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Autonomous agent

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An AI agent that runs on its own in response to triggers or schedules rather than in a conversation with a user, for example in Copilot Studio; it can use reasoning to decide its next steps.

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Reduce Support Costs with Dynamics 365 AI Agents

2025-12-09 · Video on YouTube

You feel the chaos, inbox overflow, tickets vanish, customers rage. In this episode, we show how to tame that chaos with autonomous agents inside Dynamics 365 that standardize email-to-case intake, classify intent, and route every ticket with honest math…

Autonomous Microsoft Enterprise with Altera and Copilot

2026-02-08 · Video on YouTube

How Altera Unlocks the Autonomous Microsoft Enterprise” explores why most “AI agent” initiatives in Microsoft environments stall or fail — and what it actually takes to build true autonomy at enterprise scale. The host argues that the difference between…

Fix Common Azure AI Foundry Project Failures

2025-11-03 · Video on YouTube

In this episode we walk through what really happens when Azure AI Foundry doesn’t behave the way you expect, especially when the Agent Service or deployments start acting up. Azure AI Foundry is supposed to feel smooth, almost invisible, tying together OpenAI…

Automate Excel RFI Responses with an Autonomous Agent

2025-11-13 · Video on YouTube

This episode explains how to eliminate manual Excel work by using an autonomous agent that completes spreadsheet-based RFIs without human involvement. Instead of relying on macros or step-by-step automation, the system watches for incoming Excel files…

Autonomous AI Agents

2025-11-03 · Video on YouTube

The real shift is autonomous AI agents – systems that don’t just answer a prompt and wait for the next human nudge, but notice, decide, and act on their own. Not a “bot that replies in Teams,” but a worker that reads the situation, picks a plan, executes it…

Dynamics 365 Autonomous Agents - Simply Explained

2026-08-19 · Video on YouTube

Repetitive work such as sorting leads, updating cases, matching transactions and chasing suppliers eats up time across every business team. In this Simply Explained episode, Mirko Peters shows Dynamics 365 users and decision makers what autonomous agents…

2025-11-03 – Autonomous AI Agents2025-11-03 – Fix Common Azure AI Foundry Project Failures2025-11-13 – Automate Excel RFI Responses with an Autonomous Agent2025-12-09 – Reduce Support Costs with Dynamics 365 AI Agents2026-02-08 – Autonomous Microsoft Enterprise with Altera and Copilot2026-08-19 – Dynamics 365 Autonomous Agents - Simply Explained2025-112026-08
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What are execution contracts?

They explicitly define what an agent is allowed to do, how tool access is scoped, how evidence is captured and how escalation works. They enforce the boundaries within which an autonomous agent operates. · From the episode: Autonomous Microsoft Enterprise with Altera…

How can an autonomous agent complete Excel RFIs?

It watches for incoming Excel files, interprets the questions, answers from defined knowledge, writes the answers back and sends the completed file. No macro or manual step is involved in the process. · From the episode: Automate Excel RFI Responses with an…

How is an autonomous agent different from a Teams bot?

A bot replies when asked, while an autonomous agent reads the situation, picks a plan and executes it without a human guiding each step. It then uses the outcome of its actions as feedback and adjusts its strategy. · From the episode: Autonomous AI Agents

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