Extension Types We Build
Four ways to extend Microsoft 365 Copilot — each suited to different use cases, data sources, and deployment timelines.
Declarative Agents
Purpose-built Copilot agents scoped to a specific business function — with custom instructions, knowledge sources, and curated tool access. No full agent service required.
Example use cases
API Plugins
Connect Copilot to your internal APIs so users can query live business data, trigger workflows, and update records — all from natural language in Teams or Outlook.
Example use cases
Message Extensions
Surface contextual cards, search results, and action buttons inside Teams conversations and Outlook emails — bridging Copilot with your business applications.
Example use cases
Graph Connectors
Index your enterprise knowledge sources into Microsoft 365 semantic search so Copilot can reason over your internal docs, wikis, and databases with full citations.
Example use cases
Department-Specific Copilot Extensions
Purpose-built extensions for the teams where Copilot drives the most ROI.
HR Copilot Extension
Employees ask Copilot policy questions, request time off, check benefits, and get onboarding guidance — all from Teams, grounded in your actual HR documents.
- 40% reduction in HR ticket volume
- Policy answers in seconds vs. days
- Works in Teams, Outlook, and M365 Chat
Finance Copilot Plugin
Finance teams query live ERP data, summarize spend reports, and generate budget variance narratives directly inside Excel and Teams — no context switching.
- Real-time ERP queries from natural language
- Auto-generated variance summaries
- Integrated with SAP, Oracle, and Dynamics
Legal Clause Checker
Contracts uploaded to SharePoint are automatically reviewed by a declarative Copilot agent that flags non-standard clauses and surfaces precedent examples.
- First-pass contract review in minutes
- Clause library grounded in your playbooks
- Escalation to legal team with flagged sections
Operations Workflow Agent
A declarative agent embedded in Teams that lets ops teams create work orders, check asset status, and escalate incidents — all without leaving their chat interface.
- Work orders created from natural language
- Asset status from IoT and ERP live feeds
- Incident routing with context attached
6-Week Delivery Model
From scoping to production Copilot extension in 6 weeks — with a governed, tested handoff at the end.
- Map target business function and user workflows
- Identify data sources, APIs, and knowledge stores
- Define success criteria and pilot scope
- Develop extension type (declarative agent, API plugin, or connector)
- Connect to enterprise data sources with Entra ID auth
- Prompt engineering and grounding configuration
- Content safety and hallucination testing
- Entra ID permission review and RBAC setup
- End-user acceptance testing with pilot group
- Production deployment via Teams Admin Center
- Admin guide and end-user training materials
- Monitoring setup with usage telemetry