skills
- Get the most out of your Microsoft 365 Copilot investment
This workshop covers it all!
What you’ll learn
This workshop focuses on creating declarative agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot. These agents are available everywhere Microsoft 365 Copilot is available on office.com/chat, in Microsoft Teams, and can even be @mentioned in conversations!
In this workshop, you’ll learn:
- What you can and cannot do with declarative agents
- How to provide custom instructions to Microsoft 365 Copilot for specific scenarios
- Use existing content in your Microsoft 365 tenant including sources such as SharePoint Online sites and OneDrive
- Add unstructured content by creating Microsoft Graph connectors
- Teach Microsoft 365 Copilot new skills by creating custom plugins
- Incorporate real-time relational data with existing or new APIs
- Leverage existing line-of-business systems in your declarative agent
Are you ready to get the most out of your Microsoft 365 Copilot investment?
While Microsoft 365 Copilot is impressive, one thing I’ve heard directly from customers is questioning the value of copilot when factoring in the licensing cost - $30/user/month with a 12 month commitment. In talking to my peers, they hear the same thing from their customers.
But, when customers see how they can bring data that lives outside their Microsoft 365 tenant into Microsoft 365 Copilot by creating declarative agents, they get it.
The workshop is $299/person and limited to 200 students. For six (6) hours broken into four (4) sessions across two (2) days, you’ll see first hand how to get to the most from your investment in Microsoft 365 Copilot. All sessions will be recorded for you to review in the future!
