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<!DOCTYPE FL_Course SYSTEM "https://www.flane.de/dtd/fl_course095.dtd"><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://portal.flane.ch/css/xml-course.xsl"?><course productid="34435" language="en" source="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-course/innovator-m365-pilot" lastchanged="2026-05-19T08:53:39+02:00" parent="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-courses"><title>Automate Business Processes using Copilot Cowork and Copilot Studio</title><productcode>M365-PILOT</productcode><vendorcode>IC</vendorcode><vendorname>Innovator Class</vendorname><fullproductcode>IC-M365-PILOT</fullproductcode><version>1.0</version><essentials>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;GitHub User Account&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Basic Knowledge of the Microsoft 365 Platform&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</essentials><audience>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Power Platform Makers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Software Engineers for Agentic AI&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Solution Architects for Agentic AI&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</audience><contents>&lt;h5&gt;Module 1: Introduction to Copilot Cowork &amp;amp; Copilot Studio&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Agents &amp;amp; Copilots for Microsoft 365&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Agentic AI &amp;amp; Design Patterns&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How Agents Work: Knowledge, Prompting, Tools &amp;amp; MCP&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Extensibility &amp;amp; Development Paths&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Licensing &amp;amp; Environment Setup&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Copilot Chat &amp;amp; Productivity Agents&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 2: Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Getting Started with Cowork&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Core Capabilities: Communication, Documents, Calendar, Research &amp;amp; Automation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Understanding Skills: Built-in Skills &amp;amp; the Side Panel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Creating Custom Skills with SKILL.md&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Scheduling Prompts &amp;amp; Recurring Automation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Extending Cowork with Plugins&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Human-in-the-Loop: Approving Actions &amp;amp; Staying in Control&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 3: Copilot Studio Basics&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Overview Copilot Studio Agents in Copilot Studio&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Creating &amp;amp; Configuring Copilot Studio Agents&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mastering Knowledge &amp;amp; Starter Prompts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bing Custom Search as a Knowledge Source&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Topics, Entities and Variables&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Conversation Design Best Practices&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Collecting Information using Adaptive Cards&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Understanding &amp;amp; Using Power Fx&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Publish Agents to Channels (Teams, Charts)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 4: Extending Copilot Studio Agents Tools&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Prompt Actions &amp;amp; Prompt Library&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Prompt Assistant for faster Prompt Engineering&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Using Code Interpreter in Prompts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Integrate Enterprise Data using Connectors&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Integrating Dataverse Tables&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Consuming REST Api&amp;rsquo;s &amp;amp; Enterprise Data&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Model Context Protocol (MCP) &amp;amp; Work IQ&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;AI Builder &amp;amp; Managed Agents: Document Processor&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Automating Visual Tasks using Computer Use&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Organizing tools using Component Collections&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 5: Advanced Copilot Studio Agents&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Autonomous Agents &amp;amp; Triggers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Multi-Agent Orchestration: Focused- &amp;amp; Connected Agents&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Implementing Routing Patterns&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use Deep Reasoning models for complex tasks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Agent Flows and deterministic Task Automation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use AI Builder in Flows&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Optimize Agent Flows Savings&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Adding Voice Support to Agents&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Post-call Actions for Voice Agents&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Integrating Pro-Code Agents&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 6: Copilot Studio New Experience (New UI)&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Classic vs New Experience: the New Experience Toggle &amp;amp; Coexistence&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Telling the Experiences Apart: Build, Preview, Evaluate &amp;amp; Monitor Tabs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Unified Build Surface &amp;amp; the Classic-to-New Component Map&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Enhanced Orchestration Runtime &amp;amp; Deep Reasoning&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Agent Skills: the Open SKILL.md Format &amp;amp; Loading on Demand&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Importing Claude Code &amp;amp; GitHub Copilot Skills&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tools, MCP Servers &amp;amp; the New Node-by-Node Workflows Designer&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Capstone Lab: Building a Sales Account Assistant in the New Experience&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 7: Designing &amp;amp; Implementing Business Processes&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Defining Scenarios &amp;amp; Envisioning&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mapping Scenarios to Capabilities&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Designing Conversation Flows&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Human in the Loop&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Evaluate Agents &amp;amp; Processes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Analytics And Application Insights&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Troubleshooting and Analyzing Conversations&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 8: Testing &amp;amp; Evaluating Copilot Studio Agents&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Agent Evaluations (GA)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Creating Test Sets: Manual, CSV Import &amp;amp; AI-Generated&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Multi-turn Conversation Tests&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thumbs-up/down Feedback &amp;amp; Activity Maps for Diagnosis&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Viewing &amp;amp; Filtering User Questions and Reactions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;CSAT Values and Session Transcripts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exporting Evaluation Data for Further Analysis&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Using Copilot Studio Kit for Advanced Evaluation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 9: Publishing &amp;amp; Maintaining Copilot Studio Agents&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;PowerPlatform Admin Center &amp;amp; Architecture&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Introduction to Power Platform Environments &amp;amp; Solutions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Publishing and Deploying Copilot Studio Agents&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Using Advanced Channels (WhatsApp, Web, ...)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Application Lifecycle Management for Copilot Studio Agents&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exporting &amp;amp; Importing Agents between Environments&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deployment Pipelines &amp;amp; Source Control integration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Copilot Studio Compliance &amp;amp; Security&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</contents><essentials_plain>- GitHub User Account
- Basic Knowledge of the Microsoft 365 Platform</essentials_plain><audience_plain>- Power Platform Makers
- Software Engineers for Agentic AI
- Solution Architects for Agentic AI</audience_plain><contents_plain>Module 1: Introduction to Copilot Cowork &amp; Copilot Studio


