# 2561 Azure E856bbe7 > Azure OpenAI & Copilot - Skill: `tools-only/2561-azure-e856bbe7` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add tools-only/2561-azure-e856bbe7` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tools-only/2561-azure-e856bbe7/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: DevOps & Infra - Author: tools-only (https://skillmd.com/u/tools-only) - Updated: 2026-09-22 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tools-only/2561-azure-e856bbe7 --- ## Azure OpenAI & Copilot ## Contents - [Azure OpenAI Overview](#azure-openai-overview) - [LLM Frameworks](#llm-frameworks) - [Prompt Tooling](#prompt-tooling) - [Agent Frameworks](#agent-frameworks) - [Deep Learning](#deep-learning) - [Risk & LLMOps](#risk--llmops) - [Data Processing](#data-processing) - [Developer Tooling](#developer-tooling) - [Microsoft Copilot Products](#microsoft-copilot-products) - [Agent Development](#agent-development) - [Copilot Development](#copilot-development) - [Azure AI Search](#azure-ai-search) - [Azure AI Services](#azure-ai-services) - [Microsoft Research](#microsoft-research) - [Azure OpenAI Application](#azure-openai-application) - [Azure OpenAI Accelerator](#azure-openai-accelerator) - [Azure OpenAI Samples](#azure-openai-samples) - [Use Case & Architecture References](#use-case--architecture-references) ## Azure OpenAI Overview - [Abuse Monitoring](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/cognitive-services/openai/data-privacy) - ✍️Data handling and retention policy for abuse detection in Azure OpenAI. - [Azure OpenAI Models](https://ai.azure.com/explore/models) - ✍️Catalog of foundation and reasoning models available from Azure OpenAI. - [OpenAI Models](https://platform.openai.com/docs/models) - ✍️Catalog of foundation and reasoning models available from OpenAI. - [What is Azure OpenAI Service?](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/openai/overview) - ✍️Overview of Azure-hosted OpenAI capabilities, security and integration features. ## LLM Frameworks - 🏛️[Artificial Intelligence Controller Interface (AICI)](https://github.com/microsoft/aici) - ✨Secure sandboxed controllers for structured real-time LLM output control. (Sep 2023) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/aici?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [Azure ML Prompt Flow](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/prompt-flow/overview-what-is-prompt-flow) - ✍️Visual designer for prompt orchestration and evaluation supporting Jinja templates. (Jun 2023) - 🏛️[Kernel Memory](https://github.com/microsoft/kernel-memory) - ✨Service and plugins for scalable ingestion, hybrid embedding, and memory pipelines. (Jul 2023) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/kernel-memory?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[Microsoft Agent Framework](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework) - ✨Unified SDK (Semantic Kernel & AutoGen), Graph-based Workflows, DevUI, Built-in connectors, MCP + A2A + OpenAPI (Apr 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/agent-framework?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[Semantic Kernel](https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel) - ✨SDK for orchestrating AI services, functions, memory, and planners across languages. (Feb 2023) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/semantic-kernel?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) ## Prompt Tooling - 🏛️[GenAIScript](https://github.com/microsoft/genaiscript) - ✨JavaScript framework to orchestrate LLM calls, tools, and data in unified scripts. (Aug 2023) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/genaiscript?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[guidance](https://github.com/microsoft/guidance) - ✨DSL for structured prompting and controlled generation with chain-of-thought patterns. (Nov 2022) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/guidance?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[LLMLingua](https://github.com/microsoft/LLMLingua) - ✨Prompt and KV-cache compression achieving substantial token reduction with minimal quality loss. (Jul 2023) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/LLMLingua?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[LMOps](https://github.com/microsoft/LMOps) - ✨Toolkit for optimizing and evaluating prompt quality across multimodal scenarios. (Dec 2022) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/LMOps?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[Prompt Engine](https://github.com/microsoft/prompt-engine) - ✨Utilities for systematic prompt authoring and experimentation (Python variant available). (Jun 2022) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/prompt-engine?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[PromptBench](https://github.com/microsoft/promptbench) - ✨Unified framework for large language model prompt evaluation. (Jun 2023) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/promptbench?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[Prompty](https://github.com/microsoft/prompty) - ✨Template language for prompt definition, execution metadata, and evaluation integration. (Apr 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/prompty?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[Promptions](https://github.com/microsoft/Promptions) - ✨Promptions ("Prompt" plus "options"). Ephemeral UI for prompt refinement — a flexible dynamic prompt middleware. (Jul 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/Promptions?