Copilot and Agents: Core Concepts

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Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot is the AI assistant built into Microsoft 365 apps that uses large language models and Microsoft Graph data to help users draft, summarize, and analyze content.
Agent An agent is an AI-powered assistant that automates or executes business processes, ranging from simple prompt-and-response helpers to fully autonomous workers that act alongside or on behalf of people.
Researcher Researcher is a first-party reasoning agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot that performs complex, multi-step research across work data and the web to produce comprehensive, source-cited reports.
Analyst Analyst is a first-party reasoning agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot that performs advanced data analysis, using chain-of-thought reasoning and running Python to answer complex data queries.
Custom Agent A custom agent is an organization-built agent tailored to specific tasks, instructions, knowledge sources, and actions for a team or business process.
Copilot Studio Microsoft Copilot Studio is the full-featured, low-code tool for building, customizing, and managing agents with advanced tools, connectors, and topics.
Agent Builder The Microsoft 365 Copilot Agent Builder is a simple, in-context experience within Copilot Chat for quickly creating agents without leaving the chat interface.
Declarative Agent A declarative agent is an agent defined by instructions, actions, and knowledge sources on top of the Microsoft 365 Copilot orchestrator and foundation models, rather than custom-built infrastructure.
Prompt Management Prompt management covers saving, sharing, scheduling, and deleting reusable prompts, primarily through Copilot Prompt Gallery.