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Introducing the Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit

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Key Features

Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit offers the following key features:

  • Support for extensibility solutions across Microsoft 365 surfaces
  • Rapid iteration with full stack debugging, live reloading, and secure tunneling
  • Simplified SSO authentication

Simplify Your Code-First Agent and App Development End-to-End

Agents Toolkit supports the end-to-end agent and app development journey by providing extensibility solutions across Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft 365 apps.

Customize Your Agents Easily

Developers can customize their agents by creating them from templates or scenario-based samples, adding AI capabilities, and integrating with various AI services and SDKs.

Integration with the Microsoft 365 Agents SDK

The Agents Toolkit includes key templates that utilize the Agents SDK for hosting agents, AI & Orchestration integration, and conversation management capabilities.

Integration with Teams AI Library

Developers can leverage the Teams AI Library to expand collaboration possibilities within Teams by integrating agents seamlessly.

Accelerate Publishing Agents to Multiple Channels

With the toolkit, developers can build once and publish agents across multiple channels such as Microsoft 365 Copilot, Teams, custom websites, email, SMS, and more.

What Can You Build with Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit?

The Agents Toolkit supports various extensibility options, including declarative agents, custom engine agents, Copilot connectors, conversational agents for Teams, Teams bots, tabs, message extensions, and Office add-ins.

When to Use Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit?

Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit is ideal for pro-code scenarios where developers want to integrate agents with existing apps or services.

Get Started

To start building with Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit, install the version that fits your needs: Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit for Visual Studio Code. Visit the documentation for more information to help you begin building agents and apps.