Partner Crucible

This project aims to serve as an entry point into the wealth of information and services available to Canadian Microsoft partners. The Partner Crucible will curate links, models, and insights to ensure our partners have an overview and a quick path forward.

Power Platform - Copilot Studio Workload

Purpose

A Collection of resources for Microsoft practice building leveraging Copilot Studio. For a view of other Workloadss, please see the Taxonomy.

To contribute to the PartnerCrucible, see Contributor’s Guide.

Industry

Practice Building

Source | Description | Notes :—– | :———- | :—– Microsoft Copilot specialization | The Microsoft Copilot specialization demonstrates your experience and skills related to Microsoft 365 Copilot, including Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, Microsoft Copilot Studio, and agents | Microsoft Partner Microsoft Copilot Studio - Implementation Guide | a Success by Design approach to implementing copilots by PowerCAT | Download Copilot Studio agent usage estimator | Use this estimator to forecast your agent’s message volume. Select from licensing options, agent types, and the features your agent leverages to respond to your end users. See the message consumption impact based on these selections. This provides a monthly message estimate for a single agent and makes no guarantees of final costs. This isn’t a pricing calculator, so we can’t provide total costs or make any definite forecasts around your monthly expenses. | Microsoft IT Governance Controls for Your Copilot agents | With tools designed to enforce governance strategies, organizations can confidently deploy and manage their AI initiatives, knowing they have the necessary controls in place.| Power Platform Blog Administering and Governing Agents| This whitepaper delves into the specifics of Microsoft’s tools and methodologies, offering insights on managing data security and agent integrity. It covers the role of Microsoft 365 agents, Agent Builder agents, and Copilot Studio agents, explaining how each type can be utilized to enhance operational efficiency while maintaining stringent security protocols. | Microsoft Adoption Strengthen agent security with real-time protection in Microsoft Copilot Studio | This capability enhances security for AI agents by enabling organizations to connect their own monitoring system such as Microsoft Defender as well as security platforms by other providers, or their own custom-built tools. These integrations allow for real-time evaluation and control of agent behavior during runtime. | Microsoft Digital Deep Dive: Copilot Control System (CCS) | Learn how to secure, manage, and analyze Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Chat, Microsoft Copilot Studio, and agents across your organization using the Copilot Control System (CCS).| Tech Community

Copilot Studio Skilling

Source | Description | Notes :—– | :———- | :—– Copilot Studio Agent Academy | 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. | Microsoft GitHub Copilot Studio | by @Katerina-Chernevskaya| Github Copiot Developer Camp | In this lab, you will design customised assistants to improve the overall experience of using Microsoft 365 Copilot. The process will begin with the creation of a basic agent using either the Copilot Studio Lite, or the SharePoint agent capability in SharePoint Online, or Copilot Studio. | Microsoft GitHub

Accelerators and Labs

Source	Description	Notes
Microsoft Copilot Studio Resources	Resources to help you on your Copilot Studio journey, curated by Power CAT and updated regularly	Microsoft GitHub
Power CAT Copilot Studio Kit	The Power CAT Copilot Studio Kit is a comprehensive set of capabilities designed to augment Microsoft Copilot Studio	GitHub
Copilot Studio and Azure AI Enablement Workshop	Copilot Studio and Extensibility with Azure AI labs	Maintained by Whowong
Microsoft Copilot Studio Samples	This repository contains samples and artifacts for Microsoft Copilot Studio including connecting copilots to bots, canvas apps, and SharePoint	GitHub
Microsoft Copilot Studio	Partner Landing Page for Copilot Studio including Microsoft Agent Vision and Partner Opportunity	Power Platform Partners
Model Context Protocol in Copilot Studio	Model Context Protocol (MCP) allows users to connect with existing knowledge servers and data sources directly within Copilot Studio	Microsoft Learn