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Recruit — beginner course

A beginner course guide that brings together the full Copilot Studio Agent Academy Recruit modules so you can follow them end to end.

Published 2026-07-02

Translated article — This article is based on Recruit from the Copilot Studio Agent Academy. The original wording takes precedence.

The Recruit course is an introductory track for anyone starting to learn Copilot Studio agents. It takes you through the full flow: setting up the development environment, understanding core concepts, creating your first agent, configuring topics, cards, flows, and event triggers, and finally publishing and licensing.

Modules covered in this course

  1. Start Recruit: choose your path
    Compare which Recruit learning path to choose: the Standard harness or the GitHub Copilot harness.
  2. Mission 00: Course setup
    Prepare your Microsoft 365 account, Copilot Studio trial, development environment, and SharePoint site.
  3. Mission 01: Introduction to agents
    Understand conversational AI, LLMs, RAG, and the difference between conversational and autonomous agents.
  4. Mission 02: Copilot Studio fundamentals
    Learn the core structure of a Copilot Studio agent: Knowledge, Tools, Topics, and Instructions.
  5. Mission 03: Create a declarative agent for Microsoft 365 Copilot
    Create a declarative agent for Microsoft 365 Copilot using prompts and organizational knowledge.
  6. Mission 04: Create a solution for agents
    Learn how to package agents into reusable solutions for management and deployment across environments.
  7. Mission 05: Use prebuilt agents
    Learn how to use and customize template agents to get started faster.
  8. Mission 06: Create a custom agent with natural language and AI
    Learn how to create an agent using only natural language and ground it with knowledge sources such as SharePoint, documents, and websites.
  9. Mission 07: Add a new topic with triggers and nodes
    Learn how to define custom question-and-answer paths with Topics.
  10. Mission 08: Enhance user interaction in Topics with Adaptive Cards
    Learn how to create Adaptive Cards using Power Fx and SharePoint.
  11. Mission 09: Automate by adding an agent flow to a topic
    Learn how to trigger a backend flow from Adaptive Card input.
  12. Mission 10: Add event triggers to enable autonomous agent capabilities
    Configure the agent to act autonomously with event-based logic.
  13. Mission 11: Publish your agent and deploy it to Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot
    Deploy your agent to Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot.
  14. Mission 12: Understand Copilot Studio licensing
    Learn how Copilot Studio licensing and billing work.
  15. Final mission: Earn your Recruit badge
    Learn how to request a badge and officially record your learning achievement.

If this is your first time, we recommend following the modules in order. If you want to quickly review a specific capability, you can open the module you need directly.