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[SAMMO](https://github.com/microsoft/sammo) - ✨Framework for automated prompt optimization through search and evaluation loops. (Apr 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/sammo?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[TypeChat](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeChat) - ✨Schema-driven natural language interfaces using strongly typed APIs. ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/TypeChat?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) ## Agent Frameworks - 🏛️[AGDebugger](https://github.com/microsoft/agdebugger) - ✨Visual tool for AutoGen-based multi-agent debugging. (Jan 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/agdebugger?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[Agent Lightning](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-lightning) - ✨Train and optimize agents (including RL, prompt‑optimization, multi‑agent workflows) (Jun 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/agent-lightning?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [AIOpsLab](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/aiopslab-building-ai-agents-for-autonomous-clouds/) - ✍️Research-driven AI agents for cloud incident analysis and root cause automation. - 🏛️[Autogen](https://github.com/microsoft/autogen) - ✨Customizable multi-agent conversation and tool orchestration framework (community AG2 and Microsoft variants). (Mar 2023) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/autogen?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[ExACT](https://github.com/microsoft/ExACT) - ✨Adaptive retrieval and planning using interaction memory and Monte Carlo Tree Search. (Dec 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/ExACT?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[EvalsforAgentsInterop](https://github.com/microsoft/EvalsforAgentsInterop) - ✨Evaluates LLM-powered productivity agents through realistic scenario simulations. (Nov 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/EvalsforAgentsInterop?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[JARVIS](https://github.com/microsoft/JARVIS) - ✨Bridge connecting LLMs with specialized AI models for composite task execution. (Mar 2023) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/JARVIS?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[Magentic-Marketplace](https://github.com/microsoft/multi-agent-marketplace) - ✨Market simulation using agents. (27 Oct 2025) [📑](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.25779) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/multi-agent-marketplace?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [Magentic-One](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/articles/magentic-one-a-generalist-multi-agent-system-for-solving-complex-tasks/) - ✍️Generalist multi-agent system for complex multi-step automation. - 🏛️[OmniParser](https://github.com/microsoft/OmniParser) - ✨Vision-based GUI parsing for screen-grounded agent control. (Sep 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/OmniParser?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[qlib](https://github.com/microsoft/qlib) - ✨Quantitative finance platform integrating supervised, temporal, and reinforcement modeling. (Aug 2020) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/qlib?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[RD-Agent](https://github.com/microsoft/RD-Agent) - ✨Open-source R&D automation for structured experimentation workflows. (Apr 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/RD-Agent?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[Semantic Workbench](https://github.com/microsoft/semanticworkbench) - ✨Development environment for intelligent multi-agent scenario design and debugging. (Aug 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/semanticworkbench?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[TaskWeaver](https://github.com/microsoft/TaskWeaver) - ✨Code-first natural language to executable workflow translation with rich data planning. (Sep 2023) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/TaskWeaver?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[TinyTroupe](https://github.com/microsoft/TinyTroupe) - ✨Multi-agent persona simulation for scenario exploration and insight generation. (Mar 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/TinyTroupe?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[UFO](https://github.com/microsoft/UFO) - ✨UI-centric Windows interaction agent for system-level task automation. (Mar 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/UFO?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏬[Vanilla AI Agents](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/vanilla-aiagents) - ✨Minimal agent patterns without heavy framework abstractions. (Dec 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Azure-Samples/vanilla-aiagents?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[Windows Agent Arena](https://github.com/microsoft/WindowsAgentArena) - ✨Benchmarking and evaluation platform for multimodal Windows desktop agents. (Sep 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/WindowsAgentArena?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) ## Deep Learning - 🏛️[BitNet](https://github.com/microsoft/BitNet) - ✨Inference framework for ultra-low precision (1-bit) large language models. (Aug 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/BitNet?