Copilot UX Components and Solving "Something went wrong". Microsoft launched Copilot UX Components last week and I was eager to try them out but then I hit the error "Something went wrong". As always it is quick and easy to resolved once you know the cause. But it left me stumped for a while....

Copilot UX Components and solving the “Something Went Wrong” Error

Microsoft have launched Copilot UX Components and I am eager to try them out but then I hit the error "Something went wrong". As always it is quickly and easily resolved once you know the cause but it left me stumped for a bit of time and I wanted to make sure that it does not affect you.

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Are you excited about Microsoft Autopilot? Here are my thoughts on how we can get ready for this new capability coming to Copilot soon In this article, I discuss some thinking about Microsoft Autopilot, digital assistants, digital twins and how we can get ready to take advantage of this capability.

Are you planning for Microsoft’s (Copilot) Autopilot? My thoughts on how we can get ready

In this article, I discuss some thinking about Microsoft Autopilot, digital assistants, digital twins and how we can get ready to take advantage of this capability.

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In my last blog post I asked the question, do we need AI FinOps? Of course we do! In this blog post I talk about setting up Cost Management and different ways to monitor and manage your Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Agent spend. #MicrosoftCopilot #mvpbuzz

Need AI Fin Ops? How to set up Microsoft 365 Copilot AI FinOps and Cost Management

So you need controls around Microsoft 365 Copilot , here is a guide to get you setup and find out how to monitor your AI Fin Ops

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My experiences build Secure MCP Powered Copilot Cowork Plugins Introduction This article discusses my experiences when building Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork Plugins, which are powered by a secure custom MCP Server. Why Cowork and Cowork Plugins? Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork is an evolution of…

My experiences build Secure MCP Powered Copilot Cowork Plugins

Introduction This article discusses my experiences when building Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork Plugins, which are powered by a secure custom MCP Server. Why Cowork and Cowork Plugins? Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork is an evolution of Anthropic’s Claude Cowork. The tool is very versatile and enables you to run multiple agent-based tasks at the same time. The backbone of Cowork is the skills and capabilities that it has.

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Building a Custom MCP Server secured by Entra ID In this post we show you a default MCP Server template that allows you to have an Entra ID secured MCP Server. In this blog post I take you through the process of getting it setup and talk you through the code.

Building a Custom MCP Server secured by Entra ID

In this post we show you a default MCP Server template that allows you to have an Entra ID secured MCP Server. In this blog post I take you through the process of getting it setup and talk you through the code.

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Are you also struggling to connect MCP Clients to your Dataverse MCP? Try this So I really love the Dataverse MCP Server for when I am building Agentic solutions. It works really well within Copilot Studio Agents if you give it a bit of love and guidance. I am sure there is a blog post in there to…

Are you also struggling to connect MCP Clients to your Dataverse MCP? Try this

So I really love the Dataverse MCP Server for when I am building Agentic solutions. It works really well within Copilot Studio Agents if you give it a bit of love and guidance. I am sure there is a blog post in there to talk about that but recently I have been looking at the really exciting Copilot Cowork, which recently added support for custom skills and MCP via its Plugins architecture.

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This blog post got a bit delayed with circumstances that were a little out of my control, all is revealed in the blog post. However, I wanted to explain how I create Custom MCP Servers using the .NET MCP SDK as containers in Azure and then how they can are connected to Copilot Studio.

How to: Build a Custom MCP Server with the .NET MCP SDK, host as an Azure Container and connect to Copilot Studio

This article discusses an approach to building a custom MCP Server as a container, hosting in Azure App Services with the .NET MCP SDK and connecting to Copilot Studio

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Missing dependencies and Agent Components can take you a while to resolve when using Copilot Studio with Solutions. Use this little tip to quickly add those missing agent components to your solutions.

Missing Topics And Agent Components in your Deployed Copilot Studio Solutions? Try This

Resolving missing dependencies and agent components when deploying Agents in solutions can take a lot of your time. Use this to fix them quick smart.

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When you build and deploy a Copilot Studio Agent with Knowledge as a managed solution, we have a problem. The problem is that the Knowledge Source Url cannot be changed! In this post I will show you a way to resolve this issue.

How to solve: Copilot Studio Agents, Managed Solutions, and Knowledge Sources that cannot be changed

Changing the Knowledge Source URL in managed solutions is tricky because they cannot be changed once deployed. In this article we show a way to make those changes and take control of our Knowledge Sources.

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I wrote an article last year which tried to explain various challenges with Copilot Agents that are built on Copilot Studio and unexpected behaviour. This topic highlights that issue when a user answers a question within a Copilot Studio agent and it switches to another topic unexpectedly.

Help My Copilot Studio Agent Keeps Switching Topics

Whilst working with a colleague, they were getting an issue where their prompt was correctly choosing their Topic, lets call it Topic A. Topic A asks a question but when they answered to it. The Copilot Studio Orchestrator switched to a completely different Topic, Topic B and did not continue down the path of Topic A.

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In this first blog post of 2026 I have been delving into the Microsoft Agent 365 and building my first agent. In the post we talk about how to get started, setup Agent 365 and then get an agent up and running and show the notification features. #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftAgent365 #MicrosoftCopilot

Delving into Configuring and Building My First Microsoft Agent 365 Agent

In this post I delve into creating my first Microsoft Agent 365 enabled Agent which was announced at Ignite 2025. I hope it helps you build your first Agent 365 Agent and start your journey in this exciting area.

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As I have been building and delving into MCP Servers and integrating them with Microsoft 365 Copilot, I have uncovered a few more tweaks, tricks and tips and wanted to highlight a workaround for Copilot Agents built on Copilot Studio.

