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Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot with declarative agents by using Visual Studio Code (MS-4010)

This comprehensive training provides complete expertise and hands-on experience in developing advanced declarative agents using Visual Studio Code and Teams Toolkit. Participants begin with a detailed exploration of fundamental declarative agent concepts, then progress through interactive laboratories that guide them in building their first custom agent, mastering API plugins, and implementing robust programming interfaces. Advanced modules cover designing sophisticated adaptive cards, configuring secure authentication for API plugins, and strategic integration of Microsoft Graph connectors. Upon completion of this training, participants possess an in-depth understanding of methods to leverage declarative agents to enrich and extend Microsoft 365 Copilot capabilities.

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  • Enhanced interaction among colleagues from the same organization
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Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot with Declarative Agents using Visual Studio Code MS-4010 Training Plan: Detailed Modules

  • What are declarative agents?
  • How declarative agents work
  • When to use declarative agents
  • Create a declarative agent
  • Exercise – Create a declarative agent
  • Custom knowledge
  • Exercise – Configure custom knowledge
  • Conversation starters
  • Exercise – Add conversation starters
  • What are API plugins for declarative agents?
  • How API plugins work
  • When to use API plugins
  • Create a declarative agent with an API plugin
  • Exercise – Create a declarative agent with an API plugin
  • Return rich responses with Adaptive Cards
  • Exercise – Return rich responses with Adaptive Cards
  • 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
  • Create a declarative agent with a Copilot connector
  • Exercise – Create a declarative agent with a Copilot connector

Recommended prerequisite knowledge

  • Visual Studio Code proficiency – Since the entire course uses VS Code and Teams Toolkit
  • Basic understanding of Microsoft 365 ecosystem – To understand where declarative agents integrate
  • Familiarity with API concepts – The course covers API plugins, authentication, and integration
  • Experience with JSON/manifest files – For configuring application and agent manifests
  • Basic development concepts – Understanding of programming interfaces and authentication methods

Credentials and certification

Features

  • Preparatory training for obtaining a Microsoft Applied Skills credential.
  • Performance is assessed through an interactive remote lab.
  • Duration: 120 minutes
  • Cost: $0

Assessment’s technical tasks

  • Configure manifests (app and agent)
  • Configure agent capabilities and knowledge
  • Create and configure an API plugin
  • Configure authentication for an API plugin
  • Implement Adaptive Cards
  • Publish agents to Microsoft 365 Copilot

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Your Copilot training pathway

Eccentrix offers several specialized Copilot training courses to meet different AI agent development and creation needs. Here’s how MS-4010 positions relative to other available courses and how to build your complete training pathway.

Which Copilot training should you choose?

Course Main focus Target audience Duration

MS-4014

AI Agent Foundations

Developers, solution architects, AI agent creators

1 day

MS-4010

Declarative Agents

Advanced developers, Copilot architects

1 day

PL-7008

Copilot Studio Agents

Developers, AI agent creators, automation specialists

1 day

MS-4019

Transform Business Processes

Developers, business analysts

1 day

GH-300

GitHub Copilot

Developers, software engineers, DevOps teams

1 day

MS-4010 is ideal if you need to:

  • Create advanced declarative agents with custom instructions
  • Integrate organization-specific data sources into Copilot
  • Manage permissions, secure access, and agent governance
  • Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot capabilities with custom behaviors
  • Develop sophisticated AI agents tailored to specific business needs

Complementary Training for Successful AI Agent Development

Create AI Agent Foundations with Copilot (MS-4014)

Establish essential foundations before diving into advanced declarative agents. Understand AI agent architecture, fundamental concepts, and practical use cases. Recommended prerequisite before MS-4010 to ensure you master the basics before creating sophisticated declarative agents.

Create Agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio (PL-7008)

Master creating conversational agents in Copilot Studio. Develop personalized user experiences, integrate connectors and plugins, automate complex workflows. After MS-4010, explore how to transform your declarative agents into interactive, production-ready solutions with Copilot Studio.

Transform your everyday business processes with agents (MS-4019)

Apply your agent creation skills to concretely transform business processes. Connect agents to enterprise data, automate complex workflows, and deploy solutions that generate measurable ROI.

GitHub Copilot for Development Acceleration (GH-300)

Integrate GitHub Copilot into your development workflow to accelerate AI agent and code creation. Use generative AI to write, test, and debug faster. Ideal complement for developers building declarative agents who want to increase development productivity.

Recommended AI Agent Development Pathway

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Copilot Declarative Agents Visual Studio Training

The Copilot Declarative Agents Visual Studio training is designed for developers, solution architects, and technical professionals. This course teaches you to develop advanced declarative agents using Visual Studio Code and Teams Toolkit to extend Microsoft 365 Copilot capabilities with custom functionality and robust integrations.

Why Take This Training?

