Get to know SharePoint agents
The basics. The demos. Links to learn more.
SharePoint agents are natural language AI assistants connected to SharePoint sites. They offer always available, scoped subject matter expertise that surface insights, scale support, and assist with planning and creating.
The basics 📋
You CAN create SharePoint agents in a few clicks; at first with no clicks at all.
They work in SharePoint and can be added (at-mentioned) to Teams chats.
They are connected to Microsoft 365 Copilot licensing. (learn more)
See them in action: The goods. The demos. 👀
First, click through this click-thru demo to ‘try’ them.
Second, (and third, and fourth) - See them in action through the expertise of CJ Tan, Vesa Juvonen, and YouTuber Office Skills with Amy.
CJ Tan’s ‘getting started’ “One-click AI agents in SharePoint and Teams - focused on files you select” video from the Microsoft Mechanics show: 📺
Vesa Juvonen’s “Introduction to SharePoint agents”: 📺
Office Skills with Amy’s “8 Tips SharePoint Agents” + real life examples video: 📺
Let’s wrap it all up with key resources 🔗
SharePoint agents on adoption.microsoft.com
GA BLOG | “SharePoint agents now in general availability“ by Adam Harmetz (VP - SharePoint, Microsoft); published on day one of Microsoft Ignite 2024.
Upcoming “SharePoint agents AMA” | January 9th, 2025, at 9:00 AM Pacific Time; register today.
“Get started with SharePoint agents” .PDF guide
“Create and share SharePoint agents in a few clicks” from the Meet the Makers series - Karuana Gatimu interviews CJ Tan.
The original Microsoft explainer video, “Microsoft 365 Copilot | SharePoint agents“:
And finally, my favorite Microsoft Ignite 2024 PowerPoint slide (screenshot), “Common business scenarios for agents“ as presented within the “Reimagine content management with agents in SharePoint” breakout session [BRK279]:
If you made it this far, I offer one last ‘get to know’ about SharePoint agents through my own hands-on experience.
I created an agent within a team site I use for my podcast, The Intrazone. I designed a SharePoint agent, “AskIZ”, that’s connected to a folder of all the blogs I've published over the last five years of the pod - in essence, all of the knowledge we've shared on the show. Now people can ask the agent what the latest episodes were, if we've had so and so on the show, did we cover x technology or feature, etc. So, if someone comes to The Intrazone site, there's a self-service agent for them to chat with - saving me and them a few cycles. And I can copy/share a link to add the Intrazone agent into a Teams chat - so that same blogs-based knowledge base gets extended into our discussion; once connected, you simply at-mention the agent by name (“@AskIZ”) and "talk to it" "ask it questions" knowing the source is what you grounded it on to help address questions and queries about the show. Pretty cool - and very easy to set up - a custom copilot "in a few clicks" - truly.
Cheers, Mark “Secret agents” (Kash)man 🤖