Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot with Declarative Agents by Using Visual Studio Code (MS-4010)

Price: $675.00
Duration: 1 day

This course provides comprehensive knowledge and hands-on experience in building declarative agents using Visual Studio Code and Teams Toolkit. Participants start with an introduction to declarative agents, followed by practical labs that guide them through building their first agent, understanding API plugins, and implementing APIs. Advanced topics include creating adaptive cards, managing authentication for API plugins, and integrating Microsoft Graph connectors. By the end of the course, participants have a solid understanding of how to leverage declarative agents to enhance the functionality of Microsoft 365 Copilot.

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Course Outline and Details

Familiarity with Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft 365

This training course is targeted at developers who are interested in extending and customizing Microsoft 365 Copilot. This includes both pro-code and low/no-code developers who want to learn about the different Copilot extensibility options available and how to choose the right option for their use case.

  • Introduction to declarative agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot
  • Build your first declarative agent for Microsoft 365 Copilot by using Visual Studio Code
  • Introduction to actions with API plugins for declarative agents
  • Build your first action for declarative agents with API plugin by using Visual Studio Code
  • Use Adaptive Cards to show data in API plugins for declarative agents
  • Authenticate your API plugin for declarative agents with secured APIs
  • Add custom knowledge to declarative agents using Copilot connectors and Visual Studio Code

Introduction to declarative agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot

  • What are declarative agents?
  • How declarative agents work
  • When to use declarative agents

Build your first declarative agent for Microsoft 365 Copilot by using Visual Studio Code

  • Create a declarative agent
  • Exercise – Create a declarative agent
  • Custom knowledge
  • Exercise – Configure custom knowledge
  • Conversation starters
  • Exercise – Add conversation starters

Introduction to actions with API plugins for declarative agents

  • What are API plugins for declarative agents?
  • How API plugins work
  • When to use API plugins

Build your first action for declarative agents with API plugin by using Visual Studio Code

  • Create a declarative agent with an API plugin
  • Exercise – Create a declarative agent with an API plugin

Use Adaptive Cards to show data in API plugins for declarative agents

  • Return rich responses with Adaptive Cards
  • Exercise – Return rich responses with Adaptive Cards

Authenticate your API plugin for declarative agents with secured APIs

  • Integrate an API plugin with an API secured with a key
  • Exercise – Integrate an API plugin with an API secured with a key
  • Integrate an API plugin with an API secured with OAuth
  • Exercise – Integrate an API plugin with an API secured with OAuth

Add custom knowledge to declarative agents using Copilot connectors and Visual Studio Code

  • Create a declarative agent with a Copilot connector
  • Exercise – Create a declarative agent with a Copilot connector

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