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1. Program at a Glance

Item

Details

Duration

2 months, 26 hours

Format

Face to face or online

Prerequisites

Access to Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT Plus; Copilot Studio login for the capstone

Structure

10 modules + capstone, in 4 learning tracks

Certification alignment

Microsoft AB-900, AB-730, AB-731, AI-900

2. The Roadmap: Four Learning Tracks

Track

Modules

Purpose

Foundational

1. LLM Foundations & Prompt Engineering; 2. Microsoft Office with Copilot;

3. Claude Cowork;

4. Persona-Based Prompting & Notebooks

Core AI literacy and everyday productivity

Applied Business AI

5. Research, Analytics & KPIs;

6. Workflow Automation & Business Apps;

7. Machine Learning Models & Forecasting; 8. Graphics & Video Generation

Applying AI to analysis, automation, forecasting and content

Agent Building

9. Agent Creation & RAG with Copilot Studio; 10. AI Agentic Framework

Designing, building and connecting AI agents

Capstone

10 industry-specific AI agents

Real-world, portfolio-ready projects

3. Foundational Track

Module 1: Foundations of LLM Models & Prompt Engineering

  • Copilot Microsoft 365 interface walkthrough

  • Basics of prompt engineering

  • Getting started with Copilot prompts

  • Prompting techniques for business practitioners

  • Copilot Chat vs app skills

  • Knowledge graphs vs vector stores

  • LLM comparison – ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini vs Meta Llama

Module 2: Microsoft Office Productivity with Copilot

  • Excel – formulas, functions, pivot tables, charts and dashboards with Excel Copilot and Excel Agent

  • PowerPoint – infographics grounded in enterprise data, design and animation with Copilot; compare with Prezi and KIMI

  • Notepad – draft casual write-ups and compare tone and formats

  • Outlook – semantic search, drafting and replying to emails with custom instructions by business function

  • Teams – collaboration, meeting notes and custom prompts on meeting transcripts

  • Word – draft and refine official letters, extract insights and analyse risks in long documents; compare with Pitch, Power and Humata

  • Whiteboard & OneNote with Copilot

  • Bookings with Outlook and Sway for presentations

Module 3: Claude Cowork

  • Claude LLM walkthrough

  • Claude Cowork plugins for Word

  • Claude Cowork plugins for Excel

  • Claude Cowork plugins for PowerPoint

  • Claude Projects

  • Claude Design Studio

Module 4: Persona-Based Prompting, Projects & Notebooks

  • Role-specific prompting for analysts, managers and strategists

  • Create and organise business prompt libraries

  • Build customised Copilot notebooks for specific tasks and functions

  • Create projects with ChatGPT

  • Create vector storage for projects and notebooks with custom personas and OneDrive

4. Applied Business AI Track

Module 5: Research, Analytics, KPIs & Strategy with AI Agents

  • Prompting for research, qualitative analysis, strategy and KPI generation

  • Feasibility studies, SWOT analysis, risk analysis and primary data collection at scale with AI agents

  • Descriptive analytics with an AI analytics agent across Excel, PDFs, CRM feeds, Fabric, Azure and other enterprise sources

  • Predictive analytics and forecasting – project plans, risk assessment, operational planning and financial modelling

  • Formulate strategy and build presentations using multimodal personas and LLMs

Module 6: Workflow Automation, Enterprise AI Tools & Business Apps

  • Build business apps with Copilot for Power Apps and the Copilot 365 app builder; compare Google AI Studio and Replit

  • Automate business processes with Workflow Frontier and Power Automate with Copilot; compare Make.com and n8n

  • Copilot for OneDrive – smart retrieval, file version comparison and document management

  • Copilot for SharePoint – pages, posts, lists, libraries, surveys and forms

  • Integrate SharePoint, Power Apps and Power Automate for end-to-end process mining and automation

  • Copilot for Loop and Power Pages portal

Module 7: Machine Learning for Predictive & Prescriptive Modelling

  • Analytics prompting using ML models – types and functions

  • Predictive analytics and forecasting with different ML models – why, when, where and how

  • Apply ML models to business case studies

  • Build simple project timeline forecasting models

  • Develop risk prediction tools to identify bottlenecks

  • Create financial models for planning and budgeting

  • Integrate forecasting into daily operations using ML model instructions

Models covered: ARIMA & SARIMA, linear regression, decision trees, KNN, regression models

