Microsoft Events presents a session featuring Matthew Barbour, Matthew Bolanos, and Seth Juarez, demonstrating how enterprises can use Copilot Studio, Microsoft Foundry, and the Microsoft Agent Framework to build robust AI-powered agents.

Building Agents with Copilot Studio and Microsoft Foundry

Session Overview

This advanced session demonstrates how to build and deploy enterprise-grade AI agents using Copilot Studio, Microsoft Foundry, and the Microsoft Agent Framework. Presenters discuss integrating connected agents, deploying custom models and knowledge, and establishing observability using unified tracing. Live demos illustrate practical applications across policy and complex claims processing, and the discussion includes future directions for these technologies.

Key Topics Covered

• Unifying Copilot Studio and Microsoft Foundry: Challenges faced by enterprises using fragmented AI tools and disconnected data silos, motivating integrated agent solutions.
• Integrating Users and Developers: Collaborating power users and developers to solve organizational tasks such as policy management and claims processing.
• Microsoft Agent Framework and Unified SDK: Introduction of unified SDK supporting both Copilot Studio and Foundry, enabling cross-platform agent orchestration.
• Live Demonstrations: Examples include NHL query processing and live tracing in Copilot Studio, as well as system capabilities like task management and queuing.
• Deploying to Microsoft 365 Copilot: Demonstration of agent solutions targeted for deployment into Microsoft 365 environments.
• Observability and Unified Tracing: Best practices for monitoring agent performance and activity across platforms.
• Future Guidance: Recommendations for engineering seamless solutions with Copilot Studio and Foundry based on current trends and preview announcements.

Speakers

• Matthew Barbour
• Matthew Bolanos
• Seth Juarez

Additional Resources

• Microsoft Ignite 2025 event sessions
• Innovate with Low-code AI and Agents

Session Chapters (Time-stamped Highlights)

• 0:00 – Speaker background and motivation
• 0:35 – Organizational AI challenges: fragmented tools, disconnected data
• 12:53 – Combining power users and developers for policy and claims processing
• 17:36 – Cross-platform agent communication and preview announcements
• 18:38 – Microsoft Agent Framework unified SDK introduction
• 20:34 – Demo introduction
• 28:13 – NHL query example, live tracing in Copilot Studio
• 30:44 – System task management and queuing
• 38:01 – Convergence of agent technologies for orchestration

Conclusion

This session provides practical insights and future-oriented guidance for building sophisticated AI agents on Microsoft’s enterprise platforms. Attendees gain actionable knowledge to streamline integration, deployment, and monitoring of AI solutions within Copilot Studio and Microsoft Foundry.