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This year at Community Summit NA<\/a>, attendees had the opportunity to\u00a0participate\u00a0in over 600 Educational Sessions covering the full spectrum of the Microsoft Business Apps ecosystem. Alongside these learning experiences, they could also attend Roadmap sessions (formerly General Sessions) for a deep dive into specific Microsoft products and innovations.\u00a0<\/p>\n On the second day of the conference, the\u00a0\u201cAI Agents\u00a0&\u00a0Copilot and the Power Platform Roadmap\u201d\u00a0session\u00a0provided attendees with insights from\u00a0Dewain Robinson<\/a>, Principal Copilot Architect at Microsoft\u00a0about the company\u2019s upcoming plans for Copilot Studio.\u00a0He also\u00a0highlighted significant integrations with Azure\u00a0AI\u00a0Foundry<\/a> in anticipation of Microsoft Ignite 2025, which will take place in November.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Copilot\u00a0Studio Lite + M365\u00a0Copilot\u00a0<\/p>\n Robinson\u00a0kicked off the discussion around Microsoft Copilot Studio\u00a0<\/a>(MCS)\u00a0by referencing some of the latest features to be introduced to\u00a0the\u00a0platform and how user numbers had dramatically increased. \u201cWhen we started with Copilot Studio, there were only 75 of us on the whole product team,\u201d he said. \u201cNow there are 1000s of people working on\u00a0Copilot\u00a0Studio, and the momentum that we\u2019re seeing is\u00a0[that]\u00a0we have over 230,000 organizations. It\u2019s hard for me even to comprehend that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Robinson categorized Copilot Studio into three distinct areas. The first area focuses on extending M365 Copilot and the extensibility features of Copilot Studio Lite. Copilot Studio Lite, which is a simplified version of Microsoft\u2019s flagship agent creation suite, has introduced new user experience enhancements that make it easier to share, edit, and uninstall agents.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Additionally, users can now integrate Office entity knowledge from the M365 experience to better inform agents and\u00a0optimize\u00a0outputs, as well as tap into Knowledge Recommendations during the build process. Finally, Direct File Upload will enable users to upload a file directly from SharePoint and answer questions about it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n AI Agent & Copilot Summit<\/a> is an AI-first event to define opportunities, impact, and outcomes with Microsoft Copilot and agents. Building on its 2025 success, the 2026 event takes place March 17-19 in San Diego. Get more details.<\/a><\/p>\n Copilot\u00a0Studio Full Experience\u00a0<\/p>\n Robinson explained how the Copilot Studio Full Experience<\/a> is designed for users creating enterprise-grade, autonomous agents. Microsoft has introduced a series of\u00a0additional\u00a0knowledge types, such as Azure SQL and Azure Search, and will continue to expand this base. Beyond this, Microsoft is bringing in fine-grained control over\u00a0RAG\u00a0patterns out of the box. \u201cWe\u2019re starting to get into that world so that you get more and more control as we continue down this path,\u201d said\u00a0Robinson.\u00a0<\/p>\n Microsoft is also introducing analytics enhancements, new models, data source quality items, and, importantly, making integration with SharePoint more user-friendly.\u00a0Regarding\u00a0AI enhancements, Robinson discussed Computer Use, which\u00a0utilizes\u00a0Robotic\u00a0Process Automation to bypass the need for APIs and communicate directly with apps and websites through the UI.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Robinson\u00a0also\u00a0explained the benefits of Agent Flows, which are Power Automate flows within Microsoft Copilot Studio licensed on a consumption basis using Copilot Credits. \u201cEverything is there, everything is available, and all speed limiters are turned to AI, right, because of the fact that what you\u2019re doing there is you\u2019re paying by consumption with Copilot Credits now,\u201d explained Robinson.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n In other news, AI Builder has been integrated into Copilot Studio, now referred to as Prompt Builder, and will be further integrated into its mechanics. Robinson noted that the Model Context Protocol <\/a>(MCP) is now Generally Available. \u201cIf you wanted to know,\u201d said Robinson,\u00a0\u201cMicrosoft is going to embrace MCP 100% this is where we\u2019re going. Across the board,\u00a0the\u00a0number one priority for extensibility is going to be MCP, followed very quickly by Agent2Agent protocol.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Other highlighted features included a Code Interpreter for Python code execution, a Code Generator to automate business actions through natural language by generating\/customizing\/executing code, and the ability for enterprises to integrate custom AI models into Copilot Studio. Microsoft is\u00a0also\u00a0introducing autonomous agent templates to speed up the development process there and supercharging testing capabilities.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Regarding\u00a0analytics,\u00a0Robinson\u00a0explained: \u201cWe went\u00a0back\u00a0and we revamped from the ground up, the analytics dashboard. Now this thing loads\u00a0really quick. You\u2019re going to see that it\u2019s going to produce a lot of great value \u2026 we added the ability for you to be able to say, this is how to calculate the ROI for it, so you can see how much money you\u2019re saving, right \u2026 you also can see the quality of the responses.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe analytics side of Copilot Studio is getting better, better, and better, and it\u2019s only the beginning.\u201d\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n Building Custom AI solutions: Azure AI Foundry + Copilot Studio\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIn this last section \u2026 this is where we\u2019re coming together with Azure AI, Azure component tree, and Azure AI Foundry integration,\u201d said Robinson. \u201cThis is a really core piece for us as we continue to move forward, because of the fact that we were tearing down those walls.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Robinson encouraged the\u00a0audience\u00a0to\u00a0get\u00a0in touch\u00a0and let his team know if there are Azure AI Foundry capabilities they wanted to replicate in\u00a0Copilot\u00a0Studio, \u201cIf you find a thing that you want to do in Azure inside\u00a0Copilot\u00a0Studio, and it\u2019s hard,\u00a0you need to let us know,\u201d he said. \u201cOur goal is to tear down all those walls and make it work like it should\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Copilot\u00a0Studio users now have access to industry-specific models, Azure AI Search as a knowledge source, and the ability to connect to an Azure agent.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/for-maya.png\")
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