Building Declarative Agents with API Plugins for Microsoft Copilot Part 1 – Introduction
This is the first in a series of 5 blog posts and videos around Declarative Agents for Copilot. In this blog post I’m going to talk about what Declarative...
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About Me
Hi, I'm Tom. I'm a Microsoft 365 Developer & Architect. I empower developers, architects, and organizations to achive more with Microsoft 365 by creating applications and services with technologies like Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Bot Framework, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Graph, Adaptive Cards, and Office Add-Ins.
I'm passionate about creating great software that people will find useful and I want to help you do the same. This is my blog, you can find more about me, speaking engagements, code sample and more on my main site.
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