# Copilot Studio

Create custom agents for organizational tasks and connected business processes.

Canonical profile: https://agenten-kompass.mmeierhoff.chatgpt.site/en/agents/copilot-studio/
Editor: [Michael Meierhoff](https://agenten-kompass.mmeierhoff.chatgpt.site/en/about/)
Sources reviewed: 2026-09-30
Basis: provider documentation. Examples are editorial suggestions, not hands-on product tests.

## Overview

Copilot Studio is Microsoft's development environment for custom agents and agent flows. Microsoft 365 Copilot is one possible channel or product context, rather than the same component.

- Provider: Microsoft
- Product family: Microsoft Copilot
- Profile type: Agent and workflow builder
- Environment: Microsoft platform
- Connections: Microsoft environment and connectors
- Setup: Configure the environment, agent and policies
- Pricing model: License / usage

## Key features

### Agents with generative orchestration

The agent selects a combination of topics, tools, and knowledge to match the request.

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/advanced-generative-actions

### Topics and conversation flows

Topics form conversation paths from messages, questions, conditions, and routing.

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/guidance/topics-overview

### Event triggers

Configured events can start an agent without user input.

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/authoring-triggers-about

### Tools and connectors

Flows, connectors, and other tools expand the available actions.

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/extend-agent-capabilities

### Knowledge sources

Agents can respond using connected knowledge sources.

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/extend-agent-capabilities

### Agent flows

A flow can retrieve data or perform an action as a tool.

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/advanced-flow-input-output

### Publish and analyze

Documentation covers testing, evaluations, channels, publishing, and management.

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio

## Requirements and limits

### Choose the execution environment

Requirement: The standard runtime and GitHub Copilot runtime offer different capabilities. The selected environment determines the available scope.

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/

### Requirement for event triggers

Requirement: Event Triggers require generative orchestration and a configured connector connection.

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/authoring-triggers-about

### Managed data policies

Limitation: Available Event Triggers depend on the organization's data policies administered in Power Automate.

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/authoring-triggers-about

### Usage and billing

Limitation: Event payloads also count as agent messages and may consume Copilot credits.

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/authoring-triggers-about

### License by use case

Not yet confirmed: The license and billing that apply to a specific agent configuration must be checked against the current tenant and use case.

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/

## Example workflows

### Questions about internal policies

- Your input: Approved policy documents and employee questions
- Possible result: An internal agent answers questions from connected knowledge.
- What to check: Check answers against source documents and restrict the publishing channel.

### New task triggered by an event

- Your input: SharePoint event, instructions, and defined agent flow
- Possible result: The flow starts the agent and performs the planned processing step.
- What to check: Check maker registration, policies, and the error path before activation.

## Context

Quality depends on the workflow, data, model, and approvals. Check integrations and usage limits before use.

Microsoft Learn reviewed. The documentation distinguishes the standard harness from a GitHub Copilot harness; features, channels, and event triggers depend on the harness, environment, and policies.

## Sources

- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-nz/microsoft-copilot-studio/agents-overview

- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio

- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/guidance/topics-overview

- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/authoring-triggers-about

- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/extend-agent-capabilities

- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/advanced-generative-actions

- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/advanced-flow-input-output

- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/

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