🚀 Copilot Studio, Microsoft Fabric & Microsoft Foundry: Better Together
A Full-Day bootcamp on how to combine Microsoft Copilot Studio, Microsoft Fabric, and Microsoft Foundry (Azure AI Foundry) to build intelligent, data-grounded, enterprise-ready AI agents and multimodal applications.
Through guided hands-on labs and real-world enterprise scenarios, you will explore how Microsoft’s AI, agent, data, analytics, automation, and application-development technologies work together to deliver complete AI solutions.
This is not a day of passive presentations.
You will gain practical experience designing, building, integrating, testing, and evaluating AI solutions using Microsoft’s modern AI and data platforms.
📅 Event Details
📅 Date: Friday, July 24, 2026
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM–5:00 PM Eastern Time
🌐 Location: Live Virtual Workshop
🎯 Skill Level: Beginners to Intermediate
👨🏫 Format: Instructor-Led Demonstrations, Guided Labs and Interactive Q&A
☁️ Included: Access to cloud resources for the hands-on exercises
⭐ Why Attend?
Enterprise AI solutions require more than a language model or a standalone chatbot.
Modern AI agents must be able to:
✅ Understand natural-language instructions
✅ Reason through complex tasks
✅ Retrieve trusted organizational knowledge
✅ Work with enterprise data
✅ Trigger workflows and business processes
✅ Call tools, APIs and external systems
✅ Analyze structured and unstructured information
✅ Generate intelligent, context-aware responses
✅ Be evaluated, monitored and governed responsibly
This is where Copilot Studio, Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Foundry become better together.
Microsoft Copilot Studio
Create conversational and autonomous agents using Microsoft’s graphical, low-code agent-development platform.
Connect agents to enterprise knowledge, Power Automate workflows, APIs, plugins, tools and organizational systems.
Microsoft Fabric
Bring together enterprise data, analytics, engineering, data science, real-time intelligence and reporting through a unified data platform.
Prepare and expose trusted business data that AI agents can use to provide accurate and relevant answers.
Microsoft Foundry
Build advanced AI applications and agents using enterprise models, development tools, evaluation capabilities, tracing, orchestration and Responsible AI features.
Together, these technologies provide an integrated foundation for building AI solutions that can reason, act and work with enterprise data.
👨💻 What You’ll Build
Throughout the workshop, you will gain practical experience creating next-generation AI applications and agents using:
✅ Microsoft Copilot Studio
✅ Microsoft Fabric
✅ Microsoft Foundry (Azure AI Foundry)
✅ Azure OpenAI Service
✅ Generative AI and reasoning models
✅ Fabric IQ, Foundry IQ and Work IQ concepts
✅ Model Context Protocol
✅ Enterprise knowledge sources
✅ Agent actions, tools and workflows
✅ Evaluation, tracing and testing frameworks
✅ Responsible AI and governance practices
You will learn how these capabilities can be connected to create end-to-end enterprise AI solutions instead of isolated proofs of concept.
🗓 Workshop Agenda
☀️ Morning Workshop
Building the Foundation for Enterprise AI Agents
The morning session introduces the core concepts, platforms and architectural patterns required to build modern AI agents and multimodal applications.
Topics Covered
Introduction to Generative AI and AI Agents
- Generative AI fundamentals
- Conversational and autonomous agents
- Agent instructions, context and knowledge
- Actions, tools, inputs and triggers
- Multimodal AI applications
- Common enterprise agent scenarios
Fundamentals of Prompt Engineering
- Writing clear and effective instructions
- Structuring prompts for reliable responses
- Providing context and grounding information
- Using examples and output formats
- Reducing ambiguity and hallucinations
- Creating reusable prompt patterns
Microsoft Copilot Studio Deep Dive
- Copilot Studio architecture
- Creating conversational agents
- Configuring agent instructions
- Connecting enterprise knowledge sources
- Building topics and agent actions
- Integrating Power Automate workflows
- Using plugins and connectors
- Extending Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Connecting Copilot Studio with Microsoft Foundry
Microsoft Fabric Overview
- Introduction to Microsoft Fabric
- OneLake and the unified data foundation
- Data Engineering
- Data Factory
- Data Science
- Data Warehouse
- Real-Time Intelligence
- Power BI and analytics
- Preparing enterprise data for AI applications
Microsoft Foundry Overview
- Microsoft Foundry architecture
- Model selection and deployment
- Azure OpenAI models
- Reasoning and open-source models
- Building AI applications and agents
- Knowledge grounding
- Evaluation and Responsible AI capabilities
🧪 Guided Hands-On Labs
Build and configure an intelligent agent using Microsoft Copilot Studio and connect it to enterprise knowledge, actions and workflows.
