Create your first agent

  • 3 minutes

To create agents, first install the Microsoft Copilot Studio app in Microsoft Teams. Microsoft Copilot Studio allows you to:

  • Create and edit agents.

  • Test the agent to see how well it works.

  • Publish the agent to your team or organization.

  • Review the agent's performance over time, note the questions that are asked, and assess how well it's answering questions.

To install Microsoft Copilot Studio for Teams:

  1. Open Teams and then select Apps from the left navigation bar.

  2. Enter "copilot" in the search box and then select Microsoft Copilot Studio from the search results to install the Microsoft Copilot Studio app in Teams.

    Note

    If you don't see Microsoft Copilot Studio in the results, your tenant/version of Teams might not yet be updated; instead search for and select Power Virtual Agents. When you open Power Virtual Agents, the display will show Microsoft Copilot Studio.

Create a new agent

To create a new agent, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Microsoft Copilot Studio for Teams app.

  2. Select Start now under "Create an agent".

  3. Select the team to own and manage your agent from the drop-down list and then select Continue.

    When you're creating a new agent, team owners and the agent creator have read/write access by default. Team members only have read access to the agent.

    If this is your first time creating an agent or Power Apps application in the team, you'll receive a notification that the process will be slightly longer than usual while the system sets up. Select Close to continue and then wait a few minutes for Teams to notify you that the agent is ready. The notification that it's set up and ready appears in Activity. Once you see it, select the message, then select Next to continue.

  4. Provide an Agent name and select the Language for the agent to speak. For this example, use Event Contacts for the name. You can also select an optional icon.

    Note

    After you have set the agent's language, it can't be changed.

  5. Select Create to complete creating a new agent.

From the Microsoft Copilot Studio editor, you can manage topics, edit and test your agent, and then publish it to the rest of the team or the entire organization. Topics are how agent conversations transpire and they're covered in the next section.