This course offers a comprehensive dive into extending Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365, enabling you to enhance its functionality and integrate it seamlessly with your organization's external data sources. You'll gain hands-on experience in building message extension plugins and Microsoft Graph connectors using .NET and Visual Studio, making real-time data integration possible. This practical knowledge is essential for those looking to leverage the full potential of Microsoft 365 Copilot and streamline their workflow processes.
Through interactive lessons and exercises, you'll learn how to create, optimize, and secure these extensions, ensuring they meet your specific business needs. By the end of this course, you'll be equipped with the skills to develop sophisticated solutions that enhance productivity and collaboration within your organization.
Audience Profile
This course is ideal for IT professionals, developers, and system administrators who have global administrator access to a Microsoft 365 tenant and are proficient in .NET application development. It is also suited for those with a basic understanding of Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Identity concepts, seeking to expand their capabilities in Microsoft 365 extensibility.
Prerequisites
- Global Administrator Access to a Microsoft 365 tenant
- Ability to develop .NET applications
- Basic understanding of Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Identity concepts is recommended.
- .NET 8.0
COURSE OUTLINE
Microsoft Copilot extensibility fundamentals
- Describe ways to extend Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 to fit unique business needs enriching user workflows
- Describe how Graph connectors can be used to enhance Copilots data access and discoverability for real-time engagement
- Describe how plugins can expand Copilots skills allowing interaction with real-time data across Microsoft 365 apps
- Describe ways to build custom copilots using foundational models for specialized user interactions within Microsoft 365
Introduction to Copilot Studio actions
- Describe the capabilities of Copilot Studio for extending Copilot for Microsoft 365
- Describe the requirements for creating Copilot Studio actions
- Describe the user requirements for using Copilot Studio actions in Microsoft Copilot
- Decide which type of action is appropriate for a given scenario
Create prompt actions for Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 in Copilot Studio
- Describe the requirements for building and using prompt actions
- Write or identify an effective prompt that yields expected results
- Test a prompt action in Copilot Studio
- Use a prompt action in Microsoft Copilot
- Lab Create a prompt action
Create connector actions for Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 in Copilot Studio
- Identify scenarios appropriate for connector actions
- Create connector actions in Copilot Studio
- Test connector actions in Microsoft Copilot
- Lab Create a connector action
Create conversational actions for Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 in Copilot Studio
- Describe the requirements for building and using conversational actions
- Create a conversational action for Microsoft Copilot
- Publish a conversational action to Microsoft Copilot
- Lab Create a conversational action
