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Create an agent with Copilot Studio

1 of 9 guides |  15 minutes to complete  |  Last Updated: March 2025
The time-saving guides in this series support the PL-7008 Microsoft Applied Skills credential, helping you learn how to design and manage agents for your applications using Microsoft Copilot Studio with tools like Power Automate, Dataverse, and Generative AI.
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About this guide

Scenario

In this exercise, you’ll see how to use Copilot Studio to create a simple agent that can answer employee questions about expense policies in a fictional corporation.

Tasks and Job Skills

  • Create an agent
  • Manage topics in your agent
  • Add a knowledge source for Generative AI responses
  • Publish your agent

The Cloudguides in this series provide valuable skills related to building AI agents that will be in high demand across various industries for years to come.

Career Connections

As AI and conversational AI become increasingly important, professionals with expertise in building and managing agents are highly sought after. The skills developed in this series can help you to accomplish new things in the role you are in today, or position you to pursue more specialized roles, such as Copilot Developer, Conversational AI Engineer, Power Platform Developer, AI Specialist, and Business Analyst (with AI focus).

To put that in perspective, as of 2025, comparable starting salaries for roles like Conversational AI Engineer, Power Platform Developer, and AI Specialist range from $80,000 to $106,465, with AI Specialists earning up to $128,396 after five years. Please note that these figures are approximate, derived from online sources, and can vary based on factors such as location, industry, and company size.