Agent Explorer
1 week – Virtual | 1 day – In person events
Agent Build-A-Thon
Build real agents. For real business outcomes. In days — not months or quarters.
As AI reshapes the way organizations work, collaborate, and solve problems, the Agent Build-A-Thon gives you & your teams access to technical advisors to demonstrate high value usage scenarios for M365 Copilot agents, validate your use cases, refine your agentic designs, provide technical assistance as you rapidly build your custom agents and prepare to deploy them.
Whether your team is just beginning to explore agentic AI, or already prototyping advanced scenarios for production, there’s a track built for where you are today.
Empower your organization to operate in an AI-first world. Drive productive use of Microsoft Copilot and first-party agents (Cowork, SharePoint agent, and more) and start building lightweight agents and skills using Agent Builder and Cowork.
Audience Persona: Business Process Owners, Knowledge Workers, Business Decision Makers
Prerequisites
- Access to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft 365 ecosystem (apps such as Excel, PowerPoint, etc., SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, OneDrive)
- Openness to AI-first mindset
You’ll leave with:
- A working understanding of agentic AI and where it fits in your day-to-day
- A first agent built around a real business workflow
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Agent Creator
2 weeks – Virtual | 1 day – In person events
Designed for experienced makers ready to move beyond demos and stand-up production-grade agents using Microsoft Copilot Studio and Agent Builder. Makers will have direct access to technical advisors to rapidly build real agents for your organizations.
Audience persona: Technical Champions, Experienced Makers, IT Decision Makers
Prerequisites
- Access to M365 Copilot, Copilot Studio user license + proper role assignment + tenant enabled with Copilot Credits, and access to any required knowledge sources like SharePoint, Dataverse, ServiceNow, etc.
- Well-articulated use case
- Complete at least one of the Agentic skilling programs listed below
- Agent Academy - Operative
- Power Up – Intermediate
- Microsoft Copilot Agent Labs
- Agent-in-a-Day Workshop
You’ll leave with:
- A real working agent that your team built for your prioritized business use case
- Hands-on technical advisory from SMEs throughout the build
- Guidance on governance, enterprise readiness, and the path from prototype to production
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What does the 2-week Agent Creator experience look like?
Agent Creator track is built around rapid building with expert support — not lectures. Across two weeks, your team works alongside Microsoft technical advisors to take an agent from concept to working prototype.
| Phase | Focus |
|---|---|
| Kickoff & envisioning | Use case scoping, architectural guidance, and success criteria with a Microsoft technical advisor |
| Build sprint | Hands-on agent building in Copilot Studio with daily office hours and on-demand 1:1 SME sessions |
| Advisory deep dives | Targeted technical advisory on orchestration, knowledge sources, actions, governance, and enterprise readiness |
| Showcase & feedback | Demo your agent to peers and Microsoft product leaders for real-time feedback and next-step guidance |
Why participate
- Direct expert access — accelerate from idea to working agent with Microsoft Copilot Studio specialists.
- Real business value — build for real needs, not throwaway demos. Your work continues after the cohort ends.
- Earn a Credly badge for successfully shipping an agentic prototype during the program
- Get featured — high-impact builds may be selected for a Microsoft customer story
- Regional peer network — connect with peers across your cohort solving similar problems
- Production-ready guidance — governance, compliance, and enterprise readiness baked into the build
Who can participate
The Agent Build-A-Thon is open to teams from organizations of any size. Multiple teams within the same organization can join — each bringing a different use case.
Requirements
- All team members must be employed by the same organization
- Teams of 2–5 members
- Access to Microsoft Copilot Studio in your work tenant, with the required licenses or message packs to experiment
- For Track 2: a defined business use case you want to take from prototype toward production
Frequently asked questions
Agent Explorer is for business audiences using out of the box, 1st party agents & building their first agents around the AI way of working. Agent Creator is for skilled makers building production-bound agents with hands-on Microsoft technical advisory.
Technical SMEs are embedded in your cohort or event to guide architecture, orchestration, knowledge integration, governance, and enterprise readiness — through daily office hours and on-demand 1:1 session throughout the two weeks.
We recommend building in your work tenant and approved environment using M365 Agent Builder or Microsoft Copilot Studio, so the agent is production ready. If you can’t build in your work tenant, you can request a trial license from your tenant admin (Copilot Studio trial tenant).
Your project must use M365 Copilot, Agent Builder or Microsoft Copilot Studio. It can be conversational or autonomous, could be a Declarative agent, should preferably use Gen-AI orchestration, and should address a real business need with a demonstrated path to enterprise readiness.
To be successful in creating valuable agentic solution by the end of the cohort, you must plan to spend 3-4 hours daily during the cohort weeks. You can expect 1-2 hours’ daily sessions with technical advisors in addition to your team’s time to build your agent.
You will be required to submit your project recording (<=10min) at the end of the cohort. Every cohort closes with a Showcase & Feedback session where teams demo their agents to peers, Microsoft technical advisors, and product leaders for real-time feedback.
For questions related to virtual cohorts, reach out to AgentBatSupp.
For questions related to in-person events, reach out to ABATevents.
