How to Build Copilot Studio Agents in VS Code Using Natural Language

In this video, Nilüfer Doğan walks us through building a fully production-ready HR Agent Copilot Studio agent using GitHub Copilot in VS Code to write the code in natural language, from scratch all the way to deployment. The agent handles two real-world scenarios: answering HR policy questions using RAG over company documents, and managing employee leave requests directly in Microsoft Dataverse. What you'll learn: ✅ How to use GitHub Copilot in VS Code to build agent logic using natural language ✅ How to design an Agent-to-Agent architecture with an Orchestrator that routes queries to the right sub-agent ✅ How to build a RAG pipeline with Azure AI Search over HR documents ✅ How to connect to Microsoft Dataverse using Managed Identity ✅ How to create and configure a Custom Connector in Power Platform programmatically with Python 🔗 GitHub Repo: https://github.com/niluferdogan/hragent Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay up to date with all our latest How-To videos and webinars on a wide range of topics — including Microsoft Fabric, Power Platform, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Copilot, and much more! 👉 Subscribe now: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr183FCaQmgxEo_zQvc-i5w?sub_confirmation=1 For regular free blogs, eBooks and insight from Microsoft experts make sure to check out the ESPC Learning Hub, on our website: https://www.sharepointeurope.com/resource-centre/ Get the latest updates by following our social media channels: Twitter: @ESPC_Community Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESPCFacebook LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/ESPCLinkedIn BlueSky: @espccommunity.bsky.social Blog: http://bit.ly/ESPCblog