Microsoft Mechanics Podcast

Create agents fast with Agent Builder in Copilot

September 23, 2026·9 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Build a specialist AI agent without writing a line of code. Describe what you want in one prompt, and Copilot Agent Builder generates the name, instructions, skills, and knowledge setup for you — grounded only in the SharePoint sites, files, and Copilot Connectors you choose. Teach your agent a Skill to handle recurring work, like drafting weekly status emails from your own template, then test it in Preview before you publish. Share it with people or groups and set exact permissions, track real usage in the new Monitor tab, and push your best agents into your org's Agent Store catalog. Ned Friend, Group Product Manager for Copilot Agent Builder shares how to turn an agent into a tool your whole team can run, measure, and trust. 👥 Who it's for: Team leads and managers who want trusted, repeatable answers for their team, plus IT admins and Microsoft 365 power users building specialist Copilot agents without code. ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 Build specialist agents inside Copilot 0:34 Ground agents in trusted org knowledge 1:31 Create a new hire onboarding agent 2:15 Natural-language agent creation 2:41 Ground answers in SharePoint knowledge 4:13 Skills for repeatable tasks 4:53 Precise knowledge grounding 6:37 Preview and test before publishing 7:03 Share your agent with set permissions 7:39 See the new hire's agent view 8:22

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