During its annual event federating its ecosystem of partners, the Redmond giant focused on the agency AI.
Microsoft drives the nail. On the occasion of the Build, its annual event dedicated to its ecosystem of partners (which is held this year from May 19 to 22 in Seattle), the group makes several announcements on the front of agent AI around its Assistant of AI Copilot. The most striking of them is the introduction of multi-agent orchestration into the Copilot Studio development environment.
“More than 230,000 organizations, including 90% of fortune 500, use Copilot Studio to create and personalize AI agents,” said a Microsoft spokesperson. “The multi-agent orchestration in Copilot Studio will allow agents to exchange data, collaborate on tasks and distribute work according to everyone’s expertise.”
The publisher takes the example of the process of integrating a new employee. “In this context, Copilot Studio will allow several agents to collaborate, to automate the underlying processes of human resources, with a view to allowing computer equipment, etc.”, details Microsoft.
Multiple use cases
For the American group, the use cases are multiple. “Imagine a Copilot Studio agent recovering sales data from a CRM, transmitting them to a Microsoft 365 agent to write a commercial proposal in Word, then triggering another agent to plan reminders to customers or prospects via Outlook”, details Microsoft’s spokesperson who also evokes the setting of agents involving IT, communication and Chain to manage an incident within a logistics chain management environment, from its detection to its resolution.
“Whether executive briefings, customer integration or product launches, Copilot agents can now operate in synergy, bringing more connectivity, intelligence and scalability at each stage of the targeted processes”, Microsoft argue.
“In the last quarter alone, our customers created more than a million personalized agents via SharePoint and Copilot Studio”
Only small downside: this new feature (for the time being in private beta) remains confined to the Microsoft universe. It is limited to agents based on Microsoft 365, Azure Ai Service and Azure Fabric. Good news, the company of Satya Nadella nevertheless joined Copilot Studio the Standard MCP (for Model Context Protocol). This makes it possible to integrate external data flows into the agents. The door is therefore not a closed complement. Microsoft takes the opportunity to announce its intention to introduce MCP support in Windows 11. Objective: allow its partners to more easily develop compatible and interoperable genetable AI.
In parallel, Microsoft lifts the veil on Copilot Tuning. A technology that, via Copilot Studio, allows you to use data, workflows and business processes to train models and create agents capable of performing specific tasks without requiring coding. “For example, a legal firm will be able to create an agent who reflects his expertise, automating the drafting of arguments by combining internal knowledge with the specific context to the customer in order to constitute the most solid file possible,” said it at Microsoft. Copilot Tuning will be launched in public beta in June.
Microsoft takes the opportunity to release Microsoft 365 Software Development Kit (SDK) agents in the final version. Objective displayed by the company: Offer a tool to test and debug the agents propelled by Copilot, Team Instant messaging or on the web, before deploying them by using its Azure Cloud. The Teams AI library is also improved. Here, Microsoft’s ambition is to help developers build optimized agents for its messaging, from its channels to its meetings. This includes supporting the agen2age protocol in order to facilitate collaboration between agents. This feature is launched in public beta.
Microsoft 365 COPILOT API
Also launched in public beta, the Microsoft 365 COPILOT APIs allow developers to use Copitot key components within their applications, such as research or cat. “These APIs respect existing authorizations and compliance policies via the Copilot control system. The data used therefore remain within Microsoft 365 while being used in a secure and real-time manner,” said Microsoft spokesperson.
The American group places a lot of hope in its Assistant of AI Copilot and its ability to welcome agents. “In the last quarter alone, our customers created more than a million personalized agents via SharePoint and Copilot Studio, an increase of 130% compared to the previous quarter”, facilitates the editor of Redmond.