- Agents &amp; Copilots for Microsoft 365
- Agentic AI &amp; Design Patterns
- How Agents Work: Knowledge, Prompting, Tools &amp; MCP
- Extensibility &amp; Development Paths
- Licensing &amp; Environment Setup
- Copilot Chat &amp; Productivity Agents
Module 2: Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork


- Getting Started with Cowork
- Core Capabilities: Communication, Documents, Calendar, Research &amp; Automation
- Understanding Skills: Built-in Skills &amp; the Side Panel
- Creating Custom Skills with SKILL.md
- Scheduling Prompts &amp; Recurring Automation
- Extending Cowork with Plugins
- Human-in-the-Loop: Approving Actions &amp; Staying in Control
Module 3: Copilot Studio Basics


- Overview Copilot Studio Agents in Copilot Studio
- Creating &amp; Configuring Copilot Studio Agents
- Mastering Knowledge &amp; Starter Prompts
- Bing Custom Search as a Knowledge Source
- Topics, Entities and Variables
- Conversation Design Best Practices
- Collecting Information using Adaptive Cards
- Understanding &amp; Using Power Fx
- Publish Agents to Channels (Teams, Charts)
Module 4: Extending Copilot Studio Agents Tools


- Prompt Actions &amp; Prompt Library
- Prompt Assistant for faster Prompt Engineering
- Using Code Interpreter in Prompts
- Integrate Enterprise Data using Connectors
- Integrating Dataverse Tables
- Consuming REST Api’s &amp; Enterprise Data
- Model Context Protocol (MCP) &amp; Work IQ
- AI Builder &amp; Managed Agents: Document Processor
- Automating Visual Tasks using Computer Use
- Organizing tools using Component Collections
Module 5: Advanced Copilot Studio Agents


- Autonomous Agents &amp; Triggers
- Multi-Agent Orchestration: Focused- &amp; Connected Agents
- Implementing Routing Patterns
- Use Deep Reasoning models for complex tasks
- Agent Flows and deterministic Task Automation
- Use AI Builder in Flows
- Optimize Agent Flows Savings
- Adding Voice Support to Agents
- Post-call Actions for Voice Agents
- Integrating Pro-Code Agents
Module 6: Copilot Studio New Experience (New UI)


- Classic vs New Experience: the New Experience Toggle &amp; Coexistence
- Telling the Experiences Apart: Build, Preview, Evaluate &amp; Monitor Tabs
- The Unified Build Surface &amp; the Classic-to-New Component Map
- The Enhanced Orchestration Runtime &amp; Deep Reasoning
- Agent Skills: the Open SKILL.md Format &amp; Loading on Demand
- Importing Claude Code &amp; GitHub Copilot Skills
- Tools, MCP Servers &amp; the New Node-by-Node Workflows Designer
- Capstone Lab: Building a Sales Account Assistant in the New Experience
Module 7: Designing &amp; Implementing Business Processes


- Defining Scenarios &amp; Envisioning
- Mapping Scenarios to Capabilities
- Designing Conversation Flows
- Human in the Loop
- Evaluate Agents &amp; Processes
- Analytics And Application Insights
- Troubleshooting and Analyzing Conversations
Module 8: Testing &amp; Evaluating Copilot Studio Agents


- Agent Evaluations (GA)
- Creating Test Sets: Manual, CSV Import &amp; AI-Generated
- Multi-turn Conversation Tests
- Thumbs-up/down Feedback &amp; Activity Maps for Diagnosis
- Viewing &amp; Filtering User Questions and Reactions
- CSAT Values and Session Transcripts
- Exporting Evaluation Data for Further Analysis
- Using Copilot Studio Kit for Advanced Evaluation
Module 9: Publishing &amp; Maintaining Copilot Studio Agents


- PowerPlatform Admin Center &amp; Architecture
- Introduction to Power Platform Environments &amp; Solutions
- Publishing and Deploying Copilot Studio Agents
- Using Advanced Channels (WhatsApp, Web, ...)
- Application Lifecycle Management for Copilot Studio Agents
- Exporting &amp; Importing Agents between Environments
- Deployment Pipelines &amp; Source Control integration
- Copilot Studio Compliance &amp; Security</contents_plain><duration unit="d" days="4">4 days</duration><pricelist><price country="DE" currency="EUR">2490.00</price><price country="AT" currency="EUR">2490.00</price><price country="CH" currency="CHF">2490.00</price><price country="SE" currency="EUR">2490.00</price><price country="SI" currency="EUR">2490.00</price></pricelist><miles/></course>