☕ Break
Take time to recharge, network virtually with other attendees and prepare for the afternoon integration labs.
🌇 Afternoon Workshop
Integrating Copilot Studio, Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Foundry
The afternoon session focuses on connecting the platforms to create complete, enterprise-ready AI solutions.
Topics Covered
Fabric IQ, Foundry IQ and Work IQ
Explore how Microsoft’s intelligence capabilities bring together organizational data, AI models, enterprise knowledge and the context of work.
Learn how these capabilities can help agents provide more relevant, grounded and actionable responses.
Enterprise Knowledge and Grounding
- Connecting agents to trusted business data
- Structured and unstructured enterprise information
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation
- Embeddings and semantic retrieval
- Azure AI Search
- Data grounding strategies
- Improving response relevance and accuracy
Model Context Protocol
- Understanding Model Context Protocol
- Connecting agents to tools and external systems
- MCP servers and clients
- Exposing enterprise capabilities securely
- Building reusable integrations
- MCP implementation considerations
End-to-End AI Integration
- Connecting Copilot Studio with Microsoft Foundry
- Connecting AI agents to Microsoft Fabric data
- Integrating models, tools and workflows
- Calling APIs and enterprise services
- Building agent actions
- Orchestrating multi-step business processes
- Designing complete enterprise AI solutions
Evaluation, Tracing and Testing
- Evaluating agent response quality
- Testing prompt and agent behavior
- Tracing model and tool interactions
- Measuring groundedness and relevance
- Identifying failures and unexpected behavior
- Improving reliability before production deployment
- Establishing an iterative evaluation process
Selecting High-Value AI Use Cases
- Identifying suitable agent opportunities
- Evaluating technical feasibility
- Estimating business value
- Measuring productivity improvements
- Understanding implementation costs
- Defining success criteria and measurable outcomes
- Evaluating return on investment
Enterprise Architecture and Scalability
- Designing secure and scalable AI solutions
- Separating data, model, agent and application layers
- Managing identity and access
- Protecting enterprise information
- Monitoring AI applications
- Moving from prototypes to production
- Establishing governance and operational ownership
Responsible AI
- Fairness and inclusiveness
- Reliability and safety
- Privacy and security
- Transparency
- Human oversight
- Responsible deployment
- Organizational governance for AI solutions
🧪 Guided Hands-On Labs
Integrate Microsoft Copilot Studio, Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Foundry to build a data-grounded AI agent that can retrieve knowledge, use tools and support an end-to-end enterprise scenario.
🎯 What You’ll Learn
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
✅ Understand the architecture of conversational, multimodal and autonomous AI agents
✅ Build intelligent enterprise agents using Microsoft Copilot Studio
✅ Use Microsoft Fabric as a trusted data foundation for AI applications
✅ Build advanced AI solutions using Microsoft Foundry
✅ Connect agents to enterprise knowledge and organizational data
✅ Apply prompt-engineering techniques that improve agent performance
✅ Understand Fabric IQ, Foundry IQ and Work IQ concepts
✅ Implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation and knowledge grounding
✅ Integrate AI models, data, workflows, APIs and enterprise systems
✅ Use Model Context Protocol to connect agents with external tools
✅ Evaluate AI agents using testing, tracing and quality frameworks
✅ Identify high-value enterprise AI use cases
✅ Measure business value and potential return on investment
✅ Apply Responsible AI, governance and security practices
✅ Understand how to move AI solutions from prototypes to production
🎁 What You’ll Take Home
Your learning does not end when the workshop concludes.
