Deploy agents

  • 4 minutes

In this unit, you'll learn how to test and deploy your agent.

Test panel

You have already seen the test pane where you can try out your agent as you are building it.

  1. Select the Test button in the top-right of the screen to open the testing panel.

  2. Select the three dots at the top of the testing panel in the top-right of the screen.

  3. Select Track between topics. This will show the topic and path of conversation of the agent when responding to prompts

  4. Select the Start a new conversation icon at the top of the testing panel. This refreshes the agent and variables.

Publish

With Copilot Studio, you can publish agents to engage with your customers on multiple platforms or channels. These include live websites, mobile apps, and messaging platforms like Microsoft Teams and Facebook.

After you've published at least once, you can connect your agent to more channels.

Each time you update your agent, you can publish it again from within Copilot Studio. Publishing your agent applies to all the channels where you've inserted or connected your agent.

Publish the latest content

  1. With your agent open for editing, in the navigation menu, select Publish and then select Publish again.

    Screenshot of the publish dialog.

    Note

    Publishing can take a few minutes.

Share

You can share an agent with others for:

  • Collaborative authoring
  • Testing

Share an agent for collaborative authoring

You can share an agent with users or a security group and allow users to edit your agent.

Select the three dots next to the Settings button in the top-right of the screen and select Share.

Screenshot of the sharing an agent.

For more information, see Share agents with other users.

Share an agent for testing

The Demo website allows users without a license to test your agent. You can provide them with the URL to the demo website.

Select the three dots next to the Settings button in the top-right of the screen and select Go to demo website.

Screenshot of the demo website dialog.

Note

The Demo website uses the published version of the agent.

Tip

You many need to turn off authentication to use the demo website.

Teams

With your agent published, you can make your agent available to users in Teams. This way you, your teammates, and your broader organization can interact with it.

  1. With your agent open in Microsoft Copilot Studio, select the Channels tab.

  2. Select the Microsoft Teams tile.

    Screenshot of the Teams dialog.

  3. Select Turn on Teams.

    Screenshot of the Teams channel dialog.

There are options to control the appearance and how user can install the agent into a Microsoft Teams team.

For more information, see Add an agent to Microsoft Teams.