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AssociateAB-620

AI Agent Builder Associate

A new certification for professionals who build AI agents using Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, and related tools.

Study Hours
35h
Prep Time
~6 weeks

Topics Covered

Copilot Studio
Azure AI Foundry
AI Agents
Power Platform
Connectors

Skills measured

Official study guide

Microsoft's own objectives, in the order the exam presents them. Each area links to its section on Microsoft Learn. Checked 2026-10-26.

  1. Plan and configure agent solutions30–35%
    This area on Microsoft Learn

    Plan an agent solution

    • Plan integration with enterprise systems
    • Plan identity strategy
    • Plan channels and deployment
    • Plan responsible AI strategy
    • Evaluate security and governance considerations
    • Plan reuseable agent components
    • Design agents for internal or external audiences

    Create and monitor agent flows in Copilot Studio

    • Create an agent flow
    • Create a human-in-the-loop agent flow
    • Configure actions and connectors
    • Monitor agent flows
    • Add input and output parameters
    • Implement error handling in agent flows

    Configure topics

    • Add agent flows to a topic
    • Configure agent response formatting
    • Add tools to a topic
    • Configure advanced agent responses with custom prompts
    • Configure advanced agent responses with custom knowledge sources
    • Configure advanced agent responses with API and Send HTTP requests
    • Configure generative answers node
    • Configure adaptive cards
    • Manage variables
  2. Integrate and extend agents in Copilot Studio40–45%
    This area on Microsoft Learn

    Connect to enterprise knowledge sources

    • Connect to Copilot connectors
    • Connect to Microsoft Power Platform connectors
    • Connect to Azure AI Search

    Add tools to agents

    • Configure and monitor computer use for an agent
    • Configure MCP tools
    • Add a tool by using an existing custom connector
    • Add REST APIs to an agent

    Configure multi-agent collaboration from Copilot Studio

    • Design multi-agent solutions in Copilot Studio
    • Integrate a Foundry agent
    • Integrate an existing agent in Copilot Studio
    • Integrate a Fabric data agent
    • Create a multi-agent solution by using A2A protocol

    Integrate agents with Azure

    • Configure generative answers by using Azure AI Search with Foundry
    • Configure custom prompts to use the Foundry model catalog
    • Monitor agents by using Application Insights
  3. Test and manage agents20–25%
    This area on Microsoft Learn

    Evaluate agent performance

    • Create a test set
    • Choose an evaluation method
    • Review test results

    Implement application lifecycle management (ALM) for agents in Copilot Studio

    • Create a solution
    • Add existing agents to a solution
    • Create and use environment variables
    • Implement and extend Microsoft Power Platform Pipelines