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[DeepSpeed](https://github.com/microsoft/DeepSpeed) - ✨Distributed training and inference optimization library featuring ZeRO optimizations. (May 2020) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/DeepSpeed?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[FLAML](https://github.com/microsoft/FLAML) - ✨Lightweight automation for model selection, tuning, and economical experimentation. (Dec 2020) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/FLAML?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[PixelCraft](https://github.com/microsoft/PixelCraft) - ✨High-fidelity visual reasoning on structured images. (Apr 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/PixelCraft?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[Tutel](https://github.com/microsoft/Tutel) - ✨Optimized Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) library with FP8/NVFP4/MXFP4 support. (Aug 2021) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/Tutel?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[UniLM (Foundation Models)](https://github.com/microsoft/unilm) - ✨Collection of large-scale pretrained architectures for multimodal and language tasks. (Mar 2020) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/unilm?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) ## Risk & LLMOps - 🏛️[AI Central](https://github.com/microsoft/AICentral) - ✨Control plane for authenticated, resilient access to multiple OpenAI endpoints. (Oct 2023) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/AICentral?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [Azure AI Evaluation SDK](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-studio/how-to/develop/evaluate-sdk) - ✍️Evaluation tooling for generative AI quality and safety metrics. (Oct 2024) - 🌐[PyRIT](https://github.com/Azure/PyRIT) - ✨Risk identification toolkit targeting robustness, safety, and adversarial prompt detection. (Dec 2023) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Azure/PyRIT?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) ## Data Processing - [Azure HorizonDB](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpostgresql/announcing-azure-horizondb/4469710) - ✍️New PostgreSQL service with advanced DiskANN vector indexing and large-scale replication. (19 Nov 2025) - 🏛️[DiskANN](https://github.com/microsoft/DiskANN) - ✨Graph-based indices for scalable and fast approximate nearest neighbor search. (Jun 2020) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/DiskANN?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[markitdown](https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown) - ✨Conversion utility for office and structured documents to Markdown. (14 Nov 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/markitdown?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [Microsoft Fabric](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/) - ✍️Unified platform combining data integration, engineering, warehousing, and BI. (May 2023) - 🏛️[NLWeb](https://github.com/microsoft/NLWeb) - ✨Conversational interfaces for web data with MCP, Schema.org, and RSS support. (Apr 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/NLWeb?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[Presidio](https://github.com/microsoft/presidio) - ✨Context-aware, pluggable PII detection and de-identification for text and images. (Oct 2019) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/presidio?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[Presidio Research](https://github.com/microsoft/presidio-research) - ✨Data science tools for developing and evaluating Presidio PII recognizers. (Jan 2020) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/presidio-research?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) ## Developer Tooling - 🏛️[agent-skills](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-skills) - ✨131 skills, MCP configs, and agents for Azure SDK and AI Foundry development. (Jan 2026) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/agent-skills?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[AI Toolkit for VS Code](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-ai-toolkit) - ✨VS Code extension integrating local and cloud AI workflows. (Dec 2023) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/vscode-ai-toolkit?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [AIShell](https://github.com/PowerShell/AIShell) - ✨Interactive PowerShell shell integrating AI-assisted command workflows. (Apr 2023) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/PowerShell/AIShell?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[apm](https://github.com/microsoft/apm) - ✨Dependency manager for AI agents — declare skills, prompts, and tools in `apm.yml`. (Sep 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/apm?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[Azure Communication Services WebChat Adapter](https://github.com/microsoft/botframework-webchat-adapter-azure-communication-chat) - ✨Bot Framework WebChat adapter for Azure Communication Services Chat. (Dec 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/botframework-webchat-adapter-azure-communication-chat?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [Claude Code + MS Foundry](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/all-things-azure/claude-code-microsoft-foundry-enterprise-ai-coding-agent-setup/) - ✍️Claude Code + Microsoft Foundry enterprise setup on Azure. (Jan 2026) - [Cosmos DB Agent Kit](https://github.com/AzureCosmosDB/cosmosdb-agent-kit) - A collection of skills for AI coding agents working with Azure Cosmos DB. ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/AzureCosmosDB/cosmosdb-agent-kit?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) (Jan 2026) - 🏛️[Data Formulator](https://github.com/microsoft/data-formulator) - ✨Iterative AI-assisted creation and transformation of data visualizations. (18 Sep 2023) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/data-formulator?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [ExcelMcp - MCP Server for Microsoft Excel](https://github.com/sbroenne/mcp-server-excel) - ✨MCP server that lets AI assistants (e.g. via GitHub Copilot or other LLM-based agents) control Microsoft Excel — automate Power Query, VBA, DAX, formatting, and more. (Oct 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/sbroenne/mcp-server-excel?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[Foundry-Local](https://github.com/microsoft/Foundry-Local) - ✨Local-first dev setup for Microsoft Foundry projects. (Mar 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/Foundry-Local?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[GitHub Copilot Chat for VS Code](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-copilot-chat) - ✨In-editor contextual multi-turn AI assistance. (June 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/vscode-copilot-chat?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [GitHub Copilot CLI](https://github.com/github/copilot-cli) - ✨AI-powered coding assistance in your terminal. ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/github/copilot-cli?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [github-copilot-office](https://github.com/patniko/github-copilot-office) - ✨GitHub Copilot add-in for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. (Jan 2026) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/patniko/github-copilot-office?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[MCP Gateway](https://github.com/microsoft/mcp-gateway) - ✨Reverse proxy and management layer for MCP servers with Kubernetes lifecycle support. (May 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/mcp-gateway?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[Microsoft MCP](https://github.com/microsoft/mcp) - ✨Catalog of official Microsoft MCP (Model Context Protocol) server implementations for AI data access and tool integration. (Apr 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/mcp?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[Power BI Modeling MCP Server](https://github.com/microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp) - ✨Power BI semantic modeling capabilities to your AI agents through a local MCP server. (Oct 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[SWE-bench-Live](https://github.com/microsoft/SWE-bench-Live) - ✨Evaluating your AI system on latest software engineering tasks. (NeurIPS 2025 D&B). (Mar 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/SWE-bench-Live?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[vscode-copilotstudio](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-copilotstudio) - ✨VS Code extension for authoring and syncing Copilot Studio agents. (Mar 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/vscode-copilotstudio?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[wassette](https://github.com/microsoft/wassette) - ✨Runs WebAssembly Components as MCP tools with Wasmtime sandbox isolation. (Jul 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/wassette?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) ## Microsoft Copilot Products - [Agent 365](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/11/18/microsoft-agent-365-the-control-plane-for-ai-agents/) - ✍️Control plane for AI agents (registry, access control, visualization, interoperability, security). (18 Nov 2025) - [Azure SRE Agent](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurepaasblog/introducing-azure-sre-agent/4414569) - ✍️A cloud agent service. Site reliability engineering (SRE) covers Usage, Incident, and Performance Monitoring. (19 May 2025) - 🏛️[Azure SRE Agent GitHub Repository](https://github.com/microsoft/sre-agent) - ✨Official sample of Azure SRE Agent. (September 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/sre-agent?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [Copilot Checkout and Brand Agents](https://about.ads.microsoft.com/en/blog/post/january-2026/conversations-that-convert-copilot-checkout-and-brand-agents) - ✍️In-chat purchases and automated brand interactions. (6 Jan 2026) - [Clarity Copilot](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/clarity/copilot/clarity-copilot) - ✍️Analytics insights assistant for session telemetry. (March 2023) - [Copilot Pages](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/announcing-copilot-pages-for-multiplayer-collaboration/ba-p/4242701) - ✍️Persistent collaborative canvas in Copilot chat. (16 Sep 2024) - [Copilot Pro](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot-pro) - ✍️Premium Copilot features, model priority, and M365 integration. (Jan 2024) - [Copilot Scenario Library](https://adoption.