Notes from the trenches of real projects. What worked, what didn't, and why — no marketing spin.
With agents, a single request can fan out into model calls, retrievals, retries, and tool actions that cost far more than the prompt suggests. Here's how I measure, allocate, and govern that full cost — not just the token line — and tie it to outcomes.
A practitioner's reference for Power Platform core, Copilot Studio, Dataverse, Dynamics 365 Contact Center, and Dynamics 365 Customer Service.
This write-up shows how to build Skills in the new Copilot Studio agent experience. It covers the SKILL.md format, bundling scripts and resources, authoring and uploading, how the orchestrator uses them, and governance. It is separate from the legacy Bot Framework skill.
With agents, a single request can fan out into model calls, retrievals, retries, and tool actions that cost far more than the prompt suggests. Here's how I measure, allocate, and govern that full cost — not just the token line — and tie it to outcomes.
A practitioner's reference for Power Platform core, Copilot Studio, Dataverse, Dynamics 365 Contact Center, and Dynamics 365 Customer Service.
This write-up shows how to build Skills in the new Copilot Studio agent experience. It covers the SKILL.md format, bundling scripts and resources, authoring and uploading, how the orchestrator uses them, and governance. It is separate from the legacy Bot Framework skill.
A deep dive into the rebuilt Copilot Studio — its natural-language authoring surface, the new agentic orchestrator, Memory, Microsoft IQ, and the rise of SKILL.md as an open, behavior-as-code pattern for enterprise agents.
Microsoft rebuilt Copilot Studio at Build 2026: a four-surface agent model, Skills as Markdown, a Memory surface, a new agentic orchestrator, a new workflow designer, and convergence with Microsoft Foundry. What changed, what it means for the patterns in Parts 1 and 2, and how to think about the move.
Four end-to-end scenarios on different orchestration patterns, a starter MCP server inventory, and the ten anti-patterns that recur in production Copilot Studio deployments.
Microsoft MVP & MCT | Low Code Hacker | Copilot, Copilot Studio, Power Platform & Azure Architect
I’m a Microsoft MVP focused on agentic AI, intelligent agents, and enterprise AI solutions. Using Microsoft Copilot Studio and Azure AI Foundry, I design and build systems that help people and organizations work smarter. This blog is a collection of field notes, practical insights, and real-world experiences—from architecture and orchestration patterns to lessons learned along the way. Your feedback is always welcome—let’s continue the conversation.