Microsoft 365 Copilot provides an extensible artificial intelligence platform for creating custom solutions. To maximize its extension potential, mastering declarative agent development with Visual Studio Code is essential. This course enables you to:

  • Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot with sophisticated declarative agents
  • Develop custom solutions using Visual Studio Code and Teams Toolkit
  • Implement robust API plugins with secure authentication
  • Create interactive adaptive cards to enrich user experience
  • Strategically integrate Microsoft Graph connectors into your extensions

Skills Developed During Training

  1. Master Declarative Agent Development
    Learn to create agents that extend the native capabilities of Microsoft 365 Copilot.
  2. Extension Manifest Configuration
    Master configuring application and agent manifests to optimize extension functionality.
  3. Development with Visual Studio Code
    Fully leverage Visual Studio Code and Teams Toolkit to develop professional Copilot extensions.
  4. Secure Authentication Implementation
    Configure advanced authentication mechanisms to protect your API extensions.
  5. Advanced Adaptive Card Design
    Develop skills to create adaptive cards that enrich Copilot’s user interface.
  6. Microsoft Graph Integration for Extension
    Leverage Microsoft Graph connectors to extend Copilot with enterprise data.

How MS-4014 transforms your ability to create declarative agents

The skills acquired in MS-4010 produce measurable results in varied organizational contexts. Here are concrete examples of application.

Scenario 1: Declarative Agent for Automated Regulatory Compliance

Your legal team must constantly verify that documents, contracts, and communications comply with GDPR, HIPAA, and SOX regulations. After MS-4010, you create a declarative agent that automatically analyzes documents, identifies non-compliant clauses, suggests corrections based on internal policies, and generates compliance reports. The agent accesses your regulatory knowledge base and adapts to legislative changes. 

Result: 75% reduction in manual review time, 100% document compliance, and minimized legal risks through proactive issue detection.

Scenario 2: Declarative Agent for Predictive Sales Analytics

Your sales team needs predictive insights to prioritize opportunities and optimize closing strategies. With MS-4010, you develop a declarative agent that analyzes CRM history, customer interactions, market trends, and behavioral data to predict closing probability, recommend next actions, and identify churn risks. The agent integrates with Dynamics 365 and provides personalized recommendations per representative. 

Impact: 40% increase in closing rate, 30% reduction in sales cycle, and optimal prioritization of high-value opportunities.

Scenario 3: Declarative Agent for Intelligent Knowledge Management

Your organization has thousands of documents, procedures, and knowledge bases scattered across SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive. Employees waste hours searching for relevant information. After MS-4010, you create a declarative agent that understands natural language queries, searches across all authorized data sources, synthesizes relevant information, and provides contextual answers with source references. The agent respects permissions and data security. 

Benefits: 60% reduction in information search time, 25% productivity increase, and improved knowledge sharing across the organization.

Scenario 4: Declarative Agent for HR Process Optimization

Your HR department manages complex recruitment, performance evaluation, and talent management processes with manual workflows and fragmented tracking. With MS-4010, you develop a declarative agent that automates candidate screening, analyzes performance evaluations, identifies high-potential talent, and recommends personalized development plans. The agent integrates with your HRIS and respects confidentiality policies. 

Results: 50% reduction in recruitment time, proactive identification of key talent, and personalized development plans for 100% of employees.

Scenario 5: Declarative Agent for Proactive IT Incident Management

Your IT team constantly reacts to incidents instead of preventing them, causing service interruptions and reduced productivity. After MS-4010, you create a declarative agent that monitors system logs, detects anomalies, predicts potential failures, and automatically triggers corrective actions or alerts appropriate teams with complete context. The agent integrates with Azure Monitor, ServiceNow, and your monitoring tools. 

Impact: 70% reduction in critical incidents through proactive detection, 60% reduction in resolution time, and service availability improved from 99.5% to 99.9%.

MS-4010 Instructor-Led Training for Mastering Copilot Extension

Our instructor-led Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot with declarative agents by using Visual Studio Code (MS-4010) training offers interactive technical sessions live with Microsoft-certified experts. Through hands-on laboratories and concrete development projects, you’ll learn to effectively extend Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Upon completion, you’ll be ready to develop sophisticated Copilot extensions that transform the Microsoft 365 user experience.

Who Should Attend This Training?

  • Application developers wanting to extend Microsoft 365 Copilot with declarative agents
  • Solution architects seeking to create custom Copilot extensions
  • Technical professionals responsible for developing AI extensions
  • IT consultants specializing in extending Microsoft 365 Copilot capabilities

Master the Art of Extending Microsoft 365 Copilot

The Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot with declarative agents by using Visual Studio Code (MS-4010) training helps you master developing extensions that revolutionize the Microsoft 365 experience. Register today to become an expert in Copilot extension.

Frequently Asked Questions about Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot with declarative agents Training (MS-4010) (FAQ)

The training primarily uses Visual Studio Code, Teams Toolkit, and Microsoft Graph development tools to create declarative agent extensions.

You’ll be able to develop functional declarative agents, authenticated API plugins, and adaptive cards that extend Copilot’s capabilities.

Yes, the course includes Microsoft Graph connector integration and API implementation to extend Copilot with external data sources.

Development experience and familiarity with Visual Studio Code are recommended to fully benefit from this advanced extension training.

It enables you to master emerging extension technologies and develop solutions that significantly augment Microsoft 365 Copilot capabilities.

Yes, the training covers publication and deployment processes for agent extensions within the Microsoft 365 Copilot ecosystem.

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