Errors with Copilot Studio and MCP? – Are you Stateless?

If you are building MCP Servers that need to integrate with Copilot Studio, be mindful of stateful MCP servers which seem to cause problems at this time. Try this tip to make them more robust.

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In this blog post I discuss an issue that I was seeing where Responsive AI was being triggered as it thought the agent was being attacked and stopping my Copilot Agent from responding.

Tackling ContentFiltered Errors in Copilot Agents – Rethinking Copilot Agent Architecture

In this blog post I discuss an issue that I was seeing where Responsive AI was being triggered as it thought the agent was being attacked and stopping my Copilot Agent from responding.

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I have been spending more and more time working with Azure AI Foundry Agent Service and in particular integration with MCP Servers. However, an MCP server that I build recently had one tool that just would not work, I've spent 2 days try things out and found a solution to the error "Sorry, something

Azure AI Foundry Agent Service Fails with MCP Tool Sorry, something went wrong

Issues running MCP Tools with Azure AI Foundry Agent Service "Sorry, something went wrong"

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We are just kicking off @m365north.bsky.social tonight, where @simonjhudson.bsky.social Dylan Hayes are talking about Whats New with Copilot in SharePoint and OneDrive. Join us here www.meetup.com/m365-north/e... #mvpbuzz #microsoft365

What's new with Copilot in SharePoint and OneDrive?, Tue, Oct 21, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup

**Microsoft has an annual OneDrive event, where they reveal what's arrived, what's coming and what's in the future for both OneDrive, SharePoint and Copilot.** In this ses

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In this blog post, I wanted to share how I am improving how I work when sharing and documenting solution designs for the development team at iThink 365.

Improving my approach: Using AI to Documenting Solution Designs for Development Teams

I wanted to share an approach for how I am using AI to improve documenting solution designs and thoughts around a solution.

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This post represents the start of my journey into building an MCP server for Microsoft 365 Copilot. I delve into some of the articles that I found useful and explain what I am looking to build.

My Adventures in building and understanding MCP for Microsoft 365 Copilot

So, I have been following the Model Context Protocol (MCP) world for a while now. I first heard about MCP just as we were going out to MVP Summit in March 2025. Already, the Microsoft Copilot Extensibility team were on the case with people like Fabian Williams experimenting with them. I have been following this space, reading articles and finally, over the summer, I have had some time to roll up my sleeves and look at how I would build an MCP Server.

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My Experiences with Copilot Studio – Gen AI Agents Not Behaving as Expected? Check Your Question’s Settings In this post we delve into an issue where Copilot Studio questions were not being processed as expected leading to poor user experience.

My Experiences with Copilot Studio – Gen AI Agents Not Behaving as Expected? Check Your Question’s Settings

In this post we delve into an issue where Copilot Studio questions were not being processed as expected leading to poor user experience.

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Packed keynote at @bsidesleeds.bsky.social Such a great community and friendly lot. #communityrocks

Early morning start for @bsidesleeds.bsky.social Excited to be part of this incredible local cyber security++ event with an incredible array of talks

I am spending a lot of time thinking about Multi-Agents within our business and our customers business. In this post I start to share some of my thoughts and ideas. Would to love to hear yours.

Multi-Agents – The Rise of the AI Architect

Last week, Microsoft Build 2025 announced the introduction of Multi-Agent Copilots within Copilot Studio and the ability to configure one Copilot Agent to make use of other Copilot Agent’s and their tools. I have been pondering on this for a while, but whilst watching the demos, this got me thinking about how these Agents will be delivered. It’s clear that there will be a lot of thought required to deliver a solid multi-Agent architecture, which will need to be designed and engineered!

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💾 Recording of the @community.ms Viva Connections & #SharePoint Framework May 1st community call • News • Focus on SPFx powered experiences in Microsoft 365 • Demos by @simondoy.bsky.social and Brian McCullough • Host @pnp.horse ...and more 🚀 📺 Watch → youtu.be/2bXc6zOpYYc/

Been looking forward to our session on Microsoft 365 Copilot with our partners Everon, Microsoft and Pax8

Great to the Maturity Model for Microsoft 365 has made it to BlueSky, thanks for organising @sympmarc.com Looking for ways to explain how Microsoft 365 can benefit your organisation but not sure how to win over your leadership team, check out the Maturity Model and follow us here. @mm4m365.org

Did you miss the latest Maturity Model for Microsoft 365 Practitioners call? @simonjhudson.bsky.social discussed a new Practical Scenario: Enhancing Brand Management. #MM4M365 Here's the recording: youtu.be/b36ZFdLdnw8

Maturity Model for Microsoft 365 - April 2025

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And here is @simondoy.bsky.social doing the hands on insights into #AI and @microsoft.com #Copilot at Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce AI and #Cybersecurity event. The 80% turnout is an indication of how important businesses see AI to their success.

Excited to be involved with @microsoftlearn.bsky.social #mVPsPledgeToAnswers

A7: I think keeping it simple and not trying to duplicate the capabilities of other agent technologies in Microsoft 365 will help. Though there should be an upgrade path so that people can move to more complex solutions when needed. #CollabTalk

A6: I think having editable built-in agents will have a big impact on adoption. I do worry about the control and agent sprawl. #CollabTalk

A5: I think the fact that they are not as powerful and configurable as their Copilot Studio cousins is a big limitation. However, that is also their benefit as they are less complicated and do one thing well. Use in HR, Sales, Finance and IT #CollabTalk