agent-academy
Welcome Recruit
Welcome, Recruit.
Your mission—should you choose to accept it—is to master the art of building agents using Microsoft Copilot Studio.
This hands-on training is your entry point into the world of agents: from grounded prompts to Adaptive Cards and agent flows, you’ll learn how to build, scale, and deploy intelligent agents using real-world tools and use cases.
🎯 Mission Objective
By completing the Agent Academy, you’ll be able to:
- Understand what agents are in the context of Microsoft Copilot Studio
- Explore how Large Language Models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and orchestration come together in an agent
- Build both declarative and custom agents
- Enhance agents with Topics, Adaptive Cards, and Agent Flows
- Deploy agents to Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot
🧪 Prerequisites
To complete all missions, you’ll need:
- A Microsoft 365 Developer tenant (with SharePoint enabled)
- Access to Microsoft Copilot Studio (trial or licensed)
- Optional: Basic knowledge of SharePoint, Power Platform, or Power Fx
🧬 Who This Is For
This course is ideal for:
- Makers and developers exploring Copilot Studio
- IT pros building Microsoft 365 Copilot extensions
- Power Platform enthusiasts who want to level up with intelligent agents
- Anyone who prefers to learn by doing
🧭 Curriculum Overview
This academy is broken into progressive lessons—each one designed as a field mission to level up your agent-building skills.
| Lesson | Title | Mission Briefing |
|---|---|---|
00 |
🧰 Course Setup | Set up your dev environment, Copilot Studio trial, and SharePoint site |
01 |
🧠 Introduction to Agents | Understand conversational AI concepts, LLMs, and autonomous vs. declarative agents |
02 |
🛠️ Copilot Studio Fundamentals | Learn the building blocks: knowledge, skills, autonomy |
03 |
👩💻 Create a Declarative Agent | Add your own agent to the Microsoft 365 Copilot, grounded in a prompt |
04 |
🧩 Creating a Solution | Package your agent into a reusable solution for environment management |
05 |
🚀 Get Started with Pre-Built Agents | Use and customize a template agent to accelerate setup |
06 |
✍️ Build a Custom Agent | Create a new Copilot grounded in knowledge sources |
07 |
🧠 Add a Topic with Triggers | Use Topics to define custom question/answer paths |
08 |
🪪 Enhance with Adaptive Cards | Build an Adaptive Card using Power Fx and SharePoint |
09 |
🔁 Automate with Agent Flows | Use Adaptive Card input to trigger back-end flows |
10 |
🧭 Add Event Triggers | Enable your agent to act autonomously using event-based logic |
11 |
📢 Publish Your Agent | Deploy your agent to Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot |
12 |
🪪 Understanding Licensing | Learn how licensing and billing works with Copilot Studio |
13 |
🚨 Securing Your Recruit Badge | Claim your badge and mark your achievement! |
!!! note
✅ Completing this curriculum earns you the Recruit badge.
🔓 Operative and Commander will be unlocked in future phases.