You will leave with practical knowledge and reusable implementation patterns that can be applied to enterprise AI projects.
Included with Your Registration
✅ Guided hands-on experience with Copilot Studio, Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Foundry
✅ Reusable prompt-engineering techniques and patterns
✅ Enterprise AI architecture guidance
✅ Knowledge-grounding and RAG implementation strategies
✅ Model Context Protocol integration concepts
✅ Agent evaluation, tracing and testing practices
✅ Responsible AI and governance recommendations
✅ Practical guidance for evaluating use cases and business value
✅ Experience designing end-to-end AI solutions across Microsoft’s AI and data ecosystem
☁️ Hands-On Lab Resources
Every attendee will receive access to cloud resources for the hands-on labs, including:
✅ Microsoft Copilot Studio
✅ Microsoft Fabric
✅ Microsoft Foundry
✅ Microsoft Azure
✅ Azure OpenAI Service
The provided cloud resources are valued at approximately USD $500.
Participants are also welcome to use their own Azure, Microsoft Fabric and Copilot Studio subscriptions when available.
👥 Who Should Attend?
This workshop is ideal for:
- Software Developers
- Senior Software Engineers
- AI Engineers
- Data Engineers
- Solution Architects
- Enterprise Architects
- Cloud Architects
- IT Professionals
- Technical Consultants
- IT Managers
- Citizen Developers
- Technology Product Managers
- Data Scientists
- Data Stewards
- Analytics Professionals
- Technical Data Protection Professionals
- Technology Leaders
- Chief Analytics Officers
- Chief Information Officers
- Chief Technology Officers
- AI and Digital Transformation Decision-Makers
The workshop is also valuable for anyone interested in understanding how Generative AI, enterprise data, analytics and intelligent agents can be combined to create next-generation business applications.
Experience with C#, Python or JavaScript is helpful but not required.
No previous AI experience is necessary.
💻 Attendee Workstation Requirements
Because this is an interactive virtual workshop, every attendee must use a Windows or Mac computer.
Your workstation should include:
✅ A modern web browser such as Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari
✅ A reliable high-speed internet connection
✅ A working camera, microphone and speakers or headset
✅ Access to Microsoft Azure
✅ Access to Microsoft Copilot Studio
Recommended for Coding Exercises
It is helpful to have an environment capable of running C# or Python, such as:
- Visual Studio Code
- Visual Studio 2022
- JetBrains Rider
- Another compatible Python or C# development environment
⚠️ Tablets and mobile devices are not suitable for the hands-on labs.
Participants should also have permission to install required development tools and run code locally on their workstation.
🌟 A Practical, Instructor-Led Learning Experience
This workshop combines practical implementation with enterprise architecture and real-world guidance.
Throughout the day, you will benefit from:
✅ Live instructor demonstrations
✅ Step-by-step guided hands-on labs
✅ Real-world enterprise scenarios
✅ Prompt-engineering best practices
✅ Enterprise integration patterns
✅ Architecture and scalability guidance
✅ Responsible AI recommendations
✅ Interactive discussions and Q&A
✅ Assistance during the lab exercises
The workshop is designed to support attendees with a wide range of technical experience—from professionals beginning their AI journey to experienced developers and architects evaluating enterprise AI platforms.
🎟 Reserve Your Virtual Seat Today
This is a fully hands-on, instructor-led virtual workshop designed to maximize learning through practical experience.
Join us for a full day of building intelligent agents and multimodal AI applications using Microsoft Copilot Studio, Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Foundry.
Learn how to connect enterprise data, AI models, knowledge, tools and workflows to create complete AI solutions that are secure, responsible and ready to scale.