How to Build and Publish Your Agent to the Microsoft 365 Agent Store - BRK312

Learn to build and publish AI agents to the Microsoft 365 Agent Store in this comprehensive conference session from Microsoft Ignite 2025. Explore the complete development journey from initial tool selection through final publication, with expert guidance on strategies to achieve scale and impact. Discover how frontier firms are transforming AI workflows and understand the concept of "UI for AI" through Copilot integration. Master enterprise-scale agent development techniques and witness live partner demonstrations featuring Sophos cybersecurity agents and Moveworks enterprise AI solutions. Gain insights into HR integration capabilities, validation processes for Agent Store releases, and local testing methodologies to refine agent performance. Learn to leverage telemetry data and user feedback to optimize your agents for both broad market appeal and specific enterprise use cases, while understanding the publishing requirements and best practices for the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.

Syllabus

0:00 - Speakers Introduced: Anna Tao, Steven Abrahams, Varun Kulkarni
00:00:38 - Session Overview: Building Agents with Copilot and Agent Store
00:02:02 - Introduction to Frontier Firms and AI Workflow Transformation
00:12:54 - Introduction of 'UI for AI' and Copilot concept
00:15:55 - Building enterprise-scale agents
00:19:39 - Partner demos: Sophos cybersecurity agent and Moveworks enterprise AI agent
00:22:01 - User updates personal details via HR integration
00:22:47 - Moveworks solution entering validation phase for Agent Store release
00:33:00 - Previewing and testing agents locally to refine performance