ATEC 0004 - AI in the Workplace: Building AI Agents for Workplace Productivity
Course Description
Learn how to build your first AI agent and discover how AI assistants can automate workplace tasks, improve productivity, and support better decision-making. This beginner-to-intermediate, hands-on workshop introduces participants to the fundamentals of AI agent design using Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft Copilot Studio. Through live demonstrations and guided exercises, participants learn how AI agents work, create a custom AI agent for a real workplace scenario, and explore practical ways to automate routine tasks, organize information, and improve business workflows. No programming experience is required, making this workshop an ideal first step into AI agent development.
What You’ll Learn.
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Understand how AI agents work and how they automate workplace tasks and business processes.
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Identify opportunities to use AI agents to improve productivity, organize information, and support workplace decision-making.
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Build a custom AI agent using Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft Copilot Studio.
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Configure prompts and instructions that enable AI agents to deliver useful, accurate, and consistent responses.
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Test, refine, and optimize AI agents to better support real-world business scenarios.
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Apply AI agents to common workplace tasks, including information retrieval, document assistance, and routine process support.
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Implement AI agents to streamline workflows and improve operational efficiency.
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Recognize and apply responsible AI principles, including security, governance, transparency, and ethical use, when developing and deploying AI agents.