Custom Engine Agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot

Agents in BizChat has been available for some time already, but now there is an upcoming update to Agents. The introduction of “ custom engine agents ” in Microsoft 365 Copilot! These specialized agents can be built on any large language model (LLM), toolchain, or orchestration tool, tailored specifically for your domain or tenant workflows. Initially supported in Microsoft Teams, this feature will soon be available in Microsoft 365 Copilot Business Chat ( BizChat ).   The introduction of Custom engine agents enables your organization to create customized experiences using your own AI systems and orchestrators. You can design unique prompts, connect to any LLM, and integrate these custom agents with Microsoft 365 Copilot. After the rollout, users will be able to access these agents, provided they are enabled and deployed in the Microsoft 365 admin center under the Copilot tab.   You can read more about the feature on this page . Eligible users can create agents using Micros...

Speaking at TechEd Europe 2014


Really proud to announce I am going to TechEd 2014 in Barcelona and speak at my first international event. I am really excited about it. The topic of my session is going to be how to manage your backup and restore for Lync 2013. It's going to be about what to have in mind when you plan your disaster recovery plan, and how.

Title: Managing Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Backup and Restore
Track: Office 365
Level: 300
Session: OFC-B331
Link: http://teeu2014.eventpoint.com/topic/details/OFC-B331 (login required at this point)
Time: Wednesday, October 29 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: "Hall 8.0 Room F7" (could be changed, so check above link for updated information9

Abstract: As Lync becomes an important part of the infrastructure, it is equally important to be able to quickly restore its availability in the event of an outage. Even a well-designed High Availability solution may encounter loss of data or server failure. This session addresses which components the administrator will need to pay attention to when designing his disaster recovery plan. Not only do we discuss which components we need a backup of, but also which tools and commands are available to complete the task.