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot-scenario-library/) - ✍️Examples of Copilot business use cases. - [Copilot Usage Report 2025](https://microsoft.ai/news/its-about-time-the-copilot-usage-report-2025) - ✍️Health queries dominate mobile use, programming peaks on weekdays and gaming on weekends, and February sees a Valentine's Day spike in relationship and personal growth conversations. (10 Dec 2025) - [Copilot Vision](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/2024/12/05/copilot-vision-now-in-preview-a-new-way-to-browse/) - ✍️Edge experience for browsing with on-page visual grounding. (05 Dec 2024) - [Copilot in Azure Quantum](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/get-started-azure-quantum) - ✍️Quantum workload guidance with Copilot integration. (June 2023) - [Copilot in Windows](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/copilot) - ✍️System-level AI integration in Windows. (Sep 2023) - [Copilot+ PC](https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/05/20/introducing-copilot-pcs/) - ✍️Windows PCs with integrated NPUs for AI workloads. (May 2024) - [Dynamics 365 Copilot](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/dev/copilot/copilot-for-dynamics365) - ✍️Embedded generative assistance across Dynamics workloads. (March 2023) - [Fabric Copilot](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/get-started/copilot-fabric-overview) - ✍️Copilot features for Fabric. (March 2024) - [GitHub Copilot](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/getting-started-with-github-copilot) - ✍️AI pair programming for code completion and chat. (Oct 2021) - [Microsoft 365 Copilot](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/microsoft-365-copilot-overview) - ✍️Cross-suite productivity AI assistance. (Nov 2023) - [Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/01/15/copilot-for-all-introducing-microsoft-365-copilot-chat/) - ✍️Chat experience (free tier) and pay-as-you-go agents. - [Microsoft Copilot](https://copilot.microsoft.com/) - ✍️Web-based AI assistant (formerly Bing Chat Enterprise). (Nov 2023) - [Microsoft Copilot for Azure](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/copilot) - ✍️AI-assisted cloud operations for management and optimization. (Nov 2023) - [Nuance DAX Copilot](https://www.nuance.com/healthcare/dragon-ai-clinical-solutions/dax-copilot.html) - ✍️Clinical documentation automation. (18 Jan 2024) - [Power Apps AI Copilot](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/canvas-apps/ai-overview) - Copilot feature in ✍️Power Apps AI. (March 2023) - [Power Automate Copilot](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/get-started-with-copilot) - Copilot feature in ✍️Power Automate cloud flows. (March 2023) - [PowerBI Copilot](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/copilot-introduction) - ✍️Copilot features in Power BI. (March 2024) - [Process Mining ingestion](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/process-mining-copilot-in-ingestion) - ✍️Copilot feature for process mining ingestion in Power Automate. (March 2023) - [Security Copilot](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-copilot/microsoft-security-copilot) - ✍️Security operations copiloting for defenders. (March 2023) - [Team Copilot](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2024/05/21/new-agent-capabilities-in-microsoft-copilot-unlock-business-value/) - ✍️Meeting, collaboration, and project facilitation. (May 2024) - [Viva Copilot](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2023/04/20/introducing-copilot-in-microsoft-viva-a-new-way-to-boost-employee-engagement-and-performance/) - ✍️Employee experience and engagement assistance. (April 2023) - [Windows AI Foundry](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ai/) - ✍️Platform for local and hybrid AI app development (evolved from Windows Copilot Runtime). (May 2024) - [Windows Copilot Runtime](https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2024/05/21/unlock-a-new-era-of-innovation-with-windows-copilot-runtime-and-copilot-pcs/) - ✍️The set of APIs powered by the 40+ on-device models. (May 2024) - [Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Agents in Microsoft 365](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/introducing-word-excel-and-powerpoint-agents-in-microsoft-365-copilot/4470604) - ✍️Dedicated agents that help users create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. (19 Nov 2025) - [Work IQ](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/11/18/microsoft-ignite-2025-copilot-and-agents-built-to-power-the-frontier-firm/) - ✍️Enterprise intelligence layer behind Microsoft 365 Copilot agents (Fabric IQ, Foundry IQ). (18 Nov 2025) ## Agent Development - 🏛️[Agent 365 SDK - C# /.NET](https://github.com/microsoft/Agent365-dotnet) - ✨.NET samples for Microsoft Agent 365. (Oct 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/Agent365-dotnet?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[Agent 365 SDK - Python](https://github.com/microsoft/Agent365-python) - ✨Python samples for Microsoft Agent 365. (Oct 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/Agent365-python?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[Agent 365 SDK Samples and Prompts](https://github.com/microsoft/Agent365-Samples) - ✨Sample scenarios for Microsoft Agent 365. (Oct 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/Agent365-Samples?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [Agent builder & Plan designer in Power Apps](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/build-user-focused-intelligent-solutions-in-power-apps-start-with-a-plan/) - ✍️Design and configure intelligent solutions in Power Apps. - [Agents in Power Platform](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/2024/11/19/redefine-development-ai-first-innovation-with-agents-and-microsoft-copilot-in-power-platform/) - ✍️AI first no-code development with Copilot agents in Power Platform. (19 Nov 2024) - 🏛️[AI Agents for Beginners - A Course](https://github.com/microsoft/ai-agents-for-beginners) - ✨Ten-lesson introduction to building AI agents for Beginners. (Nov 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/ai-agents-for-beginners?