Tutorial: Deploy A365 Agent

Your personal guide through the full Microsoft Agent 365 deployment — from prerequisites to a live agent in Teams, with Defender observability and Copilot Studio MCP integration.

Why Use This Skill

Deploying a Microsoft Agent 365 agent involves dozens of CLI commands, browser sign-ins, permission grants, and portal configurations spread across Azure, Entra ID, Teams, and Defender — each with its own pitfalls. This skill turns that gauntlet into a guided conversation. It executes every command for you, explains why each step matters, validates results before moving on, and remembers where you left off if you need to step away. Whether you're a first-timer or deploying your fifth agent, the Road gets you from zero to a live, tested agent in Teams — without missing a stone.

What It Does

This skill walks you through deploying a Microsoft Agent 365 sample app step by step, as an interactive tutorial. It doesn't just tell you what to run — it explains why each step matters, executes commands for you, validates results, and handles errors along the way.

§0 · Clone the sample repository
§1 · CLI Deployment — config init → setup all → publish → deploy
§2 · Admin Centre activation → Teams setup → MCP tool extension
§3 · Defender — advanced hunting queries & detection rules
§4 · Copilot Studio — no-code agent with MCP servers

How to Use

Start a new deployment

Select the agent and say:

start

Or use any trigger phrase:

• deploy a365 agent
• a365 deployment guide
• deploy sample agent app

Resume a previous session

resume

The skill remembers where you left off — including all your parameters.

Navigate

At any step you can say:

Command	What it does
continue	Advance to the next step
exit	Save progress and return to Copilot CLI
status	Show current position on the Road
skip	Skip the current step
go to §2	Jump to a specific section
go to step 25	Jump to a specific step
back	Go back one step

Exit and return later

Say exit at any step. Your progress and all collected parameters are saved. When you come back, select the agent and say resume.

Prerequisites

Before starting, ensure you have:

• Frontier Preview Programme enrolment
• Global Administrator role in Entra ID
• Microsoft Agent 365 Frontier licence
• .NET 8.0 SDK, A365 CLI, Git, VS Code, Python 3.10+
• Azure subscription with Owner/Contributor role
• Client app registered in Entra ID (5 delegated permissions)
• AI model deployed in Azure AI Foundry

The skill will confirm each of these before you begin.

How Agent Helps

The skill runs commands directly — you don't need to copy-paste anything.

Guidance
Verification (az account show, Graph API checks)
Non-interactive (git clone, a365 deploy, code .)
Interactive with browser auth (a365 config init, setup all, publish)
UI steps (Admin Centre, Teams, Copilot Studio)

Installation

This skill is a user-level custom agent. The file is located at:

~/.copilot/agents/deploy-a365.md

No additional installation needed. After placing the file, restart Copilot CLI (/restart) and select it via /agent.

Source

Built from the official workshop guides by Vineet Kaul:

• Deploy Sample Agent App (A365) Guide
• A365 Workshop Pre-Requisites Guide
• Test Sample Agent App (Local) Guide

Uses Microsoft Learn documentation via MCP for up-to-date context.

Version

0.75 (Rohini) — 08 Apr 2026

Named after ISRO's first indigenous rocket, the RH-75 (Rohini-75), launched 20 November 1967 from Thumba. Every journey begins with a first flight.

Roadmap — v1.00 (Rohini-100)

Named after ISRO's second indigenous rocket, the RH-100.

Planned for the next release:

• a365 cleanup support — tear down failed deployments cleanly before re-running
• Local agent testing — integrate Test Sample Agent App (Local) Guide as a pre-deploy verification step
• Post-deployment health check — after a365 deploy, query Web App logs to confirm the agent is responding to messages
• A365 CLI version check — detect outdated CLI versions and auto-update or warn before proceeding
• Section sub-numbering — add §1.2–§1.5, §2.1–§2.3, §3.1–§3.2, §4.1–§4.4 for precise navigation
• §4.2 · Add and Test the Microsoft Outlook Mail MCP Server — guided Copilot Studio MCP integration with connection setup and email test
• §4.3 · Add the Word and SharePoint MCP Servers — extend agent with document creation and site access capabilities
• §4.4 · Test Multiple MCP Servers Together — orchestrate Word + SharePoint + Outlook in a single prompt, verify end-to-end