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Microsoft MS-4010 - Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot with Declarative Agents by using Visual Studio Code

Length 1 day
Price NZD 995 exc GST

Course overview

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Why study this course

This one-day course provides comprehensive knowledge and hands-on experience in building declarative agents using Visual Studio Code and Teams Toolkit. Students 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, students have a solid understanding of how to leverage declarative agents to enhance the functionality of Microsoft 365 Copilot.

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What you’ll learn

After completing this course, students will be able to:

Evaluate whether a declarative agent is appropriate to extend Microsoft 365 Copilot for your scenario
Describe how the components of a declarative agent work together to create agents that run on Microsoft 365 Copilot
Design a declarative agent to solve a business problem
Implement a declarative agent with custom knowledge
Upload and use a declarative agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot to validate the results
Evaluate whether extending your declarative agent with an API plugin action is suitable for your scenario
Describe how API plugins enable a declarative agent to retrieve and modify external data
Design a declarative agent with actions using an API plugin
Integrate a declarative agent with an API plugin connected to an anonymous API
Run declarative agent with an API plugin in Microsoft 365 Copilot to validate the results
Create an Adaptive Card template that shows the data from the API
Verify that the Adaptive Card template correctly renders API data
Configure the API plugin to render the data using the Adaptive Card template
Upload your declarative agent to Microsoft 365 Copilot and validate the results
Identify how an API is secured
Design a secure way to integrate an API plugin for Microsoft 365 Copilot with an API
Integrate an API plugin with an API secured with an API key
Integrate an API plugin with an API secured with OAuth2
Run the API plugin in Microsoft 365 Copilot to validate the results
Design a declarative agent with a Graph connector
Integrate a declarative agent with a Graph connector
Run declarative agent with a Graph connector in Microsoft 365 Copilot to validate the results

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Who is the course for?

Whether you're a pro-code or low/no-code developer, this course helps you chart your path to extending and customising Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Course subjects

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 Microsoft Graph connectors and Visual Studio Code

Prerequisites

None

Microsoft - Training Solutions Partner - Microsoft Certified Trainers - MCT Superstars Award FY24

Terms & Conditions

The supply of this course by Lumify Work is governed by the booking terms and conditions. Please read the terms and conditions carefully before enrolling in this course, as enrolment in the course is conditional on acceptance of these terms and conditions.

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