Module 8: Graphics & Video Generation with AI

  • Infographics with Copilot Create, KIMI and Nano Banana Pro

  • Document-to-video with Copilot Create

  • Avatar-based video production with HeyGen

  • Cinematic graphics and video with Sora and Veo 3

  • Prompts for infographics, video generation and brand kits

5. Agent Building Track

Module 9: Agent Creation with Copilot, Gemini Pro, Claude & Custom GPTs

  • Instructional prompting, contextual grounding, chain-of-thought, linked and comparative prompts

  • AI agent types – retrieval vs augmented vs automated agents vs agentic frameworks

  • Copilot Studio deep dive – instructions, topics, tools, MCPs, knowledge, channels and evaluations

  • Build, test and deploy a custom RAG agent with Copilot, SharePoint and OneDrive

  • Build RAG custom GPTs with OpenAI, Claude and Gemini Pro – compare capabilities

  • Evaluation and grounding for RAG agents

Module 10: AI Agentic Framework – MCPs, Tools, Triggers & Automation with Copilot Studio

  • Create focused topics with variables, triggers and conversational flow

  • Ground chain-of-thought prompts with tools

  • Trigger agent workflows on conditions and launch external workflows via Power Automate

  • Tag triggers, topics, tools and knowledge sources with contextual instructions

  • Ground machine learning models with AI instructional prompts

  • Create and integrate MCP servers and protocols for internal and external app actions and data retrieval

  • Connect AI agents into a comprehensive agentic framework

6. Capstone: 10 Industry-Specific AI Agents

You will build agents in Copilot Studio using tools, topics, RAG and MCP capabilities.

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Agent

What it does

1

Risk Analyst Agent

Automates risk identification, mitigation and KRI monitoring with real-time reports

2

Lesson Plan Generator & Learning Assistant

Customises onboarding lesson plans and provides 24/7 learning support

3

IT Helpdesk Agent

Automates ticket creation and routing; uses sentiment analysis to set urgency

4

Employee Self-Service Agent

Handles onboarding, leave, visa requests and approvals; links to L&D sub-agents

5

Project Management Agent

Framework of 5 sub-agents across the project lifecycle; integrates MS Project, Jira, Azure DevOps

6

Finance AI Agent

ML-based budget forecasting, expense analytics and Power BI KPI monitoring via Fabric

7

Facilities Management Agent

Predictive maintenance, space utilisation and energy monitoring

8

Operations Management Agent

Demand forecasting, production scheduling and quality monitoring

9

Sales & Marketing Agent

ML lead scoring, campaign analytics and customer segmentation

10

Health & Safety Agent

Incident reporting, root cause analysis and predictive risk assessment

Internship projects: Risk Management, Project Management, Document Management, Policy & Procedure, Compliance Management agents, and an Enterprise-Wide Agentic AI Framework.

7. Case Studies by Business Function

Targeted case studies show Claude and GPT models working with Microsoft Copilot in:

Financial Reporting · Human Resources · Marketing & Sales · Operations · Risk Management

8. Tools You Will Use

Category

Tools

Microsoft Copilot ecosystem

Copilot 365, Copilot for Office apps, Copilot Studio, Copilot app builder, Copilot Create, Notebook with Copilot

Microsoft 365 apps

Bookings, Loop, OneDrive, SharePoint, Sway

Power Platform

Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages portal

Large language models

ChatGPT & custom GPTs, Claude (Sonnet & Haiku), Gemini Pro, Meta Llama

AI development platforms

Google AI Studio, Replit

Workflow automation

n8n, Make.com, Workflow Frontier

Machine learning models

ARIMA & SARIMA, decision trees, KNN, linear regression

Content & multimedia

HeyGen, KIMI, Nano Banana, Prezi, Sora, Veo 3

Document & research

Humata, Pitch, Power

Advanced AI

MCP servers & protocols, persona libraries, vectors with OneDrive, ChatGPT Projects

9. Certification Pathway

Certification

Best for

Exam

AB-900: Copilot & Agent Administration Fundamentals

Admins deploying and governing Copilot and agents

45 min

AB-730: AI Business Professional

Analysts, PMs, consultants, operations staff

100 min

AB-731: AI Transformation Leader

Leaders driving AI strategy and adoption

100 min

AI-900: Azure AI Fundamentals

Anyone wanting foundational AI/ML knowledge

45 min

Recommended progression: Start with AB-900 or AB-730 → advance to AB-731 → optional technical: AI-900

Skills endorsed: AI concepts · prompt engineering · responsible and ethical AI · automation with AI tools · building AI workflows · decision-making with AI insights

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