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Next level agent building

Master AI Prompts, Knowledge Indexing, and Adaptive Cards—No Code, Big Impact
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Description
Take your Copilot Studio expertise to the next level with advanced techniques that push beyond configuration into full-scale customization. This course focuses on optimizing AI prompts for precision, leveraging Azure AI Search to control and enrich knowledge, and crafting visually engaging Adaptive Cards—all without writing code. You’ll learn how to design intelligent, responsive agents and deliver interactive experiences that transform business workflows.
What you will learn in this course
  1. AI Prompts

    1. Create and optimize AI Prompts within Tools and Topics in Copilot Studio.

    2. Script and test prompts with the right settings and models.

    3. Leverage the new Code Interpreter for advanced prompt scenarios.

  2. Azure AI Search

    1. Build and manage your own Azure AI Search index for Copilot Studio.

    2. Understand embeddings and retrieval for smarter knowledge responses.

    3. Configure resources and optimize index performance for reliability.

  3. Adaptive Cards

    1. Design beautiful, functional Adaptive Cards using the built-in designer.

    2. Use Generative AI to create dynamic layouts and content in seconds.

    3. Apply professional UI tricks for Copilot Studio, Teams, and Outlook.

  4. Integrate these capabilities to design, configure, and deploy intelligent agents that deliver exceptional user experiences.

Who this course is for:
  1. Those looking to move beyond basics and fine-tune how Copilot agents think, search, and interact.

  2. Individuals responsible for implementing intelligent solutions in their organizations.

  3. Anyone eager to apply prompt engineering skills for specific business outcomes.

  4. Groups aiming to build reusable UI components, optimize knowledge sources, and streamline workflows—without heavy coding.

  5. Anyone who wants to create engaging, no-code Adaptive Cards to enhance Copilot conversations.

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Building Adaptive Cards
Ready to bring your Copilot conversations to life? In this hands-on course, you’ll discover three easy, no-code ways to create beautiful and functional Adaptive Cards for Microsoft Copilot Studio; no developer skills needed! By the end, you’ll be confidently building interactive cards that make your agents shine. Adaptive Cards may once have been for advanced agent makers, but after this course, you’ll find it’s as easy (and satisfying) as a slice of apple pie.
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1.1 Introduction
Introduction to Adaptive Cards
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1.2 Easy drags and drops
Introduction to the new UI in Copilot Studio for Adaptive Cards
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1.3 Using Generative AI
Demos on how to generate Adaptive Cards with Agents
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1.4 Using Formulas in Cards
Covers how to integrate variables into Adaptive Card JSON
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1.5 Bonus Tips and Tricks
Tips and tricks such as using formulas in Adaptive Cards, and shared resources and tools.
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Optimizing Custom Prompts
Learn to optimize AI prompts (historically AI Builder) for Microsoft Copilot Studio. Description AI Prompts are all the rave for bringing prompt-based additional value to your conversational agents. Need to summarize customer comments and feedback in a specific way? Need to extract details from a technical support request? Need to write python to build a chart against your Dataverse data? All these things can be facilitated with AI Prompt Tools. This course covers 3 levels of AI prompts in detail: Topic-based, Agent-based, and Environment-based prompts. The entire course is designed to enable you to envision and optimize AI Prompts usage in your agents.
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2.1 Introduction
Fundamentals of AI Prompts (used to be called AI Builder prompts) and Product UI Tour
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2.2 Understanding Inputs, Outputs, and Test
Highlights the value of inputs and outputs for dynamic prompts in Test and Production scenarios.
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2.3 Managing Agent AI Prompt Tools
Highlights tips and tricks for handling Agent-level AI Prompt Tools
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2.4 Tips on Dataverse Tables
Tips for Using Dataverse Tables in AI Prompts
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2.5 Scaling Prompts
Highlights the value of Prompts as reusable components, and how to scale prompts through M365 Agents.
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2.6 BONUS Video on Code Interpreter
Highlights the value of enabling Code Interpreter in MCS
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Bring your own index
Ready to take control of your Copilot’s knowledge? This course is perfect for AI enthusiasts who want to go beyond the basics and fine-tune how their agents think and search. You’ll learn how to build and manage your own Azure AI Search index, understand the embeddings that power retrieval, and connect it all seamlessly to the Knowledge tab in Microsoft Copilot Studio. By the end, you’ll know exactly how to shape your agent’s understanding and create smarter, faster, and more reliable responses, all through the power of Azure AI.
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3.1 Introduction & Dependencies
Introduction to Azure AI Search as an Index in Copilot Studio. The why statement and the Azure dependencies.
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3.2 Creating Vector Indexes
Steps for creating vector based indexes and embeddings from Azure AI Foundry
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3.3 Implementing Azure AI indexes in MCS
Using Azure Indexes in Copilot Studio
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