Applied Skills

Microsoft Applied Skills: Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot with declarative agents by using Visual Studio Code

Validate your technical skills and open doors to new possibilities of advancement with Microsoft Applied Skills.

At a glance

Overview

Warning

This credential will retire on April 15, 2026. You will no longer be able to earn this credential after this date.

To earn this Microsoft Applied skills credential, learners demonstrate the ability to extend Microsoft 365 Copilot with declarative agents by using Visual Studio Code.

Candidates for this credential should have a solid understanding of working with Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Visual Studio Code, and the Teams toolkit.

They should also have experience with:

  • Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents
  • Visual Studio Code and Teams toolkit
  • Adaptive cards
  • REST APIs and Oauth

Skills earned upon completion

Prepare for the assessment

Take the assessment

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This assessment will use an interactive lab to evaluate your performance. It will take a few minutes to load the lab, and you may do other activities while it loads. After you launch the lab, you will need to wait 72 hours to launch it again. Your mouse movements and text entered during the lab will be recorded for quality purposes. Learn more

Evaluated in this assessment

  • Configure manifests (app and agent)
  • Configure agent capabilities and knowledge
  • Create and configure an API plugin
  • Configure authentication for an API plugin
  • Implement Adaptive Cards
  • Publish agents to Microsoft 365 Copilot

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Applied Skills Resources

Study guide for Applied Skills

This study guide provides a summary of the topics covered in the assessment lab, along with additional resources to help you prepare.

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