Copilot Agent Kit with Em D’Arcy

Em D’Arcy Episode 166: Markus Erlandsson and Malin Martnes chatted with Em D’Arcy from Microsoft about the Copilot Agent Kit and how organizations can govern, monitor, and optimize their growing landscape of AI agents. Em starts by introducing the kit, explaining its origins and how it builds on lessons learned from the Power Platform Center of Excellence Starter Kit. She then digs into key capabilities such as agent inventory, conversation analysis, debugging, compliance management, and agent performance optimization. Em also shares how organizations can discover agents across their tenant, identify governance risks, troubleshoot agent behavior, and automate compliance processes. The conversation continues with topics such as usage-based AI costs, testing and evaluation strategies, prompt optimization, skills governance, knowledge sources, and the differences between agent-to-agent communication and MCP integrations. Finally, Em shares her vision for the future of the Copilot Agent Kit, upcoming enhancements, and why it has quickly become an essential tool for administrators and makers working with Copilot Studio. Bio Em D’Arcy is a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft focused on toolkits and partner enablement across the Copilot and Power Platform ecosystem. A 5x Microsoft MVP before joining the company, she’s a longtime fixture in the Power Platform community — building, teaching, and helping partners ship real agents on the Copilot Agent Kit. She’s here to break down how the Copilot Agent Kit helps admins govern and manage their agentic landscape. Links Copilot Agent Kit | Microsoft Marketplace Copilot Agent Kit overview – Microsoft Copilot Studio | Microsoft Learn Releases · microsoft/Power-CAT-Copilot-Studio-Kit https://mxemdarcy.com/2026/09/29/copilot-agent-kit-the-agent-debugger/ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/guidance/kit-agent-inventory https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/guidance/kit-agent-debugger https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/guidance/kit-agent-review-tool https://powerplatformconf.com/sessions/Beyond-Time-Savings%3A-Rethinking-ROI-and-Value-for-Persistent-AI-Agents The post Copilot Agent Kit with Em D’Arcy first appeared on CRM Rocks.