Category: Copilot Studio
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Step 5: Adding Topics to Control the Experience
After adding company information and content to your bot, there’s more you can do to curate your users’ experience with the chatbot. Topics are a type of component in Copilot Studio that allow you to guide a user down a guided path. A topic is a great way for IT support departments to build in…
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Step 4: Adding your company’s information into the chatbot
Now that you’ve published your bot. You can go back to Copilot Studio to give some more knowledge. You’ll find that the bot is not able to answer any questions initially, so the next few steps involve adding information and training to it. Let’s start with some basic information about your company. This is a…
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Step 3: Publish your bot for testing in MS Teams
We’re sort of skipping some steps but once you’ve created your bot, you can go straight to publishing it to MS Teams. This will allow you to see exactly what interaction with the bot will look like. The bot will not have much in the way of responses other than what it can get from…
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Step 2: Setting up your first chatbot
I recommend starting with a free trial (our post with instructions). Once you’ve gone through the steps of registering for the trial, head over to https://copilotstudio.microsoft.com/ to get started. On the Home area, hit + New Copilot Give your bot a name. If applicable, provide the bot with your company’s website. This is if you…
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Step 1: Getting Access to Copilot Studio
Head over to the Copilot Studio product page at Microsoft.com. Hit Free Trial and navigate through the prompts. This will start you off with a 60 day trial. Trial Notes: Trials can be extended after they expire. The bots you create within the trial will last for 90 days beyond the expiration date of your…
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How much does it cost to build a Copilot chatbot?
One of the first things you’ll want to estimate is the cost of running your bot. Microsoft has pricing pages for the different components involved and this page is an attempt to summarize them. All the numbers on this page are up-to-date as of March 1, 2024. $200 USD/month$30 USD/month Copilot Studio License (for builders)*Microsoft…