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[AI BAST Agents Library](https://github.com/microsoft/aibast-agents-library) - ✨AI BAST Specialist Team agents library. Rapid Agent Prototype Pattern (RAPP). (Oct 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/aibast-agents-library?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[AI Developer](https://github.com/microsoft/ai-developer) - ✨Challenges for Learning Azure AI Foundry and Semantic Kernel Fundamentals. (Oct 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/ai-developer?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[AI fluency](https://github.com/microsoft/AIFluency) - ✨Learning resources and challenges for AI fluency. (Apr 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/AIFluency?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[Automated Compliance Agents Hackathon](https://github.com/microsoft/azure-trust-agents) - ✨Hands-on hackathon challenges for multi-agent financial compliance workflows. (Sep 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/azure-trust-agents?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [Azure AI Agent Service](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-services-blog/introducing-azure-ai-agent-service/4298357) - ✍️Managed agent service in Azure AI Foundry. (19 Nov 2024) - [Azure AI Foundry](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-studio/what-is-ai-studio) - ✍️Portal and SDK for building generative AI solutions. - 🏛️[Azure AI Foundry & Agents Workshop](https://github.com/microsoft/agentic-ai-lab) - ✨Azure AI Foundry & Agents workshop materials. (Nov 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/agentic-ai-lab?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [Combine Copilot Agents with Office Add-ins](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/microsoft365dev/office-addins-at-build-2025/) - ✍️Enhance Copilot with Office add-in actions for natural language interaction with Office documents. (22 May 2025) - [FoundryIQ-and-Agent-Framework-demo](https://github.com/leyredelacalzada/FoundryIQ-and-Agent-Framework-demo) - ✨Multi-agent demo using Microsoft Agent Framework SDK and Azure AI Foundry with FoundryIQ. (Jan 2026) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/leyredelacalzada/FoundryIQ-and-Agent-Framework-demo?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [Introducing Copilot Actions, new agents, Copilot Control System](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2024/11/19/introducing-copilot-actions-new-agents-and-tools-to-empower-it-teams/) - ✍️New agent capabilities and management tools for IT teams. - [Microsoft 365 Agents SDK](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/microsoft365dev/introducing-the-microsoft-365-agents-sdk/) - ✍️The evolution of the Bot Framework to build AI Agents. (19 Nov 2024) - 🏛️[Microsoft 365 Agents SDK - C# /.NET](https://github.com/microsoft/Agents-for-net) - ✨Microsoft 365 Agent SDK components for .NET. (Nov 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/Agents-for-net?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[Microsoft 365 Agents SDK - Python](https://github.com/microsoft/Agents-for-python) - ✨Microsoft 365 Agent SDK components for Python. (Dec 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/Agents-for-python?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [Microsoft Agent Factory](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/introducing-microsoft-agent-factory/4470732) - ✍️Program for building agents with Work IQ, Fabric IQ, Foundry IQ via Microsoft Foundry & Copilot Studio. (19 Nov 2025) - [Microsoft Discovery](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/transforming-rd-with-agentic-ai-introducing-microsoft-discovery/) - ✍️Graph-based scientific co-reasoning. Specialized discovery agents for conducting research. (19 May 2025) - [Microsoft Entra Agent ID](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/announcing-microsoft-entra-agent-id-secure-and-manage-your-ai-agents/3827392) - ✍️Central registration and governance for organizational AI agents. (20 May 2025) - [Microsoft Foundry](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/foundry/) - ✍️Azure AI Foundry rebranded as Microsoft Foundry. Blog with recent updates. (18 Nov 2025) - 🏛️[Model Mondays](https://github.com/microsoft/model-mondays) - ✨Weekly livestream and office hours on generative AI models and model selection. (Feb 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/model-mondays?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[PowerPlatform-DataverseClient-Python](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerPlatform-DataverseClient-Python) - ✨Python client for Microsoft Dataverse — CRUD, SQL queries, and file uploads. (Aug 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/PowerPlatform-DataverseClient-Python?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [SharePoint Agent](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/ignite-2024-agents-in-sharepoint-now-in-general-availability/4298746) - ✍️Turn SharePoint sites and documents into interactive agents. - 🏛️[WorkIQ CLI and MCP](https://github.com/microsoft/work-iq-mcp) - ✨MCP Server and CLI for accessing Work IQ. (Jan 2026) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/work-iq-mcp?