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Microsoft Copilot Studio ❤️ MCP
Ever wished your AI agents could tap into live data or execute actions beyond their built-in capabilities? Enter Model Context Protocol (MCP)—a game-changer for integrating external tools and data sources directly into your Copilot Studio agents. 🧠 What is MCP? Think of MCP as a universal adapter for AI applications. It standardizes how AI models access external tools, APIs, and knowledge bases. By leveraging MCP, you can: 🔄 MCP vs. Connectors: Better Together You might be wondering: When should I use MCP, and when should I use traditional connectors? Will MCP replace connectors? MCP servers are made a...
Announcing the ‘Work with Power Fx functions’ Learning Path
Microsoft Learn has a growing list of Power Platform training modules. Based on community feedback, we’ve added a new learning path: Work with Power Fx functions. Power Fx functions enable the creation of server-side business logic using Power Fx, a low-code, declarative language. These functions were previously called instant low-code plug-ins. They provide reusable, parameterized logic that users can run manually and scope globally or to specific tables. Learning Path Modules The learning path consists of the following two modules: Get started with Power Fx functions Use Power Fx functions in Dataverse t...
Announcing the winners of the 2025 Powerful Devs Hack Together
The 2025 Powerful Devs Hack Together brought developers together to build secure and scalable AI-powered solutions using Power Platform, Azure, AI Builder, and more. If you missed the event, you can still catch up on all the sessions covering AI, automation, security, extensibility, and more! 🎥 Watch here: aka.ms/powerfuldevs/ondemand Technologies Used in the Hackathon We loved seeing developers use so many different technologies to build their hack. Developers built projects using: ✔ Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Copilot Studio) ✔ Azure Services & AI Foundry ✔ Microsoft 365 ...
Publishing, Managing and Securing: Building with Microsoft Copilot Studio
If you would like to start building an agent in Microsoft Copilot Studio, don't worry we’ve got you covered! In our AI in Action: Building with Copilot Studio series on the Microsoft Power Platform YouTube channel, we have several episodes that guide you through how to get started in building an agent. This blog post will cover Copilot Studio Security, all those things that you need to know when publishing, managing and securing your agents when building with Microsoft Copilot Studio. In the Building with Microsoft Copilot Studio series, we showcase the different capabilities of building agents with Copilot Stud...
Integrate Copilot Studio agents with Microsoft Entra External ID to give your customers access
Learn how to integrate Copilot Studio agents with Microsoft Entra External ID using the Generic OAUTH 2.0 service provider option, ensuring your customers can securely log in to your agents.
Powerful Devs Hack Together 2025 Wrap Up
We're almost at the finish line! Our Powerful Devs Hack Together is coming to a close and we encourage you to continue with your AI journey.
Bells and whistles: Building with Microsoft Copilot Studio
In this series, we showcase the different capabilities of building agents with Copilot Studio, which includes building, testing, deploying, analyzing, security and data loss prevention policy.
Mastering automated testing in Power Platform: Evergreen concepts for robust solutions
Get a deep dive into the concepts of automated testing within the Power Platform, along with insights and best practices to help you build robust and reliable solutions.
Announcing the ‘Simplify Microsoft Power Platform Deployments by Using Pipelines’ Learning Path
Microsoft Learn offers many Power Platform learn modules. Now, we are expanding the collection with a new release! Pipelines in Power Platform is a managed environments feature that has been released a while back now! Over time, it has improved significantly with updates like SPN support, deployment pages, extensibility, and personal pipelines. Many people requested more content on pipelines in Power Platform, so we created a new learning path: "Simplify Microsoft Power Platform Deployments by Using Pipelines." This path will help you: Modules in the learning path To support your learning, we are launc...