Integrating Copilot Studio Chatbot with Power BI Semantic Models for Natural Language KPI Queries
I am developing a Copilot Studio chatbot, and my goal is to enable users to ask for metrics or KPI-related information in natural language. The chatbot should then query existing Power BI semantic models (datasets) to retrieve the relevant data and provide answers. I do not want to rely on DAX or SQL queries directly the interaction should be conversational, with the chatbot translating user intent into queries against Power BI datasets. Currently, I am exploring the “Run query against Power BI datasets” capability and available tools, but I am stuck. I’m looking for guidance, best practices, or reference documentation that explains how to connect Copilot Studio with Power BI semantic models for natural language queries.
Copilot Employee Self-Service Agent
I’m looking for some clarity regarding the rollout of the https://adoption.microsoft.com/en-us/ai-agents/employee-self-service-agent/ and whether others are seeing it in their environments yet. I’ve been following this closely and initially understood that a formal request was required to gain access. However, the Microsoft Learn documentation now provides specific, step-by-step instructions on how to enable and access it directly. Despite following those instructions to the letter, the agent is still not appearing within my tenant. I’ve verified my configurations against the guide, but the options simply aren't visible. A few questions for the community: Has anyone else successfully enabled the agent using the self-service steps in the documentation? Is there or was there ever a manual "request-for-access" process that overrides the published steps? I’d appreciate any insights or if anyone from the product team could clarify if the documentation is slightly ahead of the actual deployment.Copilot, Excel and photos
We have a number of networking devices, all the same type, that we are deploying within an office. To speed up asset management, engineers are putting a label on the back under the MAC and serial numbers then taking a photo so it can be documented later by admin staff. Through Excel I've tried with a single photo and multiple photos to extract the MAC details successfully and put them in to cells at the same time. However, this doesn't tell us which device it is as it doesn't process the photos in any order. Therefore my next step is to be able to capture the label info we have put on and tie this info together with the serial number each time so its all from the same equipment. Is it possible to do this either one photo at a time or across multiple photos? TIAManaging agent inventory and costs
This fast-paced session will showcase how AI admins can confidently manage agents and control costs. You’ll see how Microsoft empowers organizations to govern agent inventories, create billing policies, and gain visibility and control over usage and cost. Whether you're scaling agents across departments or fine-tuning consumption at the department level, this session will demonstrate how Microsoft 365 admin center brings clarity and control to your AI operations. How do I participate? No registration is required. Select "Add to calendar" to save the date, select "Attend" to receive event reminders, then join us live on February 26th ready to learn and ask questions! Feel free to post questions and comments below. You can post during the live session and/or in advance if the timing doesn't work for you. This session is part of the IT management and security in the AI era. Add it to your calendar, select "Attend" for event reminders, and check out the other sessions! Each session has its own page where the session livestream and discussion space will be available at the start time. You will also be able to view sessions on demand after the event.Grounding Changes for Copilot in Outlook
Ever since I've had a cull Copilot licence I've used prompts to summarise emails in my outlook folders. It's always worked well until 1-2 weeks ago when it's returning content outside the selected folder and or only reviewing a few of the emails in the selected folder. I've revised and reverse engineered the prompt but it's still not working and more worryingly it gives a variation every time. Does anyone know why this is happening or the workaround? Ultimately all I want it to do is summarise each email and drop all the emails into a table.