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) ## Copilot Development - [Agent Evaluation in Microsoft Copilot Studio](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/build-smarter-test-smarter-agent-evaluation-in-microsoft-copilot-studio/) - ✍️Structured, automated testing solution directly in Copilot Studio. - [Community contributed samples for the Microsoft 365 Copilot](https://github.com/pnp/copilot-pro-dev-samples) - ✨Samples for extending Microsoft 365 Copilot features. (Sep 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/pnp/copilot-pro-dev-samples?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏛️[Copilot Developer Camp](https://github.com/microsoft/copilot-camp) - ✨Hands-on labs for extending Microsoft 365 Copilot and building custom agents. (Jan 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/copilot-camp?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [Copilot Studio Labs](https://microsoft.github.io/mcs-labs/) - Hands-on labs for building AI agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio. - [Copilot Studio March 2025 Update](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/whats-new-in-copilot-studio-march-2025/) - ✍️Added autonomous agents, deep reasoning, and MCP integration. (31 Mar 2025) - [Copilot Studio Monthly updates](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/cs-content-type/monthly-updates/) - Copilot Studio news and features for the last month. - [Copilot System Overview (video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5g20qmeKpg) - Copilot Architecture explanation video. (Mar 2023) - [Copilot Tuning](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/introducing-microsoft-365-copilot-tuning/4414762) - ✍️Low-code model tuning and grounded agent creation. (May 2025) - [Microsoft 365 Copilot - App Builder and Workflows](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/10/28/microsoft-365-copilot-now-enables-you-to-build-apps-and-workflows/) - ✍️Build working apps & workflows using natural language. - 🏛️[Microsoft 365 Copilot APIs Client Libraries](https://github.com/microsoft/Agents-M365Copilot) - ✨Microsoft 365 Copilot APIs client libraries. (Mar 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/Agents-M365Copilot?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [Microsoft Copilot Studio](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/) - ✍️Customization and orchestration environment (formerly Power Virtual Agents). (Nov 2023) - [Power CAT](https://microsoft.github.io/powercat/) - ✍️Microsoft Power CAT tools for Power Platform and Copilot Studio adoption. (Feb 2026) ## Azure AI Search - [Agentic retrieval in Azure AI Search](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-services-blog/introducing-agentic-retrieval-in-azure-ai-search/4414677) - ✍️An automated query engine that creates and runs its own retrieval plan for relevant results to complex questions. (20 May 2025) - [Azure AI Search Blog](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/product/azure-ai-search) - ✍️News, best practices, and updates for Azure AI Search. - 🏬[Azure AI Search Demos using Jupyter Notebook](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/rag-with-azure-ai-search-notebooks) - ✨Jupyter notebooks that demonstrate vector search, hybrid search, image search, RAG, and evaluation. (Sep 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Azure-Samples/rag-with-azure-ai-search-notebooks?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [Azure AI Search Documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/) - ✍️Official product documentation and tutorials for Azure AI Search. - 🏬[Azure AI Search Multimodal Sample](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/azure-ai-search-multimodal-sample) - ✨Demonstrates multimodal ingestion and retrieval patterns. (May 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Azure-Samples/azure-ai-search-multimodal-sample?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏬[Azure AI Search Power Skills](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/azure-search-power-skills) - ✨Custom skills for Azure AI Search. (Jun 2019) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Azure-Samples/azure-search-power-skills?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [Azure AI Search Python Playground](https://github.com/farzad528/azure-ai-search-python-playground) - ✨A collection of Jupyter notebooks designed to explore the various capabilities of Azure AI Search. (Feb 2024) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/farzad528/azure-ai-search-python-playground?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [Azure AI Search Samples](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/azureai-samples) - ✨Official sample code for Azure AI Search. ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Azure-Samples/azureai-samples?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - 🏬[Azure AI Search OpenAI Purview Data Security Demo](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/azure-search-openai-demo-purviewdatasecurity) - ✨Demo integrating Azure Search, OpenAI, and Purview data security. (Jun 2025) ![**github stars**](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Azure-Samples/azure-search-openai-demo-purviewdatasecurity?style=flat-square&label=%20&color=blue&cacheSeconds=36000) - [Azure AI Search: Outperforming vector search with hybrid retrieval and reranking](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-ai-services-blog/azure-cognit …(truncated)